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DAVIS DECLARES
HE NEVER LOBBIED
IN SUGAR INTEREST
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product of sugar production said
Senator Davis.
ITO what extent are you a stock
holder in this company" asked Senator
CaraWay.
Il acquired $50 900 to 100000 worth
of the stock" was the reply.
Senator Davis said that he was not
familiar with all the details of the
business of the company. The factory,
he said, was outside of New Orleans.
He said the company had started some
development in Florida.
Does Not Know johnson.
Did you know Johnson, mentioned
in the memorandum" asked Senator
Caraway.
NO" said Senator Davis. st would
not know him If he walked into the
room now" The Johnson referred TO
was George G. johnson, one of the
secretaries of Mr.. Dahlberg.
Were you ever in Mr.. Dahlberg's Of
fee in New York;"
mo, not to my recollection" said
Senator Davis.
Senator Davis said that he might
have called on him here once or twice.
Did you tell him what the rate of
sugar duty in the tariff bill was going
to De-" asked Senator Caraway.
NO" answered Senator Davis. ST
don't know it now, as a matter of fact.
1 paid little attention to it when the
bill was under consideration
Senator Davis was Secretary of Labor
when the Smoot-Hawley tariff bill was
before Congress for consideration. His
predecessor in the Senate at the time
was former Senator Grundy, whom
David defeated in the primary last
Spring.
Senator Caraway asked Mr.. Davis also
If he knew s. s. overland, at one time
an employe in one of the Dahlberg
companies.
Senator Davis said that he had no
recollection Of ever meeting Overland.
Never Discussed Tariff.
In reply to a question as to whether
he had ever talked with Dahlperg over
the telephone, Senator Davis said that
he might have done so once or twice.
He said he had heard rlImor that the
Celotex Co. was going into the hands
of a receiver and for that reason he
had called him on the telephone.
Il never discussed with Mr.. Dahlberg
that phase" said Senator Davis,
referring to the tariff o. sugar.
rs the company interested in the
tariff on sugar?" asked Senator Caraway.
Senator Davis replied that he believed
it was interested in the sugar tariff,
though he did not know whether 1t
favored higher or lower duty.
How did you know that it was in
terested in the sugar duty" asked Sen
ator Caraway.
Senator Davis said he knew what the
company was interested in the sugar
business.
The Pennsylvania Senator said to the
committee:
This rumor chat he had had some
thing to do with the CeloteX Co. and
it's interests improperly had been going
around last Fall, when the Campaign
was on.
IT spent a good deal of time trying to
run it down and took the matter up
with Senator Patterson, a member OF
the Nye Campaign Investigating Com
mittee, and asked that it be run down.
1t was reported that Mr.. Dahlberg had
contributed $4,000 to my campaign and
that I had taken the money and had
not reported it. He made no contribu-
ton to my campaign. If he had,
would have accepted the money and
used it, and would have reported 1t
along with other contributions.
Borah Only Member Absent.
At the conclusion of Senator Davis
testimony, Senator Caraway announced
that the committee would stand adj
journed to meet at the call of the chair
man. as soon as certain preliminaries
could be gone into All the members of
the Lobby Committee were present ex-
cept Senator Borah of Idaho. Besides
Senator Caraway and Senator Borah,
they are Senators Walsh Of Montana,
Robinson of Indiana and Blaine OF
Wisconsin.
AS the committee was about to begin
its meeting, a news photographer asked
if photographs could be made OF the
committee and Senator Davis.
81 remember hearing quarter OF a
century ago a saying that a lie travels
around the world while truth is putting
on its boots" suggested Senator Davis.
Lets take this picture, and then
we'll put on the boots,''I said Senator
Caraway.
Mr.. Dahlberg was in the committee
room this morning, and Senator Davis
asked if the committee desired to hear
him then.
Senator Caraway said the committee
wished to discuss certain matters and
make plans before beginning its hear
ings.
Senator Davis was represented in the
committee meeting by three attorneys.
although they did not appear in any
way before the committee. They were
Joseph e. Davies, Judge Henntng, for