The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-22
ANGEL PAID FOR
PEACE SESSIONS
Associate of wall Street
Wolf" Helped Finance La
Dor Council Meetings"

The charge that Labor's Peace Coun-
Gil. the organization started some time
ago to disseminate the propaganda for
an embargo on shipments of arms
TO the allies was literally supplied with
funds with which to pay the expenses
Of the delegates to its recent conference
here in Washington. is made in letter
from Milton Smelling, of the local organi-
zation of engineers, made public last
night in which he explains why he
resigned the vice presidency of the coun-
Gil.
Leaders in the affairs of the council
were Henry B. Martin and Herman
Schulteis, who were associated with Da-
vid Lamar, the wolf of Wall Street,
in the management Of his ANTITRUST
League" The organization was repu-
dated by President Gompers. Of the
American Federation of Labor
The retiring vice president of the coun-
Gil declares in his letter that it was La
mars associate. Martin. who acted as
angel for some of the delegates to the
recent conference at Washington. pay
ing their railroad and hotel bills, and
even remuneration for loss of time in
their respective jobs.
Snellings letter, which is in the nature
of an expose of the council, gives no in
dication of the source of revenue en-
ployed by the organization to push the
German propaganda for an arms en-
barge. Here are excerpts from the let
ter:
Il omitted TO say in my letter (refer-
ring to an earlier letter. that when the
following question was asked you by Mr.
Torch. What. after all. does this council
want to do?' and you replied, We want
to stop the expectation of munitions to
the allies: you see. Germany can manu-
facture all :he munitions she wants I
heard the question and the answer
Now, let me call your attention to a
few facts continues Smelling. Some
one. without the authority or consent of
the Washington Central Labor Union,
imposed upon the Baltimore Federation
of Labor by going to that body and max
ing 1t appear that the Washington Cen
trail Labor Union urged the Baltimore
Federation of Labor to send representa-
tives to the meeting at the New Willard
Hotel. July 81, and that the payment of
expenses, loss of time. etc, would be
made
The treasurer of the league, Ernest
Bohm. wrote to representative labor men
urging them to personally attend the con-
ference in this city on July 81, and offer
ing to pay their railroad and hotel ex-
penses. loss of time. etc. and this not
withstanding the fact that the men urged
to attend were in no wise to be author
lied to represent the organizations of
which they were members.
In the Middle West about ten labor
men were corralled at Chicago from sew
eral points. railroad and Pullman tickets
furnished them. their meals and other
requirements paid for by representa-
tive of the league, and on the evening
nF no oil o. ha
the hotel bills of these visitors were paid
by representative of the league, and
Henry r. Martin furnished the Western
men who came here with sufficient mon
ey to pay for their loss of time, for their
railroad and other expenses.
"All these facts and others too numer-
Gus to mention are capable of proof. and
you can therefore readily understand
what was in my mind when l rendered |
my resignation from the league. and |
which is supported by the declaration of
Mr.. Buchanan that he did not know
where the resources were coming from |
TO hold such a conference