The Archive · 1929

SENATE INQUIRY INTO LOBBYING

Deliberations of Tariff Committee Speedily Known Washington, Oct, 18.

To-day's Senate probe of the Washington lobbyists consisted largely of determining the sources of "leaks" of information from come schedules, a mittee hearings on the tariff

Tt was revealed that the schedules which had been secretly and tentae tively adopted would, through the course of the hearings, day by day become known throughout the coune try within a few hours, This resulted in great embarrass" ment for committee members and in a storm of protests from interested. groups and individuals, The committee is exceedingly, anxious to determine whether pro nal lobbyists obtained the in-jon.—United Press,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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