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Show STEELEl 'I'aLtJ I L. s a i 'V: .'lhL;l..aj Honse Investlatlri Cc-i- mittee Cecils to I!ae ' ..That Req.Ircritnt. , ' will cr,c? CA?:rA:::i ' CCNTEICUTICN FXATUrZ Comil::e E:i'tr:l cf I:s Authority ta Cc: :1 A.i-, A.i-, sweri ta C-"'-- " J ""WASSINaToy, Aug. . I Ue awsi ' Unat . Investigating eommi "a la an ezecnttT o"ti fc-day de- !-4 not to ar at this t t a (n.. .na of ca-o-ualga eontribi i In connection w b Oeorge W. P t of ? w Tot a, a director di-rector af th v.. ed f ..ta tl cor-oration, cor-oration, who wa y y t: rea'- 'd with contempt proceedings before tlie bona of representative. Tha eommltte decided to require tv Stoei corporation to produce tiie bo. J ef subsidiary eompanle. When th executive session of the committee adjourned Chairman Stanley eaidt. - "Nothing to say unr p. m." "The chair changed Its . rulincs on campaign contributions," said h.ere-seatetlv h.ere-seatetlv Young, Bepublirsn. "Young ought to know' aaid At-toraey At-toraey H. V. I.indabury of the atrol corporation.' emiaiKr. The resolution demanding tba booV of the suhetdiary, con.paniee also di-reetod di-reetod legal atee in tha event of their aoa-production. Unewrtoia ef Authority. . ' , The committee's' decision "not -to prees the inquiry into eamosigo contributiona," con-tributiona," waa baeel on tno eonriu-aioa eonriu-aioa that tha hooee reeoitrtioa did not giv Authority to go into tneee rrt-tera. rrt-tera. ' It waa aaid t"at Kenresentei iv Littleto of Now York insisted tt th committ would thus transcend it power. ...Chairman Stanley .' refused to weV any statemeat. rjme merr-.ere of tie commute aneerti tht . -v V iRirta had been freed omy fr.. a a. .ni g t.'a aueetiona reitsroiDg h v'nTel C"i- kr,r..it.n. a, ,1 tiikt in. n.K.ra. 4 t Steel porporHtloa and the ew Yfrt Lite " Insurance company eairpe i contributions had aot baea aeciuvd anally.-. Chairmen Stanley,' Bepreeeatatlva Littleton aad Sterling of tb.eomirt-tee tb.eomirt-tee and Herbert Knox hmito, ftoinrt. donor of eorporationa. had oon'-r-nc with President Taft at tha wmt hou following th axecutiv session. All refused to discuss tha conference. Want Other Steal Information. . Chairman Stanley aad bia associate, It was learned later, had gone to tno whit house to ask tha preeident to further release the reports of ths commissioner com-missioner of orporation oa the ateel inquiry with a view of getting at so roe of the matters aought ia the inquiry. - Preaideat Taft, Ft waa aaid,. promised prom-ised to furnish to the committee all ia-formation ia-formation ia the poaaeaaioa af the bureau bu-reau of eerporatioaa ia regard ta th ateel trust which could be furnished within th haw. In Executive Session. r . - When the eommltte met Ksnrseents.-tlve Ksnrseents.-tlve Martin W. Littleton of New Tore moved that th committee go Into executive execu-tive oeaetoa to consider what action It should take ha pressing the line of que- -tlone regarding Mr. Perkins' personal campaign contribution and etmffar onn-trlhullona onn-trlhullona by the United fttatee Ateel corporation cor-poration and tha New Tork Life insurance insur-ance company. "I ausseet that you make your motion mo-tion broad enouxh. Chairman Stanley aaid. "to Include th question of the com. mittee' demand on the eteel corporation for book and records of Ita eubeidiarv companies. The production of thee boose la a matter In niepute between tha corporation cor-poration and . the committee, end w might well take that up now aa well aa Mr. Parkin' attltade toward tba committee.' com-mittee.' "I accept th Hrgeertoa," aM Mr. Littleton Lit-tleton and the committee went into x- ecutlve seeeton. Mr. IJndabury remained with the eommltte behind cloaed doors. Mr. Bancroft and Mr. Perklna walked about the. eorrtder during th chamber conference. . .There la nothing to announce today la connection with tha attitude we have token." to-ken." aaid Mr. Bancroft . "Not entil th commute decide what It la going to do will we determine woat w shell do." "I am In the hands Of my ceuiieel In the matter. Juet aa I waa yesterday." said Mr. Perkins. OommlttM SesaioB Lively. ' . . . it was apparent that tb nemmlHee'r aitllng waa lively one. AU th member mem-ber of th committee were preeent and the Republicans. Gardner of Massachusetts, Massachu-setts, Young of Michigan, exerting of Illinois Illi-nois and Danfortb ef New Tork wera strenuously opposed to tha Inquiry Into oamplgn contributiona. Representative Toung. It waa known, waa moat emphatic la announcing the attempt of the chairman, eupported by his Democratic colleaguea. to delve Into polltloa. In this he supported th contention con-tention of couneel for Mr. Perktn. that th hou resolution did not gtv this cocamltLs power to eMgreaa lot that Oeid Of th lnvetlatlon. Chairman Stanley ebttnately Insisted that the queetlona relation to campaign contributiona asked yeelerday by Repre-sentatlv. Repre-sentatlv. Beall of Texas were germane. He Insisted that the purpose era to show th multifarious and Interlocking intar-st intar-st of th gret men of nnanc. |