Show STOCK MART ACCUSED OF SLUSH FUND Raised to to Defeat Defea Proposed Control Bill Committee Told t WHITNEY WHITNEY DENIES CHA CHARGE aE House louse Members Protest Publishing Publishing Publishing Pub Pub- lishing Telegrams r Dr United Press Frew WASHINGTON Feb 22 22 Charges Charges that New York stock ex exchange hange bad sent senta a slush fund to Wash Washington ington to defeat the pending stock market control bill have been made in telegrams to members of oC the house int interstate r tate commerce committee it was revealed at a Q hearing on the bill today Richard ichard Whitney president of or the exchange appearing as a witness against the th bill denied the charge He said the send sender r of the telegram was a stock d dealer ler now suing the exchange for The sender of the jre- jre received received re re- by each member of the committee committee com was said to be Gene McCann 52 William street New York City The message message said that the fund had been sent to John P P. 1 Ryan yan president of the Washington stock exchange ex cx- change and Rowland Redman Announcement of of receipts of ot the telegrams was made at th the opening of the afternoon session of the committee committees committee's com corn hearing on on the toc control bill After Whitneys Whitney's denial tive Sam Texas said Mid hel he ic had made the announcement in order to give the stock exchange an opportunity to deny the charge There is Js no truth in the charge Whitney said H Has s the New York exchange sent Mr Ryan Rayburn asked No oNo sir the witness answered Several committee members protested protested pro pro- tes tested ed against the telegrams being made public Whitney was before the committee to open the thc opposition of ot U the e New York exchange on the bill which he said would s seriously injure the credit structure of the country |