New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-25
5 Congressman
Face Women to
Explain Views
Three Others Fail to Appear
for Discussion of Pro-
hibition Enforcement and
Other Pending Questions

Ihree members OF congress and r. II.
La Guardia, President of the Board Of
Aldermen, passed in review before the
League Of Women Voters yesterday
afternoon at the Hotel McAlpin. Six
Congressman had been invited by the
women to express their views on uni
versal military training, free speech,
prohibition and national retrenchment.
The three who came were Congressman
Goldfogle, Rowan and Pell.
Mrs. Charles L. Tiffany, chairman Of
the Manhattan League of Women Vo-
ters, who presided, limited that some Of
the members Of Congress had not pos
sessed the best reason in the world for
their failure to appear.
Peter J. Dooling, Of the 18th Con.
grcssional District was accused Of
WEIGHING on u.s." but Anthony j.
Griffin was exonerated through letter
he wrote, in which his views on all
four matters were set forth.
81 don't much blame my colleagues
for falling to appear at this luncheo on"
said Congressman Herbert G. PeH.
"This affair violates all the reticences
of Congressman's SOUL"
Pell Approves Inquiry
Mr.. Pell, however, said he approved
Of the women's policy, because too
often none paid any attention to what
his Representative in Congress did and
not one person in Thousand knew who
his representative was.
The women passed a resolution urg-
ing Governor Smith to veto. the Lusk
bills on the grounGl that they were IAN
infringement Of Me. rights Of the
people,"
This action was taken in spite of the
advice of Congressman Rowan, of the
10th District, who told the women it
would be waste Of time, as Governor
Smith would be sure to veto the bills
anyway.
Mr. La Guardia said the bills were
un-American and would enable the
judges of the Third District Of the APP
pellate Court to put out of existence
any political party with which it did
not agree.
of my Democratic friends should
ever decide to say anything about the
independence Of the Philippine Islands
they could be branded as traitors under
this act," he said.
Deplores Failure of League
Congressman Pell said the failure of
the Senate to ratify the league of ma
tions would compel the United States
to raise an army sufficient for self
defense.
I'VE have now decided to go it
alone" he said. "The richest and most
powerful nations in the world are
members Of this league and it will soon
degenerate into an alliance, most of
whose members are opposed to the
United States. We shall have no
Congressman Rowan said the United
States needed great chancellor of the
exchequer like Gladstone to solve the
problem OF national retrenchment. The
national deficit would be $4,000. 600 900
June l, he said, but he thought that a
national auditing system was more
efficacious than budget system in
checking waste.
All three members Of Congress were
agreed that there was something wrong
with the present status of the prohi.
bition enforcement laws. Conrress-
man Rowan won great salvo Of ap-
piausc from the women by declaring
that ii measure was on the statute
books 1T should be enforced. He then
confessed that he had won the applause
under misunderstanding, for what he
meant was that no one law should be
supported any more than another. and
ne was totally opposed to the govern
menus spending $4,000 900 to enforca
tne prohibition amendment unless it
spent the same amount on detectinp
CRIMINALS. Congressman Pell said the
government needed the $3.50 900 900
which it would lose through the failinr
OIL IN receipts from tho oxc;sa lave