Evening star., 1933-11-14

| nally. Senator Logan said he had told
him he would fire him"
You kept me bottled up in Washing
| ton for four months" Holland asserted,
and now Senator Connally is so yel-
| low he didn't have the courage to come
\ in here today and he hoped to slip in
towl. after We had got down to rou-
| tine
Who kept you tied up in Washing
ton?" asked Senator Logan.
THE committee" replied Holland.
Senator Logan charged that Holland
had not submitted any evidence or any
witnesses to him and that he had re-
fused to prepare q digest of the testi-
| mony with names OF witnesses to sub
! stantiate IT..
- have the testimony and as many
witnesses as you want, but you don't
| want them" said Holland. 81 am not
! going to make suckers out of other wit
nesses when the committee is not in
| terested."
Then you admit you haven't sub
mitted anything to this subcommittee?
asked Senator logan.
Refers to Letters to Women.
did it evf occur to you when you
we're writing letters to Mrs. Hilda Phelps
Hammond in Louisiana and that woman
| in New York that you couldn't bluff,
TT at it would have been better to look
at the record and see what your chief
investigator had?" asked Holland.
why didn't you submit the eW-
dence as you we're instructed to do by
the committee?" cried Senator Logan.
This committee came down here to
close this case and not to investigate,
retorted Holland.
I'VE will close this case when and
how we pleas" said Senator Logan.
THAT will do, Mr.. Holland"
Prior to Hollands outburst the Hon
est Election League, through its repre-
sentative, Burt Henry, withdrew from
the investigation after submitting a
statement in which the league said 1t
had no serious intentions OF nvesti-
eating the Overton election.
Holland jumped to his feet and took
the floor after Senator Logan had told
Edward Rightor, counsel for ex-senator
Edwin Broussard, who fled the original
charges, that he had not received a
name of a single witness nor scrap
of evidence from any source.
Explains Refusal to Testify.
Seymour Weiss, who def1ed the COM
mittee last Spring by refusing to an
swer questions on campaign expendi-
lures, told the committee he had re-
fused because of the attitude Of the
committees former counsel, Gen. Sam
uel T. Ansell He said that he used
cash instead of checks because he paid
the money out as fast as he took 1t In
and that funds were used for radio
printing, postage, sound trucks, tele-
| graph and telephone bills and general
} expenses. He said he handled all OF
. the funds used In the Overton cam
paign.
Senator Logan brought out through
, Senator Overton that there was nc
State law governing expenditures In
primary elections.
At the start of the hearing Senator
Overton announced that he would rep
resent himself instead of being repre-
sented by Senator Long. who had acted
, as his counsel at the two previous hear
! ings.
: Long on Stand.
The committee adjourned shortly
after o'clock last night with Senator
T, Long on the stand. Senator Long said
! he had wanted to get back on his State
stump-speaking tour, but he agreed tc
t return here to continue his testimony
: today.
After Weiss concluded his testimony
Senator Long took the stand and gave
: detailed explanation of his method
of building up and holding together his
| political machine which backed Over
ton.
Weiss said he had given money Il
Numa Montet, candidate for Congress
and Wade Martin, Public Service Com
/ mission candidate.
"I think I gave Montet $4,000 at ont
time and 81 500 at another time" HI
said HE came to me crying and sob
! bing and called Senator Long and tn,
' Senator told me to give him som,
money for the campaign. In all
' think ] gave him about $4,000"
, Senator Long then took the stand.
= Logan-Do you have any politica
: organizations?
Long-Yes, the Louisiana Demo
| cratic Association. I guess you nigh
call 1t a political organization.
Logan-That was your only organ
ization?
Long-That's the only real organiza
ton. The nucleus of my political or
ganization is the country folks. They'r
always been with me and Away
IS will be.
Logan-'Did senatE Broussard hav
= an organization?"
81 t>.,& y. 1oer rnr,os