LIKE FILM STORY

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18254, 24 November 1933, Page 11

LIKE FILM STORY

PRODUCER’S EVIDENCE SENATE INVESTIGATION (Klee. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Received Nov. 24. 3 p.m,) WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. In a story as gripping as his own ■ cinematic productions. Mr. William Fox declared before the Senate investigating , committee that lie was ‘‘forced under ( duress’’ to sell control of the vast theatre chain which lie built up from the “nickelodeon.” Powerful political figures in the Hoover Administration were drawn into the scene, when Mr. Fox testified that the 1 Federal Department of Justice records 5 were altered in an alleged conspiracy by ! bankers to seize control of his enterprise m 1929. Mr. Fox related negotiations with noted Republicans, ■ including Mr. Hoover, to prevent prosecution under the anti-trust laws. He stated that at a luncheon, Mr. Hoover told him that he had not used an intermediary to obtain justice. I The Senate investigations elicited evidence. that the present interests which bought out Mr. Fox, not only paid him 93,000,000. hut paid legal fees of £200,000 to Mr. Samuel Untermyer, a noted attorney, and £104.000 to I lie, law firm of which Mr. Charles Evans Hughes is a member.