Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1908 — PAYNE AFTER VAN CLEAVE [ARTICLE]

PAYNE AFTER VAN CLEAVE

Seeks Subpoena to Force Appearance Before Tariff Revisors. Washington, Dec. 1. —Determined to bring before it those who have criticised the hearings on the proposed revision of the tariff, the ways and means committee of the house will request congress to authorize the committee to subpoena witnesses. J. W. Van Cleave, president of the National Association of Manufacturers, and C. H. Miles, chairman of the tariff committee of the same organization, have frequently attacked the methods used by Sereno Payne’s committee. The request for the right to subpoena witnesses is understood to be directed mainly at Mr. Van Cleave and Mr. Mlles, who have not appeared before the committee.