Show B I TO TOI T I I u U A Ai I i I Trust Head Aid to Mr Hoover Tells Congress It Is Increasing Shortage Shortage Short Short- age on Atlantic Coast I By Sy International News Newa Service Dec 21 W WASHINGTON J vv The sugar ugar shortage On the F Atlantic in creased by y tho the investigation now under way before a subcommittee of the senate manufactures committee commit commit- tee George M. M Rolph head of the sugar lon of the food tood administration ch charged on stand today The of ot the International sugar committee Is being l held eld up up by this Investigation In in- tn- tn and has been entirely sus suspended ua- ua for or more than a week de deJ dared Rolph Hoph I t expected that ultimately congress would be blamed answered Senator James Heed nied man chairman There then followed followed a general discussion discussion dis among the members of at tl the e committee with 8 Senator tor Reed eed maintaining maintaining main main- taming tat th the members o of or the food 00 1 administration were not requited required to tc leave their I work Olk to ci attend the hear hear- legs ings Ralph Ph was wu taken fl from the stand temporarily tempora that James A A. A Sommer Sommer- yule ille of ot St St. Louis ml might ht testify Sommerville Sommerville Som- Som merville declared he was Vas a L ft of the car ar service committee of the American Railway Hallway association He Xe testified 1 an n official of the food approached him in November in III an attempt to to get cars carll to move sugar from froni Colorado He ftc declared he lie had bad told the official l of the food administration ad- ad ministration that there was wasI a mt million and H a quarter pounds of sugar In Michigan which could be moved more mort easily Sommerville did tot not know whether the Michigan crop and d been moved In answer to a question from Senator Jones JOnt S he declared that the car sup sup- I ply plo for beet sugar manufacturers rs I in Michigan has been as good gooc this year as ever Chairman Reed produced numerous statements made by Hoover last May and confronted George M M. Rolph head of the lie sugar division of the food administration ad ad administration ministration with them One statement by Hoover was that there here would be serious sugar by f tho middle of ot October Senator Reed td asked Rolph If It such a statement would tend to increase hoarding and bring on a sugar Bugar famine Rolph Ralph was walt reluctant to criticise tho the statements of his chief While Reed Hee was reading Hoovers Hoover's statement in which ho referred t normal supply of 41 tons ton rr from r ni Cuba Senator Cuba Senator Lodge of ot Jal sa sette Interrupted Four million tons is not a normal supply for Cuba a Is it naked asked the tI sen nJ ator MOl The Cuban supply has baa never nc been that t large I Oft 1 believe be that must be a misprint declared Rolph Oh Ohl It l will be 1 lly by y tomOrrow any anyway wa way wa answered Sena Senator tor- tor To Lodge g gly My ly own Owl company sustained a loss los of Oo by ly y 1 selling g sugar at a low low- price to lo relieve the shortage hortage Rolph declared in testifying that list everything has halt be been liec-it n done to avert the shortage I |