Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-05-01 | Page 2 | Dr. Townsend Quiz Awaited

DR DRI 1 TOWNSEND QUIZ AWAITED A W LOS ANGELES May Ma 1 l-A l A. A house subcommittee planned today on an immediate ret return rn to Washington to quiz Dr Francis E. E Townsend concerning testimony that leaders of or his pension movement made large profits I want to get set bock back In time to cro examine cross Dr Townsend when ho he takes the witness stand before beCore the committee as a whole on May 5 said Representative Joseph Gavagan Cay Cay- agan aan New York Democrat The subcommittee in two days of public hearings here into the modus n-iodus operandi operand of the old age pendon pension pen pen- sion don organization brought out this testimony In one month December 1935 Townsend followers contributed in the southern California area Dr Townsend planned to use use se the pension movement merely as a n springboard for building up a profitable prof prot national magazine Dr Townsend was extremely Impoverished Im Im- d unable to pay gas anc and light bills at th the thu time he started his movement mo for tor pensioning aged persons Later rich returns poured In Testimony concerning Dr Townsend's Townsends Townsends Townsend's Townsends Townsend's Town- Town sends send's financial condition was given by Pierre Tomlinson former form promoter promoter pro moter for tor the pension organization