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Congress who voted against the bill
He declared however he did not re-
member whether he formulated that
policy.
Later there was another clash be-
tween Hopson and Chairman Black
when the former was questioned about
an arrangement he had to finance the
business of the Jones Operating &,
Financial Co. of New York, headed by
Edward j. Cheney.
Hopson Voices Protest.
Hopson objected to the refusal of
the committee to let him go into a
detailed explanation. claiming he was
not being allowed to tell the whole
truth"
Records produced By the committee
showed that Hopson collected S497 00J
from the Jones company between 1920
and 1888, and Cheney got S497 900
Hopson admitted he had sole control
over the company's finances, although
his name was not linked with it.
1t was the effort of Senator Schwel-
lenbach. Democrat. of Washington, to
force Hopson to admit that he did
not use his name in connection with
that company to keep that informa-
tion away from Associated's stock
holders. that caused the second
flare-up. Hopson afterward denied
there was any effort made to keep
his connection with the company Sc
cret.
He's First Victim"
Hopson arrived before Chairman
Black convened the hearing, walked
seat
L will borrow this chair he said,
until l find out whether I'm to be
the first victim He was
The first question fired concerned
the cancellation of ASsociated's ad-
vertising in the Miami Herald, and in
dicated the committee intended to con-
tinue its inquiry into the company's
efforts to influence newspapers with
respect to the Wheeler -Rayburn bill
Hopson testified the ccmpany's ad-
vertiSing in the Miami papers was
dropped because the circulation was
such that it did not get sufficient value
out of it,
Hopson then was questioned about
complaints filed with officials of the
Associated Press and the United Press
and other press associations about
stories which originated in Washing
ton about the utilities bill
Whenever I read anything in the
newspapers containing lies and which
was unfair, that was prepared by the
professional propagandists in WASH
1ngton," he replied, Il tried to get the
rest Of the truth in the hands of the
men who wrote the stories"
HopSon also was questioned about
the purchase of stock in the Penn
Southern Co. from a New York lawyer
named Williams, who was connected
with the Irving Trust Co., and the
questioning suddenly shifted to the
activities of the Associated against
the utilities bill when it reached the
Senate.
Hopson admitted he had sent
telegram from Miami to his New York
Office suggesting that efforts of the
company be concentrated on the
Senate.
A few minutes later there was
f1are-up when Hopson referred to his
kilograms as personal" business and
made reference to the Governments
publicity activities.
Chairman Black rose in his seat
and declared: "Mr. Hopson, you an
swer my questions. don't want any
argument. If there is anything like
that again it will be taken up with
the Senate. We don't want any argu-
ment."
Widows and Orphans Stressed.
Hopson admitted, after the f1are-up,
that the Associated not only sent
congratulatory messages to members
of Congress who voted against the
bill, but it also adopted an emotional"
campaign to defeat the measure by
calling the publics attention to the
effect the law would have on widows