The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-08
DUPONT GIVEN
REPLY BY Sen.
MOSES TODAY
New Hampshire Man Makes
Statement on Threaten
ing" Communication From
Corporation S Publicity Man
lis AGAINST DYE BILL
(By Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, May 8.-Senator
Moses. of New Hampshire, one of Ma
jor General Leonard Woods campaign
managers, gave out a statement to-
day explaining his position on the
pending dye tariff bill.
1t was in the nature of a reply to a
letter to him from the publicity man.
ager of the Dupont interests, pre-
sented in the senate yesterday by
Senator Kenyon, Republican, Kansas,
who charged that the letter virtually
was threat as to what would happen
to Woods campaign if Senator Moses
did not withdraw.
The New Hampshire manager said
in his statement he was advocating a
special protective tariff for the Amer
lean dye industry, but was opposing
the bill providing the import IL
censing plan because it would en-
barass "the textile industry with ap-
plications for licenses. permits, de-
lays and embargoes."
The letter was presented after Sena-
tor Frelinghuysen, Republican, New
Jersey, had told the senate that Ger
man interests were trying to defeat
the bill. Now that we have been told
what agencies are trying to kill the
measure" sand Senator Kenyon, lit
may be we'll to find out what influ-
ences are trying to pass It,"
Letter Read in Senate.
He then read the following COM
munication, which was addressed to
Senator Moses by Charles K. Weston,
publicity manager for the E. l. Du-
Pont de Nemours company:
Il 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
your address in support of the candi-
dacy of Gen. Leonard Wood
You exposition of your candidate s
attitude on ma tional preparedness was
particularly interesting, inasmuch as
1t shows the general to be in thorough
accord with all of the principles in
volved in the pending legislation for
the development of self-contained
coal tar industry. Wilmington is in
terested deeply in this industry, for
no community had closer contact. with
the vital questions of preparedness OF
out.
Discrepancy In Attitude
THE amendment which you have
ohiCiCo ohO yOul dSliNe OppoSlLlCu u
the preparedness fea lures of the dye
bill seem to some of us to be not in &C
cord with your candidates position or
with your fervent appeals to us to sup
port him because of his stand for nat
| ional preparedness.
PERSONALLY, I want to support Cen
| Wood, but find it difficult to reconcile
the two attitudes of one of his impor
tant campaign managers-the one on
the floor Of the senate and the other
on the public platform-sufficientl to
have full faith in his cause.
Il am outlining a publicity cam
paign to inform the public concerning
the present status of the proposed dye
Legislation. May 1 ask you to set me
straight as to the apparent contradic
tion in your attitude toward General
Woods candidacy and your attitude on
the dye bill, so that may be perfectly
accurate in what I write?"
! Stars Hot CoIIoquy.
| Here we have the remarkable spec
tacle," said Senator Kenyon, "of a
United States senator engaged in man
aging presidential campaign practi
cally threatened as to what will hap
pen to that campaign if he does mo-
withdraw his opposition to bill"
There ensued a heated colloquy be
tween Senator Frelinghuysen of New
Jersey, who was striving to bring the
dyestuffs bill to a vote, and Senator
King of Utah