Evening Star Newspaper, April 30, 1935, Page 5

PRESIDENT DENIES ARMY'SWARPLANS Repudiates Testimony in Hearing by Kilbourne and Andrews. (Continued Prom First Page.) participating in services commemorat- ing the inaguration of George Wash- ington. A committee clerk said the fault was not McSwain's, but the public printer’s. It is customary, he asserted, for the public printer to omit from printed hearings testimony that was given in secret session. In this case, he added, the printer merely captioned all the hearings “committee print” and included all testimony of the witnesses. Correction Not Made. A representative of the War De- partment, who was in the committee room this morning, asserted that the Army officers had not had an oppor- tunity to correct their testimony be- fore it was printed. If they had had, he added, they probably would have deleted the objectionable sections. One committeeman, Representative Maverick, Democrat, of Texas, took the President's letter into the execu- tive committee meeting today, read it and returned to tell this to waiting newspaper men: “I don’t think the committee ought to be criticized. It was probably just an error. | “The main thing is that these gen- erals and admirals are always shoot- ing off at the mouth, saying they know a lot of things and trying to impress you with their knowledge. ‘They ought to keep quiet on questions ©of national policy. “What the generals told us might not represent the administration’s policy, but I still believe it repre- sented the War Department policy. It | certainly was not the policy of the | committee. Admirals “Worse.” “In a few words, McSwain ought not be criticized for what a general | said | “The admirals are worse than the | generals. They are running all over | the world with their battleships and | doing and saying things they ought ! not say. | “There are a bunch of admirals who ought to be court-maftialed for | their continual war talk. i “The most dangerous thing these | days is these admirals messing around with things the Secretary of State ought to do.” Mr. Roosevelt said in his letter today “I desire to inform your com- mittee that certain portions of the testimony of Gen. Kilbourne. espe-| cially those relating to the Canadian | border, do not represent either the: policy of this administration or that of the commander in chief. | “In the statement of Gen. F. M.| Andrews, many portions of said state- ment, especially those relating to the territory of friendly nations in Canada, in the Atlantic and in the West In- | dies, do not represent the policy of | the administration or of the com- mander in chief. L Threatens Censorship. i} “It is necessary for me most re-| Spectfully to call to your attention and | that of your committee the fact that | 30 the testimony in executive session | 3% printed in public documents in “he same way as testimony in open [mession, I shall find it necessary as| commander in chief of the Army and | Navy to require that in the future :lucn testimony be given only after approval by me.” . Canada yesterday asked the State partment for any public data on | Army plans of the United States. | Promptly, State Department of- Fcials promised to comply with the Fequest. v Asks for Press Releases. Hume Wrong, counsel of the Cana- Legation, went to the State De- rtment and requested ‘“‘whatever documents have been given the press at formed the basis of press stories.” emphasized that he had asked for o documents or data considered se- «eret or confidential. = Disclosure of the Army’'s war plans d Canada’s step coincided with Jeremonies commemorating the 118- r-old Rush-Bagot naval limitations ty between the United States and #Ganada. = The text of the President’s letter to *McSwain follows: My Dear Mr. Chairman: * “My attention has been called to “hearings before Committee on Mili- 2tary Affairs, House of Representatives, won H. R. 6621 and H. R. 4130 This Jpublic document includes apparently & full report of an executive session /of the committee of which you are schairman. Policy Not Represented. “It is necessary for me mo.. re- -spectfully to call to your attention | and that of your committee the fact | othat if the testimony in executive ses- islon is printed in public documents | #in the same way as testimony in open wmession, I shall find it necessary as | *Commander in Chief of the Army and | 2Navy to require that in the future | :luch testimony be given only after wapproval by me. ; “Referring to page 16 of this printed Wocument, I desire to inform your gmmmee that certain portions of | e testimony of Gen. Kilbourne, es- Yecially those relating to the Can- @&dian border, do not represent either Xhe policy of this administration or #hat of the Commander in Chief. 7 “In the statement of Gen. F. M. Andrews, many portions of said state- [ Jment, especially those relating to the territory of friendly nations, in Can- #da, in the Atlantic and in the West “Indies, do not represent the policy of the administration or of the Com- | nander in Chief. p-r “No Change Envisaged.” 5. “I can go further and state that ey do not reflect the views, pur- ‘Poses or motives of the United States ‘Governmeni. This Government does Dot in any of its plans or policies en- wisage a possibility of a change in | the friendly relationship between the “Wnited States and any foreign coun- v 4 “I call your special attention to the “fact that this Government not only ‘accepts as an accomplished fact the Jpermanent peace conditions cemented ‘by many generations of friendship be- #tween the Canadian and American ipeople, but expects to live up to not wonly the letter but the spirit of our itreaties relating to the permanent dis- sarmament of our 3,000 miles of com- Jmon boundary.” « In another letter to Secretary Dern, ‘the President remarked: “It is a matter of regret to me that I have been compelled to send a letter to Chairman McSwain of the Military JAffairs Committee, copy of which I senclose.” Studies Letters on Tombs. James Swairidge, aged 97, of Comp- Aon Dunden, England, learned to read ‘by studying letters on tombs. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. 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Roosevelt said Congress had turned the appropriation over to the President “to spend practically as he | Ppleases.” Recalls Maine Campaign. “All of you know what was done | last Summer and Autumn,” he said. “¢ * ¢ In Maine the present Dem- | ocratic Governor campaigned for re- election with the statement that un- | less he was re-elected Maine would | not continue to get Federal funds.” | “In Des Moines, for example, after | a conference with Farley the Demo- | cratic State chairman announced over | the radio: ‘This election beyond all doubt will determine whether Iowa will continue to receive through Fed- eral agencies the very liberal and much-needed benefits coming to our people through these agencies.” “If allowed to continue unchecked,” his address said, “Roosevelt policies | will crush the small property owner, the home owner, the small business man, and, instead of a Nation where the vast majority of the people have possessions and comfort, we will be- come & country where poverty is the rule.” ‘The conference brought together party workers from the six New Eng- land States to formulate plans for the 1936 campaign. | New Deal Economics Assailed. | Citing the New England textile in- dustry, now the center of a contro- versy between cotton manufacturers and the administration, as “a typical | illustration of the effect of the admin- istration’s economic policies,” Col. Roosevelt declared the administration OFFICAL TUESDAY, APRIL COL. ROOSEVELT has “deliberately shackled the indus- covery.” T cies born fessors and ward politicians under the 30, 1935. try and blocked its chance of re- Assailing what he termed “a large brood of strange and obnoxious poli- of the unholy wedding that has taken place between pink pro- present national administration,” he asserted: ‘The high standard of living in this country “is rapidly being destroyed by the so-called New Deal.” The national administration is “rob- bing America to benefit foreign coun- tries” ‘The cost of living has been increased 15 per cent. Of the textile indusiry, he seid that although the original slump was a result of world depression, the ad- ministration, through the N. R. 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