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get q subpoena.
The chairman then said I
subpoena would be forthcoming
The problem Of pertinenc!
in subcommittee questioning
assumed major portions lat
yesterday when Mr.. Harris de-
MED q request by Mr.. Bennett
to have Mr.. Goldfine tell ex-
actly why some other out
standing treasurer's or cash.
ier's checks were purchased by
his companies.
None Paid to Ofiicials
Mr.. Goldfine would say only
that none of the uncashec
checks totaling more thar
$776.000 as of last month rep
resented payments to Govern
ment officials or was used aS
collateral by politicians"
In pursuing q similar line Of
questioning today, Mr.. Bennett
contended that the purpose oi
the original purchase Of such
previously uncashed or unde-
posted checks was especially
pertinent in the. case OF. the
Northfleld and Yale companies
Mr.. Bennett said the Yale
company was under FTC in
vestigation at that time on a
complaint Of having sold mis-
labeled cashmere and wool
stock" to the Northfield Mills,
Mr.. Goldflne said the checks
were not used and were later
re-deposited to the account of
the Northfield Mills at the Pill
grim Trust Co. in Boston.
Again Refuses to Answer
Mr.. Bennett pressed for an
answer on whether the checks
were issued for the payment of
materials obtained from the
Yale company.
At this point, both Mr.. Gold
fine and his bookkeeper, Miss
Mildred Paperman, refused to
answer on the grounds that
the questioning was not rele-
want to the inquiry.
Whatever ! said stands, ="
Mr.. Goldfine said. II can't go
beyond what said"
Mr.. Harris indicated that he
was dissatisfied with Mr.. Gold
fines refusal to answer Mr.,
BENEFITS question as to the
specific purpose for which the
checks were purchased by
Northfield Mills.
'Mr. Bennett has asked you
a very simple question" Mr.
Harris told Mr.. Goldfine. "The
chairman wants to say you are
getting pretty far out on a
legaliStic attitude that is part
of a lack of cooperation"
Mr.. Goldfine brought with
him and exhibited to the SUBJ
committee yesterday uncashed
checks totaling more than
100000.
None for Politicians
The Boston industrialist in
sisted that none of these
checks went to Government
officials or was used as col
lateral by politicians. He re-
peated his denial that he or his
companies received preferred
treatment from Federal regu-
latory agencies as a result Of
his gift-giving friendship for
Presidential Assistant Sherman
Adams.
Representative Bennett led in
challenging the "pertinency"
ruling Of Mr.. Harris. The
chairman held that questions
had to be limited strictly to
their relationship to the man.
ner in which Federal regulatory
agencies were carrying out the
functions vested in them by
Congress.
He ruled that Mr.. Bennett
had gone beyond the scope of
the subcommittee's inquiry in
demanding that Mr.. Goldf1ne
tell precisely why he issued a
$45, 5,407 check to his brother
in-law, Louis Goldblatt, in No
vember, 1855.
Subcommittee Counsel Rob-
ert w. Lishman was asked by
Mr.. Bennett to explore Su-
preme Court opinions and 9TH
er legal material on the prob
lem of the rights of members
of Congress to question wit
nesses.
Witness Charges Blackmail
Three Democratic members
of the subcommittee said they
also we're greatly interested in
the problem. They were Rep
resentativeS Mack of Illinois,
Williams of Mississippi and
Moss of California.
Mr.. Mack was advised late
yesterday by Chairman Harris
that 'it is going a little toe
far" to ask Mr.. Goldflne wheth-
er he was indicted in 1909 on a
charge of concealing assets in
a bankruptcy case. This query
by Mr.. Mack provoked Mr.
Goldfine into shouting:
II didn't know Mr.. Mack was
going to try to blackmail Gold
fine or / wouldn't have come
here. Nobody is going to black
mail Goldf1ne.
Stricken From Record
Chairman Harris banged his
gavel and ordered Mr.. Gold
fines protest as well as Mr.
Mack's question stricken from
the record. He and several
other members said they saw
nothing pertinent in a Federal
court indictment which. accord
ing to Mr.. Mack, was returned
and later mol pressed in Massa-
chuSettS when Mr.. Goldf1ne was
l8 years old.
Mr.. Mack said he brought ur
the matter only because Mr.