The New York herald., 1921-02-16
DEMAND PRESIDENT
lTEMIZE EXPENSE
Details Of S125,870 Damage to
Hotel de Crillon and Con-
fidential Outlay Asked.
LATTER WAS FOR S17,534
Resolution Calls for Account
of S15O,OOO, 900 in Two
Defense Funds.
LATTER WAS FOR $17,534
Special Despatch to The New YosK HERALD
New York Herald Bureau.
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Special Despatch to The NEW YORK fERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington. ID. C., Feb. Is.
After one Of the most spirited de-
bates Of the session, the House late
to-day passed q resolution or Repre-
sentative Gould IN. W. calling on
President Wilson for an itemized
statement of his expenditures under
the two national defence funds of
500. 900. 900 and $50 100000 granted TO
him during the war.
The debate. featured by insinuations
from the Republicans that members
of the Presidents party at the peace
conference broke chandeliers and had
champagne bills, revealed that the
main purpose of the resolution was to
force the President to make an Item
ized statement of the peace confer
ence expenses.
The President about year ago made
an accounting OF the two funds, but
Representative Rogers (Mass). In maxi
ing the main speech for the resolution.
said a detailed statement of these items,
made in the previous report was oo-
sired: Damage and loss or property
Hotel de CriIlon. headquarters OF the
American peace delegation, Slso's'V ;
confidential expenses or the PRESIDENT
s17,534. The resolution was PASSED. ny
a vote of 211 to 7s.
.arbe report sent by the President to
rorgresa went into minute detail as to
some expenditures OF the commission
during it's period m Paris" Mr. Rogers
said. But when you get to the things
YOU really want TO know about. glitterfng
reneraiities are the rule. Here Is one |:
sDamago and loss OF property at Hotel
do crilIon. s125,s70.' The report gives
no itemization of this sum. We do not
know how many chandeliers were
smashed. IN what circumstances. NJ what
hour I'm the morning by the gentlemen
who were in Paris representing the
United States. i believe II is the sort
of thing which ought to be disclosed In
response TO this resolution.
another item wish to discuss is the
confidential expenses OF the President,
amounting 20 $17.53f. There is no ex-
planation whatever as 10 the disposition
OF these funds. ask why the expenses
OF the President during that year should
be confidential expenses. The President
was going forth as a representative of
the American people to negotiate, on be-
half OF the American people. "A treaty OF
peace Is there any reason why we
should not know what went to make up
that si7. DOOR
Representative Byrne rs. c. called
attention 20 the fact that at the close OF
the Spanish war President Mckinley did
not submit an itemized statement 10
Congress. and that as late as January
8, 1900, the Senate adopted a resolution
asking not the President but the various
departments ito render an itemized
statement Of the expenditures made out
OF the fund OF $4,000. 0o0."
Representative De Walt (Pa.) asked
Representative Good Ua). who had
charge OF the resolution. II he would ac-
ccpt substitute calling upon the diff
ferent departments 10 give itemized
statements instead OF the President. Mr..
Good replied IN the negative.
Then have fair Inference TO
draw" said Mr.. Dc Walt, that the pur-
pose OF this resolution Is 10 condemn and
malign the President OF the United
States
when Will this campaign OF abuse
against the President be stopped" asked
Representative Rayburn (Tex.). 'Tt
has been engaged in by tho peanut poll
,icians Of the Republican party and not
its big men"