Philip H. Gasden and Burnham Carter Speaking Gesturing

Philip H. Gasden (left), chairman of the committee of public utilities executives and Burnham Carter, $5,000 a month publicity man of the firm of Ivy Lee and I.J. Ross, pubic relations advisors, are shown on July 12, 1935 in Washington, D.C., as they appeared before the committee investigating lobbying. Gasden Under questioning admitted public utilities executives had spent more than $300,000 in an effort to defeat the âäœdeath sentenceâä section of utility bill. (AP Photo)