Show HOUSE TO PROBE PENSION LOBBY Propagandist Gets in Dimes From Aged to Work for Bill WASHINGTON Feb 20 TS- TS The first congressional investigation which may actually Involve members of ot congress themselves is being weighed by the house of ot tives Pending before the house is a resolution resolution reso reso- lution to have its committee on labor inquire into the question of old age pensions and the lobbies interested In the question One of the lobbies claims to have amassed just by soliciting a a dime from anybody interested ted in joining Seven representatives and one senator sen sen- senator ator have made radio appeals on behalf be- be half haIt of ot this propaganda agency which is one of those to b be investigated receiving receiving re re- they say 1 no money for tor their speeches The man who heads the agency is a aDr Dr J. J JE J.E. E. E Pope who once or twice before belore has been convicted of using the mails to defraud But this time the congressmen who have lave broadcast for tor him insist Dr Pope is honest and within the law Dr Pope himself declares he will appear appear ap- ap pear ear before any committee that wants to o investigate him bring all his rec rec- records records and waive the immunity which protects a congressional witness from prosecution on the basis of ot statements he ie makes Representative Wright Patman D. D Tex in a speech on the floor of the he house listed the three escapades of ot Dr Pope which previously have involved him with postal and concluded by saying I 1 will leave leavet it t to you to decide whether or not nott it t is intended to use the mails again to defraud old and needy persons who could better spend their money for food than by supporting the ion Uon |