New-York tribune., 1920-05-08
Kenyon, in Senate, Says
Munitions Interests Seek
TO Force Generals East
ern Manager to Back Bill
Letter to Moses
Stirs Hot Debate
New Hampshire Solon's
Opposition to Dyestuf
Measure BringsW arning

WASHINGTON, May (By The Asso-
ciated Press .)-Major General Leonard
Woods Presidential candidacy was the
vehicle for another shower of fire
works in the Senate today when Sem
ator Kenyon, Republican, of Iowa,
charged that the du Pont interests vir-
tually had threatened to attack the
Wood boom unless Senator Moses, of
New Hampshire, one of the generals s
campaign managers, desisted in his op-
position to the pending bill to protect
an American dyestuff industry.
The du Ponts are the largest Amer
lean manufacturers of drystuffs, and
Senator Kenyon, reading, by permis-
sion Of General Wood and Senator
Moses, a letter to the latter, signed
by Charles X. Weston, manager of the
du Pont Publicity Bureau, declared it
was "certainly in the nature Of a
threat"
The bill is described by It's sponsors
as framed to foster an American dye
stuff industry and prevent Germany
regaining a world control of the bust
ness, with it's potential influence in
the production of war munitions. Sen
ator Freinghuysen, Republican, of New
Jersey, had just finished telling the
Senate that pro-German influences
were working to defeat the bill, boast
ing that they had prevented the United
States from entering the dyestuff field
before the war and hoped to do it
again.
Senator Thomas, Democrat, Of Col
orado, who followed, also was opposing
the measure when Senator Kenyon
broke in.
Kenyon Starts Fireworks
owe have heard of the influences at
work to defeat this BILL" said Senator
Kenyon. "Has the Senator any knowl-
edge Of the influences at work to Sc
cure it's passage? l have in my hand
letter addressed to a certain United
States Senator who is opposing this
bill, and is also one of the managers
Of the candidacy of a certain gentleman
for President Of the United States
which letter is certainly in the nature
of threat to the Senator in relation
to that candidacy if he does not cease
his opposition to this bill. That letter
is from the publicity bureau of the du
Pont company at Wilmington, Del.
There was general awakening of
interest in the chamber and piling
out of cloak rooms as Senator Kenyon
read the letter, which was dated April
16. 1t follows:
Dear Senator Moses:
"I was among the gathering of Re-
publicans at the Playhouse in Will
mington on the evening of April Is,
and listened with great interest to
IN oCtO of
didacy Of General Leonard Wood.
"Your exposition of your candi-
dates attitude on national prepared
ness was particularly interesting, in
asmuch as it showed the general to
be in accord with all of the principles
involved in the pending legislation
for the development Of a self-con-
tanned coal tar chemical industry.
Wilmington is interested deeply in
this industry, for no community had
closer contact with the vital ques-
tions of preparedness or more inti-
mate knowledge of the unprepared-
ness of the country when the late war
broke.
Asserts Attitudes Vary
"The amendment which you have
offered and your active opposition to
the preparedness features of the dye :
bill seem to some of US to be not
in accord with your candidates. posi-
tion or with your fervcnt appeals to
US to support him, because of his
stand for national preparedness.
"Personally, I want to support
General Wood, but find it difficult
to reconcile the two attitudes of one
CT his important campaign managers
the one on the floor of the Senate
and the other on the public platform
sufficiently to have full faith in
his cause.
81 am outlining a publicity cam
paign to inform the public concerning
the present status of the proposed
dye legislation. May I ask you to set
me straight as to the apparent con-
tradiction in your attitude toward
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