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report to the Senate next winter after
the murder has been completed. The
corpus delicti will be all that is left
The Hatch or Austin amendments
would have acted as a real deterrent
and punishment for playing politics
with relief money and the relief Or
ganization."
Senator King, Democrat, of Utah,
who two weeks ago offered the first
resolution calling for appointment of
special committee to investigate the
w. P. AS alleged political activi-
ties, appeared before the Audit Com
mittee today to urge that some reso-
luton be reported directing such an
inquiry. Senator King was one of
nine other Democratic Senators who
joined with Senator Tydings in spon-
soring the Tydings resolution.
Others on Committee.
Besides Chairman Sheppard, the
Campaign Investigating Committees
members are Senators O'Mahoney Of
Wyoming, and Brown of Michigan,
Democrats; White, of Maine, Repub-
lican, and Shipstead, Of Minnesota,
Farmer-Labor.
In addition to reporting out this
substitute resolution, the Audit Com
mittee authorized expenditure Of an
additional $12, 500 by the Senate Lobby
Committee, of which Senator Minton,
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Dealer, is chairman.
Senator Byrnes said he would let
the Tydings substitute resolution go
on the Senate calender, presumably
to come up in regular order. II the
resolution is not reached in that way,
before adjournment, one of the Sena-
tors VINO have demanded an inquiry
into w. P. A. political activities un-
doubtedly will ask that it be taken up
and adopted. It is expected that
majority of the Senate will favor the
resolution.
If it is adopted, Gov. A. B. Chandler
of Kentucky and his campaign mana
ger, who have charged the w. P. A.
is being used in that State to help
Senator Barkley win the Democratic
senatorial nomination, will be in
position to demand an immediate in
vestigation of those charges by the
Senate committee.
Can Ask Inquiry.
Senator Barley, on the other hand,
will be able to ask the committee to
investigate alleged use Of State funds
and State employees to aid Gov. Chan
dler, who is his opponent in the sena-
torial primary.
Agitation for Senate investigation
of w. P. A. activities developed imme-
diately after Harry L. Hopkins, head
Of the relief organization, announced
his support of Representative Wearin
against Senator Gillette in the Demo-
cratic senatorial primary in Iowa.
After the Senate had voted down the
Hatch amendment to the Presidents
relief and recovery bill, Senator Tyd-
ings offered his resolution for a special
committee of three to make such an
inquiry.
The Hatch amendment would have
prohibited by law any employe of the
w. P. A. from political activity. It
would, in fact, put the w. P. A. en-
ployes on the same footing as civil
service employees of the Government,
who are prohibited from "pernicious
political activity"
The substitute resolution approved
today provides:
THAT the special committee (the
Campaign Investigating Committee) is
hereby directed to make a specific in
vestigation with respect to whether or
not any funds appropriated by Con-
gress whether for expenditure by any
department, independent agency or in
strumentality of the United States, or
by any State or political subdivision of
State, or instrumentality of State
or political subdivision thereof have
been spent or are being spent in such
a manner as to influence votes cast
or to be cast in any primary, conven-
ton or election held in 1888 at which
a candidate for Senator is to be noni-
mated or elected.
Specific Investigation.
"Such specific investigation shall be
made in the same manner as other in
vestigations made pursuant to such
resolution are made, and in making
such specific investigations the COM
mittee and any subcommittee thereof
shall have all powers conferred on
them by such resolution.
THE expenses of such special in
vestigation for which a sum of not to
exceed $4,000 is authorized to be ex-
pended in addition to the sum author.
lied to be expended under such reso-
luton, shall be paid from the contin-
gent funds of the Senate on vouchers
approved by the chairman of the COM
mittee."
Senator Wheeler, Democrat, Of
Montana, who has fought many ad.
ministration proposals, asserted In .