These are the contributions for the second quarter ending June 30, 1949: California: Baker & Hamilton, San Francisco. California Packing Corp., San Francisco. Dunham, Carrigan & Hayden Co., San Francisco. Colorado: The Colorado Milling & Elevator Co., Denver. Idaho: The Idaho Power Co., Boise. Belknap Hardware & Manufacturing Co., Louisville. Michigan: The Detroit Edison Co., Detroit. Minnesota: King Midas Flour Mills, Minneapolis. F. H. Peavey & Co., Minneapolis. Mississippi: Mississippi Power & Light Co., Jackson. New York: American Cyanamide Co., New York City. The Bostwick-Braun Co., Toledo. Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co., Columbus. Oklahoma Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co., Oklahoma City. Duquesne Light Co., Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania Power & Light Co., Allentown. Philadelphia Electric Co., Philadelphia. Texas: Tex-O'Kan Flour Mills Co., Dallas. Lumbermen's Association of Texas, Houston. Lone Star Gas Co., Dallas. Utah Salt Lake Hardware Co., Salt Lake City. Washington: Washington Water Power Co., Spokane. Colorado: Public Service Co. of Colorado, Denver. Florida Florida Power & Light Co., Miami. Illinois: Alexander Lumber Co., Aurora. James E. Bennett & Co., Chicago. Uhlmann Grain Co., Chicago. Indiana Public Service Co. of Indiana, Indianapolis. Kentucky: Kentucky Utilities Co., Lexington. Belknap Hardware & Manufacturing Co., Louisville. Louisiana Southwestern Gas & Electric Co., Shreveport. Michigan: Detroit Edison Co., Detroit. Minnesota Marshall Wells Co., Duluth. Missouri: Hart-Bartlett-Sturtevant Grain Co., Kansas City. Montana: Montana Power Co., Butte. Montana Elevator Co., Great Falls. Montana Flour Mills Co., Great Falls. Nebraska: Roberts Dairy Co., Omaha. I believe I heard recently they have been involved in a law suit. Are you familiar with that case? Mr. VOORHIS. Fairly so. Mr. REED. I wonder how many of these took a deduction for their contributions, and if so, in violation of the law, under the inducement and encouragement of the National Tax Equality Association? Mr. VOORHIS. I don't know whether that company was one that did. Mr. REED. I believe that was one that did. New Jersey: Public Service Electric & Gas Co., Newark. New York: Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, New York City. Texas Electric Service Co., Fort Worth. San Antonio Machine & Supply Co., San Antonio. Utah: Utah Power & Light Co., Salt Lake City. Wisconsin: Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co., Milwaukee. Arkansas: Col. Robert Baker, Fones Bros. Hardware Co., Little Rock. Indiana: E. B. Martindale, Van Camp Hardware & Iron Co., Indianapolis. M. J. Claussen, Hibbard, Spencer Bartlett & Co., Evanston." Michigan: C. H. Buhr, Buhr Sons Co., Detroit. E. B. Morley, Morley Bros., Saginaw. I wonder how friendly the many elevator companies are out there. I wonder whether they are contributing. Minnesota: Weaver Dobson, J. S. Anderson Lumber Co., Minneapolis. H. K. Nilssen, George A Clark & Son, Minneapolis. P. W. Anderson, Farwell, Ozum, Kirk & Co., St. Paul. Globe Elevators, Division of F. H. Peavey & Co., Duluth. Ben C. McCabe, International Elevator Co., Minneapolis. The elevator companies are good friends of the farmers, but they let their grain spoil on the ground before they had cooperatives. H. H. Hill, Janney, Semple, Hill & Co., Minneapolis. Leonard Lampert, Jr.. Lampert Lumber Co., St. Paul. H. G. Dickey, Van Dusen Harrington Co., Minneapolis. Western Paint & Varnish Co., Duluth. W. L. Taylor, Wilcox Lumber Co., Detroit Lakes. Missouri: Wessel-Shapleigh Hardware Co., St. Louis. New York: Edwin R. Masback, Jr., Masback Hardware Co., New York City. North Carolina: Allison-Erwin Co., Charlotte. L. D. Nuchols, Charlotte. Ohio: H. D. Cram, the T. W. Bingham Co., Cleveland. A. G. Roiabeck, George Withington Co., Cleveland. Pennsylvania: William Speltz Supplee, Briddle Co., Philadelphia. E. K. Tryon, Edward K. Tryon Co., Philadelphia. Texas: Ray Grisham, Western Cotton Oil Co., Abilene. Tennessee: R. C. Dickerson, American Cotton Shippers Association, Memphis. They would like to boost the price to the farmers if they could only get rid of the co-ops. That is what they are looking forward to. W. F. Stephenson, Statton-Warren Hardware Co., Memphis. Wisconsin: Edward S. Piitzlass, John Piitzlass Hardward Co., Milwaukee. The above reports list of 138 are contributors of $500 or more to the National Tax Equality Association in 1949, of whom 43 or 31 percent are power companies. Mr. VOORHIS. And those power companies, incidentally, Congressman Reed, had every opportunity to bring rural electricity to rural America, had they wanted to, and were contemplated as probably being the ones that could do it, but just did not do it. The farmers through their co-ops did it for themselves; and now the power companies don't like it. Mr. REED. This is a mobilization, through inflammatory literature by a lobbying organization, in an attempt to create a class cleavage between the businessmen and the farmers. But I am not through yet. Here is another list of contributors. This is for 1950 and for the first quarter of the year ending March 31, 1950. Quarterly reports filed by the National Tax Equality Association with the Clerk of the House of Representatives, under the Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act, being reports Nos. 689, 1353, 2945, and 4028. For the first quarter we have the following: Alabama: Moore-Handley Hardware Co., Birmingham. Colorado: The Colorado Milling & Elevator Co., Denver. International Minerals & Chemical Corp., Chicago. Iowa: Nichols Wire & Aluminum Co., Davenport. Gulf States Utilities Co., Baton Rouge. Louisiana Power & Light Co., New Orleans. New Orleans Public Service, Inc., New Orleans. Maryland: Consolidated Gas Electric Light & Power Co., Baltimore. Massachusetts: Samson Cordage Works, Boston. Michigan: Consumers Power Co., Jackson. Minnesota: Bridgeman-Russell Co., Duluth. Kelly-Howe-Thompson Co., Duluth. Marsh McLellan, Marshall Wells Co., Duluth. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co., St. Paul. Another friend of the farmer. Association of Casualty and Surety Companies of New York. Consolidated Edison Co., New York. Petroleum Advisers, Inc. North Carolina: Humble Oil & Refining Co., Houston. Lumbermen's Association of Texas, Houston. Tex-O'Kan Flower Mills Co., Dallas. Texas Wholesale Hardware Association, Pearsall. Virginia Smith-Douglass Co., Inc, Norfolk. Washington: Washington Water Power Co., Spokane. These are the contributors for the second quarter, ended June 30, 1950. Illinois: Mr. Emmett Barker, James E. Bennett & Co., Chicago. Mr. James Norris, Norris Grain Co., Chicago. Louisiana: Mr. Frank M. Wiskes, Southwestern Gas & Electric Co., Shreveport. Michigan: C. R. Landrigan, Detroit Edison Co., Detroit. Minnesota: W. M. Trailor, Wilcox Lumber Co., Detroit Lakes. Mr. Paul D. Bartlett, Hart-Bartlett-Sturtevandt Grain Co., Kan- Mr. J. K. Naylor, Pet Milk Co., Kansas City. Nebraska: Mr. Paul C. Gallagher, Paxton-Gallagher Co., Omaha. New Jersey: George H. Blake, Public Service Electric & Gas Co., Newark. New York: Thomas H. Truslow, Corning Glass Works, Corning. Tennessee: Bruce Keener, Jr., Knoxville. W. T. Wright, S. F. Royster Guano Co., Norfolk. Mr. I. D. Dawes, Virginia-Carolina Chemical Corp., Richmond. Wisconsin: G. W. Van Derzee, Wisconsin Electric Power Co., Milwaukee. These are the contributors for the third quarter ended September 30, 1950. California: Wakefield, Baker, & Hamilton, San Francisco. J. C. Folliard, Sloss & Britain, San Francisco. Colorado: C. A. Burkhart, the Denver Clearinghouse Association, Denver. Connecticut: C. F. Thompson, Wallace & Sons Manufacturing Co., Wallingford. District of Columbia: Davis Weir, State Loan and Finance Corp., Washington. Florida: McGregor Smith, Florida Power & Light, Co., Miami. Illinois: F. K. Cullman, Bowman Dairy Co., Chicago. A. W. Peake, Standard Oil Co., Chicago. Indiana: R. A. Gallagher, Public Service Co. of Indiana, Indianapolis. Kentucky: Charles R. Bottorss, Belknap Hardware & Manufacturing Co., Louisville. Louisiana G. M. Andrews, New Orleans Pulic Service, Inc., New Michigan: Mr. C. R. Landrigan, Detroit Edison Co., Detroit. F. Peavey, Hesselefinger, S. H. Peavey & Co., Minneapolis. W. L. Taylor, Wilcox Lumber Co., Detroit Lakes. P. W. Anderson, Farwell, Ozun, Kirk & Co., St. Paul. |