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;o:!mk"' x * I--« % Mr. Curry--Do you know his re-' 3 putation for veracity in the district where he resides? = l A.--No. I do not know. || _ Mr. McCrea--May I ask this fur-- | ther question. If this man is given}, to making irresponsible stgtements- making statements on different O¢-- casions, as you suggested, why is it the newspapers, who are supposed to present reliable news, go On r€~ porting them ? A.--That would infer my know-- ing first that he was in the hnabit of making irresponsible statements, and also that I know the newsPA-- pers ave in the habit of reporting them. Ido not know that Mr. Ash-- Iplant is always reported when he makes speeches. When he makes speeches that create public interest of course he gets them published. | Mr. McCrea--Newspaper notori-- ety? A.--Newspaper interest. Mr. Carty said that Mr. Ashplant was a prominent man in London, in the respect that his name wWas known by nearly everyone, and prominent in Labor circles. Advertiser Man There, Too. Herbert H. Penny, London Adver-- tiser reporter, who attended the meeting at which Mr. Ashplant made the alleged utterances, was called. Asked: "Now you heard the evidence given by Mr. Carty as to what took place at the meeting, as 'to what Mr. Ashplant said. Do you 'agree or disagree with Mr. Carty's account of what he said?" Mr. IPenny said: '"'I think it was fair, yes."' Q.--You think Mr. Carty gave Aq fair account? A.--Yes. Mr. Penny said he sat within 20 | or 25 feet of Mr. Ashplant when the | statement was made and there could !be no misunderstanding on his part | so far as hearing went. Before adjournment Chairman R. L. Brackin said he thought it should be intimated to Mr. Ashplant that he would be entitled to be repre-- lsented by counsel before the com-- | mittee. I enc lc c cacmnmnncnmmemnanmnenqmmmmen