South Bend News-Times, Volume 36, Number 271, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 28 September 1919 — Page 26

10 mmv. si;iTi:im:i: s. mm. THE SOUTH BEND NEWS-TIMES OWLY TWO STATES REJECT PLANS TG Congressional "Smelling" Committee Out To Investigate Pershing's Expenses and 0 Elusive Spruce and Cantonment Scandals ADDS TO

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Eleven Have Voted Total of

$283,000,000 For Better Highways.

Appropriate $60,000 of Public Money to Gather 1920 Campaign Material on Conduct of War.

Of ;iU the tntoq ot;n; -fr b' tc l'ond isu- for poni roaLs tnlMint; ariil rjiaint.iinaru e only two h.iv j turr.cil own th ir ir j ts. 131 vrn ! s'ntes hv.e otd a intul of K's::,-1

4141,00'. for hitrh'A.iy xj-ntlitur-s !:;rinp th next few ars. nceonlin:,' : M.itiMic.H Ki th'rel ly the I'. I

i-04irirh l:villpr 'o. j Seventeen tat"s will vote on oon! ; i-.-u-s thin yriir ar'l ri xt to a total .f f 6lOCG0O. ari'l at I - - -1 a loz'-n j rn"'r Ft at es are conteinilatin-.c oml . The .MaUs which hue nlrendy ap-j provpil th ir hlt;hway measures anI i

the amounts are: Arizona i Arkansas California Illinois Maina Michigan Nvala New Mexko Oregon Pennsylvania Wyoming

, 200.000 40,000.000 G 0,0 0 0,000 1 O.iiort.OOO 5 0,000,000 1,000.000 -j, 00 0, G0 0 10.000,000 50,00 0,0 00 2.800.000

Total

States to voto on

Issues follow: Alabama Colorado Georsi.a Kannas Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana North Carolina North Iakota fcouth Carolina Tennessee Texas Utah Washington West Virginia Viconsln

$:sn, 00,000 hlprh.vay bond $ 5.000,000 R, 000,000 40.000,000 60,000,000 100,000,000 20,000,000 f.0.0-0'0-,000 15,000.000 ::,ooo,ooo

fiO.000,000 2r.,ooo.ooo r,o. 000,000 To, 000, 000 4.0O0.000 no.ooo.ooo r.o,ooo,ooo r.o.000,000

Total f.4,000,000 The people of 'Minnesota. Mississippi. Missouri, '.Montana, Washington and West Virginia win vote on their bond issues in November. 19 20. a the national election. A few of tho states mentioned have not actually approved their bond measures but sentiment is so strong It 1.? pre-lk-d the Issues will undoubtedly .oiiit- un for voto.

The only states to reject bond i

measures were Arizona and OKiahorna. for $30000.00.0 and $50.000,000, respectively. In these' states it is said that state finances were such that the pood roads measures would have to be deferred at this time rather than Jeopardize more urgent appropriations.

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TTiAt automobile owners who can tffont chauffeurs are nevertheless ins!Unff that the men they hire know how to drive economically; and -that ladles who enjoy drivlnp tti 4tr rwn can &.r no longer content to pull a lever or press a button wtthout knowing what take? place under the cowl, are considerations which have prompted thr Colt-Stratton Co.. Dodpe Brothers' dealer In Neve York city, to open a School for rrivers" in their sales buildln.fr. The school opened March 17 with four classes a week, one devoted reluirtvely to the coaching of chauffeurs and drivers In the economic? cf operation find maintenance expense, the other threo for the penerat public. Amons the 13 0 already enrolled are two men sent ir by John P. Rockefeller and two b Ms pon. John P. Rockefeller, jr IJoth the Rockefellers own Dodi; brothers motor oars. The course a outlined this yeai :s unusually comprehensive. It not (.-.!y covers the practical an.l theoretical operation of mtor -hiMes 1 -:t ir.cluj"' lectures on loa. Is tr.tffie recxi ! t i4ns. tiis, st4.t-.ii,-' latteries, etc.. as well. The !"p"ir!meut f in-.!ruti.n foi 'a ii!ii4 ti is conduct-.! by ;m eper' who i faUiihar ith uy.e"Ts A-

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WASHINGTON. I). Sept. 27. After an existence of neaily rhree .-ind one. half months it now app' ars as it" the much-heralded (iraham s-lrt onunittee to investigate war xpendltures has little or no standing in the estimation of

the republican ha-hrs of the house'

(f representatives. Within the ii xt lew weeks a part of their work will be either duplicated or taken away f nm . them. Th- (omniittcf popularly known as the ' smellers," who are seeking repwMiean campaign material for 'JZb in thr methods used by the democratic: national administration in winning the "world war" has divide. 1 itself into live "smelling" su-t-ommittees in order to more easily run down the elusive scandal." These latter committees have had varying careers, one is recuperating in Paris after the battle of the Seine, won by Gen. John J. Pershing, V. S. A.; another is junketing on the Pacific coast in search of spruce "scandals." and the others appear to have fallen into the slouch of despond. This latter class includes the sub-committee on camps ami cantonments. STAUT Torn or so i t 1 1 1 : i : v t vr o m i : x ts. At any rate, eight or nine members of the house standing committee on military affairs are off for a little trip of inspection ofvfcur cantonments in the south. There appears to be no question but that the Information they are seeking falls directly under the jurisdiction of the Graham sub-committee on camps and cantonments. Which means that the treasury may be compelled to pay for duplicated work, as this expedition is likely to galvanize into action the Graham sub-"sinellers." The ' detachment from the military affairs committee plans to visit Camps Humphrey, Va. ; Bragg. North Carolina; Henning, Ga., and Knox. Ky. Karly In the special session the house republicans passed a resolution forbidding the war department utilizing unexpended funds appropriated for the construction of cantonments, and this sub-committee will tour the south to see whether this resolution should "he abrogated. Incidentally, this trip Is being taken at a time when the Graham sub-committee on camps and cantonments was preparing to do the same thing. MOUNTAIN' LrAUOItS AND imiNc.s roitTii Morsn The republican mountain has labored for three and one-half months and has not so much as a mouse to show the American public, democratic leaders assert, despite confident predictions of "enormous extravagance," "wilful waste." "gross mismanagement," and everything else the specially engaged press npent of the republican national committee had prophesied, the Graham committee Is spending the people's money at the "moderate estimate" of $10.000 a month so far, and has nothing tc ihow for it. And now comes alonjr another committee, also of republican Inception, to do the work the Graham subs have failed to do. The Graham committee was created June 11 and spent but $1, 633.30 that month. It was some time afterwards when they got momentum," as It was described before the housr appropriation suti-rommlttee ly William Tyler Pa up, clerk of the Iioujp and Its dishurslnt: officer. Prom July to Sept. ,". the Graham committee's expenditures, and estimates for the European and Pacific

coast trips, total $ 1 ."4.?n. For the same period the select committee to investigate the shipping board expenditures spent $1,200. With a deficiency appropriation of $o,ooo Mr. Pace thought the Graham and shipping committees could be finnncel up to Jan. 1, his estimate being based on the July and August figures emoted. somi: i:ri:.si:s as i:sTiM.n:i hv ( i.i:kk. liep. Joseph W. Pvrns of Tennessee, riotilded whether the estimates would actually cover the expenses of the ".smellers" in France and on the Pacific coast. not a voucher for either of these excursions having ben turned in. Questions by Mr. Hyrns extracted some interesting information from the clerk of the house. The Graham committee so far has this permanent staff: 1 clerk nt S3, 000 per annum 1 clerk at Sll.öoo icr annum '2 clerks at !S2.000 ht annum 1 clerk :it S 7tO per week 1 stcnog. at -Sl.HOO icr year 1 Menog. nt .Sl.ftOO per year 1 Mcnog. at $1,100 icr year 1 mess'gr. at XI. "00 ier year This does not mean that all the sub-committees have engaged clerks and stenographers as yet. Neither does it include a lengthy list of investigators who received from $10 to more than $100 a day. This salary list totals at the rate of $1.".100 a year, or Sl.-SS phis a month. leaving a balance of some ?S.7oO a month, according to the estimate, to carry on the travels of the Furopean. Pacific and other tourists of both war and shipping committees up to Jti. 10. "SMIU.f KKS" ADOIT Old) ii r i j j- i oz i c ; ta cti cs. Three representatives are in Furope accompanied by six others an attorney, a clerk, a stenographer, a deputy sergeant-at-arms and two others whose identity seems veiled. The select committee on shipping board expenditures had not rendered any vouchers tip to Sept. ." but Mr. Page was advised they had designated a clerk at $200 a month and a public accountant, or investigator, at $750 a month. This committee is also on the Pacific coast for an extensive trip, where .according to newspaper reports is having everything except .a good time excellent results, from Its standpoint. Chairman James A. Frear of the committee, is said to have adopted much the same tactics as employed in Washington, when he sought to frighten Chairman Homer S. Cummings of the democratic national committee, when going Into the spruce industry as related to aviation, and with much the same degree of puccess. That fiasco caused many laughs In many newspapers. roHTjiAM) iapi:r opposes ItUMi-DOG MITTIIODS. The republican majority of the spruce "smellers" have given out several statements attacking various persons and corporations, all of which have been denied and disproved. It Is charged that if a witness does not testify in the manner desired by Chairman Frear, that is relate tales of vast and unnecessary expenditures he is Immediately squelched. That seems to be the view of the "Portland Journal," an influental independent newspaper of Oregon's largest city, as express- , A... J 1 1 . I . .

en recently in an ecwioriai termed, i

"Is this a sample of congress?" This comment on the Frear methods begins: "Is this really a part of con

gress? Is all congress in all its j parts the empty, unfair, hypocritical shnni that Chairman j Frear's stellar performances in i

the spruce inquiry yo? "That Is the thought in the minds af many who look on at t Ti 1- k - necked police court lawyer. He brings the creat Amcrican hou9 of representatives down to the level of a kangaroo

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court. Innuendo and Insinuation are Hung at witnesses. There is an assumption that the chairman and Just a few other persons are honest, and that all those who struggled out here in the west to get our spruce are crooks." PKIXCIIWIi KOLK IS ClZAItACTFU ASSASSIN. "The "Jurnal" then refers to the Frear methods when a witness happens to testify f.avorably to the lumbermen, saying that "the chairman bullied, badgered and insulted (Jen. Disque because of the hitter's activity in establishing the eighthour day in the camps and mills," and added: "The chairman's efforts to smear men's reputations and taint their good names in a mad tlesiro to 'get something' on the government, are so obvious as to be perfectly transparent and perfectly understood. It is making the Investigation ridiculous. It is reducing it to a frce."

Furthering commenting upon the,

Frear methods in connection with what is a really important investigations, the "Journal" editoria" says: "There should be an honest probe. Crooked transactions, if there were such, should bo brought to light. The people are entitled to know. It should be done for the protections of the government and the public service. It should als4) be done for the sake of (Jen. Disque, northwest lumberman and all in the spruce division. A great trust was committed to Gen. Disque. It was no less a task than to supply most of the airplane material for an unparalleled war, a war in which r million men were under arms. The fate of the world hung upon the endeavors . hero in the northwest. The city was for speed, speed, speed. The expectation w.is that the war would last live years, not that it would end in 19 months. To meet this tremendous responsibility was the part committed to ("Jen. Disque. and in the light of the fact that he raised the production of airplane material from less than a million to IS million feet a month, he is entitled to fairness. and all the lumbermen ' and loggers are likewise entitled to an honest, unbiased and dignified inquiry." As to the political aspect of the

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Frear methods, the "Journal" concludes: "If the chairman could hear the remarks of members of his own party about what they term the 'prosecution' and the 'persecution, he would realize that he is making a farce of what ought to be a patient, purposeful, dignified investigation." Members of the house of representatives are hearing of the details of the spruce Investigation on the Pacific coast, and when Chairman Frear makes his report he is likely to encounter a merry heckling, according to all predictions.

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