Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-01-26


NEW YORK, Jan. 26-''The insinua-
lions against me are as false as Judas,
but they hurt; God knows how they
hurt"
These were the words of Charles NJ.
schwab as he sat with his white-haired
wife at dinner in their Riverside drive
mansion only a few hours after he had
broken down and wept on the witness
stand at the Shipping Board inquiry.
"Of course, I know and my friends
know, and / believe the vast majority
Of the people know that I am innocent"
he continued. But 1t Is cruel that even
one person should suspect, if even for a
moment, that after an honorable business
career of forty years l could entertain
the mere thought Of dishonesty, let alone
petty grating upon my country"
The steel magnate still shows the
mental strain he has been under since
Friday, when Colonel Abadie, former
comptroller Of the Shipping Board, tes-
tilted that a voucher for S2600O0 had
been found in the accounts Of the Beth
lehem Ship Building Corporation as
Schwab's personal Expenses" for OctO-
Der. 1918, $780, 900 Of which was charged
to the Government for ship construction.
RECORD CLEARED
BY TESTIMONY.
Subsequent testimony, verbal and doc
umentary. was that the S269OOO was
really charged to general expenses"
that the 100000 was not billed against
the Government and that Schwab had
Deve reelected a cent from the Federal
Treasury, even his dollar a year"
schwab had every appearance of a SEN
sitive boy who had been punished for
some misdemeanor which he had never
committed
The hurt was evident IN his face, his
voice and his words.
why. be hasn't slept for four nights"
Mrs Schwab interiected.
Il realize It Is all settled now and soon
will be forgotten" Mr.. Schwab continued.
But what a prospect for public servants
70 face In the future-the certainty that
in accepting such service in an emergency
they will bare themselves to the basest
lies and intrigues. It seems TO have been
the same In the past, however, and l sup
pose II always viii be-
WOULD ASSUME
BURDEN AGAIN.
IF a similar crisis were to arise again,
and knowing as l do now the certainty
that l would be misunderstood. maligned
and pilloried, | would not hesitate TO
give my country everything l possess
my fortune, my EoDQ NAME my llt.
Schwab was asked TO estimate the per
soual funds he had spent on Government
work during the ten months he was d.
rector general OF the shipping board, in
the darkest days Of the war. lie was
reluctant.
81 don't know" no finally replied. Il
should imagine. though, that 1t would be
somewhere around $4,000. You see
there were the travelling expenses Of my
entire staff from shipyard to shipyard,
bauquets, prizes to workers, and 50 on.
Il all came out Of my pocket"
Mr.. Schwab has never been the same
physically since his service on the snip
ping board" Mrs. Schwab interposed.
Eyes, but 1T was worth it, my good
wife" was his response. TT was won
derful and at the same time terrible. 1t
was wonderruf to have the unfagging
support OF such men as President Will
son, General Cocktails. Mr.. Hurley and
MIR Picz and the loyalty Of the 100000
men who were building the bridge Of
ships across the Atlantic to help pre-
serve our civilization. 1t was terrible
10 awake In cold sweat, almost crushed
by the awful responsibility"
Copyright 1921. by the United Press.)