The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-09-24
SAYS SOLDIER
PUBLICATIONS
ARE FIXED
Hefferman Asserts Stars and
Stripes Controlled by Demo
Gratis, American Legion
Weekly by G. O. P.
DEMOCRATS OWN SOME
(By Associated Press)


Stars and Stripes, a soldier publica
tion. is controlled by the Democratic
national committee, and the American
Legion Weekly, another soldier pub
Hcation, is controlled by the Repub
l1can national committee, Joseph l.
Heffernan, secretary-treasurer of the
Stars and Stripes Publishing Co, testi
fed before the senate investigation
. committee.
Heffernan also testified that "a man
named Waldo" purporting to repre-.
sent the Du Pont interests, had sought
to obtain control of the Stars and
Stripes, and when he failed to do So
he threatened that the publication
would not get any advertising from
large business interests.
Can't Get 1t, He Says.
J The witness added that he paper
from such interests.
He told the committee that "ten of
us who got out the paper on the side
had organized the publishing company
here. and owned most of the stock.
Efforts were made, he said, to pre-
vent the use of the name, among
others opposing it being Secretary of
War Baker.
When organizing the paper, the wit
ness said, he went to Democratic
national headquarters, as he wanted to
get some assurance that Congress
would not pass a law prohibiting the
use Of the name.
Saw a Woman, He Says.
II saw there Mrs. E. M. Parks, told
her Of the situation and asked for some
help" he said.
'She was the secretary of w. f.
Jameson, director of finance for the
Democratic national committee?
asked Senator Edge, of New Jersey.
II think so," the witness said. I'VE
came to an arrangement by which
100000 shares of the corporation stock
were issued. The ten of us took
$4,000 shares, and 81 900 were assigned
to her. She has so far furnished
$4S.00O for the publication"
Does that come from Mrs. Parks
personally or the Democratic national
committee?" Chairman Kenyon asked.
st have no way of knowing" Heffer-
nan replied.
$50 we have citation by which
this paper is controlled by the Demo
cratic natinoal committee" asked
Chairman Kenyon.
YES"
But G. O. p. Wants II?
And Mr. Dupont, of the Republican
national committee. is endeavoring to
get that control?" asked Senator Reed,
=. Democrat, of Missouri.
"Yes," Heffernan replied.
The witness then declared the
american Legion Weekly" is con
trolled by the Republican national
committee.
"How can you make that state
ment?" demanded Senator Edge.
Heffernan mentioned Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr., and other organizations
of the American Legion and declared
licity for the Republican national COM
mittee, had stated that the Republican
committee controlled the Legion
Weekly.
Says Edge Worked It.
The right of Senator Edge. Republi-
can, New Jersey, to participate in an
investigation by the senate campaign
investigating committee into the polit-
ical activities of the Stars and
Stripes, was challenged by Mr.. Heffer-
nan. He said he had information that
Senator Edge was involved in some
scheme, whatever it is, against US"
He had previously testified that his
paper, despite a bona fide circulation
OF 100000 had been unable to obtain
advertising.
He said he had information that
Senator Edge recently had participat-
ed in conference with men interested
in preventing the STARS and Stripes"
from obtaining advertising.
Says Associate Told Him.
Senator Edge demanded the name Of
the person who had informed Heffer-
non, and was finally told that Richard
F. Jones, an associate in the Stars and
Stripes, was the man. Jones was sub
poenaed to appear this afternoon.
Among the witnesses subpoenaed
with the expectation that they would
be heard yesterday who were still to
testify was George D. Lockwood,
editor of the Republican, a campai gn
newspaper published here.
Republican fund raising in New
York City touched upon by William
Boyce Thompson, chairman of the
ways and means committee of the
republican national committee. and
others at previous hearings, also re-
manned for consideration. The Repub
lican committee heads actually in
charge of it were to be heard if time
permitted
Investigate Government Officials.
The investigating committee plan
ned TO examine further the expense
accounts of government officials who
were in San Francisco during the
Democratic national convention.
1t was brought out yesterday that
several Department of Justice officials
went to San Francisco at that time
at public expense. Members of the
committee said they expected to
ascertain whether all Such trims were
made on official business. This phase
of the inquiry, however, probably will
not be resumed until tomorrow.
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