New-York tribune., 1918-12-09
Untermyer Asks
Hearing Before
Senate Probers
in Telegram TO Senator Over
man He Requests Chance
TO Explain Connection
With the Propagandists

Samuel Untermyer, in & telegram
yesterday to Senator Overman, chair
man of the Judiciary Sub Committee,
asked permission to explain before the
committee in connection with agents of
German propaganda that has involved
his name in the investigation at Wash
ington.
Mr.. Untermyer protested against the
use of the Beilaski records as a "medi-
UNI for publicly pillorying and msrep-
resenting loyal and public spirited
citizens" especially with reference to
the German milk fund" fostered by
DR.. Edmund Won Mach. He asked that
his communication be made part Of
the committees records.
In his telegram to Senator Overman
Mr. Unte1myer says:
81 shall be in Washington at the
Treasury Tuesday and ask the oppor-
tunity to appear before your commit
tee then or at your later convenience
to explain my connection with matters
about which you are inquiring I will
submit written statement for the
record if you prefer.
Protests Use Of Record
II request that in the meanwhile
there be noted my respectful protest
against the use of your records as q
medium for publicly pillorying and
misrepresenting loyal and public
spirited citizens for having in 1915
Joined d movement which was sup
ported by the authorities and given
wide publicity by the press at the time
to. secure aid Of the state and post
office departs in furnishing milk to
starving German babies.
THE same thing was being done for
French babies and by some of our
people, including myself. | did not
know of the circumstances, but it now
appears that the milk committee was
not organized at our home, but at the
home of DR.. Fl. J. Wolf, that Mrs. I'm
termyer was not one of the organizers,
but that in 1915 Mrs. Untermyer com
mitted the henious crime of not only
permitting but Of actually abbetting
meeting at her home to devise ways
and means of urging upon our state
and postoffce departments that they
secure the consent of Great Britain
TO the lifting of the blockade insofar
as to permit dried milk to be sent to
the starving babies of Germany.
"Our government was then insisting
that the blockade was contrary to in
ternational law, and a personal appeal
was made to President Wilson 1t fur
ther appears that this widely adver-
tised criminal organization was to
furnish the milk and that Mrs. Unter-
nlyer not only encouraged but actually
contributed to this malign propaganda
and that too, at time when we were
al peace with Germany as we'll as with
the rest of the world.
Mrs. Untermyer Resigned
CAS- soon as Mrs. Untermyer found
that our government was unable to do
anything to get the milk to Germany
over the blockades sne reluctantly re
signed She, of coarse, knew nothing
about DR.. Won Mach's other activities. if
he had any. 1t so happens that like
organization which has been successful
IN raising money and furnishing large
shipments of milk to babies in France
was and is still receiving my support
and is IN possession of my home at 675
Fifth Avenue, in this city. free Of rent.
at cost to me of over S25. 900 = wear
+or rent and advertising. 1t is having
no difficulty in feeding French babies.
ask IN all fairness whether it is
right to permit such activities to be
characte rized and widely advertised bv
the hated name of propaganda and thus
to mlslead the public into suspectinr
the motives of citizens whose public
spirit they would applaud if they knew
the facts. | request that this message
be read INTO your record so that il
may be given as wide publicity as was
given the SENSATIONAL unjust implica-
Hons IL is intended to correct"