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Show LOBBY REPORT-MADEPUBLIC REPORT-MADEPUBLIC Representative McDermott of Illinois Guilty of Acts of Grave Impropriety DEFINITION OF LOBBY Manufacturers Charged With Preventing and Seeking to Prevent Legislation. Washington, D. C. Dec. 9 Results of the house lobby Investigation by a committee headed by Representative Garrott of Tennessee, were made public pub-lic today in two reports, the majority teport signed by Democrats and Republicans Re-publicans alike, and a supplemental report filed by Representative Mac-Donald Mac-Donald of Michigan. The majority made no recommendation, recommenda-tion, but declared that Representative McDermott of Illinois had been guilty of acts of grave Impropriety, unbecoming unbe-coming the dignity of his position though "we cannot say that he has been corrupted In his votes." The majority report also held that McDermott, having intimate relations with 1 H McMlchael. former chier page of the house knew that M M. Mulhall, a lobbyist for the National Association of Manufacturers, employed em-ployed McMichael The majority held that both the National Association of Manufacturers and the American Fed eratlon of Labor engaged In political activities and expended monev to ef feet nominations and elections of the members of the House of Representatives. Representa-tives. Congress Lowers Standard Representative McDonald. who aKreed with the majority findings, declared de-clared that congress hail fallen somewhat, some-what, from Its high estate In the estimation esti-mation of the American people. He made recommendations for legisla the reforms. The main conclusions of the ma Jorly define a lobby as "a person or body of persons seeking to Influence legislation by congress in any manner man-ner whasoever "The National Association of Man- y ufacturers. the National Counsel for Industrial Defense, the National Tar iff Commission association, the Amer Lean Federation of Labor, the Washington Wash-ington City Associations of Liquor Dealers, and local loan sharks are found to have maintained lobbies. Mulhall Admits Errors Martin U Mulhall Is held to have admitted errors in some vital state ments made in 1ms charges, to have been corroborated In otner subjects ot importance by officials of the Nation .il Association of Manufacturers and the National Counsel for Industrial Defense. Mulhall, the report says, was extravagant In many of his claims and overstated his potency and In fluence with members of congress and public men generally; he entertained animus against many of those against whom he made allegations and used I names of public men with an unjustified unjusti-fied freedom. i j The lobby of the Associations of j Manufacturers and of Industrial Defense De-fense Is held guilty of Improperly preventing pre-venting aud seeking to preent legislation. legis-lation. Nothing illegitimate was found In the activity of the American Fcdera tlon of Labor. Lobbies of liquor dealers and money lenders In Washington Wash-ington were found to have neither effected ef-fected nor prevened legislation Improperly Im-properly No evidence was found of employ-j employ-j meut of members of tne Douse for improper purposes. Tipping Reprehensible. TippInK of ho'ise employes was denounced de-nounced as reprehensible The em ployment by the Manufacturers Asso-clalon Asso-clalon of former Chief Page McMlchael. McMl-chael. oT the House, was severely censured. Represntath es Bartbold of Mis sourl. Burke of Pennsylvania, Calder ol New York, Sherley of Kentucky, Webb of North Carolina, were upheld as "neither reached nor Influenced by t he manufac turers ' The committee held that Represen-lative Represen-lative McDermott minimized his Intl mate relations with Mulhall, that he obtained small loans from Mulhall but added that "these were personal acts Of Mulhall, and we do not believe hat he let McDermott have the money v. Ith a view to corrupting him, nor do we believe McDermott received from Mulhall in loans or otherwise anything near the 51500 or S2000, as alleged." The committee concluded that Mc-Dermott's Mc-Dermott's raining and associations have not glvfii him tne ethical perceptions percep-tions and standards relative to public office that usually characterize public men. 'We cannot say that he has been corrupted In his votes," It added, "but some things which a private citizen may do with Impunity must be avold-i avold-i il by one in official station ' Representatlxe MacDonald Introduced Intro-duced two resolutions after a conference confer-ence with Representative Murdock of - the Progressive leader. McDermott Liable to Expulsion. The first provided that the House should forthwith proceed to determine whether the report did not show Representative Rep-resentative McDermott to have been guilt of "disgraceful and dishonorable dishonor-able conduct In his official capacity, rendering him unworthy of remaining as i member of the House and liable to expulsion " The other requested the House to a determine whether the officers and nKeii's ot the National Association ot Manufacturers, including .Messrs Bird, Mulhall and others bad not been guil tv of cunl inued gross misconduct against the good order and dignity of the House, rending them liable to punishment for contempt 3 111 |