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Hearing on Boston Telephone Probe Reveals Payroll and Campaign Questions
The Boston hearing into New England Telephone exposure of campaign contributions and phantom labor payrolls heated as Attorney Whitman pressed for records on John H. Lee and other advisers. Auditor Longley and Mr. Powers clashed over scope and limits, with debates on prior contributions and cost accounts, while commissioners weighed how far back inquiries should go.
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Lee
Telephone Company
Phantom Labor Bureau
Powers
Whitman
Samuel L. Powers
New England Telephone & Telegraph Company
Edmund A. Whitman
Post
Samuel Powers
Attorney Whitman
New England
John H. Lee
Democratic City Committee of
Boston
Mr. Dresser
Highway Commissioners
Mr. Whitman
Parker
Commonwealth
Greenhalge
Longley
The
Mr. Powers
Samuel N. Powers
Brother Whitman
Commission
McClintock
Mr. McClintock
State House
Langley
New England Company
Campaign of Education
Independent Telephone Company
George A. Anderson