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Hearings By Senate
Continued from Page ~
NEW YORK DEAL

NEW YORK DEAL
THIS DEAL LED TO THE FURTIVE cHARTERlNC OF
SEVEN PAPER LOCALS" EXPRESSLY TORIC' THE 1856
ELECTION OF TRANSFERS JOINT COUNCIL l6. IN,NEW
YORK, IN FAVOR OF THE HOFFA-BAcKED CANDl-
DATE. JOHN o'RoURKE. THE JOINT COUNCIL is THE
GOVERNING BODY FOR $4,000 TRANSFERS IN THE
NEW YORK AREA
THE PAPER LOCALS. IMPORTED BODILY FROM
THE RAckET-RiDDEN UNITED AUTO WORKERS. ALL.
NOW THE INDUSTRIAL WORKERS UNION, WERE or
FicERED BY CREW OF THiRTY-FOUR Ex-CONvcTS
WITH IMPRESSIVE POLICE RECORDS THAT WERE LONG
ON ExToRToN BRIBERY AND CONSPIRACY. A NUM-
Der OF THESE OFFICERS KEPT GETTING INTO
TROUBLE WITH THE LAW AFTER THEY SLIPPED INTO
THE TRANSFERS
TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE INDICATE AT LEAST
FIVE YEARS OF FRIENDSHIP AND COOPERATION BE-
TWEEN MR.. HoFFA AND do, WHO WAS LABOR
RELATIONS cONSULTANT." FOR HIRE TO MANAGE
MENT. AT THE TIME OF THE PAPER LOCAL DEAL.
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Our Answer
CONTINUED from Back Pase)

tConfnueo
And God continues His 'dctation TO His beloved Daugh
ter which began in grhood into her goth year. using
Eddy revive primitive Christianity with its lost eIe
OF healing but whose higher mission Is to take
away the of world Ito effect THE healing Of the
nstions"-promsed by St. John in Revelation
Your SEEMING problem is answered in svsIins yourself
OF the opportunity Of making yourself Of Gods Chosen
People, christike Christian Scientist and awaken your.
self and others from the MYTHICAL, devish antichrt
Adsm-Eve ego and psychology Of all human births and their
so.csled material" world
The human and their soeaIIed material" world
the beginning of in the words Of God TO ST.
Paul 70 yov THE things temporal l-myfheal-L
but the things NOT seen are eternal!
CHOOSE We THIS DAY WHOM YE WILL SERvE"-
GOD. MAJESTIC. FLESHLESS, MATTERlESS,
SPIRiT-OR MATTER" THAT MYTH, THE OTHER
GOD OF THE DEVILS ADAM AND EVE DUPES-
ALL OF THE NON-cHRIsT SCIENTISTS
Genesis st Chapter, 3lst Verse: ALL VERY GOOD
And God all that He had made. and behold
I--S- VERY GOOD"
And God said let make after our image and
likeness neshless nafterles and let them have dominion
over :" ALL Genesis l:26
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let There Be Light"

The ransIaors say Let there be light" and there
light There has been any darkness the REAL
universe. The earth, moon. and stars. and human
bodies TOO, merely mortal thought images shadowy.
visible, mortal thought eovnterfet-and bvresqves Of d.
vine ideas.
Ny dear young friend don't you settle for lesser life
CONTINUED next column TOP
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Beware of Anti Christ Adam-Eve
Spiritual Adultery Of All Bibles!

impure transsors relatively righteous but not liberated
from the MYTHICAL deviIsh. antChrisf Adam-Eve psy
chopafhc ego all human births nvounfary began advI-
feraons of Holy Scripture, beginning already in the first
Chapter of Genesis which has been generally conceded by
Christian Scientists give the statement Of perfect Cod
Creator, creation, and universe.
But God dictated to Mrs. Eddy correction Of the first
Verse which ordinarily reads I'm the beginning God created
the heaven and the EARTH"
God TO Mrs Eddy 70 you: THE INFINITE HAS NO BEGIN
MING u has been eernay completely populated with The
ONE AND ONLY REAL ereation-FLESHLESS. mafterless.
spiritual, chrstke-whieh SATURATEs the one REAL
universe with omnpresenf heaven and eternal
life. wherein all of find being, Gods eternal
image and likeness
EARTH WITHOUT FORM
That the human mseoneepon Of earth. All Of Gods
creation consists exclusively Of eernay harmonious
peted perfect spiritual ideas The universe is 1907 the
manifestation of thought
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1957-08-31

shsn 10 make yourself chrisis Christian Scientist Jesus
being he perfect Model; MRS. Eddy in great humility and
honesty, frequently stssns her position: Follow your
Lss1sr ealy - Gar - she follows Christ"
cHRlsr-oR CAESAR. NAPOLEON. LENIN. MUS
sollNl NlvLeR. srALiN-MoRAL. SPIRITUAL
cRIPPLEs l. PsYcHoPATHlc. MYTHICAL
ADAM BuRLEsouEs or GODS MAN-FlEsHLEss.
MATrsaLEss SPIRITUAL. cHRisTLiKE = TNe
NATiSRe o. r4E TRUE INDIVIDUALITY OF EVERY
OWE OF US
MussoLiAt. -PsvcHoPATHlc, DEVILS
RENEGADE ROMAN CATHOLIC MoNsrRosVYIEsi
DEVILS JUDAISM AND DEVILS ROMAN cATHoLI-
cIsM-PsYcaoPATtIc MATERlALisTic PERvERSioNS
OF DIVINE. SPIRITUAL REVELATIONS
SIX MILLION HEBREWS DIE BECAUSE JUDAS
CHRIST votD AAlTI.ci4RlST RAeeiNATE IMPLIED
JESUS TO BE A 'BAsTARDr
VENICE. SPIRITUALLY NAKED AND IN SPIRITUAL
'ciAPERs1McoMPETENT TO ACCEPT AND
EXECUTE GODS AND JESUS WONDERFUL
PROMISE AND PROPHECY
BEHOLD, HAVE GIVEN YOU POWER OVER ALL
THE (soesisd power OF THE ENEMY the anfi-chrisf
Adsm-Eve psychology pathetic MYTH land MOTH
Ing SHALL BY ANY MEANS HURT YOU!
Well. We didn't expect go that far. We shall see what
God dictates next
The enclosed check for $1,000 may be Of comfort
Lovingly and insprationaIly yours
according to Christ
Andrew r. Fruehauf, C.S44t
AFF:m
E.~
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More Canadian Wages Of Sin" =
Death Of Six Dutch Canadians
In The Dresden Cave-In!

FOREMAN REFUSED HIGHER BRAcINc
BEFORE COLLAPSE -
20 CHILDREN FATHERLESs
WOMEN WIDOWED!
Windsor Daily Start
GOD TO HIS DETROIT TRIBUNE
A TRAGIC. PATHETIC. BUT FORTUNATELY,
MYTHICAL, MORTAL THOUGHT PHENOMENON,
TESTFYINc TO THE MYTHICAL, DEvILIsH
ANTicHRIST ADAMLEVE EGO AND PSYCHOLOGY
OF A sHADoWY. MORTAL THOUGHT CREATION
so-esIed "A BuRLESoUE OF MY. GODS ONE REAL
cREATIoN-FLEsHLESS. MATTERLEsS, SPIRITUAL,
CHRiSTLIKE l-ETERNALLY VERY GOOD" Gen. I3I.
COMPLETELY PoPULATNc THROUGHOUT ALL
ETERNITY. THE ONE REAL UNIVERSE, SUPER
S'A-T-U-R-AT-I-N-C IT WITH INvULNERABLE
oMNlPRESENT HEAVEN AND ETERNAL LIFE,
WHEREIN ALL OF YOU FIND YOUR TRUE BEING
NY ETERNAL IMAGE AND LIKENESS REFLEcTINc
NY oMNIPoTENcE. oMNIscIENcE. ETERNAL
HARMONY!
THE DEATHS ARE MERELY CHRISTENING MORTAL
THOUGHT PHENOMENAL
THE THINGS SEEN ARE TEMPORAL LMYTHIcALL
BUT THE THINGS NOT SEEN ARE ETERNAL"I
THE UNIVERSE IS 1907 THE MANIFESTATION
OF THOUGHT THE REAL UNIVERSE HAS NEVER
HAD HUMAN BIRTH. DEATH; NEVER AN
ADAM OR EVE, NOR A CAIN MURDERER; NEVER
ANY DEFoRMITIEs. PEsTILENcEs, ACCIDENTS,
DISASTERS WARS. NOR THE COMMUNIST LuNAcY-
GIGANTIC, MORTAL THOUGHT M-Y-T-HMi
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Rev. Billy Graham $ Nd
August ~. 1857

Or. Ralph ~. Misehsi'
AS w. ~ ST.. Apt. &C, New York w. y. v
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DETROIT TRIBUNE. SATURDAY. AUGUST 81. 1857
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-03

poss her neiqhbors by importing
o baby buggy from England gets
mixed up with diamond snug
elers.
1000
4-Sports covoIeode.
6ornett "Suoor" Hart vs.. Waiter
6Yors, Weterweiohts Modlson
Square Garden.
5-Coptured. Crime.
The Stote Gang" Part |.
1.-The Roy Anthony Show.
| Hour. Musical show.
9-The Lineup. Crime.
A refugee eunnon is involved in
two crimes.
1880
Sports Precinct. Police.
9-Person to Person. Murrow.
edword z. Murrow visits Stewart
Aisop and Ted Lewis.
l0:45
Aired Barber's Corner. Color.
100
4-News and loeoI News.
Horkness. Sprooue,
5-News.
Warren
7-News. Weather. Sports.
McCoftreY Allen. Pickett.
9-News. Weather. Sports.
Richords. Douglas. DonieIs.
Halo
5-Woshinston Movietime.
| Hour. Come OF Donqer"
1855. Jock Worner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-03
March 8

7-Boeksiose. Sports. News.
Strong Molone Make
9-Annie ookley. Western.
"IndIon Justice" Gail Davis.
7:l5
7-John Dolly. News.
1870
4-xovier Cueot Show. Color.
5-Fobion Of SeotIand Tord.
Trim Tin Tin. Adventure.
9-Beot the Clock. Contest,
Bud ColIyer is host
7:45
4-NBc News.
Ooyid Brnklcy Chef Huntley.
500
4-Blondie. Comedy.
5-Movietime USA.
Hour, Is Min. Mods Nigh,
Out 1888 Joan Fontoine.
7-Adventures OF Jim Bowie.
jim Bowie IS the victim, Of
monkey troined 70 climb into
windows end steal!
9-West Point. Oronno.
$50
Allie OF Riley. Comedy.
"a Young Mons Foney" Near
fotol complications result when
Riley confuses his sons young
romantic interest and thinks he
is in love with on older women
7-CrossEoods. Dromo.
The Ice Cathedral" A true
drama OF the triols and triumphs
Of the huge Eyrd Expedition TO
Aniorctico in l946-7 Kelvin
Mccarthy
Ozone Grey Theoter. Dromo.
Block Greek Encounter" A de.
footed. broken down ex-qunmon
sweors never TO use his guns
oqoin, but is challenged IN the
saloon where he works Ernest
Rorqnine. Jan Merlin
900
4-The Joseph Gotten Show.
"Ponic
7-CrosseuFFent. Dromo
9-Mr. Adams and Eve. Crdy
Movie stor Howard Adams ond
his actress wife Eve ogree 10 Or
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-12-27

Some Kind Words For Great Falls
Labor and THE TRIBUNE

this day of the faults of segments of organized
labor being ronpage it's good to that occasionally
the good works of labor take top billing in the press
Thus it u.s. salute the GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE for it's
Monday front of the bringing of water to the
laness Indians living Hill 81 northwest OF that city, and
the substantial credit given by the TRIB to Cascade County
Trades Labor Assembly for its role in pushing this human
project See reprint of the article elsewhere in this
iSsue)
Organized labor throughout this county invariably lead
community and national efforts to promote the
welfare aid the less fortunate to make America
better place for all people, whether not they part
of the union movement
These good works frequently unnoticed This not
entirely the fault of either the commercial the radio
In instances labor has only itself to blame for the lack
of favorable publicity surrounding its activities
Labor, particularly the local level considers its
tbuions to community life little than fulfilling the
obligations of good citizenship places headlines in second
airy position-if considered.
Aruism is wonderful thing but bears little relation
ship to the realities of life when forces in nation
hebent destroying the collective bargaining strength of
neghbothe carpenter the plumber the printer the
electrician.
Because labor has often missed the boat telling the
of projects it is interested ill., people, generally speaking have
gained distorted view of the union movement. AS result
the reading public yprepared to reach mature judgment
of labor when it suddenly bombarded with black headlines
about strike the occasional discovery and conviction of
crook in the labor movement,
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-12-27
Seven Men Wrote
Ezra's Defiance

WASHINGTON, D. C.-(NFU)-
Shortly after Secretary Benson is
sued his defiant "no-resignation"
statement on Dec. 3, word got around
that this had really been master
minded" by outsiders.
Bill Blair of the NEW YORK
TIMES finally smoked out the story.
Key figures behind the Benson state
ment proved to be that great advocate
of "self-reliance" for farmers, James
A. Mcconnell, once Ezra's assistant
and former manager of the Grange
League Federation of Ithaca, N. Y.
The actual statement "ghost" was
John Strohm of Woodstock, ILL.,,
sometime farm paper editor. Other
strategy sit-ins were Albert Mitchell,
prominent New Mexico rancher and
a member of Benson's advisory coun-
Gil; Homer Davidson, American Meat
Institute president; P. o. Wilson,
president of the National Livestock
Producers Association; Earl Hughes
of Illinois, also a former Benson as
sistant, and Norris Carnes, livestock
commission man of st. Paul, MINI.
AS further indication of the
sentiments behind the statement,
Blair added that ''these men have the
backing of many officials of the
American Farm Bureau Federation"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-12-27

On that day the SEC found Dough.
erty guilty of having given it 'false
and misleading statements" during an
investigation. AS a result. it ruled
Dougherty ineligible to practice be-
fore it, something it hadn't done to
another lawyer in half a decade.
MYSTERIOUS CHECK
1t all began with Orville E. Hodge,
the buck-happy former state auditor
of Illinois who now lanquishes in
Statewide prison, Joliet, Illinois. After
investigators blew the lid off the
Hodge scandal last year they found a
certain $4,000 check made out to
Hodge by Dougherty. Since Hodge
had been a state official, and since
Dougherty's Mississippi River Fuel
Corporation does business in Illinois,
the check drew attention.
The SEC administered the Public
Utilities Holding Company Act. So,
after deciding to investigate, it called
in Dougherty last January Is and
asked him to tell all he knew about
that mysterious check. Dougherty
said he did not know how the check
had gotten to Hodge. The check, he
said, had been made out to a friend
believed to be deep in gambling debts
and the friend, he assured everybody,
was not and never had been public
official.
This did not satisfy the SEC, so
Dougherty was called back in March.
This time he talked with startling
candor. He told SEC that he had ex-
pected Hodge to become governor of |
From that vantage point, he
continued, Hodge would have been
able to prevent certain company
from building pipeline in Illinois
which might have competed with Mis-
,issippi River Fuel Corporation. Then
here was the matter of legislation.
Hodge would be in position to help.
EXPERIENCE"
One paragraph in the SEC findings
'evealed the quality of Dougherty's {
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-12-27
Need More BE Said About
Who's Cashing In
On Prosperity?

WASHINGTON, ID. ca de-
tailed study by staff members of
the Senate Finance Committee IL
Eliminates the distribution of Re-
publican economics from 1853 until
1857, it was pointed out here by
Sen. Richard Neuberger (D-Ore.).
He said the following are per-
centage changes in the five major
categories of American income:
Wages and salaries-up 13 per
cent.
Farm operators net-down us.
Business and proprietors' income
up 20.
Dividends-up PAS.
Income from interest-up 26.6.
Need more be said about who's
cashing in on prosperity" he
asked in a news letter.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-12-27

discussion Of the issues, and whether
Mr.. Fike is Republican or Democrat
if his editorial columns argue his
philosophy the state will benefit.
At least Lewistown people won't
be subjected to the curtain of silence
surrounding the people in the areas
served by the company press, where
to all intents and purposes there are
no problems in the state worthy of
editorial comment.
We should argue the administra-
ton of the state prison. We should
argue it in every newspaper in the
state, but we should argue about
whether it is being administered prop
erly or not, and not speak or be silent
because cit will not pay off in money
or friends nor business nor standing
as a sound patriotic citizen.
That philosophy has curtailed pub
lie discussion the past few years. 1t
led us to wrap our minds in insulat-
ing batting and watt on a cloud of
smugness assured everything in this
country was going to be taken care
of and obviously solved by Cadillac
Cabinet, because after all who is
more socially acceptable than those
who are able to drive cadillacs.
Now the cry across the nation is
for public debate-and there is a mad
scramble from Genrals of the Army
on down to get on the side of the
angels-the great need is for ideas
a mental and spiritual revival of the
of the First Amendment
that man must have full freedom to
search the world and the universe for
the answers to the puzzles of life.
The answer won't come from people
who consider first whether it will
pay off in money, friends, business or
standing as patriotic citizen.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-12-27
Don't Buy Campaign
Launched Against Sunkisf

LOS ANGELES, Cal. = Sunkist,
biggest name in CALIFORNIA; lemon
economy, is the target for don't
buy" campaign launched by the Pack
inghouse Workers.
The UPWA decision came after
three years of court battles which
resulted last February in an order
for the Sunkist member units to bar
gain with the union. The growers re-
sponded with demand for Fright
to work" clause in any contract.
The growers involved are the Santa
Clara Lemon Association, Seaboard
Lemon Association, Oxnard Citrus As
ISOLATION, Somis Lemon Association
and Carpinteria Lemon Association.
Their employees voted four years ago
for representation by UPWA.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-12-27
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
BY GRETCHEN G. BILLINGS

Political snobbery in full bloom
was featured in an editorial in
Western Montana paper last week II
the form of letter to Edward Fike
publisher of the Lewistown Daily
News, concerning Fixes recent de-
mand that Warden Burrell must 60
The Western Montana editor as
sumes Fixes demand indicates he
'has turned Democrat.
The matter of whether Burrell
should stay or be removed is logical
and practical public discussion and
worthy of debate in the Montana
press, therefore that was not of con-
Germ to me, as pertains to this edi-
torial.
What is of concern, the letter to
Fike contained some political snob-
berry that is dangerous. 1t is a type
of snobbery this country can not
afford. 1t is type of snobbery that
has been INDUCED in for several years
and has tended to provide soft spots
that could eventually lead to political
decay.
The editorial warned Fike about
becoming a Democrat. 1t was pre-
sented as warning to a nice guy
who is newcomer and needed a
warning.
The reasons given the Lewistown
editor for not becoming a Democrat
were:
Il am the kind of guy who doesn't
like to see newcomer, nice guy,
burned with brand that will remain
forever and never be complimentary"
Then in the last paragraph were
these words:
1T will not pay off in money nor
friends nor business nor standing as
4 sound patriotic citizen.
Certainly the American tradition
If freedom of the press has been
orn and trammeled numerically by
hose words.
have the greatest respect for
newspaper editor who speaks from
leeply grounded political philosophy
whatever his party, and stand ready
o fight for his right to say what
lie pleases, even while arguing vehem-
ntly any points of disagreement.
Commercialized politics has been
source of danger to democracy al
rays. 1t has led to the purchase of
ewspapers by large corporate groups.
has led to the control of newspapers
trough advertising, and it has cur
allied the free discussion that is the
of our way of life.
1t has brought about our present
ad state of affairs on the interna-
onal scene. 1t strikes deep at the
BOTS of our potential greatness.
Even more dangerous is defining
'cial status by party politics. Man,
eng social by nature, finds that the
ost difficult to withstand, and this
fact has not gone un-
'ticed by the commercial sculptures &
American destiny.
As things shape up in this country 1
day there are two parties. If it is
cially verboten to belong to one b
the other if it doesn't make e
u shudder, it should. b
The plea for Fike to remain "inde- il
ndent' is shallow mockery, for who
to say, at this early stage in his Il
ontana newspaper career that his r,
Inclusion on the Burrell affair is fl
t an Independent conclusion? g
l know nothing about Editor Fixes 81
litical affiliations. We have heard tx
is being ''fair" about giving public
to all groups in the area, which C
lkes the people down there feel l.
cd, and is an indication there may sc
free discussion of issues down al
wistown way. T
What Montana needs is full blown fc
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-12-27

imagination: Respondent dough
erty) sought to explain some of his
earlier testimony concerning his con-
facts with Hodge by stating that when
he said he received repayment of the
full amount of the loan, he meant in
experience, not in cash; that he sus-
pected Hodge had gambling debts
because he lived in an area which
had two race tracks; and that when
he said that Hodge was not a public
official =. he had been speaking as
of the time of such testimony"
That paragraph alone would have
finished better men than Bill Dough-
erty. But Dougherty isn't finished. In
fact, he fingers OH as a kind of legal
oddly whose presence raises uneasy
questions in the minds of federal
agency lawyers.
Thus, while Bill has been told not |
to show his face around the SEC. he |
has not been disbarred from practice
before the Federal Power Commission
where his Colorado Interstate Gas
Company is currently processing four
separate multi-million dollar rate in
crease cases. Now FPC has almost |
the same disqualification provision as
SEC. They both rule ineligible the
man who has engaged in unethical
conduct or improper professional con-
duct. Did Dougherty's unethical con-
duct before the SEC affect his stand
ing before the FPC? The answer to
this won't be known until the day
Dougherty attempts to make a per-
sonal appearance before the FPC. I'm
til then that Commission will, under
maintain polite silence.
ROLE
But Bill, may have enough sense |
not to press the point. That he does
IS indicated by his avoidance of FPC /
nearing rooms since that black Octo-
Der IL. Instead, partner of Dough-
9rty's by the name of White showed
Up to do battle for Colorado Inter-
tate on December a.
This raises another provocative le-
al question. Can partner-who pre-
shares the fee-of a dis
arred lawyer practice before the
gency which did the disbarring? This
uestion probably won't be resolved
ntil the day White attempts to make
personal appearance before the
&c.
Agency lawyers today can be found
n both sides of the questions raised
Y the specter of Dougherty. The deli !
ate legal problem is, in fact, one for !
lie books. But then, so is Bill Dough- |
'ty.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-12-27
One for the Books ;.
The 0eeypationuI Disease
OF the Natural Gas Lobby

By Al TOFFLER, Special to PEOPLES VOICE
WASHINGTON d. Civilian A. Dougherty is sixty
yearod blue chip lawyer who operates from the comfortable
precincts of Rockefeller Plaza His annual income probably
secret shared only by the Internal Revenue Service but
fact that millions of consumers of natural little bit
Of tribute to Doughery with each of their monthly retances
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-12-27
CROP CENTER

RALEIGH-More tobacco and pea
nuts are grown in North Carolina
than in any other state.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-12-27

For DOugherty IS vice president
and director of the Colorado Inter
state Gas Company. He is general
counsel and director Of the Mississippi
River Fuel Corporation. And he is
chairman, general counsel and direc-
tor of The Consolidated Natural Gas
Company, the holding company which
controls the East Ohio Gas Company
(Cleveland), The Peoples Natural
Gas Company (Pittsburgh), and sew
eral other firms.
Consolidated alone is one of the
biggest integrated companies in the
industry with revenues of about a
quarter of billion dollars a year.
In return for his remuneration,
Dougherty devotes his legal talents
to extracting higher prices for natural
gas-meaning higher monthly utility
bills for Joe Blow.
RECKLESS DISPENSATION
None of this necessarily differen-
tiates Dougherty from thousands of
other impeccably dressed corporation
lawyers. Unfortunately, however, Bill
fell i'll with an occupational disease
of the natural gas industry-the reck
less dispensation of political contribu-
lions. And this has made of Dougherty
a legal laboratory specimen.
Liberals r-call with unmixed pleas
ure that dramatic morning of Febru-
airy 3, 1856, when Senator Francis
Case (R-S.D.) exposed an attempt
by the natural gas lobby to bride him
with $4,000 just as the controversial
Harris-F ulbright bill came up for a
vote.
This crude effort is recalled, not |
to impIicate Dougherty in it, but
simply to note that what happened
to him later was not out of character
for the natural gas industry. The
story of Bill Dougherty is to be found
in transcript of a hearing held be-
fore an Examiner Of the Securities
and Exchange Commission last July
9. 1t was repeated in less detail, but
with the punch line added, on Octo-
per 18. u