Evening star., 1955-05-07
'S12,S16 Paid
As Top Lobby
.Fee at Session
But Rieht-to-Work
Groups Bill Lost in
Maryland Legislature

mittee spent $12.816 lobbying
unsuccessfully for a bill in the.
recent General Assembly to ban
compulsory union membership.
This is the figure the organi-
zation submitted to the Secre-
tary of States office.
It is the highest submitted so
far for lobbying activities dur
ing the 90-day session of the
Legislature in which 100 lobby
lists registered to plead for spe-
cial interests.
Bill Was Defeated
The sotalled right-to-work
bill was defeated by separate
votes in each house after both
the House and Senate Labor
Committees gave it an unfavor-
able Endorsement.
The move to outlaw the union
shop was the subject of a bitter,
jam-packed debate during the
session, which some observers
called the largest they had ever
seen
| At that time, Edwin P. Colwill.
chairman of the committee,
underwent intensive questioning
about the makeup of the group
and produced only three MEM
bers' names. A list of 16 men,
berS was released later.
Maryland AFL leader Harry
Cohen, lobbyist who fought the
bill, later was accused in a labor
newspaper of trading its defeat
for a bill which would have set
a minimum wage in Maryland.
Mr.. Cohen denied the charge.
Hotel Fee Next Highest
The next highest spending
figure recorded to date is $500.
paid by the Maryland Hotel
Association. All but $500 went
to Harry L. Green, unsuccessful
candidate for Congress from the
5th district in last years pri-
mary. Herbert H. Hubbard re-
ceived the rest.
The Washington Gas Light Co.
reported it paid $6.329 to the law
firm of Sothoron g. Jones. It
tried unsuccessfully to obtain
condemnation powers for under
ground gas storage.
The American Mutual Alliance
Insurance organization paid the
law firm of Tydings, Sauverwein.
Benson & Boyd $6,270.
The Association Of Casualty
and Surety Companies reported
a total of $4,730 paid to Bart
lett, Poe & Claggett.
The Associated Industries Of
Maryland reported spending
$4,121, much of which went for
support of the right-to-work
legislation.
The Maryland Petroleum In
dustries Committee paid Joseph
P. Lanigan $3.891, but part was
his regular salary, as were some
of the other lobbyists expenses
filed.
The Associated Builders and
Contractors of Maryland report
ed a total of $2.845. with most
of it going to Wilson K. Barnes.
The firm Of Tydings. Sauver-
vein. Benson & Boyd also re-
ceived $2,580 from the SusQue-
hanna Power Co.
Bernard c. Sullivan was paid
$3,400 by group of chiroprac-
tors. :
Sun Oil Co. paid $4,000 to J.
Nicholas Shriver, jr.
Loan Group Won
The Intercounty League of
Savings and Loan Associations
paid former 5th district Con-
gresham Lansdale G. Sasscer
$2,500. It won passage of a bill
banning new branches of Dis
trict loan associations in Mary
land.
The Maryland Industrial
Union Council paid Charles A.
Della $1,888, most Of 1t regular
salary.
B. Robert Fahey received ST.
109 from the Maryland-District
of Columbia Machinists.
The Auto Trade Association Of
Maryland reported $1,000 paid to
j. Cavendish Darrell.
The Brotherhood Of Locomo-
tive Firemen and Enginemen re-
ported $2,995 for D. L. Adams.
The Orioles Ship Ceiling Co.
reported a fee of $4,000 to Leroy
w. Preston.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
reported $2,235 to William P. and
George w. Constable.
The Cumberland g. Allegany
Gas Co. paid John w. Avritt
$2,623 in fee and expenses.
Mrs. Kathryn ]. Lawlor, OF
Bethesda, who recently was ap-
pointed Maryland's first woman
Circuit Court judge, received
$2,500 from the outdoor Adver-
tising Association.
Some Of the more active lobby
lists not yet reported include Mr.
, Cohens AFL group from Mary
land and the District of Colum-
bia and the Maryland Motor
Truck Association.
A breakdown of the Right-to-
Work Committees report: $1,000
to John r. Fitzpatrick; $1,000 tc
Robert H. Archar: $4,000 to c
Awdry Thompson; 81. 900 to Johr
= P. Trimmer. The rest was listed
for expenses.
: AIexundriun Found