Evening star., 1936-03-26

ceedings. calling Clements to the
stand at once.
Establishing his residence at the
Calverton Apartments, Clements said
he had been there since last No
vember.
Clements said he was born in
Amarillo. Tex, In 1894. Later, he said
he lived in Roswell, N. Mex, then to
Elpaso. later at Fort Worth.
Questioned about his education.
Clements said he finished high school
in Fort Worth. Later, he went to
night school and business college.
Upon taking up residence in Long
business with his father. From 1914
to the present time, he continued.
he has been real estate broker in
Long Beach, specializing in sales, ex-
changes and laws.
QuizIed About Business.
Sullivan asked detailed questions
about the witness activities in the
real estate business, particularly
whether 1t had been confined to Long
Beach.
Us it not true that average span
Of residence around Long Beach is
from 2 to Z years" Sullivan asked
Il know of no such statement"
Clements answered.
Clements was extremely cool under
the questioning, always answering
| islo I'D u,;th aeeuranrn
Did you promote building Of vii
lagos" Sullivan asked. Yes. did, I
was interested in establishment Of Mid
way City from 1868" As associates
he named two other men, John s.
Harper and o Mr. Stake Miller Neither
Of them were natives of Long Beach.
Harper was head Of promoting Of
ganization. was sales manager"
| Clements said.
Midway City was between Long
Beach and San Diego.
How much money did you accumu-
late from your promotion from 1925
to 1922" Sullivan asked.
Proceeds in Properties.
"The proceeds were mostly in prop
critics, not cash. Those properties
were divided up. I couldn't give you
an accurate estimate on their value"
"A million dollars or hundred
dollars?" Sullivan pressed.
You wouldn't say whether 1t was
less than . million or more than
S500?"
Yes" Clements answered. "it was
more than $500. but considerably less
than q million"
When did you nrst file income tax
return?"
The records of the Internal Rev.
enue Bureau show that"
Here Representative Moritz, Demo-
crat, of Pennsylvania, not q member
of the committee, protested that the
investigation was directed at the
Townsend plan. not the private life of
the witness.
He was declared out Of order and
resumed his seat.
How much return did you make on
your income during the years Of pro-
motion of Midway City," Sullivan
continued.
MY records of that nature are In
Long Beach," Clements said.
When did you first become ac-
quainted with Mr.. Townsend?"
In 1925 or 1927. at Long Beach
DIR. Townsend also was associated with
promotion Of Midway City in 1928.
II considered him o brilliant man
and q physician of note"
Sullivan then identified two agents
Of committee who had been engaged
in studying records of Oarp.
Investigators Courteous.
Clements commended the attitude
and conduct Of the investigators.
Sullivan then asked If he were
aware Of the charges made ON the
floor of the House that Investigators
have used bullying and back ALLEY tao
tics" The charge was made by Rep
resentative Kramer, Democrat, Of Cali
fornia.
Representative Tolan objected to
this turn by Sullivan, but was over
ruled by Chairman Bell.
Sullivan then read excerpts from
the Townsend Weekly repeating
Kramer charges.
AS far as you or your employees
were concerned, was any information
Of that kind given to Representative
Kramer or the Townsend Weekly?"
mot that know Of" Clements
said. II found the Investigators ex-
tremely courteous.
"As far rs Townsend Weekly is con-
cerned, such reports may result from
placing too much credence In the Con-
gressional Record" Clements an
swered. .....
The answer drew q laugh and Chair
man Bell raped for order.
did you ever study economics?
Sullivan, asked.
Not from text books" was his
answer.
Smith Watches Proceedings.
Among those watching the COM
mittee proceedings closely was Rep
resentative Smith, Democrat, OF WASH
ington, who warned the House some
time ago that constitutional rights
must not be infringeds upon BY the
inquisitors.
clements continued 10 explain he
had made some study sof such mat
ters as national wealth capacity to
produce and consume and matters Of
taxation. He named Bfookings 1nsti-
tuition among his sources OF infor-
nation.
did you tell representative Of