Arizona republican., 1920-04-12
ACTION AGAINST CREE[ BY J. ].
 RECOMME ENDED
Senate Committee Urges Le- gal Proceedings Against Former Publicity Chair. man Charge Govern ment Publications Were Propaganda Mediums
Republican A. p. Leased Wire1

WASHINGTON, April 11.-(By The Associated Press. )-LegaI proceedings by the government against George Creel, former chairman of the com
 nittee of public information: Roger w.
 Babson, of Wellesly Hills, Mass, and others concerned in the transfer of the committees war publication, the Off, ficial Bulletin, to Babson are recom- mended in a report made public today by Senator Shoot, republican chair man, and Representative Kiess, repub- lican, vice chairman, of the joint con gressional printing committee.
 The report charges that Babson ob- tained the Bulletin" in March, 1919, by ''secret connivance'' with Creel and others without the government receiv- ing a cent in compensation.
 Numerous abuses in government pub Hcations, including army and navy and other war service journals, are charged in the report. Many of these publica- tions, it says, were used for propaganda favorable to the league of nations, tae liquor interests, and officers in charge Advertisements, the report asserts, in clUded ..get rich" oil speculations and political propaganda improper in gov ernment publications.
 Spent Money to Print Speeches
 Another alleged abuse of government funds charged by the report was print ing of 30. 144,362 speeches of federal of ficials at an expense of $442,79S.000 to the government. Paper consumed to- tailed 1,451, 900 pounds
 The report says the c committee un-s der it's power to supervise government printing investigated 266 Journals. and periodicals and discon- tinued III at a saving of S1 900 an- m papers and magazines were suppressed at a saving of $400,000.
 ''This has been done" the report states, without a single protest from any man from the ranks, chiefly in whose interests it has been urged the publications were printed. The objec- ton to discontinuing came entirely from high ranking officers.
 Many of the war service publica- tions, the report declared, were estab- lished largely for the self glorification Of certain interests and to provide com fortab1e and safe places for a large number of men who found such occupd- ton more congenial than active ser vice in the front line trenches.
 The law giving the printing commit tee control over government publica- Iions, the report declares, ''nipped in the bud the greatest propaganda scheme the country has ever escaped.'
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 There is no doubt" the report says, i that a certain clique both in and out of the army and navy, had their prepa fations we'll advanced to cover the with an a1l- enmeShing chain uf newspapers and magazines for the pur- pose of spreading and fastening their military and international doctrine upon the United States
 Another extravagant publication iS- sued by the Greet committee" the re- port said, was the so-called National School Service" which was distributed l to teachers. Its underlying purpose, 1 he report declares. seems to have been to convert teachers to the idea of | he league of nations and to urge them | Q teach the doctrine to their school | children"
 The government publications were | lsed extensively by propagandists, the i .eport charges, declaring articles fa- [ yorfng the league of nations appeared | II many with no articles in opposition. |
 stThis propaganda extended as far as he Amaroc News, printed at Coblenz, | Germany" the report adds "Even he wet propagandists." the report con inues, ''got good start in. army pup- ications Articles and editorials boost | ng the liquor interests appeared, be- ore the committee suggested that | urther discussion of the subject was | lot essential to army vocational train ng or operation of army hospitals