The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-28
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com mittee MT Heflin mentioned three con
 gressmen, Representatives Mason ant | Britten of Illinois and Baer of North Da Kota, and one senator, LaFollette O. l Wisconsin. He directed attention tf their activities as matters which h, 1 wanted the privilege of examining be- 1 fore the committee He also wanted tc inquire about the correspondence of cer. tain members who had written one way 1 to their constituents and acted another | way in Congress. He wanted to deter mine what members were preparing tc | affiliate with the Nonpartisan lea gue 1 the North Dakota organization of farm CTS that sent Representative Baer to l Congress.
 WOULD QUESTION NORTON He informed Representative Norton of l North Dakota. who denounced him on the floor and who was also present that If an investigation is ordered he would question him about certain of his activities. MT. Heflin made it clear tha if if an investigation is ordered he wants 1t to be far-reaching and to include ey- eryth1ng pertaining to the actions of certain members. whom he suspects. not merely an inquiry into his speech and statements in the newspapers Among other things he wants the inquiry to include the antidraft bill introduced by representative Mason of Illinois and the resolution of Representative Britten to exempt German Americans from mill tary service abroad
 ACCUSES CORRESPONDENTS
 He denied saying that members Of Congress had won money at a ganblinns house or had received German gold Ha declared, however, that German agents had induced newspaper reporters to quote him falsely.
 Heierrlng to rumor that certain members or Congress desire to have him expelled from the House and would vote to do so without giving him hearing the Alabamian shouted.
 would have worn it as a badge of honor'' v
 Referring to Norton he declared.
 MT. Norton is not the only one who would like to get me out of the way be- lore an investigation is made" Norton sought to interrupt, but Heflin would noi Iermit it, declaring:
 fou would not permit an interruption rom rom me the other day. I'll have some tnlAg 10 say about you before the inves t'gatng committee if it is created.'
 HeIerrlng again to the newspapers. he mentioned two Washington afternoon pa pers' .ne Times and the Star, charging that they had made faise reports as to
 
 condemning his assertion that he could give names of members.
 They published these lines yesterday and useo the President to further their oevlllsh purpose he said Then turning to Norton he declared:
 1T dare him to vote for my expulsion"
 want to know he went .'who is in the organization that LaFollette is cham pionlng in the country that will leave tho president without an army. I want YOU 70 name committee to investigate this bernstorn message will name the men ana leave 1t to their constituents to say whether l am right or not Some con grcssmen talk one way to one set Of con stituents and one way to another. They say that Representative Baer was elected by men repudiating the war. If there are any others preparing to join them. let's name them.
 want to know he continued. "who has had the literature circulated on the britten bill. Who has spent hundreds oe thcusands of dollars in efforts to repeal the draft That Is the work of German dared:
 Nobody doubts my loyalty.