Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01
CREEL DENIES PARTY
OR SOCIALIST VIEWS
Challenges Any One to Prove
Act ''Soiled by Political
Prejudice
Washington. June l,

George Creel. chairman of the COM
mittee on public information. today
answered charges of socialism, and par
tisanship with challenge to ANY one to
prove single act even remotely soiled
by political prejudice
Creel's statement was written to
Chairman Pou. of the House Rules Com
mittee, in reply to letter in which
Pou asked on behalf of the committee
that Creel furnish the names of mem
bers of his staff and pointed out to
| Creel a number of charges that had
| been brought informally against the
| Creel bureau.
Creel said that of his twenty-six
bureau heads five were Democrats, thir-
teen Republican and eight independents,
Taking up the charges as stated by Pou
in their order, Creel said;
II am not a Socialist have never been
identified with the Socialist organiza-
| tion i'm any particular have never voted
a Socialist ticket. and dissent absolutely
| from the fundamental tenets of the So
cialist faith Instead of holding a con-
| tempt for our form of Government, ! be-
! lieve in II with all the strength of my
! being. Democracy is a religion with me
and throughout my whole adult life |
have preached America as the hope of
the world.
The article that constitutes my al
legged attacks upon the Constitution were
written in 1910 in Colorado in support
Of the initiative, referendum and recall.
Every word / wrote had the complete
approval of Senator Thomas NJ. Patter-
son, owner of the paper. as fine and
loyal an American as ever lived. and
all three propositions were indorsed at
the polls by large majorities.
mot single employe belongs, or has
ever belonged, to the l. w. w. If
any proof can be brought that this is
not the case l will discharge the person
at once Every man and woman stands
absolutely behind the Government In
what believe to be just and holy war
1T Is to be remembered that while
the committee during the year of Its
existence has issued thousands of news
releases, only three of this vast number
,haye ever been questioned as to absolute
i accuracy.
n "The first of these, a direct charge
that the Fourth Of July statement was a
fake and that our transports had not
been attacked by submarines, was met
THE second complaint concerned will
certain captions for airplane photo
graphs was largely due to confusion
between training planes and battle
planes The captions referred to tram
ing plane production and the pictures
showed clearly that the machines were
training planes. There was the feeling
however, that people might be led t.
think that battle planes were INTENDED
and the pictures were withdrawn.
The third, release bearing upol
airplane production and shipment. cam
to us with explicit Endorsements tina
we were without right to question. =
system of checking and veriticaton !
now permitted that will hereafter guar
effectively against error,
..The charge of partisanship is on
that l would like to have threshed ou
as quickly and thoroughly as may be
for not only does 1t weaken the work
this committee, but 1t shames the thou
sands of devoted men, Democrats an
Republicans alike. who are giving them
selves so whole-heartedly to the com
mittee's work / attach herewith lis
showing the political, affiliations of m.
division heads: and / beg to say, sir
that not until l was asked Tor TINS us
Yesterday was this. subject ever brough
up in this committee or even though
of"
Pou wrote Creel that his inquiry wa
| wholly informal and said the charge
| against Creel ''if untrue should not
permitted to stand