Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-19
BALL 8 PROBERS
CONDEMN DANIELS
AND HIS ASSISTANT 7
Hold Navy Heads Responsible
for Permitting Abuses at
Newport Training Station.
ROOSEVELT NOT HEARD

BY Associated Press 10 Every Evening
Washington. July 10 Former Sec
refary Daniels ard former Assistant
Secretary Roosevelt of the Navy are
denounced for the methods used in
investigating wartime scandal
among enlisted men at the Newport
training station in the majority re-
port Of a Senate subcommittee. made
public today.
The charges made by clergyrnen Of
Newport, 2. T., ind the Providence
journal. the report says. have been
proved to the satisfaction of the COM
mittee. and bothi the clergy and the
journal. says the report, deserves the
thanks Of people at large
At the same time today Mr.. Roose-
welt issued a statement declaring that
Senator'S Ball, of Delaware. and Keyes,
of New Hampshire. the two Repub-
licans who constitute the majority Of
the investigating committee, had is
sued their findings without giving
him hearing after promising to do
so. which Mr.. Roosevelt in his state
ment contended shows premeditated
and unfair purpose OF seeking what
they mistakenly believe TO be a par
tisan political advantage"
Senator King, of Utah, the Demo
cratic member of the investigating
committee. will file minority report
later.
Most of the details Of the Newport
scandal. as it is disclosed in the in
vestigation. are of an unprintable
nature. The crux of the majority re-
z -. 3.f L.
ledge of Mr.. Daniels and Mr.. Roose-
welt. enlisted men Of the Navy were
improperly used as participants in
immoral practices for the purpose Of
securing evidence on which to dis
miss offenders FROM the Navy
Mr.. Roosevelt. in his statement, said
that at no time was the work of in
vestigating Supervised by him per-
sonany and that when in September
| 1919. he and the acting chief Of the
Bureau of Navigation were informed
that members of the investigating
squad had used highly improper and
revolving methods in getting evil
dence.1
Immediate orders were sent out
that day 70 stop it"
The insinuations that / must have
known, that / supervised the opera
tons. that / was morally responsible.
said Mr. Rooseveits statement. ~ars
no where supported by the evidences
directly or Indirectly
/ on that point, however, the ma
] iority findings Of the investigating
/ committee hold that Mr. Roosevelt
was present at conferences which de
| termined the methods of the investi-
eating and that lit is beyond the
/ comprehension of the committee how
/ the methods TO be used could have
been entirely eliminated and forgot
/ ten at the conferences"
If Mr.. Roosevelt did not inform him
! self of the methods used. the majority
1 report says, he was most dereliet in
/ his duty"
1T is probably true says the ma
jority report. as contended by both
secretary Daniels and Assistant Sec
retary Roosevelt that they We're not
officially informed regarding acts OF
operators or detectives, until later. ad-
ding that ''all through the records be-
/ fore this committee strenuous and
strained efforts were made by naval
officers TO differntiate between Of
ncial knowledge and knowledge as
the ordinary laymen has it
Lieutenant Erasmus ~ Hudson, OF
the medical corps, who was in direct
charge of the investigation, the re-
port says. showed utter lack .ol
moral responsibility should have beer
court nartialed. The naval personne
would be benefited the report says
| If the name of Chief Machinist.s Mate
Irwin Arnold. Hudson's assistant in
the investigation. We're stricken iron
the roster of the navy The repori
notes that ne commissioned officer oi
the regular naval establishment was
4 involved.