New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 1, 1928, Page 5

contribution up to $160,000. ON TEAPOT DOME (Conunued from First Page.) crat, Montana, who sought to get details of the del| ties by Sinclair. it took place in New York, Hays could not recall the exact location. At the end of his statement he! said he had *given to you to the best of my recollection all the infor- ! mation in my posseasion with respect to any government honds which ma have been formerly held by the Con- | tinental Trading Company uged for the committee," The witness said that at the end ! of the 1920 campalgn the republican | national committea found itself in debt to the extent of about $1,200,- 000, Although he had retired from the | committee in 1921 and from the' cabinet in March, 1922, he said lf’i folt a sense of responsibility hecan tha deficit had been incurred while | he was chairman and that he re.| sponded to a request from the treasurer of the committee in 1923 | to ald in the endeavor to liquidate the remaining indebtedness. “Y desire to say at the outsct Hays said, “that the only informa- | tion that has come to my knowledgs ahout any government honds oner owned by the Continental Trading | “lompany ever having heen used for | the benefit of the republican nation- | al eemmittes is the report from the | investigation of this committec. “T did not know of tho existencs of the Continental Trading Company | at the time I assisted in ralsing the dcficit of the republican national | committee and first heard of it in| the public reports of the trial in! “heyenne, Wyo. Got Bonds. “T do know. however, that Harry ¥. Sinclair did turn over to me for | the benefit of the republican na- | tional eommittee {n connection with 1he deficit, & certain amount of gov- croment bonds, and these bonds may or may not have been originally in poasession of the Continental republican lm(:fln.’l]l Telling of his personal appeal to| the wealthy ofl operator for funds for the committee, the former cbairman sald Sinclair had told him l:e would make a pereonal comrum-_ tion, which he thought should nor | cxceed $75,000. | ‘He also said he would turn over | to us epproximately $153.000 in government bonds in addition to his contribution for such use as might become necessary upon my | assurance that he would be repald | the total amount advanced in ex- coss of the $75,000 contribution,” | Hays continuc “Both the ,000 and the §85,- 060 were, 1 think, in government | bonds, and a portion of the $185,- 990 government bonds nsed as lerefnafter stated and this ad-| vaneement, along with contributions | by many others. enabled the treas- urer to announce to the committec | at the December meeting that the indebtedness was provided for. J Mcmbers Not Recorded | “So far as T know no record wa ‘made of the numbers of these | honds or even of their particular issue, “$75,000 of the honds constitut- ing Mr. Sinclair's personal contri- | Lution were applied on the commii- tec's jndebtedness at the Empire Trust company, through the chair- | man of ita board, General T. Cole- | man DuPont. | “$80,000 of the original $185,000 recelved from Mr. Sinclair werc returned to me to Mr. Sinclair. “Of the remaining $138,000 1 de- livered to John T. Pratt of New | York, te the best of my recolice- | tion, $60,000, at about which tima he placed in the hands of the com mittes $50,000 in addition to amounts he had previously contri- buted. “Later I asked Mr. DPratt to add | that eum to his previous contribu- | tion. To this he agrecd and delfv- ered to me $50,000 in government bonds, but I had no knowledge as | fo whether they wers the same bonds I had previously delivered to | him. These bonds in any case were given by me to Mr. Sinclair. 85,000 to Wecks | “Of the approximately $3,000 romaining Y delivered 825,000 to ! Secrotary John W. Wecks of Bos- : tom, e used by him in his er- ! “forts to raise money for the defien and they were uscd by him for that purpose. “The approximately $60,000 rc- maining I dclivered to I'red W. Up- ham of Chicago, for the same pur- pose, and they were used by him for that purpose. “Conssquently, I lacked approxi- | mately $85,000 with which to repay | Mr. Sinelair the entire $185,000. 1 felt bound to reimhurse Mr. Sin- clalr in full and 1 did so, hoping at the time that I could get some | further help later from others, but this did mot macerialize. I had suf- fered financial losses, of which Mr. Sinclalr kncw. He did not feel that 1 should bear this burden person- ally, and he voluntarily returned the $85.000 of securitias which I had caused to be delivered to Lim. Seme Securities “These securities did net com- prise any of the governmeont bonds originally delivered by Mr. Sinclair to me. The securities which he re- turned were the jdentical securitics which I sent te him. I simply had 1ot succeeded in raising the entire | amount and made it up personally | i with securitics which bore no rel a- | tlon whatcver to the bonds with | Which the committes now is cou- | cerned. | “This last transaction had nol‘ taken place when I testified before | this committee in 1924 that accord- ing to my recollection Mr. Sinclajr's | contribution in making up the defi- cit did not exceed $75.000. But after that time for the rea- rong alrcady mentioned, he as- sumed the $85,000, which I had proffered to make good my assur- ance to him that he would be re- imbursed in full He therefore should be cpedited with a personal contribution of $75,000 and an ad- t ditional $85,000 which he felt | ought not to be called on to pay. This brings the total of his finai the |faying he did not even know that {there connection whatever the and any and later i cabinet,” he {to his knowledge sincla | further s {was exchanged between | action | ham, '\ow. ment bonds which may have been formerly held by the C nnllneuh(l‘ Trading company and later used for |quite so liberal? i “‘Oh, republican national commit. | tees” Hays wound up his statement by | was a Continental company and that Trading | “there was no between Sin- | clair's gift or loan or guaranty for national committ purpos, of his dealings with re- spect to oil leases." | Heard Nothing “During the year I was in the | added, “J never heard ations with respect to joil leases and never thereafier till I read| the announcement in the newspapers.” Cross-questioned by Senator Walsh democrat, Montana, Hays said that gave no contribution to the republican par- ty during the 1920 campaign. 1 plained that during that period cffort was mads to hold contribu- tions to £1,000, 1 Hays testified that Sin Iy handed him the § curities “in a packa cither in his or Sinclair's New York office id that no memorandum him of any ncgo r person- 000 of se- Walsh pressed just where Sinclair bonds hut Hays said all elearly, tain the New York. tifled that know what hecame of the delivered to the late 17 then trea committee, to the 1l Seeretary Weeks and to Pratt, except that they were used to help reduce the party | defleit, Hays as to delivered the he could not Ithough he was cer. | ction took place in he did not bonds ha W ip- national Pratt Gave $30,000 Taking up the contribution by Pratt, Hays insisted that Pratt $50.000 1o the national e nd then gave him hack bonds which later were retur Sinclair. The former postmaster said e could not recall d that he must have told Praft that the £30,000 had Dheen provided in the campaign so that T"pham ecould report the deficit wiped out before the 1924 campaign. “Sinclair’s contril as little over $7i lhr witness added. gav Sl gencral |1 Is, Lt | tion was ‘o boe as possib; Well in the fire need i Hays replic remember the details. “How was the 218 3¢ frou was in 1) {might 1 [Tpham thought we need \I.\w\ Quick Relief! A pleasan, efc. T ma el g;ufi"a'& R e %'u Saho 3 roat and UINE Ravso Toses TYoE 20/A with the 98¢ ol tuhe, Our 1Rog. Cut Price S1.79 R C. A 199—S1.79 with old tube Do ,\';)ur Tubes H-0-W-L Get a HOWL ELIMINATOR for “PHILCO A and B ELIMINATOR Latest Type 135-180 Volt Sacket Power ELECTRIFY YOUR SET. ge mlvmon, 1 mw ;nen‘!cld committee loanu “You made no report on tion all the information in my pos- |y, -mh pursued. session with respect 1o any govern- | mittee, | Reed of Indiana, |are details hut I orged him to make a contribution. did.” | “That doesn't quite rc lelair's 3185000 “No, Hays likened the {for the ito a there men with contributions limited to a | {maximum of $1,000, Hays said that it was during this {campaign that Iteed * ed to be loancd $100,000 ator $100,000 at the pany in New [ committe of a Itced lo nati He ‘ loanes and | Sinc Sinelair in connection with the trans- | i t ing elair moy money | Blackmer is a h\n provided for.” “I was not an official of the com- Hays replicd. as there any other contributor | 1n Decener 1 nutmber of deposits of I think so." in that bank “an't you give us the namr Vo, T can mot. T know Daniel I don't remer it2" the Montanan aske “I would not suy so; king a drive tor ; er I heard later he|c What was the amount of that 2" | 100,000, T, th Jlays, arc in Contine par Waish “L am a dir “Were you b L - sked. but it was a large one." “Red Cross Drive” proceedin drive for funds|j,afore the committee in 1920 \\wore dismissed?” drive” explaining | wNo sir.” and county chair- Chairman Ny nation “Red ) were state and the witness s the committer cur rd of loaned or caus- and Sen- T, Coleman Du Pont borrowed |y, . Empire Trust com- | York for the national : s, Walsh said > was no record : report of the nal comm “Then he probably caused it to be +can tell us why My pally i Sl ple Mo to help. “Is that all?” “Yes, thut is all. There was noth torior ahont soliciting Mr. No Money Prom Stewart vish vou would give® names."” Walsh continued i . Lic I can’'t of my own knowl Mann and Mrs. | % Ttohert W. Stewsrt 2’ him, but Sy us son prizes wi thard rank 13, Miss 13 Starkweatl got no ford v guest of rdom hir “Did you get any Kmer?” and T never knew th - Nordstrom inental Trading company then.” 216 and Mrs, A “Oh, we all believe that,” Walsh tford wer When vou were here t you Washingion's irthday 11 us about any honds.” i s ot asked about any and 1id not volunteer any inforn S a from Henry M ssette ot G a silver s club of W ! not Thurs: will 1 Hays said he told the committe: g0 that Sinclair m of 8$75,00 gift was mad. When did von turn N to Sincla - yma iy “In the general washout. Tt was r he first gave $157 w long 1son Miss Elizale th Cor teplying to aid he James g0t o contriin O'Neil who wi Ningto “nuc . struck th -Sinclair oil cons; Senator Cutting, i + driven publican, Ny developed that John 'l 15 @ brother of Herbert Prart “Herbert Pratt is president of th uard O of Now York, i into “T do not ohn Pratt know.” Hays is not conn that Ott a stop for t Main stree Lus reported s car to ¢ south of cted with |y Montanan wanted to linow o unless the Londs were sold, the debt could have been re- tion, Walsh read from records ef the | Continental and Commercial Na- | rnonvxl bank of Chicago, showing that | 3 Upham made “It 100ks a little suspicious, doesn't we ands ull over the Is Bauk Director you a stockholier tal Banking com- Hays replied. director when Continental commission | adverted bonds Hays turned over to re 4 1-4 per cent tothere Jay d with her Mrs, Rau, oroof Wost Miss pson str W Auto Hdl!ed by Light s > trolley car Motormun Geors 1 an auto ink Ott of 4 5:05 o'clock tire k of ng the automobile a a ear ging the t Nobody was injurcd po these arded to saye sua, HOUSE NAVAL COMMITTEE GUTS DOWN SHIP FUNDS a | Vote Only $14,800,000 for Modemni- small suins | zation of Two Warships, of $31,670,000 for Five. wer ‘ushington, March 1 (& second time in recent louse naval committee used to follow a navy recommendation and voted thorize an appropriation of o 314,800,000, for the moderniz of two battleships instcad of requested for the capital h today to the the Sinclair d he could tur ish ¢ today sp $14, 1sed for the Lattlesh propos should | on of the vania and Arizo amount request 3 ment would have enat conditioning of three New Mexico, 1daho $00,000 moder entative Britten Ilino ho was instructed turned after T cter of Pennsyly tically said that o b tion, ntical and that the < p!l)'lu\l‘]} would 1 Walsh and Lynch to Golf Nelson New Haven, March 1ocratic state ternoon left 1 (P con atery They also a iven by thr hom lo YOU lition with sor CASCARA, the for the sy you lax: bettir 1ood, Dut s of harmless cascara, uiy valuable advice: The bark of a tres < the most marvelous nankind has yet found. 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