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That there would be plenty to look at was indicated by the political waves already spreading from the $2,500 cash gift from Superior Oil Co. Lobbyist John Neff to South Dakota's Republican Senator Francis Case, which Case rejected. Items...
Scouting Trip. But that Francis Case had leaped to some pretty accurate conclusions was indicated when Lawyer John Neff was called as a witness. Neff identified himself as a $12,000-a-year lobbyist for California's Superior Oil Co., which also produces natural gas. Last fall, said Neff, he went to South Dakota to scout Case's views on the gas bill, wound up talking to the business manager of the Argus Leader, Ernest J. Kahler. Neff inquired if Case needed campaign funds. Kahler said he might. Neff asked Kahler to find out how Case stood...
...CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS AND THE PRESENT CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE OF CONSUMERS AND SMALL PRODUCERS OF NATURAL GAS, I WAS QUITE SURPRISED TO SEE MYSELF AND MY COMMITTEE ALIGNED WITH SENATOR CHARLES POTTER IN OPPOSING PASSAGE OF THE NATURAL GAS BILL IN YOUR JAN. 30 ARTICLE "THE LOBBYIST." MY COMMITTEE, BACKED BY MORE THAN 350 MAYORS AND 4OO SMALL PRODUCERS OF NATURAL GAS, TO SAY NOTHING OF THOUSANDS OF CONSUMERS, IS BUSILY ENGAGED IN DOING ALL IN ITS POWER TO PRESENT THE FACTS IN THE INTERESTS OF THE SUCCESSFUL PASSAGE OF THE BILL...
...until 1946 did Congress again require every lobbyist (i.e., any individual who accepts money to influence congressional legislation) to register and report his expenses. All told, last year registered lobbyists spent upwards of $4,000,000, with the Transportation Association of America running up the biggest bill ($227,000) for 1955's first six months. Cuba's sugar industry has the biggest staff-23 registered lobbyists...
...Thomas Nast caricature of the bediamonded, potbellied lobbyist has faded beyond recognition. Says American Hotel Association Lobbyist Donald Montgomery: "Some businessmen are still stupid enough to want a crook for a lobbyist, a guy who can make the quick fix. But those characters are out of date." In to replace him has come a well-trained, accommodating technical expert whose facts-tailored, of course, to fit his own cause-are presented not in a backroom, but at a formal hearing. One of the lobbyist's biggest jobs is to gauge political winds and determine what he can get. Said...