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SHEARER REVEALED - AS PROPAGANDIST Letter to Attorney Acting for Ship Concerns Discloses Activities at Geneva. (Continued From First Page.) issued orders to all correspondents to play up naval situation. “I consider best move to pound on naval bases to offset the British thesis on cruiser situation. * ‘Engineering,’ London, printing my article on ‘Imperialistic for Peace.’ “Sincerely, . “W. B. SHEARER.” A letter of June 2, 1927, from Shear- er to Hunter was as follows: “Dear Mr. Hunter: “New York Times was cabled story of 1,000 words last night compiled from inclosed article, ‘A Merchant Marine.’ “Sent. out: ‘Imperialistic for Peace,’ 250 coples: ‘Facing Geneva,’ 250 coples; ‘A Merchant Marine,’ 250 copies being posted. 3 “Sincerely, “W. B. SHEARER.” Attached to the June letter, as in- troduced to the committee were copies of the statements entitled “Facing Geneva,” and “A Merchant Marine™ both crediting authorship to Shearer. Senator Robinson asked Mr. Hunter, “Why was Shearer reporting to you?" “I don't know,” said Hunter. “Does it occure to you that it was curious he should do so,” persisted Sen- ator Robinson, “In view of the fact that you had not agreed to receive his re- Tts." ports. Mr. Hunter said that he was in the position of receiving and paying money to Shearer and that he considered it “quite natural that he should send me reports.” Senator Robinson asked the witness if he had met with a representative of , the shipbuilding companies and talked over the events that had occurred at the time of Shearer's employment. Mr. Hunter said that he had. “Did you agree to come here and re- port on those events at the same time and in the same way?" demanded Sen- afor Robinson. _Mr. Hunter said no, and added that he was not a party to the contract made with Shearer. Henry C. Hunter, attorney for the American Council of Shipbuilders, with offices in New York. who acted as the paymaster for the three shipbuilding companies which hired Shearer to do publicity work in connection with the merchant marine and to go to the Geneva conference in 1927, was the first witness before the committee to- day Mr. Hunter testified that the first time ne had ever seen Shearer or heard of him Shearer called on him “of his own initiative” on December 1, 1926. Mr. Hunter testified that Shearer had told him he was most anxious to under- take a campaign of publicity on behalf of the American merchant marine; that he proposed to deliver a series of dresses and to prepare articles for news- papers and periodicals on the merchant marine. Mr. Hunter said further that Shearer had _represented himself as a | j; member of the staff of the New York Commercial, & newspaper. No arrangement was entered into at that meeting, Mr. Hunter said. He was unable to make any committments, he told Shearer, who came back to see him a day or two later. Mr. Hunter said he had never called Shearer’s proposal to the attention of the American Coun- cil of Shipbuilders, “A few days afterward, prior to De- cember 17, Mr. Palen, vice president of the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Corporation, stated to me,” said Mr. Hunter, “that he had arranged for Mr. Shearer to go to Washington to work with the Shipping Board in prepa- ration of plans to benefit the merchant marine.” . Mr. Palen, Mr. Hunter said, had told him that his company and two other companies, the New York Ship- building and the Bethlehem Shipbuild- g Co., had agreed to pay Shearer $7,500 for this work. “The only request I received from Mr. Palen, “said the witness, “was to receive this money from the three com- panies and to pay it to Shearer. I told him I would do so.” "Paid in Three Instaliments. Mr. Hunter said that he had paid Mr. Shearer the $7,500 in three month- | ly _instaliments of $2,500 each. Mr. Hunter said he drew a check on his own account in the Corn Exchange Bank of New York and indorsed the check over to Shearer. He said he s°nt his bookkeeper with Mr. Shearer to the bank to identify him so that he could get_the money. The next paym°nt made to Shearer was on January 21, 1927. Mr. Hunter drew his personal check and sent it to Shearer in Washington. The third pay- | ment was made in the same way. | ‘Those three checks covered the em- ployment of Shearer to do publicity work in connection with the merchant marine, the witness testified. Mr. Hunter also acted as the go- between for the three shipbuilding com- panies and Shearer in connection with Shearer's employment to represent those companies at the Geneva conference. Mr. Hunter testified that he made the first payment to Shearer on March 18, 1927, under the agreement that Shearer should have $25,000 for his services at Geneva. He said that he drew his own check on the Corn Exchange Bank for $7.500 and with it purchased a letter of credit made out to Shearer, which he handed to Shearer. The transaction, he said, was entered on his books. Shearer, he said, had asked him to purchase a letter of credit as Shearer was sailing the next day for Europe. ‘The next payment was for $7,500, and Mr. Hunter said that he had drawn his own check, purchased a draft payable to Shearer and forwarded it to Shearer at Geneva. A third payment was made on December 10, 1927, when he drew his check for $6,666.66. Mr. Hunter said that this sum was deposited to the credit of Mrs. Shearer in the Empire Trust Co. in New York at Mr. Shearer’s request. The final payment for the Geneva work, he sald, was made on December 17, 1927, when he drew his check for $3,333.33 and handed it to Shearer personally. Paid Expenses for Book. ‘The witness told the committee that he had paid Shearer $225 also to cover Shearer’s expense in the preparation of a book entitled “The Cloak of Benedict Arnold.” Mr. Hunter said that at a conference attended by Mr. Bardo, Mr. Palen and H. G. Smith, vice president of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding | Corporation, in his office, Shearer had agreed not to publish the book if hel were paid for the preparation of the book. Mr. Hunter said that the ship- builders had decided it was inadvisakle to_have such a book distributed. Mr. Hunter told the committee that he had taken no receipts from Shearer for the payment made to ; that they had all been made by check or draft, which he consider sufficient, except in the case of the last payment of $225 Hunter said that he had given Shearer a check for $75 of that amount and the balance in cash. understood Shearer was to attend the | Ceneva conference to report proceed- ings to the three shipbuilding com- panies. He said he received from Shear- er, during the conference, a number of | communica.ons, which he had copled and sent to Palen, Bardo and Wake- ' man of the respective shipbuilding con- cerns. Hunter said he saw Shearer after the Geneva conference on October 10, 1927, in a New York hotel, and that Shearer discussed the subject matter of the Geneva conference. The discus- sion, the witness said, included an oral account of the deliberations of the par- Ite" ‘nnd of D’P_H m-gmtyl of the United i l Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh were welcomed cord ially on their arrival at Havana. representative of President Machado of Cuba; Senora Morales Cuello, the Lindberghs, Col. Julio Morales Cuello, person: THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, Left to right are Col. Julio Canguily, chief of Cuban Army air forces, and Francisco Maria Fernandez, secretary of state ad interim. —Associated Press Photo. limitation of cruisers and parity. Hun- ter denied that Shearer, then or at any other time, had made representations to him of having brought about failure of the Geneva conference. Hunter said that Shearer came to him later, sometime prior to December 17, 1927, ‘and proposed that some ar- rangement be made with the shipbuild- ers whereby Shearer could continue to represent them. The attorney said he told Shearer he had no authority to make such an arrangement. Hunter sald that when he paid Shearer the check for $3,333.33 on December 17. 1927, it closed the Geneva contract and that Shearer apparently agreed that such was the fact. Hunter stated that he had nothing to do with the making of the contract with Shearer and had merely agreed as “a matter of con- venlece” to handle the payments to Shearer. Senator Robinson took up the ques- tioning and sought an explanation from Hunter as to why he agreed to handle the financial arrangements with Shear- | er and to receive the communications from him and distribute them to the ship companies. When Hunter ex- plained that he undertook this service without compensation as a personal favor for his friends in the shipbuilding business, Senator Robinson demanded to know why the companies did not use their own attorneys. Hunter zaid he did not know why the companies had asked him to do it and insisted that he undertook the service as a personal favor and not in his professional ca- pacity as counsel of the Council of American Shipbuilders. “These companies all have very prominent lawyers for counsel,” Sena- tor Robinson said. “Didn’t it occur to you as exceptional that they came to you instead of using their own lawyers?" Hunter said he saw nothing exceptional it. Senator Robinson called attention to | the fact that one of the checks sent to Hunter by the ship companies for Shearer's reimbursement was made out | to the lawyer as counsel for the Council | of American Shipbuilders and that a memorandum attached to another check bore a similar notation. Hunter re- plied that he supposed that designa- tion was used because he was custom- arily identified with that capacity, but contended that the transaction itself had nothing to do with the shipbuild- ers’ council. ! Explains Conference. Questioned by Senator Robinson as to how the conference which resulted in Shearer's employment to go to Geneva came about, Hunter explained that Mr. Palen had told him he was | considering sending Shearer to Geneva | and had asked permissfon to hold a conference in Hunter's office with Messrs. Bardo and Wakeman to discuss the matter. At Mr. Palen’s suggestion, the witness said, he sent a letter to the three shipbuilders, inviting them to meet in his office in New York. Senator Robinson read from this let- ter, dated March 13, 1927, and stressed the point that in it Hunter urged on the shipbuilders the importance of at- tending the meeting and that Hunter had signed the letter with the word “counsel” after his name. “Why did you sign ‘counsel’ if you didn't represent anybody?” asked the Senator. Hunter explained that his secretary probably put it on the letter from force of habit, and that he must have signed it without noticing the word there. Letter Placed on Records. A letter in which Shearer said he had given the Navy a secret British | document at a critical stage in the Senate debate last Winter over the 15-| cruiser bill was placed yesterday in the record of the committee. The communication was addressed to President Ferguson of the Newport News Shipbuilding Co., who de- nied to the committee that he had any agreement with Shearer stipulating that he should work at Washington in behalf of the cruiser measure. Senator Allen, Republican, Kansas, read part of the letter at the committee inquiry into activities of Shearer for the ship- builders at the unsuccessful Geneva naval conference of 1927. Allen re- vealed later that he had the so-called secret British document, but that he was not ready to use it. Frederick P. Palen, vice president of the Newport News ship concern, told the committee yesterday he was “more responsible than any one else” for sending Shearer to Geneva at a price of $25000. He also related how Shearer upon his return received $8,000 more from him in payments not re- cord=d in the company’s books. He in- sisted he had a right to send Shearer to Geneva to report on the “trend” of the conference and to interest other shipbuilders in sharing the $25,000 cost. He excused Shearer for not reporting to him because he said there was noth- ing to report that was not in the news- papers. Denies Any Coercion. Senator Shortridge sought to obtain an admission from Mr. Palen that Shearer had threatened to make public facts which might be embarrascing to the shipbuilding company and had been paid money to keep quiet. Mr. Palen denied- flatly that any such threats had been made. If there had been, he said, Shearer would have got- ten no money. The first loan, he said. was made to Shearer by himself as a personal matter, Sheared giving him his note. He said that Shearer had told him he was “broke.” This first loan was for $500. Within a month he loaned him another $500 as a personal matier and then a short time after- ward he loaned him a thousand dol- 1ir? Fergason Sad bten appesicd to by r. Ferguson n appeal S dgment: Bubseqtently Falen own ju . ul alen id innuell the thousand dollars of own money out of the company funds, which he had loaned Shearer. Members of the committee expressed their astonishment at the ease with which Shearer apparently was able to extract money in large sums from the shipbuilding company. They brought out the fact that in every instance Shearer had been paid in cash and that there was no record on the boks of the company that Shearer had ever been paid any moncy at all. In reply to repeated questions, Mr. Palen admitted to the company that the payments were made in cash “to cover up,” so that there would be no LN IS NEARN BATISH CUIANA Plane Base Reports Flying Party Expects to Land at Georgetown. By the Associated Press. MIAMI, Florida, September 25.—Col. | Charles A. Lindbergh's plane was reel- | ing in its radio antenna this morning, preparatory to landing at Georgetown, | British Guiana, a radio message relayed to the Miami base said. The actual landing probably would be reported by cable, Pan-American officials said. 20 a.m.—Col. Lindbergh’s plane passed | New Nickerie at mouth of Nickerie River. Excited_townspeople rushed out waving | Crossed Correntyn River, bound- | flags. ary between Dutch and British Guiana at 7:15 am. Lindbergh appears much refreshed after rest at Paramaribo, and Mrs. Lindbergh is enjoying the trip im- mensely this morning. y 7:25 a.m.—Now passing New Amster- | dam. Weather excellent. The plane was flying over dense jungles with Col. Lindbergh at the con- | trols. ' Mrs. Lindbergh is reading, and Mr. and Mrs. Trippe are inspecting the scenery. Struck another squall at 1,000 feet, but all aboard are good sailors, and no one is air sick despite the| bumpy riding. SHRINERS TO PRESENT FULL INDOOR CIRCUS Performance Next Month to Be Housed Against Cold Weather. A circus, complete in every detail from red lemonade to animal acts, wili | be presented at the Washington Audi- torium October 1, 2 and 3, despite the! advance of the Fall season. The per- | formance is being sponsored by the Almas Temple, Order of .the Mystic| Shrine. It was pointed out that the circus| will be housed against cold weather and therefore able to present a full proj at a time when most tent shows have either gone South or abandoned opera- tion for the Winter. | Efforts will be made to maintain the | circus atmosphere as well as the show- manship features of the sawdust ring, | according to the committee in charge. George E. Harris is chairman of the | arrangements committee. The bill of | the show this year is regarded as the most complete ever offered under spon- sorship of Almas Temple. v S O WILL (E’Ei DINING ROOMS. Women's City Club Plans Cere- monies Tomorrow. The dining rooms of the Women's City Club in the historic old house at 22 Jackson place, that once was occu- pied by President Roosevelt while the White House was undergoing repairs, are to be opened tomorrow afternoon at 5:30 o'clock. The structure has been completely remodeled during the past Summer and additional rooms fitted up for the convenience of patrons. A new heating plant has been installed in the old wine vault at the rear of the main | building. Display American Flag. BERLIN (/).—Wherever American corsets, chewing gum or what not is sold in this town it is the fashion of store- keepers to hang out an American flag. he had had no contract with Shearer for the payment of the last $6,000 and that he did not take any receipts from him for the money except a final re- ceipt for $2,500, when Shearer was finally paid off and all connéctions severed with him. Referring to the “press releases” and “documents” sent back to the ship- builders by Shearer, Senator Allen asked Palen he approved of those. He said he did, but when Allen remarked that they showed that Shearer was using his influence “to foment trouble between America and Great Britain,” Palen sald he did not approve of that. Sitting directly behind Palen in the crowded committee room, Shearer shook with laughter as Senator Short- ridge questioned the witness about the frequent loans made to Shearer and whether Palen ever expected to get them back. Palen insisted “I will get them back.” “As you are aware,” said the Shearer letter to Ferguson, “I was the possessor of a secret British document, so vital and amazing in its construction that I took it to the Navy Department, where, under the highest authority, this docu- ment was photographed. On that same evening a bhotostat copy was handed me and I immediately placed it in the hands of a United States Senator, and the press of this Nation reflected the mwn of his voice when it referred to s speech for the cruisers as the great- est speech ever made in the United States for national defense; nor di that Senator hesitate to brand the op- position as traitors. “Twelve Senators only opposed the cruiser bill, of which nine are recorded in the D:partment of Justice records with past affiliations -with the Com- munist party.” Shearer later declined to name the Senator of whom he spoke in the letter. He told newspaper men he would talk | about the letter when he was called by the investigating committee. The 12 Senators who voted against the cruiser bill were: Black, Alabama; Borah, Idaho; Brookhart, Iowa; Burton. ©Ohio; Dill, Washington; Frazier and Nye, North Dakota; record of payments, to Sjearer. y alkotl: Norris, ‘Nebraska: Shipstead, ota;, Thomas, Oklahoma, | which, he sald, were inevitable occa- 1 60,000 Acres of Brush and Wood- INCONSISTENT DRYS | Deplores Act of Leaders Who Drink Themselves After Checking Employes. By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., September 25. | —Dr. James M. Doran, Federal com- missioner of prohibition, today attacked | as “Inconsistent” business leaders 'who regard liquor drinking an evil for their employes, but who feel the law should not interfere with their own drinking. In an address prepared for delivery | before the fifty-fifth annual ccnven- tion here of the National V.oman's | Christian Temperance Union, Dr. Doran sald it was encouraging to note that among those prominent in business “there is a growing conviction that they have individual responsibility as lead- ers and the laws * * * should be re- spected and observed in good faith” by all alike. Policy Is Soupd. “It is my conviction, and that con- viction is based on all the data that I can assemble, that our national pro- hibition policy is sound and will be maintained.” He said he knew of no economist who, having studied the problem, did not believe the Government's policy has “brought _tremendous economic ad- vance.” He likewise stated he recalled no prominent social worker who had fafled to note the benefit prohibition had brought “in the social lives of the people and who has not also noted the good . accomplished by the prohibition laws is In direct propertion to the de- gree of enforcement and observance in the particular community.™ The chief Government enforcement officer complimented the W. C. T. U. for its effort to make known the “good that arises from voluntary okedience to laws" resulting from “crystallized opinion of the majority of our people.” “The good accomplished,” Dr. Doran asserted in admitting that errors are 19 | made in administering the work of the Prohibition Bureau, “far outweighs any minor human errors and mistakes,” sionally. Expects Oisagreements. Stating that dfagreements as to methods and procedure always would arise, he said “advances in prohibition law enforcement must be made by peo- ple who are friendly to the law and its purposes and who will deal construc- tively with the detalls of its adminis- tration " The obligation of State and Federal governments is “equally inding" Dr. Doran saild. “The Federal Government must give its attention to major mat- ters of the character germane to the operation of the central Government machinery,” he explained, “and the States must more and more take care of the localized violations.” Dr. F. Scott McBride, general super- intendent of the Anti-Saloon League of America, was the final speaker on the afternoon program. | Final adjournment will come at the | close of a banquet tonight, when in- vitations for next year's ccnvention wiil be received. Denver and Houston are seeking the meeting und other cities may extend invitations. The selection will be made by the executive commit- ‘Tee tomorrow. 2,000 BOOTLEGGERS ARE REPORTED HERE| Representative Gibson Recalls Tes- timony in Recent Congres- sional Probe. By the Associated Press. BRATTLEBORO, Vt, September 25. —Representative Ernest W. Gibson of Brattleboro, chairman of a subcom-| mittee which investigated conditions in the District of Columbia recently. last night said that according to his recol- lection of testimony “at least 2,000 boot- leggers were doing business in the Dis- trict of Columbia, according to the great majority of witnesses examined.” Prohibition Commissioner ‘James N. Doran, police officials and various in- vestigators were among those, who ap- peared before the subcommittee, Gib- son said. their testimony covering the years 1927, 1928 and part of 1929. Gib- son said he already had ordered the records of the investigation turned over to President Hoover's law enforcement commission. Gibson’s statement was made in answer to questions regarding the charge of Senator Howell of Nebraska that Washington was a “wet city” and President Hoover's answer asking for definite facts. RAINS CHECK FLAMES. land Burn in Minnesota. ST. PAUL, Minn,, September 25 (#).— rajus reported in Northern Minnesota ere forest, brush and prairie fires n~ve created a menacing situation, i cught some relief yesterday, althougl , 1°siry officials here still viewed con- diijfons as_serious. Grover M. Conzet, State forester, left sy automobile to inspect the area threat- ened by the fires, which were reported purning at scattered points through’ 60,000 acres of brush and woodland. ‘Before leaving he said he considered the situation in Lake of the Wood, Koo- chiching and Northern Beltrami Coun- se ties as the in the history ~f the forestry d»‘*r"_‘\'"n',. IS ASSAILED BY DORAN ONLIQUOR PARTY District Attorney to Study Senator Howell’s Charges on Senate Floor. (Continued From First Page.) D. C, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1929, ROVER SEEKS DATK ;SENATE TANGLES ONF | LEXIBLE PLAN Republican Regulars, Back- ed by Hoover, Advocate Policy Continuance. (Continued From First Pege.) said it was a letter from Mr. Douthm.: After setting forth what the agents;| had observed early in the evening, the report continued: “At about 12:50 am. January 30| Charlie, the head waiter, came to our table and asked Mr. Mulhall if his name was Mulhall, and, upon 'being told that it was, told him he was wanted on the telephone. Mr. Mulhall left our table and went into the hall. Soon after Charlie came to our table again and told me some one wanted to talk to me. I went to the hall and was directed to a small room across the club, and the first door south of the cloakroom, where I found Mr. Mulhall and three other men. One man introduced himself to me as Mr. Deyer, manager of all the Waidman hotels .and apartments. He said, in a very angry voice: ‘You are a revenue agent, aren’t you?' I said, “Where in the hell do you get that argument?’ He replied: ‘I know. Maj. White is a good friend of mine.’” Maj. White was the prohibition ad- ministrator here in Washington. “Mr. Deyer said: '‘Are you on & party or are you ti g to frame my head waiter?’ I sal 1 am not trying to frame any one.’ Mr. Deyer said: 1 know who you are. You were at {the Wardman Park Hotel the other night and tried to frame my captain. You were here before and tried to frame by head waiter’ I sald: ‘Where do you get all this information?’ He |sald: ‘Maj. White told me. ‘Now you do not need to deny this. Maj. White showed me your report, which said you had purchased gin at the Wardman Park, with the aid, knowledge and consent of Capt. Pete, and that you bought here with the aid, knowledge and consent of Charlie, my head waiter.” “Mr. Deyer said: ‘You can't do any- thing ‘with my place. Mr. Blair is livig at the Wardman Park'—Mr. | Bla.r was then commissioner of internal | revenue—‘Mr. Blair is living at the | Wardman Park, Maj. White at the | Chastleton and I am moving Gen. Andrews'—the then chief of the pro- hibition unit—‘into this hotel Monday." “‘All of them, and Jimmie Jones, director of prohibition, are good friends of mine. I know everything that is going on.’ Couzens Interrupted. At this point Senator Couzens, Re- publican, of Michigan, interrupted Sen- ator Howell to ask if these alieged inci- dents occurred during the Hoover ad- minisiration, and Senator Howell re- plied no. Senator Smoot, Republican, of Utah, interrupted, asking Senator Howell if he “believes those statements are cor- |rect.” The Utah Senator added that | he was as anxious as any one to see pro- | hibition enforced both here and | throughout the country. Before Sena- tor Howell could go on with his discus- sion, Senator Brookhart, Republican, of Iowa, brought up the incident of the 'dinner at the Willard Hotel, at which he said there were flasks under the table. The following colloquy took place between Brookhart and Smoot: “Mr. Brookhart—Mr. President, I Ishnuld, like to ask the Senator from ! Utah it he ever saw any signs of boot- ! leggers around any Wall Street conven- tions at any of the hotels here in Wash- 9 Smoot—Wall Street conven- tions! What does the Senator mean? I kmow nothing of such conventions: I never attended one, and I would not know a bootlegger if I saw one. “Mr. Brookhart—I asked if the Sena- tor had seen any signs of bootleggers around the dinners given by prominent Wall Street gentlemen for the purpose of greeting newly elected Senators? “Mr. Smoot—I will say to the Sena- tor I have not; and I ask the Senator if he has? “Mr. Brookhart—Yes: I have and the Senator has, too, and on ihe same night. “Mr. Smoot—I do not know what night it was. I will say to the Senator that I have never been to any place where I have seen any drinking—any club or other place, Wall St otherwise. I will ask th: Senator to what place he refers? Mr. Brookhart—It was at the Wil- lard Hotel. r. Smoot—On what occasion? ‘Mr. Brookhart—On the occasion when a gentleman named Fahy, from New York, invited newly elected and re-elected Senators to a dinner there just to get acquainted with them. “Mr. Smoot—I was not there. “Mr. Brookhart—Oh, yes, the Senator r. Smoot—I do not recall it. “Mr. Brookhart—I saw the Senator there, (Laughter.) “Mr. Smoot—I cannot recall it. If I was there I did not see any liquor. “Mr. Brookhart—No. the Senator did not get any liquor. (Laughter.) Mr. Smoot—I did not say ‘get it I said ‘see it.” | has been declared a constitutional pro- | | the “Mr.. Brookhart—The flasks, as I re- member, were under .the table behind a curtain, and all one had to do was to reach down and get his flask and put it in his hip pocket. The Senator did not do that, I know; he told me he did not. (Laughter.) “Mr. Smcot—I cannot call to mind the occasion to which the Senator re- fers. Files Probers’ Reports. After he had finished placing in the record the reports of the prohibition in- vestigators written in 1927, Senator Smoot inquired whether the Nebraskan knew “whether there was anything going on like that today.” “Y do not know anything about thlsl personally,” Senator Howell replied. “Let it be understood I have not pre- tended to know anything about it. I have lived in Washington for the past six years; I have the common knowls edge of what is going on in this city, and I find that whenever I attempt to investigate that common knowledge is supported by statements on file with the bureaus in this city.” Senator Howell also reiterated his previous description of the bringing of liguor into Washington for one of the foreign legations, contending that there is no authority in law for a common carrier, such as a steamship or a truck, to transport liquor because it is con- signed to a foreign legation. Replies to Hoover. In concluding his address, Senator Howell again referred to the statement issued by the President Sunday, in which the Chief Executive invited the Senator to submit any specific instances he had to the Department of Justice. Senator Howell said in reply: “Mr. President, I had no intention the other day of attacking any one per- sonally. So far as President Hoover is concerned, he scarcely has had time to gather the reins of this great Gov- ernment in his hands. I supported him in the last campaign. I was very much pleased with his stand upon prohibition, as were the people of my State. I have great hopes for the fu- ture; and in his closing statement re- specting my remarks last Saturday he makes a most encouraging additionel announcement—that he proposes to make this city a model for the country so far as prohibition enforcement is concerned.” The Nebraska Senator then closed his speech with the suggestion that Gen. ‘Butler of the Marine Corps, who was ewlcnd as law enforcement chief in Philadelphia several years ago, be put to work in Washington, He also urged the re-enactment of the Sheppard local mlmtlon law, which was in effect prior to national prohihitien. . slon. In no sense, therefore, can it be claimed that the President can alter the tariff at will or that despotic power | is conferred upon the Executive. It/ cedure by the Supreme Court. No Tarift Bill Perfect. “The reasons for the continued in- corporation of such provisions are even more cogent today than ever before. No tariff bill ever enacted has been or ever will be perfect. It will contain injustices. It is beyond human mind to deal with all the facts surrounding several thousand commodities under the necessary conditions of legislation and not to make some mistakes and create some injustices. It could not be otherwise, Furthermore, if a perfect tariff bill were enacted, the rapidity of our changing economic conditions and the constant shifting of our re- lations with economic life abroad would | render some items in such an act im- perfect in some particular within a year. “It is proved by half a century of | experience that the tariff cannot be reviewed by Congress more than once in seven or eight years, It is only & destruction of the principles of the | flexible tariff to provide that the Tariff Commission’s recommendations should be made to Congress for action instead of the President. Any person experi- enced in tariff legislation in the last half century knows perfectly well that Congress cannot reopen single items of the tariff without importing discussions all along the line, without the con- stant unsettlement of business and the importation of contentions and factious questions to the destruction of. other | important duties by Congress. Con- gress has literally hundreds of times in the past refused to entertain any amendment to a tariff except in periods of general revision. * Agriculture Benefited. “Although the provisions of the 1922 tariff act, as'I have stated in the mes- sage, proved to be cumbersome in the | method of determining costs of pro- duction and can be improved, yet despite this the agricultural industry especially received great benefits | through this provision, a notable in- stance of which was the protection of | the dairy industry. That industry would be in a sad plight today if it had | not been for the increased duties given | under the flexible tariff. | “The flexible provision is one of the | most_progressive steps taken in tariff- | making m all our history. It is en- | tirely wrong that there should be no | remedy to isolatéd cases of injustice that may arise through the failure to | adequately protect certain industries or to destroy the opportunity to revise | duties which may prove higher than necessary to protect some industries and therefore become onerous upon the public. To force such a situation upon the public for such long periods is, in my view, economically wrong and is prejudicial to public interest. “I am informed the principle is sup- ported by the most important of the farm organizations. It is supported by our leading manufacturing organiza- | tions. It is suported by labor and con- sumers’ organizations. It has never | hitherto been made a political issue. In last campaign some important Democratic leaders even advocated the increase of powers in the tariff com- mission so as to practically extinguish | congressional action. I do not support such a plan. | ~I have no hesitation in saying that T regard it as of utmost importance. in justice to the public, #5 & protec- tion for the sound progress in our economic system, and for the future protection of our farmers and our in- dustries and consumers, that the flexi- ble tariff, through recommendation of the Tariff Commission to .the Execu- tive, should be maintained.” . Held Slap at Watson. The statement was made public late yesterday just as the Senate was get- ting under way with debate on the issue. It was promptly described by Senator Harrison, Democrat, Missis- sippi, as a “repudiation” by the Presi- | dent_of Senator Watson of Indiana, the Republican leader, who told the | Senate last week he would use his in- | fluence to keep the Chief Executive out | of the controversy while the bill was | pending in Congress. | It showed, Harrison said, that the contest over the flexible provision, “the most inquitous provision of the bill.” was one between “the Old Guard Re- publicans and the essives and Democrats,” with the President taking “a position with the Old Guard.” The President’s view, as explained | aside from his statement, was that, | having made his position in support of | the flexible tariff clear in his message | | | i | at the beginning of the special session of Congress, his pronouncement at this time did not pass over what he regards as the border line between legislative and executive functions. The issue was before the Senate in debate on a motion by Chairman Smoot of the finance committee, in charge of the bill, proposing amendments to the section embodying the provision which, among other changes, would make the difference in production costs here and abroad the basis for alterations in duties rather than differences in competitive conditions in American markets as pro- posed by the House. His motion was given priority after Senator Simmons of North Carolina, Democratic leader in the tariff contest, had proposed a substitute amendment :.‘l?x e{:‘rfilnsu the flexible provision from e bill. Smoot Backs President. Smoot’s argument for retention of the flexible principle followed the same gen- eral lines as those set forth in the |- President’s statement. He contended, jt was “so vital to the development of this country that the producer, whether he be an agriculturist, a manufacturer or a laborer, will insist upon its preser- vation.” “And it is eminently fair to the con- *%x § WILLETT.TO TAKE POST AT GORGAS INSTITUTE Newly-Appointed Associate Direc- tor Proposes to Assume His Duties October 1. Herbert L. Willett, newly appointed associate director of the Gorgas Me- morial Institute, 1331 G street, will assume his duties on October 1, He was formerly assistant national fleid administrator for the Near East Relief. Willett has spent most of his life in out-of-the-way places, doing variors forms of relief work, but since 1927 has been at the Near East headquar- ters in New York. In his new posi- tion Willett will be in Ch‘rtf of pub- licity, speakers’ bureau and the general administration of headquarters of the institute. Enclose Your sumer,” he said. 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