Evening star., 1918-04-12
CREEL EL'SLANGUAGE
BRINGS HOUSE
Bitter Party Flint Starts and
Subject ls Referred to
Special Committee.
PUBLICITY CHEF SCORED

AesS,e siess yasty ashs n ~ House
ysstsrdsy svse the Qnaseaon sf esnsufs
~ Congreas tor George cresl because
IA . report % ne House hs had used
language offsnGivs 70 chs authoP Of the
resolution calling foS The ssport the
maatsr was raksrssa 20 . spsoial ooua-
mittss. 0psAlsS 0art appointsd -
msmbsrS Of the committee RapSsasuta-
dives CarawA1s aumyhrsys and Hoohsr,
Democrats, snd Naprssenta$tyss NcKin-
isY ana Madden. repubiiaanA
This was the third time within . wssk
that Mr.. Crssl has bssn esnsufsd in
speeches on tho door of ConsrssA He
was accused yestsrdAy ef dsfyinS the
House by quastionin1 the vsracity Of
member. Representative Trsadway Of
Massachusetts,. who challenges Mr..
cresl and sayp he can prove the asser-
lions he made that the crssi publicity
IN cloxRin9 the mail service to the boys
In France.
S,s 10 csss: sna oxs ss. to
strike It from the report" declared Mr.
4 didn.t mako any bsss,sss state
ment. ean produce evidence tnat tons
q ies 0ss s. aeys Cree. pen don
know. but It's ruas 4 boy in the
trenches wrote to me that Hurley could
get more tonnage II less OF escvetary
MoAdoo's speeches we're sent over. ana
aHov can one soldier know Of tons
Of matter being sentf' interrupted Rep
resentative Barnhart democrat OF IN
4 osnt give to the HOUSE CONFIDENTIAL
iatormation ! hsys; butt, but ! .snna f. 1s.d back
way.
Party Fseiing Bitter.
30 bitter was the party feeling that
there were two tie votes on whether
the House should refuse to accept the
report until its language had been cor
rected.
Representative Longworth Of Ohio
and Representative Miller Of Minne-
set. were also strong in their denun.
ne had used and for the tone Of his
letter.
Representative Miller charged that
Creel, in his report. gFatuitously mem
TONED q member Of consrsss who was "a
quiry. Mr.. Miller charged that Creefs
language was "fippant, disrespectful.
defiant, insinuating, beiittling and in
sulting," and insisted that there was
no partisanship nor anifnus in the pro-
posal to create q committee to consider
1t, and that the House Should vote to
protect its dignity against such Ian
Huage.
Texan Defends Cree1.
Representative I.ongwcrth Of Ohio
said he hoped Creei would not be with
the committee on Information when
the committee Of ave made it's report,
Defending Creel. Representative Hardy
Of Texas charged LopGworth with
petty party 6iHGA"
Representative Longworth, who bit
terly essailed Mr.. Creel recently for
boaSttng Of ths unpreparedness OF
America for war, quoted from demo-
cratic pAvppapaF which advocated that
Mr.. Eroei Ae sfe1Oe4s 70 Regign. Repre-
sentative Ayre2 dsnocra$. denied the
report. but was Laughed at.
1 Language no Tsmrasats-
If this a4mtnist-ation.r said Mr.,
LopeYcrth, does NOT believe that 1t IL
matter OF boast that this country
vent lnto this war lnaAAquafsiy pTs-
pared, and that II intends to see to- II
that altar the wgr is over It ie reduced
to q condition OF tmp0tancs 70 preserve
an enduring peace, than Mr., Creei
should resign or must Be removed at
once.
4 ssid that Tuesday. II ! have any
apologies to make now about this man,
who the day before yesterday insultad
the patriotism OF the American people
and today Insults this House. 1t - that
my language was far too temperate.