Evening star., 1934-04-22
Miss Ada Burroughs to Take
Stand to Tell of Campaign
La,Uyer Says Bishops
Aide Has Little to
Reveal.
Churchmdn COrrects Pre-.
rious Testimony on
Donation.

Miss Ada L. Burroughs, strange
Court room, where she and Bishop
James Cannon, jr., are being tried on
conspiracy charges, will take the wit
ness stand tomorrow to tell what she
knows of the 1928 anti-Smith cam
paign in Virginia.
Bishop Cannon, who has been on
the stand for three days, virtually
completed his testimony yesterday al
a session marked by bitter quarrel
between counsel and an unexpected
reversal Of previous testimony by the
churchman.
But few of the curious spectators
have had more than a fleeting glimpse
of Miss Burroughs face during the
two weeks she har sat at the trial
table in Justice Peyton Gordon's court
Her features almost entirely concealed
by thick-lensed spectacles and the
dropping brim of her brown straw
hat, she scribbles voluminous short
hand notes and whispers an occasional
word to her lawyer.
Has Not Spoken to Bishop.
Not once has she been observed to
speak with the bishop, whose dominat-
ing personality completely overshado
the self-effacing church worker ac-
cused by the Government of conspir-
ing with him to file an improper re-
port of S65 800 contributed to the
anti-Smith drive by E. c. Jameson of
New York.
Her attorney, M. J. Fulton, said
she would testify briefly and to the
point.
Miss Burroughs hasn't got much
to TELL" he declared, "and she will
do that as briefly as possible I
don't think her examination by me
will take more than an hour or so"
She served as treasurer of the
Headquarters Committee Of the anti
Smith Democrats, having been loan
ed" to Cannon for that purpose by
the Anti-Saloon League Of Virginia,
by whom she was regularly employed.
1t was her failure to report $4,000
of the Jameson contribution to the
House of Representatives that led
to the return of the indictment on
which they are now being tried.
Bishop Cannon, chairman of the COM
mittee, testified that the $4,000 was
spent through the Virginia anti
Smith Democrats, not through the
Headquarters Committee, and that no
report of it was required by law.
Miss Burroughs is expected to tes-
tify that she had no knowledge of
the $4,000, which allegedly was
handled by Cannon.
Bishop Changes Testimony.
The churchman yesterday changed
his testimony concerning a $4,000
contribution to the campaign by for
mer Senator Joseph S. Frelinghuysen
of New Jersey
He said Friday that he had mo
recollection" of any such gift. Yes
terday. after subpoena had been
sent to New York TO bring the former
Senator here as a rebuttal witness.
the churchman asked permission to
"amplify'' his previous testimony and
SAID he did remember the contribu-
ton.
He explained that "a reference to
his records" Friday night had "indi-
Gated that he did get the $4,000
from Frelinghuysen. He admitted
that he had Strengthened himself out
on this point after learning that the
subpoena had been sent out.
The Government announced it would
cancel its call for Frelinghuysen, "in
view of the Bishops latest testimony.
Despite this decision by the prose-
cutor. however, Bishop Cannon said
he would subpoena Frelinghuysen as
a defense witness ito state the facts
exactly as they occurred"
A quarrel between Assistant United
States Attorney John j. Wilson and