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Show DENOUNCING 1 1 OFMULHALL J Majority Leader Un- aA derwood Terms the Self Confessed Lobby- ist a Liar and a Black- H mailer H Washington. July 29. Martin If. Mulholl, piar witness before the sen-ate sen-ate lobby committee, heard himself V denounced by Democratic Leader H Underwood of the house as "a liar and a blackmailer" today and then H himself contributed a mild sensation by testifying that Secretary Wilson. H Speaker Clark and Republican Leader L"- Mann and President Samuel Gorapers, of the American Federation of Labor all had turned down his proposals for an investigation of his lobbying ac- WM tivitles for the National Association of Manufacturers Clark and Mann. ho said, would not have the matter H "come up." iM Representative Underwood hotlv n iH denied Mulhall'a claim of having had an interview" but the lobby wit- M ness insisted on his story. ' Washington, July 29 Majority Leader Oscar W. Underwood of tho ton ' today denounced Martin M. ,H Mulhall, alleged lobbyist for the Na- 'IH tional Association of Manufacturers, H as "a liar and a blackmailer." Mr. H Underwood appeared before the sen-ate sen-ate lobby committee to deny that Mulhall had everalked to him about fH I legislation before congress. iH Uter look a1 the witness he I never saw him before In my Jl I think," said the majority leader, H 1 "that It is in the interest of the pub- H i He that a man who nas taken liber- H lies with public men, as this man has, JH should he contradicted. I regard a sM man of this kind as a blackmailer. jH i That man has never been in the wavs LkkH and means committee room since I have been chairman. He may have had conversations with me, but when H he says he had an Interview, i want to say that statement is a He." Chairman Underwood read Mulhall s iH letter about the alleged interview. H That whole statement is a lie out of whole cloth not a word of truth In It. declared Mr. Underwood. iH There never was a question about '1 Wilson's selection as bead of that committee, solely because of his ca-paclty ca-paclty and qualifications. It is clear jJ I to me this man was down here writ-' writ-' ing these things to his people trying to make out he was doing great things He never had any conference H with me. The statement In his letter jf can be disproved by every member of 'iLI the house ways and means commit fl tee I am sure I never met this man. He has a face I could not forget." - I Mulhall reiterated he had talked H with Underwood briefly in the cor- H rldor and had written to his employ- PH era about conditions just as l lound v sjjbjbh them in Washington at that time" !H j The incident created a flurry that i bad not w holly subsided when the 'l ( committee settled down to the further ' identification of letters. H Mulhall testified he made bis pro- L.' Vjl j posal to Wilson, now secretary of la-bor, la-bor, personally, and to Clark and Maun in a letter through RepreBenta- iLfl I tive McDermott of lllinoiB. H lb- testified he also had offered his correspondence to Samuel Gompera. jH president of the American Federation of Labor, and that Gompers had de- Hl Mulhall went briefly into the story H of his separation from the National H Association of Manufacturers late In 1911 He disagreed with his superi- ' ors about his participation in a cam- paiicn in Maine, in which he swore tho 'M I United States Brewers' association iH had paid his expenses His resignation followed a rebuke H by the executive board of manufactur- J ers. The manufacturers, be said, wanted to keep out of liquor fights. 'FR .Mulhall explained he thought Watson wa6 trying to get his place with the manufacturers and that Congressman ' Littlefleld was instrumental in even's H leading up to his resignation. IJ |