South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-01-22

he is a weaker sister than his testi-
mony before this committee has in
dicated"
Charges Attack on Wilson.
In a second letter to Orth Mr.
Barnhart charged the league with
making a "veiled attack on the pres
ident himself and on those who
voted for increasing the income tax
and on those who refused 10 vote TO
Germanize this country with mill
tarism in the interest Of the NUM-
lions makers and other profiteers
who were thriving on the war"
The only move Orth made to undo
the great wrong which Mr.. Barnhart
said had been done him was to sug-
gest that the correspondence be sub
mitted to the voters OF the district,
who could pass on the facts. The
epidemic Of influenza, the witness
testified, resulted in a health regula-
ton prohibiting public gatherings,
and it was impossible to explain the
leagues false charges to the voters
before election day. Mr.. Barnhart
was defeated.
Big Business Interest.
At the conclusion of his statement
Mr. Barnhart was questioned by
members Of the committee. Rep.
Reavis asked:
"If the income tax bill had been
defeated it would have saved a huge
sum 10 the Carnegie corporation.
which is capitalized at $125. 100000.
would it not?"
YES"
Mr.. Reavis then remarked that the
81 congressman placed on the
leagues honor roll voted against the
income tax measure. and asked, fur
ther:
do you know that the Carnegie
foundation gave one-fourth Of the
money. or $4,000. of the approx
nate 100000 contributed TO the
lcague?"
Mr.. Barnhart said he knew this.
and added
MY only conception OF It is that
they wanted to go after the men who
voted for revenue bills unacceptable
to Wall st"
The witness told of letter he had
received from the chairman of the
Indiana council of national defense
-complimenting him for his patriotic
speeches. such utterances." the
chairman wrote, Ought TO be read
by every man. woman and child in
the state of Indiana"
And yet" continued the con
gresham. while he was thus com
plimenting me this National Security
league was attacking me as a dis
loyalist"
League Wall SITS Tool.
Later HIr. Barnhart asserted that
the purpose of the organization was
to attack men who voted directly
against the pecuniary interests of
Wall 81.
Another strong Indictment of the
Security league read into the record
today was a letter from cambridge
Colby. well known leader of the
progressive party. and member Of
the United States shipping board. to
which he was appointed by Pres't
Wilson. Mr. Colby's letter, addressed
to Pest Lydecker. was discovered
in the league files by the commit
tees accountants 1t was written
, Sept. 2S. 1918. after the Issuance of
the "acid test" chart.
Mr.. Colby wrote that il was in
conceivable 10 him that Lydecker
could approve Of a document which
is so unjust in the conclusions it
invites and so disingenuous in the
method which has been adopted in
its preparation"
In reaching such a prepOsterous
result" Mr.. Colby questioned wheth-
err the processes were merely bun
Cling and unskillful, or whether
something very different from honest
error is the explanation" He point
ed out that OF the eight measures
selected as "acid tests" four were
important but the other four were
merely republican amendments 10
administration bills, embodying the
administration preparedness pro-
gram.