The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-07
OUR WASHINGTON
 WRITER TELLS 0F
 THE NAVY LEAGUE
Morgan Men Interested in This ..Busy Little Lobby of
 War Trust
cspeolal to The Far1ner.l

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 Washington, July 7--In previous let ters I described the soft snaps being enjoyed by the armor ring. the arnrnu- milton. ring and the shipbuilding trust in gathering in at ioutrageousiy ex- cessive prices the fat government con tracts for munitions of war. running into the millions annually.
 Let us now take up the Navy League of the United States. that busy little lobby of the Ware Trust.
 Even since n have been a member, of Congress the Navy League has been reminding me that the navy should and still more powerful 1t occurred to me one day 1t would be interesting to know whether the Navy League had any particular preference as be- tween "a more powerful navy to be built by the government at actual cost in a government shipyard with arnnor made in a government Narrnor factory. and "a more powerful navy to be built by private contractors with huge prof it's to the armor, ammunition and shipbui1ding trusts.
 I put the question directly to the league in a letter addressed to A. H Dadmun, it's secretary, on January 18th last, of which the following is an ex-l cerpt:
 T beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 18th instant togeth-. CT with enclosures as to why a pow erful navy is needed.
 Assuming that you are in good faith in this agitation and really de-. E sire the largest possible navy for pa- triotic reasons. am going to take the liberty of suggesting to you that # you will sfnaug urate a movement for the government manufacture of all
 munitions Of war, including all battle- ships your campaign will strike a much more responsive chord with both members of Congress and the peo- pie.
 Tn other words if the government E is to do all of the manufacturing of munitions of war. including battIeships the point can not then be successfully raised that the agitation is for the benefit of the arnor ring, the anrnu- nition ring and the Shipbuildtng Trust.
 But if you do not advocate the govA ernment manufacture of all munitions 1 of war, including battleships. you cam not successfully deny that you are l carrying on a propagandas which means millions and millions of dollars l of extoftfonate profits to the above rnentionAd interests.
 T hardly expect the reader to fall lout of his chair in amazement when report that the Navy League has not laccepted my suggestion Should the l government aQOpLi Ln6 PoIcy or u1auu u- featuring all it's munitions of war; ! fpredict that the Navy League would not only lock the doors of it's elegantly appointed suite in the national capi- 1 tai but that the same rich patriots l who are now clamoring for a bigger l and better Navy, in the certain knowl- I edge that if their agitation is success I ful they will draw down scontr acts
 worth millions, will beithe loudest in their protestations against an annual Ivar pend tutTe of $25cs 1000 .000 ih l time of peace
 Il desire now to present sor1e ;nfor- l-mation as to who is behind the Navy l League:
 J. Pierpont Morgan was until his
 death one Of the directors, and a lib | eraI contributor. MT. Herbert L.
 Satterlee, general counsel for tn: T League, is a son-fn-law and heir oi I MT. Morgan.
 fl Gen. Horace Porter is president o1
 the league. He was for many years
 an ofieer of the Pullman Go, a Mor-
 gan corporation.
 1 Charles c. Glover is treasurer oi the league. He. is president of the Il Riggs National Bank, which is closer I to Wall Street than any other banl in Washington.
 Col Robert L. Thompson is. chair.
 man of the executive committee. Q h the league. He is an eminent 1nan.
 cier of the Morgan group. He is alss head-befng chairman of the boart
 --of the International Nickel Co.
 and holds the honorable post of pres
 ident of the New ork Metal Ex change, and other directors are siru lilarly connected.
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