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Evening star., 1935-08-13

tee Counsel Collins arrived promptly
at 10 o'clock, the time scheduled for
the hearing to start. A few of the
committee members trailed in behind
them.
Hopson Smiles at Proceedings.
A dozen Capitol policemen then came
In and took stations in various parts
of the room. A few minutes later
Hopson came in, carrying cane and
smiling. Photographers met him at
the door with fiashlight greeting
and followed him to the witness
stand and continued to shoot for five
minutes. Hopson appeared to be much
amused at the proceedings and con-
tinued to smile.
Hopson was called to the witness
stand at l0:15 o'clock and after being
sworn he was asked to give his full
name. At that moment a photog-
rapher's bulb fell to the floor and
exploded.
Hurry, boys, and get It over"
O'Connor said to the photographers.
Hopson said he lived at Lake
Hopotacong, Sussex County. N. j..
and also had a residence in a New
York hotel.
He testified he came back from
Florida in June. but while there kept
actively in touch with the utilities
holding bill. through B. B. Robinson,
who testified before the committee
last week and revealed that he had
seen him at the Shoreham Hotel
Hopson said he was very eager for
Robinson to undertake his work to
defeat the so-called death sentence"
clause.
With System Is Years.
O'Connor then fired a volley Of
questions at the witness about his
utilities connections. He explained.
however, that before he went to
Florida last Winter he segregated
himself as far as possible from any
detailed duties, assigning them to
other persons and served thereafter
only "in an advisory capacity"
How long have you been identified
with that system?" O'Connor asked.
Since 1922, seven years after I
went into active business in New
York" he replied.
The Associated Gas & Electric in
1922. he added, was small holding
company. At that time, he said.
there appeared an era Of consolida-
tions and enlargement of utilities. He
and Mango acquired control Of the
Associated Gas & Electric.
At that time, he declared, the gross
earnings Of the company were $780,
Evening star., 1935-08-13
AZ Sleuths Hunted Hopson
Ace Detectives Operated in All Sections of Country
for Lobby Probers.

private tips by the bale were eagerly
accepted.
Collins enlisted the cooperation Of
every member of Congress in his ef-
fort to make public every detail of
the pro and con lobbying activities
on the holding company bill by ask
ing all Representatives and Senators
to reveal to him what pressure had
been brought on them to vote for or
against the legislation.
Tavenner First on Trail.
The leading Washington hawkshaw
employed by Collins was Clyde Tav-
enner, who was first on the trail Of
Hopson at the Shoreham. Tavenner,
listed as an assistant bill clerk Of the
House, gained experience as con-
gressional investigator while working
for Representative SABBATH last year
on his inquiry into the practices of
real estate bondholders' protective
committees.
Blomquist is graduate of the j.
Edgar Hoover School of Investigation
He teamed with Senator Hugo Black,
present chief of the Senate lobby in
vestigation, when the Senator ran the
ocean and air mail contract inquiry.
Mrs. Blomquist acts as his secretary.
All the bloodhounds of the Capitol
would have given a pretty penny to
turn up Hopson, who, for all his pound
age, is an experienced master at
eluding searching parties. He stayed
in hiding six weeks two years ago
when Duncan U. Fletcher, chairman
of the Senate Banking Committee,
wanted to talk to him about stock
market practices.
Hopson today is the rajah Of q util-
ity empire which includes 1853 light
and power companies-the Associated
Gas & Electric. He learned how to
get rich quick in utilities by serving
on the New York State Public Service
Commission.
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900 a year, and it has since expanded
tn a <Inn nm nm ropcern

900 a year, and it has since expanded
to a $100,000,00 concern.
Hopson then went into detail as
to how he and Mango built up the
Associated Gas g. Electric. He said
Mango handled the operating end and
he took charge Of the financial de-
tails.
At one time, Hopson testified, the
Associated Gas g. Electric controlled
800 operating companies, but a num-
Der Of them we're later dissolved, so
at the close of the Federal Trade
Commission investigation Of holding
companies several years ago there
were only 1913. Since then. however,
he said, a few had been added.
Hopson, in response to questions by
O'Connor, denied vigorously that he
and Mango owned the entire gas and
electric company.
Il don't think there's any truth in
all this hooey that Mango and I own
the Associated Gas g. Electric" he
declared. There are some very i'm
portant steps in these 800 operating
companies.
Not Largest Holding Company.
"At the time Mango and I acquired
the company. however. We owned It,
lock. stock and barrel"
O'Connor then asked him If the
Associated Gas & Electric Is the
largest holding company in the coun-
try.
NO" he answered. "I think the
commemorative Southern is larger"
Hopson also declared that there are
number of other companies. If
grouped together. would be larger than
Associated Gas & Electric.
O'Connor next began to question
Hopson about the deluge of letters
that swamped members of Congress
opposing the holding company bill.
In that connection, he admitted he
had written to members of Congress.
Did you sign your nahe?" queried
O'Connor.
Surely" he replied.
Evening star., 1935-08-13
LAWYER EXPLAINS
UTILITY CAMPAIGN
Senate Quiz Gets Details
of Organization of
Drive.
0y the Associated Press.

0y the Associated Press.
It's utility lobby hearing running
concurrently with that of the House
H. C. Hopson of the Associated Gas
g. Electric System. the Senate Lobby
Committee today heard New York
lawyer describe the organization of
the drive against the Wheeler-Rayburn
bill by utilities companies which later
formed the Committee of Public Utili-
ty Executives, headed by Philip H.
Gadsden
John F. MacLane of the law firm
of Simpson, Thacher g. Barttell, said
his firm and Sullivan g. Cromwell,
another law firm, were retained for
the drive. Previous testimony has
shown that each received $4,000.
The lawyer testified they had been
retained to advise on what could le-
gally be done and what could not" in
opposing the bill, in addition to other
services.
He said his firm had about so law
yers and that Sullivan g. Cromwell
probably had larger staff.
Editorial Distributed.
The evidence said MacLane had
written a letter for a utility head to
accompany copies of an editorial by
David Lawrence from the United
States News, which was distributed to
stockholders.
MacLane testified that at one time
he had met w. w. Aldrich, head of
the Chase National Bank. who was in
Washington opposing the utilities bill.
MacLane said he was not consulted
about utility companies paying for
kilograms to Congressman.
He said he also was not cognizant
Of any plan for hiring personal friends
of Congressman to come to Washing
ton and solicit votes against the bill.
Chairman Black said the Gadsden
committee had done the latter.
Bringing Friends Here.
MacLane said he approved the idea
Of bringing friends of Congressman
to Washington. Black read a Su-
preme Court decision condemning the
practice, but the attorney said it was
"done every day" in Washington.
The witness said the only member
of Congress with whom he had dis
cussed the bill was Senator Borah
Republican, of Idaho. an old friend
He said he merely discussed the
legal phases of the measure with the
Senator.
T. Justin Moore. attorney for the
Gadsden committee. testified he had
talked about the bill to Senator Bone
Democrat, of Washington and Senator
Minton, Democrat. of Indiana, a men,
Der of the Lobby Committee.
He said he also had talked to Rep
resentatives Pettengill, Democrat, of
Indiana and Eicher, Democrat, of
Iowa.
Evening star., 1935-08-13

Continued From First Psse)
Wheeler -Rayburn bill. Hopson. how
ever. is to be recalled in a few days,
and at that time, Chairman O'Connor
indicated, the committee would dig
more deeply into the lobby angle.
Found in New Jersey.
The long-missing Hopson was found
somewhere" in New Jersey yester-
day by House process servers and
brought back to Washington under a
subpoena. Although his "hideout"
was not disclosed, it is believed he
was found at his home at Lake Hopat-
cong, N. J.
Hopson gave the committee his
customary smile as he took the wit
ness stand, but his demeanor had
changed somewhat when he was ex-
cused after the two-hour grilling.
during which he clashed several
times with Chairman O'Connor and
Representative Cox, Democrat. Of
Georgia, because of his refusal to
answer what he described as per
sonal" questions.
I At the outset. Chairman O'Connor
piled Hopson with questions, all Of
them designed to show how he and
j. I. Mango. president of Associated
Gas g. Electric, created the vast util-
tiles holding empire. which at one
time controlled 300 operating COM
panies.
Hopson appeared to be willing
witness. He answered questions readily
and spoke slowly and clearly. He told
the committee he wanted to be an
honest" witness.
A half hour before Hopson was
scheduled to take the witness stand,
the large caucus room in the House
Office Building began to fill with spec
tators. There seemed to be just as
many women as men in the crowd.
Despite the size of the room, the
heat was intense. Newspaper report
ers, and there were about so Of them
assigned to the hearing, removed their
coats. Some of the spectators fol-
lowed their lead.
Outside the caucus room, photog-
raphers by the score paced nervously
to and fro.
Chairman o'Connor and Commit
Evening star., 1935-08-13
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
TODAY.

TODAY.
Dinner. Alpha Chi Rho Club. Uni.
versity Club, $50 pm.
Meeting, Daughters Of 'ss, National
Auxiliary of Spanish War Veterans
Carlton Hotel, 8 pm.
Meeting. Young Democrats, Carl
ton Hotel, 8 pm.
Meeting, District division, Young
Democrats Clubs of America, Willard
Hotel, $50 pm.
Meeting. Socialist Labor party, An
napolis Hotel, 8 pm.
Meeting, Kismet Council, Royal
Arcanum, $50 H street, 8 pm.
Meeting, Columbia Heights Business
Mems Association, Tompkins Build
ing, 1880 Fourteenth street, $3.50 pm
TOMORROW.
Luncheon, Rotary Club, Willard
Hotel, 1890 pm.
Luncheon, Electric Institute, Carl.
ton Hotel, 1890 pm.
Luncheon, Lions Club, Mayfiowel
Hotel, 1890 pm.
Dinner, zonta Club, Y. w. c. A.
Seventeenth and K streets, $50 pm
Banquet, Phi Sigma Chi Fraternity
Willard Hotel, pm.
Meeting, District Council, Roya
Arcanum, $50 H street, 8 pm.
Excursion, Kismet Council. Roya
Arcanum, steamer City of Washing
ton, Seventh street wharf, 8:45 pm.
Evening star., 1935-08-13

fore by the flying of psittacosis serum
to the Marine Hospital at San Fran
cisco to save the life Of Or. H. z.
HaSseltine.
Wilson learned Of the difficulties
under which the researchers labored-
having to buy their animals from all
over Eastern United States. subject
to hazards of Winter shipping. He
learned that many caught pneumonia
and died, sometimes running a diff
cult experiment.
After Wilson decided he wished his
land to be used to aid medical prog
ress, he found giving it to the Gov
ernment complicated chore.
"Earmarked" for Health Service.
1t couldn't be donated to any spe-
cial department, had to be signed over
to the Government as a whole, but
clause was written into the deed
Evening star., 1935-08-13
Star Staff Photos.

"earmarking" the lands for the
Health Service. A $40 nominal pur-
chase sum was included to make the
gift bold as sale"
President Roosevelt was brought
into the preliminary negotiations and
Surg Gen. Hugh s. Cumming and DR..
L. r. Thompson, assistant surgeon
general, spent days paving the way
for the unique presentation.
About so scientists are at work at
the National Institute Of Health Lab
oratories on researches requiring use
Of small animals. In some typhus fe-
yer studies, f1eas are raised on rats; in
Rocky Mountains fever work, ticks are
fed on guinea pigs. White mice. sus-
ceptible to virus, are used in psittaco-
sis parrot fever); encephalitis brain
fever) and poliomyelitis (infantile pa
ralysis) studies; rabbits in work on
tularemia (deer-fly fever).
Evening star., 1935-08-13
BRYAN IS FACING
RECALL ELECTION
Petitions Seek to Remove
Him as Mayor of Lin
coin, Nebr.
BY the Associated Press.

LINCOLN, Nebr., August l3.-
Charles w. Bryan, brother of the great
commoner and mayor of Lincoln, to-
day found himself the victim of one
of his favorite political devices-a peti-
ton for a recall election.
During his 40 years of active politi-
cal life Bryan has been a stanch
advocate of the initiative, referendum
and recall In State and municipal
elections.
Disregards Petitions.
Bryan, whose political activities
took him into the Nebraska Governors S
chair for three terms and into the
Democratic Vice Presidential nomina-
ton in 1924, dismissed the recall petit
tions without definite comment and
left early today to visit his son in
Minneapolis.
The petitions, seeking to remove
Bryan from the Office he held once
before, asked that Ernest M. Bair,
Evening star., 1935-08-13
A|RMA|L TO CHINA
BIDS ARE ASKED
Planes to Carry Passen.
gers, Too-MilIion Set
Aside for Project. {
By the Associated Press.


Shortly after the President signed
the second deficiency supply bill late
yesterday, the Post once Department
asked bids for regular weekly air serv-
ice from San Francisco to Canton,
China. The bill provides $l,000000
for the first years operation.
The route will touch Honolulu and
Manila and the planes will carry
passengers and mail. 1t must be be-
gun within a year after the contract
Is let, the advertisement stated. Bids
will be accepted until october 81.
Demanding flying equipment Of
American make. the Post Office De-
partment specified multi-motored sea-
planes with cruising speed Of l25
miles an hour and capacity for a.
least six passengers and 800 pounds
Of mail. The planes must be capable
of sustained flight on so per cent Of
their motor power at an altitude Of
1000 feet.
The department warned against
"undue promotion of the sale of stock
of a bidding or contracting corpora
tion," and demanded that books and
accounts Of the air companies be kent
open to Government inspection. No
company which pays an officer in
excess Of $17,500 will be eligible
"The contractor shall make the ar
rangements at his own expense in se-
curing concessions to operate, for
landing facilities, lighthouses, radio
stations and such other aides to lavi-
cation as may be necessary" stated
the advertisement.
Maximum rate Of mail pay will be
81 per mile for the specified load and
81 per pound per 1000 miles in excess
of that load.
Evening star., 1935-08-13

BY the Associated Press.
TINE "microbe hunters" of the
Public Health Service have
been given As acres in which
4 to grow their own white mice
rabbits and guinea pigs and search for
hfe-saving serumS.
Luke Wilson retired business man,
formerly of Evanston, H., wished to
do something for his Government. He
decided this land from his estate, Tree
Tops. in nearby Maryland, before SAIL
ing for Europe today on the Bremen.
Fund Available for Building.
With completion of some legal tech
nicalities, 100000 Federal fund is
available for constructing the first
building.
Wilson became interested in the dra-
matte. life-saving role of the research
scientists at the National Institute of
Health. again brought vividly to the
Evening star., 1935-08-13
BY BLAIR BOLLES.
TWO ace sleuths, operat-
- ing in all corners of the coun-
l try. engaged In the search for

try, engaged in the search 1or
- 250-pound Howard Colwell
Hopson, missing utility magnate, who
was located yesterday.
The gumshoes we're the base oper-
ators of the two rival lobby investigat-
ing committees, House and Senate,
which were at standstill until Hop
son was stirred from cover.
These AZ moved according to the
dictates of william H. Collins. counsel
for the House Committee. and Herbert
Blomquist, Senate investigating mas
ter mind.
Blomquist and Collins digested the
information their operatives ferreted
out and subpoenaed those who had
astounding things to tell. In this way,
no matter how startling the revela-
tions in committee, Blomquist and
Collins usually knew beforehand ex-
actly what bombshells were going into
the Record.
Race Between Committees.
Although much more might have
been accomplished II the Senate and
House investigators had united their
forces, this was scorned by the COM
petitive committees. It was a race
between them. and even Representa-
tive John J. O'Connor. chairman of
the House inquisition, took hand in
uncovering the chief prize of the race
MIR. Hopson.
When Hopson was reported some
where in the Shoreham Hotel last
week, O'Connor rushed to room
on the fourth floor, rolled up the
rug, looked under the bed, peered
into a suitcase and announced to
waiting reporters:
He is not here"
The private lives Of those who
might have something salient to re-
veal to the committees become the
a, b, c's of the investigators.
No Secrets From Sleuths.
The sleuths know how much money
they had in the bank, what Securi-
ties they owned. where their money
came from, whom they ate dinner
with, what they did in their spare
moments, whether they lost their tenn
per when they played bridge and
what they have said during the last
five years.
All forms Of detective work were
called into play in this battle of wits
between the probed and the probing
suspects were shadowed. rooms we're
searched, missionaries were sent out
wholesale, letters were written and
Evening star., 1935-08-13
Venture Club to Meet.

Members of the Washington Ven
ture Club will have explained to them
tomorrow evening the workings of a
Western Union Telegraph office by
Miss Ruth Baker, commercial repre-
sentative Of the company and men,
Der Of the local Soroptimist Club.
They will meet in Room SOB, Com
mercial National Bank Building.
Evening star., 1935-08-13
$4,000 BUY BONDS

The Treasury reported yesterday
that 375,000 persons had invested
s114.353,594 in baby bonds" up to
the close of business July 81.
These bonds were first offered on
March /. They mature in 10 years
and are sold on a discount basis to
yield 200 per cent to maturity.
Illinois investors we're reported
leading the country with total pur-
chases Of s9,149,2 ,287, while New York,
Ohio, Missouri and Iowa were in the
second-place group with sales rang
ing between $4,000 900 and $1,000, 900.
July cash sales for the entire coun-
try were S21,648,185.
Evening star., 1935-08-13
Former A. A. A. President Dead.

TUIMtT a. "A. a. FIeSlUenL DEAD.
PAWTUCKET, r. l., August 13
PJ.-Dr. Julian A. Chase, 80, former
president of the American Automobile
Association and of the Rhode Island
Medical Society, died at his home
here yesterday.
Evening star., 1935-08-13
Rail Extension Talked.

Mexico is considering the possible
extension of the southern division of
its national railways.
Evening star., 1935-08-13
Lobby

Continued From First Pase)
Evening star., 1935-08-13

TODAY.
Dinner. Alpha Chi Rho Club. Uni
versity Club, $50 pm.
La gaceta., 1935-03-13
UN TRANVIA MATO EN- LA
CALLE DE FRANKLIN AL
ABBOTT

Las olas, impulsadaS por un
viento de 80 a SO millas, salta-
ron aver sc5re ell nitro del Ma
lec6r. entire las avenidas Mag
nolia y Rome, causando danos
de gran importancia en- ell paw
mento, que Sc hundi6 en- aEgu-
nos lugares.
Como la ciudad no diSpone
de fondos rNa realizar inme :
diatamente ID, Representatives
Preparedness el Bayshore Bou !
levard, en- csc tramo, quedara
ceraaH por al2unos diaS.
Ell viento derrib6 algunos ar
boles y p%ostes, obligando tam :
bien a la suspension de los vue-
los para ell transporte de la CO.
rrespondencia.
Nr,bes de polvo dificultaron
!randemente ell transito por las
carreteras, particularmente en-
la secci6n de Plant City a Bar
tow. La arena y ell viento PERU
dicaron los plantios de t9mates
Y pimientos. en- Plant City y o.
otroS lugares.
La gaceta., 1935-03-13
SU PUESTO Ell
JUEZ COLLINS

Miami, MARIO 13.-BajO sus-
pension del gobernador y espe-
rando ser juzgado en- la corte
de 10 criminal, ell juez E. c.
Collins present6 aver la renun,
ella de su cargo, para ell cuaI
fuera elegido por I'M periodic de
a amos. Embellishments Sc a
nunci6 que ell juicio por soborno
Y desfalco en- contra del juez, sc
atplazaba por tempo indefinido.
Durante ell dia ell juez Paul d.
Barns, de la corte del circuito,
orden6 al fiscal del estado mi
clara prCcedimient0 para ex-
pulsar a Collins del colegio de
abogados.
La gaceta., 1935-03-13
RECOBRADAS OTRAS 10
VAS DE LAS QUE Sc RO-
BARON A LA JEFFERSON
LOAN

Una GAIA conteniend0 anillOs,
relojes, cadenas y collares, de
las joyas robadas a la compa-
MIA Jefferson Loan, Sc recibi6
aver en- esta ciudad por ell jefe
de detectives BuGh. Fue la Sc
gunda remesa. Una primera, a
barcando diamantes, la trajo ell
reclbidor de esa corporation,
abogado Henry H. Cole, hace al
gunos dias.
BESIDE aver viene aseguran4
dose que los dos individu9s pro-
cesados en- la causa, Joe Yates Y
Bo5 Edwards, no Sc declararan
culpables, pero no Sc opondran
a la petici6n fiscal.
Llegaren en- la GAIA 800 ami
Hos, de los cuales Sc han quita-
do los diamantes; so cadenas de
reloj, Sc relojes, collares Y dife
rentes classes de joyas.
La gaceta., 1935-03-13
T0MASELLO ELECTO CAN
CILLER HONORARIO DEL.
COLLEGE

Lakeland, mario 13.-El Co
legio Southern eligi6 aver can
ciller hDnorario a Peter Toma-
selio, de Orlando, expresidente
de la camara de representatives
del estado, y al mismo tempo
recibi6 donativos ascendentes a
5000, con motives de sus bo-
das de GRO. Tomasello tom6 po-
session con la correspondence
ceremonial academica, pronun-
ciando discursos ell DR.. William
Preston Few, de la Universidad
de Duke, y el DR.. Judd NJ. Spi-
vey, p~residente del Colegio. FL
senador Alfred II. Wagg, de
Palm Beach, fue electo presiden
te de la comisi6n de los 200 pa
ra sUceder a TomaseIIo, Y Doyle
E. Carlton, de Tampa, vicepresi
dente.
La gaceta., 1935-03-13
UN A ESCRITOR
INGLES SEPA DEPORTA-
DO COMO COMUNISTA

Washington, Mario 13.-Los
0ficiales de immigration detu-
yieron en- Glencoe, H., con la in
tenci6n de deportarlo por pro
fesor comunista, al ilustre au-
tor ingles John Strachey. d. w.
MacCormack, comisionado de
immigration, anunci6 que Stra-
chey habia hecho declaraciones
falsas al solicitar ell visado de
SUI pasaporte en- ell consulate ge
neral americana en- L9ndres.
Sostiene ell comisionado que
Stradhey desde su arribo a este
pals Sc ha declarado comunista.
La gaceta., 1935-03-13
Acuerdos tomados por Ell Ayuntamiento
en- la session de anoche

ria maestro en- la avenida %, en-
una distancia de $50 pies; que
do archivado un informe del je-
.fe de policia en- el que da cuenta
de 1920 arrestos verificados en-
febrero, con multas ascenden-
ties a $5,403; pas6 al comit6 de
alumbrado una petici6n del juez
Wiese, de la corte juvenil, para
que Sc ponga una luz a la puer7
ia de la casa de detenci6n; con
;un vote de gracias Sc acept6 la
invitaci6n del grupo de mule
res del comit6 de recreo para
un bale que Sc celebrara, ell dia
10 de MARIO, en- la Isla Davis.
Sc lego un informe del pre-
sidente del Consejo de Seguri-
dad de Tampa, Nh. James E.
Sheridan, dando cuenta de que
en- academies perdieron aqui la
vida, en- 1884, % personals, en-
comparaci6n con I2 en- 1888,
10 en- 1882 y 10 en- 1891,
La gaceta., 1935-03-13
Denuncia Ell Presidente Roosevelt como las EN-.
presas de gas y electncidad dominan los precio.

Washington, MARIO f3.-En
un vibrante mensaje al congre-
80 ell presidente Roosevelt de-
nuncia ell sistema bajo ell cual
las companias de acciones Y bo-
nos, en- los grandes centres de
la ~finanza, dominan los precios
del gas y electricidad en- todos
los rincones del pals. Demanda
ell Presidente Sc aprueben me-
didas que eviten tai cosa, por-
que concentran ell poder en- ma
nos de las grandes empresas. A
menos que este Sc evite, tai cosa