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group that he "evaded the Senate
committee" because it was "a matter
of protecting" his health.
II felt that other employees had
given them all the testimony could
give" he added.
Hopson Accepts Call.
Mccarthy was waiting outside the
door of the House committee room
when Hopson emerged He stepped
forward, held the document before
him and said:
This is summons to appear i'm
mediately before the Senate commit
tee"
Hopson took it without word and
walked toward an elevator. He un-
folded the paper to read 1t as he
walked away in the direction of the
Senate.
Black and other Senate committee
members contended that not only
Hopson, but lawyers and officials for
the Associated system, had been
''trifling" with the committee and
were in contempt of the Senate
Hill denied he had physically inter-
fered with service of the subpoena
yesterday and contended the law did
not require him as lawyer to report
Hopson's whereabouts to the COM
mittee.
In his testimony before the House
group today, Hopson said he had not
attempted to avoid the House commit
tees Jurisdiction, but had sought to
evade the Senate Lobby Committee
At the outset of the hearing Chair
man O'Connor and Cox, member of
the committee. issued emphatic de-
malls that efforts had been made BY
his group yesterday to prevent Senate
process servers from presenting him
with a subpoena. O'Connor at the
same time, however, charged the Sen
ate Lobby Committee with racing"
after his committee.
Denies Aiding Witness.
"This committee" Cox declared,
'has no intention to protect Mr..
Hopson against the service of Sem
ate subpoena. If the Senate wants
him, no one should stand in the way.
If he is not willing voluntarily to ap-
pear. it is their duty to take him
bodily"
LAS far as I know" O'Connor
added, mo effort has been made on
the part of this committee to prevent
the Senate Committee from serving
subpoena.
Hopson was shelled with questions
for nearly two hours, the committee
tracing his movements from the time
he left the Shoreham Hotel last Tues
day until its process servers caught up
with him Friday in Newark, N. j.
Efforts also were again made to get
Hopson to disclose his income, but he
again resented the "prying" into his
personal. affairs to make newspaper
headlines.
Hopson said he was at the Shore
ham Hotel last week, registered under
a chauffeur's name, while both House
and Senate committees were looking
for him.
He insisted, however, that he could
not answer Yes or no" to a question
as to whether he was hiding out"
He explained that when he came
to Washington, he fully intended to
appear voluntarily before the House
Committee, but when he saw what
It was" ne disappeared in justice to
his health and his family.
Arrives With Guard.
Hopson arrived ut the House COM
mittee hearing Is minutes late. sur
rounded by bodyguard of House
committee agents. He smiled as he
walked into the room and the photog-
raphers again greeted him with a bar
rage of flashlights.
William H. Collins, lawyer for the
committee, took up the examination of
Hopson and read list of companies
which he affirmed were 100 per cent
controlled by the corporation headed
by Hopson. These companies, consti-
tuting what Collins called the Associ-
ated Gas g. Electric set-up, are:
Manson Security Trust, Eastern
Utilities Investment Trust. Utilities
Managers Corp and Utilities Pur-
chasing g. Supply Co.
An item of 100000 secured as
Service charges" had gone from the
parent company to these subsidiaries,
Collins pointed out, and Hopson ad-
pnitted this to be true, but added:
81 hope there is no inference here, for
this money was expended for services
secured"
Stakeholder Protest Read.
Collins next read a telegram re-
ceived by the committee from an
Associated stakeholder, expressing dis
satisfaction with the Hopson manage
ment. This stakeholder. whose name
was not revealed, said he owned $780,
600 worth of preferred stock.
mo stockholders meeting Hopson
answered, expressed any dissatisfac-
ton with the organization. There