The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-22
TWO new DEALERS
MAY Be CALLED
IN LOBBY PROBE
Cocktail Mixer OF Utility
Forces Must Explain His
= Hotel Session
BY FREDERICK G. OTHMAN
UNITED Press staff correspondent

Omitted Press STAFF correspondent
Washington, Aug. 22.-(UP) =
Congress- two-ring, all-star lobby
investigation centered today on the
private affairs of two leading New
Dealers, q Brain Trust lawyer and
White House secretary.
The house pondered charges
against Thomas G.. Corcoran, "a
year-old administration attorney
while, senate investigating men,
bers limited they might look into
the utility cocktail party attended
by Presidential Secretary Marvin
II. Mcintyre.
Cocktail Mixer Called
Chairman Hugo Black of the
senate committee summoned Ber.
nard 3. Robinson, Chicago lobby
list who poured cocktails In his ho-
tel room a few nights ago for Nc
Intyre, assistant secretary Of the
treasury L. w. Robert Jr., and
Anon Carter, Texas newspaper
publisher. Asked whether he also
intended to summon Mcintyre.
Black said:
II never tell who am going TO
summon until summon him."
Senator Ernest w. Gibson, r..
VT, q committee member, indicat-
cd he might ask Robinson about
the cocktail party, into which SEN
ate sergeant alarms Chesley W.
Jurney burst In his search for How
ard G. Hopson, Millionaire head of
the Associated Gas and Electric
System.
II haven't decided yet what I'll
ask" Gibson said last night.
Senator Lewis Schwellenbach,
D.. Washn., another committeeman,
said he believed the inquisitors
would concentrate on the 250-
pound Hopson and the $4,000, 900
check he wrote--and forgot In a
1929 stock deal.
Broadens Inquiry
The senate committee broadcned
Its inquiry meantime to include the
activities against the Wheeler Ray
burn bill of the vast Cities Service
company, whose comptroller testi-
fled spent $500, 900 persuading en-
ployes and customers to write their
congressman about the measure.
Administrator enemies, led by
Senator Huey p. Long. D., La,
bounced upon the cocktail party af-
fair, which Mcintyre explained had
no significance. He said he was in
vited to have a drink In Robinson's
roof and merely dropped in for a
few minutes.
brought the charges in the house
against Corcoran, the reconstruc-
ton finance attorney who reputed-
ly drafted the Wheeler Rayburn
bill.
Pettengili demanded that the
house rules committee call Corcor-
an and learn whether he had any
New York Stock Exchange trans
actions particularly in utilities Sc
curities.
O'Connor wouldn't Say
Chairman John J. O'Connor of
the rules committee, which has
been running the senate lobby COM
mittee a neck-in-neck race for SEN
sational disclosures, would not say
whether. Corcoran would be called.
O'Connor's committee already
has Investigated Corcoran's activi-
ties once, in connection with charg-
es of Rep. Ralph o. Brewster, r.,
Me-, that he threatened to kill the
$35,000,000 Passamaquoddy Tide
Harvesting Power Project in Maine
unless Brewster voted for the
Death Sentence" for holding CON-
panies.
Hardly had o'Connor appointed
Rep. Arthur Fl. Greenwood, d.,
Ind. head of special subcommit-
tee to write report on the Passa-
maquoddy controversy. before Pet
tengill was on his feet hurting new
charges against corcoran.
o'Connor drew plans to continue
his investigation of the utilities |
Hobbies after adjournment. He
said he was considering plans 10 |
one or two subco's mittees
to handle the inquiry after Con.
gress goes home, One Of them. he |
said. may travel throughout the
nation collecting information.