| Show Ji 0 0 0 0 0 it C c 0 c cOt o 0 a o 0 WILL HAYS HA YS DENIES SINCLAIR CONTRIBUTION CHAIRMAN EX-CHAIRMAN 1 TERMS STUCK STOCK REPORT FALSE Sinclair Refuses to Give Further Testimony Before WILL HAYS CALLED He Denies Oil Man Wiped Out Republican Deficit W March 22 2 By unanimous ote the oil c ot Sinclair 1 e l today to certify Horl Hany y 1 I Sinclair to the Hie nale for Con Con- contempt con contempt tempt as ns a result of Isis refusal to W WASHINGTON WASHINGTON- March 22 32 fter failing finally to Induce Harr 1 r Sinclair to testily testify the oil committee today tody reel e from Wil II H H B denial oUse fc eto had contrib contrib- contributed contributed a lar J Of ot oil ell took stock to wipe wip out the th deficit In the Re- Re Republican Re Republican party treasury after aUer the 1920 campaIgn Sinclair refused to testify after atter the committee voted unanimously to rule over objection of ot his at- at at attorneys tome torne Despite the tho th committees petition he h said he h mus must reserve ery evidence lie be h has hs for forthe forth the COlli coults ts The Tho Th committee only recourse now Is b to certify hIm to tho th senate enate for contempt but members member Indicated no suds such step alep probably would be b taken taleen HAYS YS Questioning Mr Ha es Sen- Sen Senator Sen Senator ator asked Do Do you know the th lines e Sinclair who ho lust jut left the tand stands stand's Yes Yes sir Ir for tor eight or o or ten tn oars ears replied Hays It It has hs been testified to be- be before before tor be-tor fore another committee ent wenton on the tho th senator tHat Mr Sims Sims- Sin Sinclair clair gave ave certain tock stock to Ipe elpe out a deficit In the th Republican national committee Tell Toil us about It I 1 can cn t tell you about It re- re returned re returned turned Hay Hays It It I Is not true tru You You 11 saw a statement In the Now York Times that vou OU would testify to such uch a donation Yes Yes Tes but that story Is un- un Untrue un-tru un I true truo It I Is fale false's fals Hay Hays said ald he had no Ide idea Ida a as asto asto to the th source of ot the Times Time Tim state tate statement in mont ment en t Would It surprise ou to know that that Information came cam front from your office asked aked Senator Walsh Walh It could not have hav como come corn from there was the th as as It Is 18 not a fact tact CLAIMS CLADIS IsO I 0 BASIS I Hays Hys Id Joe Jo 0 Neil Noll N 11 a former newspaper man as an em- em employ employs em employ ploys ploy of ot hi his office attic Asked If ONil ONeil had not given the th state tn ment nt to the tb Times Time Hy Hays said Id he could not hate o hav done don so 0 as thero as no n basis for tor the th story Please Pleas Plea tell teU u us what Mr Sin Sin- Sin claim had to do o with making up the tho deficit said Senator SS I assume ume it is III I not time the th purpose or of the th committee committe to go to Into cam cam- campaign cam palin contributions flay Hays re- re returned returned re turned I I 1 assume assum the th committee consider that Irrelevant ant as I do Besides I am not the th source oure of now The Th began bocan a long Ionic state state- statement staf-ment staf ment about abut the th tb general enral subject of campaign campa contribution contributions Stanfield Republican Oregon Orlton ob- ob obJected ob objected asing J this question Is Immaterial and Irrelevant on hen hen- S en-ator en ator Walsh insisted that the lh ques ques- ques question question tion he h had put was ont rele and there was a long wrangle Senater Stanfield C 8 motion tin fin finally fin finally ally aUy was wal toted down 6 t to 4 Senator Stanfield then called Continued on Page 14 Tw wo i EX EX CI IS WITt ESS Continued COntinual From Irom lage la Ones One HayS Hay to the th law of conf con contempt tempt to Indicate to him that he did not have hav to ana cr Questions lIe He H said he ho did not de- de desIre de d sIre lr to decline to answer any eny ques Ques- Questions que- que questions that he h would state again that the story about Sinclair givIng giving Ing shares of ot stock Block was false I could could only give rivo my best judg judg- judgment ment mOnt ment Hays HaYM said as to Sinclair s a contribution My judgment Is that It did not exceed lIE llE ASKS SINCLAIR at Hays Hay saId some ome time tim after he lie re- re retired retired r tired from tho cabinet In 1922 ho he suggested to Sinclair that he be help I Imako make mako up the part party deficit I must say that I never heard after the tho 1920 1520 election ho he h saId yes It it must mut have been a a year and a halt half after atter I 1 left the cabi cabI- cabInet cab cab- cabnet cabinet net I must sa ea that that I 1 never neve heard of any lease on any ony naval resorT e 0 eto to an anybody body directly or indirectly until I 1 read about them In the newspapers a month 0 or two after I 1 left the tb cabinet I 1 am trying to fIx the th time Urn you solicited Mr Sinclair Senator Walsh said I think It was In the th summer ot of 1923 said eald Rays HayS Was Wa Vas the th contribution paid to you 7 I No not paid to me m I helped to handle hand the th funds fund I 1 asked Mr Sinclair and other others to contribute As I recollect Sinclair told sue me m ho would be b e for a a 0 maxi mail m maximum mum of I think that 75 15 37 wont went to a part pa ment nt on a note at the tho th Empire Trust Well from whom Mr Upham Fred Pred Upham the tho party treasurer I should thInk Together we w can furnish It DENIES TWO FUNDS III I Is it not true that sou ou had a 0 fund In the north separate from the othe other funds fund No that's not true Asked about the tho th testimony ot of G 0 D 1 Va Wahlberg hI berg former private secretary to Sinclair that he h had given In iii Liberty bond bonda to toa toa toa a Mr r Hay ye the th witness said Bald Ie he bad no tach tact on the sUbject He added a that the tho th reference might be beto beto to Junkie Hinkle lays Hay of or Sullivan Ind d his brother brothe who had a purely beI I personal transaction ss with ith Sinclair You are ar welcome l to go to over my books booke Hays Hay said The fhe Th law firm of JIaS Hav an and Hays of Sullivan of which Hays and his brother lire are ar members represents Sinclair interests the th witness id ia-id adding that Sinclair had large larf In- In interests In Interests In Indiana Hays ye declared he had set se ered his relations with the th law fIrm when he h entered the th cabinet 00 |
