Representative George H. Tink-ham of Massachusetts has charged the Methodist Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals with maintaining a lobby in Washington.
Following the voicing of this charge, Senator T. H, Caraway, chairman of the Senate sub-committee which has been investigating lobbying activities in the capital, invited Representative Tinkham to appear before his committee to explain these charges. Mr, Tinkham agreed.
Immediately after this development, Representative Tinkham introduced a House bill requiring we|Feeistration of all lobbyists who! operate in Washington, and designed to prevent professional lobbyists from appearing in the House or Senate.
The Methodist Board maintains a headquarters at 100 Maryland Avenue, N.E., Washington, where there is a large and busy staff. Accusations of lobbying have been made in this connection previously, but this is the first concrete action to be taken.—United Press,
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