The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-07-19
ROOSEVELT COMES
UNDER FLAIL OF
SENATE REP ORT
Charge That Both Former
Secretaries Daniels and
Roosevelt are
Reprehensible
CHARGE KNOWLEDGE
OF IMMORTALITY
ROOSEVELT HuRLs BACK TILL,
INTlMATING UNFAIR INvES-
TIGATION BY SENATE
COMMITTEE

Washington, July 19.--Former Sec
retary Daniels and Franklin D. Roose-
welt, former assistant secretary of the
navy, are denounced for the methods
used in investigating the wartime
scandal among enlisted men at the
Newport training station, in the ma
jority report OF senate sub-commit.
tee, made public today.
The charges made by clergymen Of
Newport, r. l., and the Providence
Journal, the report says, "have been
proved to the satisfaction of the com
mittee,' and both the clergy and the
Journal, says the report, deserves
the thanks Of the people at large"
At the same time today, Mr.. Roose-
welt, who was the democratic candi-
date for vice president, issued a state.
ment declaring that Senators Ball Of
Delaware and Keyes OF New Hamp-
shire, the two republicans who con.
stitute the majority of the investigat-
ing committee, had issued their find
ings without giving him a hearing
after promising to do so, which Mr..
Roosevelt, in his statement, contended
shows a premeditated and unfair pur-
pose Of seeking what they mistakenly
believe to be a partisan political ad-
vantage.
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 inves-
tigation, are Of an unprintable nature.
The crux Of the majority report Is
that with the knowledge of Mr.. Dam
iels and Mr.. Roosevelt, enlisted men
of the navy were improperly used as
participants in immoral practices for
the purpose OF securing evidence on
which to dismiss offenders from the
navy.
Mr.. Roosevelt, under whose office
the investigation was conducted. was
held by the majority to be morally
responsible for the orders" The ind.
ings Of a naval court martial which
investigated the scandal are intro
duced in the record for the first time
1t held the action Of Mr.. Roosevelt
unfortunate and ill-advised-"
Secretary Daniels disapproved the
portion OF the findings which con-
demned the method OF investigation
and on that point, the committee re-
port today says;
The committee agrees that Frank.
lin d. Roosevelts action was not only
1,d -, k,,t
rerrehensible, and Mr.. Daniels dis
approval OF this opinion OF the court
is to be severely condemned"
Mr.. Roosevelt, in his statement,
said that lat no time was the work
of investigating supervised by him
self personally" and that when, in
September. 1919, he and the actins
chief of the bureau OF navigation were
informed that members Of the inves'
tigating squad had used highly i'm
proper and revolving methods in get
ting evidence. Immediate orders werp
sent out that day TO stop It."
The insinuations that / must have
known, that ! supervised the opera
tons, that l was morally responsible
said AR. Roosevelt's statement are
nowhere supported by the evidence,
directly or indirectly"
on that point, however, the major
ity point TO findings OF the investi-
eating committee holding that Mr..
Roosevelt was present at conferences
which determined the methods OF the
investigation and that Il Is beyond
comprehension OF the committee how
the methods TO be used could have
been entirely eliminated and forgotten
at the conferences.
1T Is probably true" says the ma
jority report, IA contended BY both
Secretary Daniels and Assistant Sec.
retary Roosevelt. that they were not
officially informed regarding acts
OF operatives or detectives until later
Emmus n. Hudson. OF the medical
corps, who was In charge OF the in.
| vestigation, the report says, showed
utter lack OF moral responsibility.
should have been court martialed The
naval personnel would be benefited
the report says. II the name Of CHIEF
/ Machlnists' Mate Erwin Arnold. Hud.
sons assistant In the investigation.
were stricken from the roster u the
navy"
The report notes that no commits.
stoned officer OF the regular naval es.
tablishment was involved.
Mr.. Roosevelt. In his statement on
the majority report. summed up his
reply this way:
Throughout their report, accuse
them OF deliberate falsification Of evi.
denoe, OF perversion OF facts. Of mis-
statements OF the record and Of denb-
crate attempts to deceive"