Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-05-19 | Page 1 | "Master Mind for This Oil Tariff," is Tydings' Shot at C. Bascom Slemp

Master Mind for Th This s Oil Tariff Shot at C. C C Bascom Slemp CD Br Associated TretO W WASHINGTON ASI May 1 19 C. 19 C. C Bascom Bas com corn Slemp called by Senator Tydings ings one of the managers of Mr ers Hoo campaign was described by the Marylander in tax laC debate today today to to- today day as the master roaster mind for this oil tariff Assailing the tariff in the heated dispute which arose in the senate after a threat had been ma male made e to Insist insist int in- in t upon opening up the whole tariff tar tar- if iff question Tydings said the locust swarm of ot lobbyists is ver very close to the highest powers of the government government govern govern- mentI ment I 1 wouldn't be surprised if when shen we got ot back to where their inspiration tio tion comes I f om cm the Maryland Marland Dem- Dem oc said that the Standard Oil on company compan wouldn't be seen approaching approach lug Ins the capitol through that liaison Tydings said other lobbyists for the I IoU oil oU tariff have been Wirt Franklin of ot Ardmore Okla Okia and Mr Hitchcock a former postmaster general He said Slemp who was secretary to President Coolidge was sent over o to Paris and given an attractive position position post post- tion there as a reward for his activities activities ac ac- ac- ac in Mr Hoovers Hoover's campaign camplin T its dt's one of the men the president prest- prest dent calls a locust swarm of ot lobbyIsts lobbyIsts' lobby lobby- isIs isIs' he claimed Hes been en the master mind for this oil oll tariff Referring to Hitchcock he said a ua senator cant can't walk out of ot this chamber cham cham- ber without being pulled to one side and ent to vote for this oil tar tar- iff iU Mr Franklin I am told is likely to be a Republican candidate for United States senator from Oklahoma Oklahoma Okla Okla- homa he remarked The reference to Mr Hitchcock was to Frank H H. Hitchcock postmaster ter r general under President Taft