Show WALTER SHEAD consumers pay lobby bill athe ephe HE lobby racket in washington is costing consumers oi 01 JL the nation anywhere up to 50 million dollars a year ac cording to conservative estimates under the congressional reorganization act lobbyists hobbyists are arc required to register with congress to date individual lob representing organizations have registered according to i roundup round up by congressional quarterly a reliable source of information these organizations are expending approximately five million d dollars a to annually in salaries along alone and according to estimates the c ost cost of expenses offices clerical help entertainment food a and n d liquor will amount to 10 times the salaries paid there is no i doubt but that this sum spent to influence legislation in congress Is passed on to the voters here Is 1 a box bos score with approximate salary expenditures T twenty W enty six organizations like the U S chamber of commerce ant an national association of 0 manufacturers annually 23 buil build din ln products prod uc is and real estate organizations 22 financial organizations el 51 food and agricultural concerns 35 oil gas ant an mining organizations 21 power and communications eions 79 transport associations 68 5 highway associations 67 57 railway organizations 11 water or shipping con cerns 48 miscellaneous companies 49 miscellaneous ut trade groups 61 citizens groups 73 75 employees groups 28 29 farm groups 9 foreign policy groups it 11 professional organizations 20 reclamation groups af 2 tax groups 72 21 veterans and military organizations and ancl 14 groups 39 |