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Show Tells Ihe Story of His Eiforts in Lorimer Scandal Chicago, Sept 2S -RcprcvenlalUo Charles A. While recalled to the wit ncss stand on cross examination be-' be-' fore the Lorimer committee, testified todav that he wrote Senator Lorimer in December. IftnD, telling of his endeavor en-deavor to get the senator to commit himself concerning doings in the legislature legis-lature " so that he. White, might use it in his publication of the story. White insisted that he did not propose pro-pose selling the storv, but wnnicd to publish it He thi n declared Urn contract with I the Chicago Tribune did not stale the truth entirely. 'The contract states that I offered to sell the manuscripts,'" said White. "That is not true. I 1 protested at the time that I did not offer to sell the slory, but only expected ex-pected my expenses." In response to further questions. White declared he thought his ex penses might be $V.0t. The witness admitted he had received re-ceived $2.".n for his expenses in addition addi-tion to the $o.250 called lor by the newspaper contract. After sparring. White admitted he necr had received anv offer of paj for the story except from the newspaper news-paper which published it He repeatedly repeat-edly Insisted he was paid for his ex J penses and did not offer the story for I sale. "I sent the manuscript in-the Don-bleday Don-bleday Tage company and told them I I would expect my expenses." White then admitted his statement, in his letter to Senator lxrlmer, that I he had heen offered $2.5 a word for his 30100 word manuscript, was untrue. un-true. The witness said that about a fourth of the manuscript was published pub-lished In the newspapers. Ho added he did not know anybody in the legislature legis-lature who would co-operalo by confessing con-fessing anything In his story. He also al-so said he knew from what legislators legisla-tors had said to hi that there was corruption in the legislature. |