New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-25

American Legion is behind the effort
he alleged is being made to put The
Stars and Stripes out Of business. He
said that when the paper was suspended
after the arnistice. he saw an oppcr
tunity to continue its publication as 4
private venture. He denied using it
for. partisan political purposes.
The American Legion Weekly. Mr..
Heffcrnan declared. "is controlled by
He said that 7. Coleman du Pont. Of
the Republican National Committee,
had tried to acquire The Stars and
Stripes. and that ne had had difficulty
in continuing ITS publication because
Secretary of Var Baker. through SEN
tlmental reasons, wanted the title to
end with the American Expeditionary
! Forces. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
r. he said, had gone to Secretary
Baker and asked him TO stop the use
of the title.
The witness said that he was ap-
( preached some time ago by Richard H.
Waldo. who, he said, was then working
for the du Points, and that, without
Waldo had advised him to sell the pub
licat'on to the du Point interests.
Waldo warned him. the witness said.
that if he did not sell the paper would
be bankrupt in six months The paper.
which has circulation of 100000, Mr..
Hefernan said, is now unable to get
advertisements.
100000 Spent by League
The League TO Enforce Peace has
collected !ss51.1sS.5o. chiefly from
wealthy bankers and business men, ard
has spent more than 100000 in the
last two years advocating the League
! of Nations, Herbert S. Houston, vice.
president of Doubleday. Page & Co. of
New York, and treasurer of the league,
testified.
Senator Edge endeavored at length to
force Mr.. Houston to admit that the
propaganda in favor of the League of
Nations conducted by the League to
Enforce Peace was helping Governor
Cox and was being carried on to help
the Democratic nominee. but Mr..
Houston insisted that the league was
non-partisan.
The largest contributor shown on
the books Of the League. to Enforce
Peace was Bernard NJ Raruch. who
gave SAT, 600. Other large contributors
included Charles VI. Schwab, the
helps-DodFe Company and scores of
other large corporations and bankers.
Witnesses at the morning session
testified that Department of Justice Of
hclals and employees were active
around the Presidential headquarters
OF Attorney General A. Mitchell
Palmer during the Democratic conven-
ton last summer.
Says Trip Was Official
Robert P. Stewart, an assistant to
the Attorney General. told the COM
mlttee that official business connected
with fraud cases and the l. W W car
ried him and several Of hiS" colleagues
to the Pacific Coast about the time of
the San Francisco convention. Frank
X. Nebeker. another assistant to the
Attorney General. likewise testified
that he was in San Francisco on official
business during the convention.
The vouchers of Stewart and Nebe-
ker were among those submitted to the
committee yesterday, showing that the
Department of Justice officials and en-
ployces went to the convention at the
expense Of the taxpayers, The com
mittee tomorrow will look over the
vouchers Of others and investigate TO
learn whether Mr.. Palmer himself
charged his travelling expenses to the
Federal government.
Postmaster General Burleson. wro
was one Of the most active of the Ad :.
ministra ton officials in San Francisco
charge his expenses to the govern
ment
William VI. Mooney jr., disbursirg
officer in the Postofice Department
testified that no one connected with
the department had filed any expense
vouchers for the San Francisco trip.