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(Continued From Page One) here, wihch banks for most high government officials, is favorably regarded and can lobby effectively for the bankers.
Tom Smith is a former dealer in municipal bonds who tried to emasculate the stock exchange bill-a primary new deal measure-last winter while serving as special assistant to Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau.
Soon after he had been soundly paddled by members of the Rayburn and Fletcher committees handling the bill, he resigned from the treasury. Hecht the hero something of an episode involving RFC, Hibernia bank and the defunct Union Indemnity company of New Orleans conservative Congressman Hamilton Fish of New York has described as "rotten mess."
Loan Under Fire In 1932 Hecht was president of Hibernia bank, director of Union Indemnity chairman of the New Orleans RFC advisory committee, which or applications for passed on the offered collateral. The Union Indemnity promoters were reputedly Huey's chief campaign backers and received extraordinary favors from his administration. Union Indemnity and its affiliates obtained RFC loans of about $3,000,000 between March and August, 1932, then asked for $970,000 more on the same collateral. Jesse Jones, not then chairman of RFC, balked. But Hecht, who had left the room when his New Orleans RFC voted on the proposal, came to Washington and lobbied for the loan. With the aid of Huey Long and RFC Harvey Couch, since resigned, it was put through.
RFC Holds the Bag The loan was made Dec. 28, 1932, and most of it-according to undenied charges by Fish-was used to pay off heavy indebtedness to the Hecht bank. Union Indemnity failed Jan. 6 and Union Guaranty Title company, its affiliate, failed Jan. RFC was left holding the bag for an estimated to be ly the amount of that last loan. Demands for were drowned out by the big bank panic in March. About year later the Hibernia bank closed. RFC bailed it out and reorganized it, installing an RFC official president and moving Hecht to chairmanship of the board. Hecht, first vice president of A. B. was automatically due for election to the presidency this year. strong movement began to block It collapsed when Hecht promised finish fight and the big boys opposing him decided that, in the present state of popular opinion, they could better afford to have Hecht as president battle which might expose lot of underwear. votes to Ledoux, democrat, and one for Governor Winant.
ARKANSAS CITY, Kan., Nov. returns in the balloting on repeal of constitutional prohibition in Kansas gave 65 votes against to 51 for repeal.
CHARLESTON, W. Va., Nov. 6.-(A) -Meager and reports the early vote for United States senator gave 753 for Rush D. Holt, democrat, and 527 for H. D. Hatfield, republican. In Clarksburg (Harrison county) precinct at noon counters votes had been cast for Hatfield and 54 for
MASHPEE Mass., Nov. town Mashpee Cape Cod, which cast 73 votes for the candidate for in 1932 to 50 for his opponent, today switched to the column casting 81 votes for James M. Curley for governor as against 64 for the republican nominee, Gasper G. Bacon.
POINT AUX BARQUES, Mich. Nov. first precinct in Michigan to tabulate its vote today corded two to one victory for publicans. Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg, republican, received 12 votes to five for Frank A. Picard, democrat. Frank D. Fitzgerald, republican, received 12 votes for governor to five for Arthur J. Lacy, democrat,