The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-28
EAR-CHARMAN
AVIATION PROBE,
WAS AGAINST WAR
"YeS | Voted Against the War
and Have Never Found an
Apology Necessary for
That" He Declares.

WASHINGTON. Feb, 2S-James A. I
tleeit "a ~ lsCua.sl4I, IhattI man "a las
subcommittee h4svslsaung avlAtiun eK-
p1hultures, IN a resent speech uviUre
the house on, r. representatives takes the
position that G4Inuugn ale voted MrOii-
Dh 1le majority VI ti4r patrlOtIc test To-.
calls uTIor 70 and aItef america D "a
ttaIlce IhtO Inc ar, the DuluuulatlC h,.-
uonai committee mas no rgnt ~ vI,s
tIose taCts as evidence OF his nicap aC..y
10 properly nanuIe suen an Important
investigation.
BY an cnur in tsbulation Mr.. Frear
was credited with voting against con-
senpuon, the Espionage act ana the FIRST
, revenue blh. lac ulu vote against Lne
Mahn amendment eliminating me pureIy
Flunteer system from army recruiting
rms was the UIg test on conscrlpLlon,
as practically every member voted IOr
the bill on 1inal passage. The state
ment that he Voteu against the espIOn-
age and first revenue bills was unu-
tvntionally erroneous.
On the other hand it is well to reiter--
ate how Mr.. Frear voted before ms
siumporlng patriotism was awakened Dy
an angry puDnc demand, and to give a
lew oil mis- justification as ne dehvered
them on the Gloor OF the house
Voted against tabing the McLemore
resolution warning americans to cast
aside their rights ana not to Sail tne
high seas because Germany threatened.
4 have no apologies to make tor mat,
never have MADE any, never propose to
make any," says Mr. Frear.
voted Tor the Cooper amendment to
recommit the bill permitting American
merchant ships to arm against subma-
rlne or other German attack, IhiS ram
Gus amendment provided tnat no armed
American ship could carry munitions Of
war. Its passage would have been, in
effect, an embargo,
mill ma hpfnTn
the house, II never even came out of
the committee was Mr.. Frear's eVas-
i've attempt to hide behind a technical
ity he being accused OF voting tor an
embargo against American made NUM-
tons
Voted against declaration of war
with Germany.
Yes, / voted against the war. and |
have never found an apology necessary
for that, That Is water over
the Wheel declared MIR, FrearJ
Voted against the Kahn amendment
to the draft bill to prevent a limitation
of means for raising the armies for
overseas to the old volunteer system.
This opened the way for the selective
draft law which enabled America to
turn the tide of battle in Europe. When
the CONSUMPTION bill came up for final
passage Frear voted for it, as did nearly
every other member, and he seeks to
escape the responsibility of the test vote
on that ground.
Il never questioned but what that
vote was right then; | believed it then
and l believe it now" stated Mr. Frear
as to this Kahn amendment vote,
In closing his harangue Mr., Frear
told the house regarding the report
made by Mr.. Magee and himself
You are getting just exactly the
facts as we believe them to be. That
is all we desire to offer. We do not
care to FURNISH them or to add any,
thing to what appears here, but the
plain testimony is offered as it would
be taken in any court of JUSTICE"
One citation of FURNISHING Is suf-
flclent. Messrs Frear and Magee in
their report constantly assert that the
u, s. had but 213 American made air
planes at the front on the day Of the
armistice, ignoring what they know to
be a fact, that on Nov. II, 1918, Amer
lea had over 1000 airpanes available
for use at the front, of which 52S were
American made. The Frear- Magee
"nonpartisan" report also ignores the
fact that on the day of the armstice
1858 airplanes were in use by the
American forcess and that, as pointed
out by Representative Clarence f. Lea
in the minority report, France wanted
to furnish planes to America, and with
out materials and supplies furnished by
America France could not have main
tanned an air force nor could the allies
have predominated in the air"