Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-25
STARS AND STRIPES
IS DOMINATED BY
DEMOCRATS, CLAIM.
Assistants to Attorney Gen.
eraI Palmer Explain Trips
to San Francisco. 1uiing
Convention

hoIiOAIsl committee, ana the Amerl-
can Legion Weekly. another soldier
publication, is controlled by the Re-
publican national committee, Joseph
Il. Hefernan, secretary-treasurer of
the Stars and Stripes Publishing
company, testified today before the
senate campaign investigating COM
mittee.
Mr.. Heffernan also testified that
man named Waldo, purporting to
represent the DUPONT interests, had
sought to obtain control of the Stars
and Stripes and when he failed to do
So he threatened that the publica-
ton would receive no advertising
from large interests. The witness
ADDED that the paper had been un-
able to obtain advertising from such
interests
Mr.. Heffernan told the committee
that ten of us who got out the
paper on the other side" had or
gained the publishing company here
ana owned most of the stock. Eff
forts were made, he said, to prevept
the use or the name, among others
opposing 1T being Secretary of War
Baker.
Sought Aid
"hen organizing the paper, the
witness said, he went to Democra tic /.
national headquarters as he wanted
10 get some assurance that CONGRESS-
"ouIo not pass law prohibiting
the use of the name.
L saw there Mrs. E. M park, +o,a
ter Oh the situation, and asked for
some help,' Mr.. Heffernan said.
She was the secretary Of w n
Jameson, director of finance for fbe
democratic national COMMITTEES
wasn't she?" asked Senator Edpa
Republican, New Jersey.
think So" Mr.. Heffernan con
tlnued. We came to an arraneeme,t
Dy which 100000 shares of III. 49,.
poratlon stock were issued. The 90,
~ US engaged in the publication took
1''OoV shares, and $1,000 were ,s,-
sisheo TO her. She has so far fur-
N4sned $4S'ooo for the publication.
Does that come from Mrs. Parks
personally, or the national comn,t,-
tee Chairman Kenyon asked.
l nave no way Of knowing" Mr.
Heffernan replied.
80 we have "a situation nv ,,..e
'nls paper is controlled by the Da,,,
ocrat1c national committee %, -,
chairman Kenyon.
&c. o. p. Controls r.ao,o,,
es'' was the reply.
ana Mr.. DUPONT of the Renub.
llcan national committee, is endaav
orlhg 10 get that control?" asked
senator Reed, Democrat, Missouri
Yes" Heffernan replied.
The witness then declared that tho
american Legion Weekly"( ia CON
trolled by the Republican nation,1
comzsahtee."
f1o" can you make that state
fnent?" demanded Senator Edge.
Mr. Hefernan mentioned Theodore
roosevelt, Jr., and other organizers
oA the American Legion and declared
that scott c. Bone, director of pub
ilclty for the Republican national
committee, has stated that the Re-
publican committee controlled the Te-
gion weekly.
Mr.. Heffernan challenged the right
of Senator Edge to question him de-
caring he had information the New
Jersey senator had participated in
conferences with men interested in
obtaining advertising.
Unjustihed, Says Reed
He named Richard S. Jones an a.
soclate in the Stars and STRIPES. as
his informant.
Mr.. Jones was called and told tho
committee that he had no knowledge
which would justify Heffernan in
challenging Senator Edges right to
Pressed by Senator Edge, Mr..
Jones said he had heard that a rep
resentatlVe of the American Legion
weekly had been hastily summoned
to New York" last Monday and that
he knew Senator Edge was in New
York at that time. The witness said
he had no other basis for assurn
ing that the senator had been in con-
terence with the business rivals Of
the Stars and Stripes
Senator Reed, Democrat. Missouri.
closed the incident with the state
ment that he believed Hefernan's
justified"
Mr. Jones denied the Stars and
Strlpes was in politics and said tho
H"PNA vas hOI controlled by the
Democratic national committee in
any way, although the stock was
controlled by an employee of the corr
mlttee: He said the inference was
very damaging.
Palmer Assistants, Testifw
Assistants to Attorney General, f
Palmer asked the committee to allow
them to explain trips thew tool ~.
san francisco at government expense
at the time of the Democratic ma
tIonal convention. Vouchers SHOWING
that their expenses were paid were
presented at yesterdays hearing.
r. P. Stewart, assistant ATTORNEY,
general, the first to testify, said he
made trip to Chicago and Seattle
in June in connection with Seattle
Shlpyard cases, and to consult local
agents of the department in Chicago
concerning the outlaw railroad strike
He went to San Francisco, he said,
because some of the department's
could not go to Seattle. While in
san Francisco, Mr.. Stewart said, he
decided to take vacation and was
on leave from June 25 to July s.
The Democratic convention began
June %. During that time Mr. Stew
art testified, he charged no expenses
to the government.
Stewart Questioned
Senator Kenyon questioned Mr..
Stewart closely about his reasons for
the trip. Mr.. Stewart said fourteen
Or fifteen special agents of the de-
partment We're working on the ship
yards case in Seattle at the time.
How many Of these special agents
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