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AG&E Vice President tells S.E.C. of $5000 a month mystery man employed by his company in Capital. Washington, D.C., May 16. Fred S. Burroughs, Vice President of the Associated Gas and Electric Co., spread before the Securities and Exchange Commission today the story of how his firm retained a man at $5000 a month to 'mix with the right people' in Washington and to advise on the attitude of government officials. The man was Ben Gray and Burroughs denied that he--Gray--was a lobbyist or that his job was to attempt to influence officials

AG&E Vice President tells S.E.C. of $5000 a month mystery man employed...

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Mystery' employee appears before S.E.C. Washington, D.C., May 24. Ben Greay, so-called 'mystery' employee of the Associated Gas and Electric Co., pictured as he arrived at the Securities and Exchange Commission today for questioning. Grey, who was on the utility's payroll at $5,000 a month for 11 months, told the S.E.C. that the White House made an appointment for him to see Frank R. McNinch, then head of the Federal Power Commission. He would not say who at the White House arranged the appointment but did not admit that he spent an hour with McNinch and told him that Associated Gas and Electric Co. would be willing to spend as much as $150,000,000 for new construction if tax liens would be lifted temporarily so the company could refund certain securities. He testified he also met with Ben Cohen and with late Herman Oliphant, Treasury Counsel. He said Secretary of Treasury Morgenthau refused him an interview

Mystery' employee appears before S.E.C. Washington, D.C., May 24. Ben ...

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Young Hutton testifies before S.E.C. Washington, D.C., April 15. W.E. Hutton [...] testified before the Securities and Exchange Commission today on the charge that W.E. Hutton & Co. manipulated Atlas Tack Stock. He said he told several customers and friends he thought Atlas "a good speculative buy." Young Hutton is the manager of the firm's Detroit office, 4/15/1937

Young Hutton testifies before S.E.C. Washington, D.C., April 15. W.E. ...

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Young Hutton testifies before S.E.C. Washington, D.C., April 15. W.E. Hutton ... testified before the Securities and Exchange Commission today on the charge that W.E. Hutton & Co. manipulated Atlas Tack Stock. He said he told several customers and friends he thought Atlas "a good speculative buy." Young Hutton is the manager of the firm's Detroit office, 4151937

Young Hutton testifies before S.E.C. Washington, D.C., April 15. W.E. ...

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