The Washington times., 1920-01-13
Sec. Glass and Will Hays in Spirited Row
Over Use Of Bond Buyers Names in Politics
Treasury Head Denies Demo-
Gratis Had Access to Records.
Calls for Proof.

A spirited controversy between
Secretary Glass and viii w. Hays.
chslrmsn OF the Republican National
COMMITTEES. was revealed yesterday
wien Glass made public letters eA-
hanged between the two.
Glass saw a dispatch In New York
paper quoting Hays as having SAID
IN Denver that the name or every
buyer OF Liberty bonds Was put on
Tie Democratic mailing list for the
forthcoming campaign. He called on
Hays by telegraph 20 prove his asser-
lions or publicly retract them
Hays retorted
II did not say that you had furnish
ii The names of all buyers OF Liberty
sends for the use OF the Democratic
committee ss u mailing list. What
AID say ihsn anG what I now repeat
Is that the Democratic committe sent
out Thousands OF tons OF propaganos
10 Liberty bond buyers, FOOD caro-
siEners, war workers, etc, during the
peper shortage and while limltins the
use OF paper by tho press, ana that
the large part OF IL was Democratic
political propaganda and that All Oh
Il was paid for by the taxpayers
money
II did say that names were being
procured by the Democratic organ
izattou by the hundreds OF thousands
from every available source, and that
thousands of letters were being sent
out by Il daily soliciting money by
an office force numbering from Soo
10 300, spending hundreds or dollars
daily. 49,,
Z "-Nhat ! did not say then. but 10
v blch 1 nav call your attention Is
that am reliably Informed the Deino
cratic committee has even rtsortro
20 drawing drafts on bankers IN
whose banks Goversment funcs are
deposited, wiring such bankers tna'
they had already drawn such arafts'
respectfully recommend that you
make an inquiry into this SITUATION.
Glass, in reply. fnds Hays denial the
onlv mari Of his letter pertinent to the
original telegram Then Glass says
II observe that you did say in your
speech. and now reassert In your ans
patch, that the Treasury sent out
thousands OF tons OF partisan polti-
cal literature as a part OF its propa-
ganda In Liberty loan campaigns
This charge conveys an Implication
OF gross stupidity as well as down
right dishonesty, upon the part "i
those managing the Liberty Loan or
ranization In the name of the many
Of this work and equally Responsible
with their patriotic Democratic as
sociates, Il resent the iniputation as
both false and silly.
1T is false because IL isn't truei IL
is silly because the Treasury. strain
ing every possible point or vantage
to make the Liberty loans u success
and experiencing sometimes a nerve
racking anxiety to enlist very avail
able agency. was not idiotic enough
even had II been mean enough, TO toll
crate the remotest suggestion OF
political advantage in any of its liter
ature or administration acts.
ANY charge TO the contrary Is a
tactless invention, without sem
biance of plausibility, much less OF
truth, to sustain IL.
Regarding the charge about funds,
Glass said:
"The suggestion is intolerably false.
1t Is an unworthy and entirely repre-
hensible spechs of defamation which
/ am sure you will. upon rehection,
very much regret"