The Washington times., 1933-05-27
Edwin G.. Hill Sees Pecora as Angry Bulldog
Swapping His Fangs at Money Barons

And then began a battle which
was worth going miles to see. II
was the old, old conflict OF the
aristocrat against the plebeian:
the noble against the peasant,
the highborn Whitney Of Boston
against the Sicilian son OF the
soil.
Never in the world was there
a more striking example OF two
men conceiving for each other on
the instant a cold and implacable
hostility.
Pecora went after Whitney with
white fangs barred and cleaning,
ripping and tearing and slashlng.
The tall, slen der, handsome
Whitney made one think Of a
Siberian wolf hound, one of those
white and graceful creat lures
which can whirl on the point OF
a pin and leap 10 feet in the air.
And he needed all that agility
in evading the savage rushes OF
the Sicilian bulldog.
Pecora Shows His Dislike
Pecora displayed his dislike for
Whitney in a hundred ways, by
the form of his questions, by the
flash of his eye, by the thrust OF
his jaw; and Whitney, bringing to
bear every resource of his aristo-
cratic training, high-hatted Pecora
at every possible opportunity,
though much too intelligent and
clever to make it apparent often.
But now and then the slurring
drawl of his beautifully infected
voice, the lift Of his Patrician eye
brows, and the curl of his finely
chiseled mouth told the story OF
George Whitney's opinion Of this
fellow who had the temerity and
insolence to impugn and asSail
the sacred name Of Morgan.
Day after day the duel went on
between these well-matched
swordsmen, with neither getting
the advantage until near the close
of the week; not until Pecora sud-
denly attacked "Icicle" Whitney
with those now-celebrated lists OF
"close friends" of j. P. Morgan &
Co. who benefited so richly from
the Morgan benevolence.
There was where Pecora got the
decision, because whitney, for all
his keenness, his swift percep
tions, his mental agility, and his
handsome gift of language could
not for the life of him explain to
Pecora's satisfaction just how and
why these beautiful gifts OF
friendship were awarded to all
those men so prominent in the
political, financial, industrial, and
social life of the country; those
potential reciprocaters with the
fancy names.
And for a final punch, Pecora
Swatted Whitney with John j.
Raskob and Raskob's appreciative
letter to Whitney, acknowledging
the favor of an allotment Of stock
under the market and hoping that
he, Raskob could some day "recip
rocate."
With that the elegant and ex-
tremely intelligent Mr.. Whitney
bowed himself out of the witness
chair and gave way to the head
Of one of the greatest of holding
companies, the United Corpora
ton, which controls something
like % per cent of the utilities
companies of America-this Mr..
George Howard, who had to admit
that he didn't even know who
kept the books of United Corpora
ton, but that the books were kept
in the Morgan bank!
So the drama ran in the week
just passed, and so, in all prob
ability, it will run in the week to
come after the Senate committee
and Mr.. Pecora resume their
battling with the House Of Nor.
gan and with each other on
Wednesday next.
It's a Great Show
If the question is asked:
"What is the shooting an
about, anyway"
AS good an answer as any is
that so far little or nothing has
been brought out which might
lead either to a. civil or criminal
prosecution of the Morgan firm
or any of its partners.
But a vast deal has been
brought out regarding the
stupidity and inadequacy of laws
under which the Morgan bank
has operated these many years;
the banking laws and also the
income tax law, which permits
the rich man to escape while
picking the pockets of the small
Salaried man and the small buSi-
ness man.
It's a great show they are stag
ing here in the Senate Office
Building, but it is a great show
because Peroca is the fighting
center of it.
Without Pecora there wouldn't
be any show.
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