The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-02-09
M'CULLOCH ASKS
ACCUSERS Be TRIED

Another member Of Congress has
branded the National Security League
as "a tool of Wall street and the in
Ierests"
CONGRESSMAN Roscoe c. McCulloch
Of Ohio told the special Congressional
committee investigating the affairs OF
the league yesterday that the Officers
Of the organization responsible lot
the libel of Congress" should De
brought before the bar of the House
Tor punishment commensurate Win
the great wrong they have done
Mr.. McCulloch was one of those Sc
lected for intensive opposition by. tn
league. The charge OF disloyalty
AGAINST him was based on the record
S set forth in the leagues polltic2i
chart. which marked him wrong on
seven out Of eight of the principal
war and prcpared9ess measures.
To show .conclusively the falsIty OF
the leagues accusations against ms
Iovaltv. Mr. McCulloch read into the
Record a summary OF his votes on al!
of the war and preparedness olils.
This revealed that OF the 10 meas
ures of that character which passed
the House he voted for III and was
absent on fifteen. On final fassa &c
the Congressional Record shows that
a nd preparedness bill, he -teStihed.
"One-third of the thousands of dol
lars that were spent by this league
vas contributed by the Carnegie Steel
Corporation and $4,000 by John D.
Rockefeller" he said, and as
analyze the record it las been found
canclusively that it was the tool Of
Wall street. and the interests.
cites ERort To Tax Rich.
The prompting motive behind the
leagues fight on him, Mr.. NicCulloch
said, was that ne had been in favor
from the beginning of placing the
financial, burdens of this war upon
the shoulders of those who can. best
afford to meet them
The leagues attacks amounted to
r li5e! Of Congress, he declared, and
it is the duty of the Congress not
cn!y TO bring to account those re-
sponsible for the libel but to expose
the underlying purposes that actuatcd
men TO spend hundreds of thousands
OF dollars in an efkort to destroy
representatives of the people in order
that they might advance their own
per sonal interests.
y trust that the committee viii
treat the National Security League
as a court would treat any other
malefactor who is guilty of malicious,
rnNaTranted and Uncalled for mis-
statement OF fact from which conClu-
SONS are drawn that discredit the
entire Congress, TO the end that
men in the future will be careful not
4 lend their names to organizations
conducted by men seeking to serve
their own Interior purposes under the
r-Uise Of patriotism Or any other
lsu5able cloak.
ssLet I'rutb-B BE Told.
Let the truth be told and see to
II that those who-do not tell the truth
nay the just penalty for their male
fsctions"
CanEressusn EesEis reminded the
witness that ElihU Root, honorary
vTce president of the league, testified
- last THURSDAY that he would not have
justified the circulation Of the chart
in Mr. McCHiioch's district If he had
known the facts in the case as they
since have been developed
Raymond c. Schroeder, secretary to
congressman King OF Illinois, cor
Ioborated Mr. Kings testimony that
during the inquisitivn- to which Mr..
King was subjected by the Chicago
ErI-nch OF the league, loyalty was
merely an incidental proposition. The
i.-aETje REPRESENTA- lives were more
concerned with securing the return Of
railroads TO their private owners. he
zsi5. than with the loyalty Of Mr..
hIuE.