Show WALTER SHE SHEAD AD consumers pay lobby bill athe THE HE lobby racket in washington is costing consumers oi 0 1 the nation anywhere up to 50 million dollars a year according to conservative estimates under the congressional reorganization not act lobbyists hobbyists are required to regist register dr with congress to date individual lob representing organizations have registered according to f r roundup round up by congressional quarterly a reliable source of information these organizations are expending approximately live five mill million ion dollars annually in salaries alone and andt according to estimates the cost of expenses offices clerical help entertainment food and ilau liquor 1 I r will amount to 10 times the salaries paid there Is po jao doubt but that this sum spent to influence legislation in congress Is passed on to tho voters here Is a box score with approximate salary expenditures twenty six organizations like theu S chamber of commerce commer ce an am national association of manufacturers annually 23 building products and real estate organizations 22 financial organizations 51 food and agricultural concerns 35 oil gas an and mining organizations 21 power and communications 0 ga niza eions 79 7 transport associations 5 highway associations 57 railway organizations 11 water or shipping con cerns 48 miscellaneous companies 49 ul trade groups 61 01 citizens groups 75 employees groups 28 farm groups 9 foreign policy groups it professional organizations 20 reclamation groups 21 2 tax groups 21 veterans and military organizations and 14 woi nene groups I 1 I 1 |