New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-05-19
GRAFT AND FRAUD
EXPOSED BY BARLOW
LEADER OF WORLD WAR VETER-
ANS STIRS NEW ULM
HEARERS.
SENATOR LA TOILETTE MEN
TONED AS PRESIDENT
IAL POSSIBILITY.


Lifting the heavy veil of secrecy from
the fraudulant manipulatlons and cor
rupt practices of number of Washing
ton officials during the war, Lester 7.
Barlow, national chairman Of the World
War Veterans, in speech here Saturday
night asked his New Ulm hearers to
its fight against the pernicious activities
of associations and interests which place
their privileges above constitutional
rights of the people and to help the World
War Veterans in their attempt to actual
ize thorough house-cleaning in the
national administration at Washington
through the ballot box next November.
There is no salvation from present con-
ditions by either one of the old political
parties, he said. Their leaders, with
very few exceptions, take their orders
from Wall street and therefore, the
people do not get the necessary pro-
lection in case their constitutional rights
are in danger or trampled under foot.
La Toilette For President.
Many tines during his speech Mr..
Barlow was interrupted by applause and
consent, especially when he mentioned
Senator La Follette's name as a presi-
Dental possibility. Mr.. Barlow was
referring to the great wave Of indigna-
ton that is sweeping the country in all
directions when he first mentioned La
Follette's name. He stated that this
indignation would find full expression
in the nomination of the Wisconsin
Senator at the proposed convention of
all liberal groups in America during the
month of June, at Chicago and at the
ballot box on November 4. Not even
Senator Johnson who is believed by
many people to stand above the average
politician of the old school in regard to
honesty and unselfshness did not find
favor with the speaker. And he gave
the reason for his attitude saying that
the Senator of California seemingly
helped to protect the contemplate
grafters in the aircraft swindle by show
ing an attitude of indifference regarding
a thorough investigation of this matter.
Senator Johnson, the speaker said, was
very much in favor of such investiga-
ton until he succeeded the late Senator
Stone of Missouri as member OF the
Military Affairs committee.
Aircr aft Swindle.
Part of Mr.. Balrow's speech was
devoted to an exposure OF the gigantic
swindle in the American aircraft pro-
duction. He especially emphasized the
two cases of Col. Edward A. Deeds and
of John D. Ryan Col. Deeds, he said,
is now living in Italy and dare not re-
turn to this country for fear of being
prosecuted. This man was placed at
the head of the aircraft production bureau
although he had been convicted Of some
crime several years before the war broke
out He was instrumental in the forma-
ton of the Dayton Metal Products Co.,
corporation which for long time
existed on paper only. This company,
the speaker said, was given contract
of $30,000,000 five months before the
first dollar of stock was invested in it.
And by most clever maneuver Col.
Deeds who was stakeholder In the
Dayton Wright Aircraft Company
bought up the whole stock of the newly
created Dayton Metal Products COM
he pleased. The real significance of
these transactions will be seen in the
light of the fact that Congress appro-
priated $1,000, 100000 for aircraft pro-
duction and that on Armistice Day,
November II, 1918, not one single
American made battle plane and only
little over three hundred American
made scout. planes were stationed at
the American front in France. Herein
we also find an explanation forthe rather
strange and for many Americans in
explicable phenomenon that during the
war not less than %, 900 new millionaires
were created in this country and all of
them are to be found among the flag
waving one hundred per cent patriots,
the speaker explained.
John D. Ryan, president Of the Chica-
90, Milwaukee and St. Paul road, was
appointed to succeed Col. Deeds, he
continued, mentioning the well-known
fact that he ordered the building Of a
long railroad line in the state of Wash
ington obviously for the purpose of
hauling spruce for the production OF
fving machines, but two outstanding
facts give the building of this road a
different meaning. A clause in the con-
tract provides that the road built by
the government after the war could be
sold for 20 per cent of the original cost
and, secondly, the speaker pointed out,
it is an undeniable fact that the line
build by the government can only be
used by the Chicago, Milwaukee and
St. Paul road, of which Mr.. Ryan is
president.
National Service Party.
Mr.. Barlow also mentioned the fact
that it was decided at a meeting OF the
national executive committee Of the
Labor party, the national executive
committee Of the Committee Of 48
the Colored Peoples representative The
American Federation (unoficially) anc
the World War Veterans on April 8
1920, at Chicago, H., to hold the, con.
ventions of these political groups to-
gether at Chicago on July 4, IL and 10
The purpose Of these joined conventions
will be to form one big, political party
For the present this new party is calico
the National Service Party, but the
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