The Washington herald., 1921-02-16
WAR FUND ITEMS
INSISTED ON AFTER
PARTISAN DEBATE
u. o. p. Cites Expendi.
lures at Paris as Main
Reason.
GOOD LEADS FIGHT
Democrats Bring up Matter
Of Sum Allowed
Mckinley.

The House OF representatives,
yesterday called upon President
Wilson for an itemized accounting
Of the s15O.OOO,OOO fund FOR the
national security and defense" ap-
proPriated by Congress for use by
the President during the war.
The Gould resolution asking for
the accounting was adopted by
vote OF 2l1 to 70 after a bitter par
tisan debate. Democrats charged
the majority members were making
| an effort to insult the President
and the Republicans cited eNpendi-
lures of the American Peace Com
mission at Paris to show the ne
cosSity for an accounting of the en-
tire appropriation.
The S15O,OOO. 900 was appropriated
for the Presidents use at his re-
quest in two bills, one providing
100000. 900 in 1917 and another
giving him S5O,OGO. 900 in 1918. A
request for S5.OOO,OOO additional
with which to pay expenses of the
peace commission was refused.
Good and Rogers Lead Attack.
2 Chairman Good. of the House Ap-
propriations Committee. and Repre-
sentative Rogers, OF Massachusetts,
led the fight for adoption Of the
Could resolution. which was op-
posed by Representative Byrns, oil
Tennessee; Byrnes, OF South Caro-
lima; RaybUrn, of Texas, and Gar.
rett. Of Tennessee.
Representative Rogers called at
tentiOn to items of $4,000 for "cOn.
fidential expenses OF the President
in Paris" and $125.S7O.S2 for dam.
ages and loss of property at the
Hotel CrillOn, Paris, headqUarterI
Of the American commission dur
ing peace negotiations, to show
the necessity for an accounting. Ir
the peace commission bill presented
by the President last session. these
expenditures were among those no
itemized
The principal object of the reso,
luton. Representative Good de
Clared, was to find out whether any
Of the money remains uneXpended
He estimated that there should still
be about s3O,OOO,OOO of it in tn,
Treasury.
Cite Spanish War Fund
Representatives Byrns and ByrneI
rebuked the Republicans, insisting
that no itemized accounting wa
asked of President Mckinley at tn
close Of the Spanish American war
No man in the Senate or tht
House rose to question the Presi
dent Of the United States then,
xsaid Byrncs. No man was small
enough to rise and play peanu
politics or ask how much none
was paid for the food consumed b!
the peace commissioners on tn
mart OF the United states at tina
Time. submit that it is beneatI
the part OF any man who assume
fr represent the people Of tn
T-,irs5 States to question the hon
rsty of the President Of the Unite
state"
Tho Democratic members brok
into A storm of applause when h
continued:
Champagne Retort Amuses.
In all America there was not
man who would question the eA
DeDdi-ures Of President MCKinle,
And in this day it is remarkabI
that a gentleman should say n
wants to know how many chande
Iiers were broken, how much foo
was consumed, how much was PAL
for servants, how much the laur
dry bill was
And champagne" interjecte
Il Representative KnutsOn, Of Mime
sota. the Republican whip.
Yes, but everybody does NJ
drink as much champagne and liquc
as the gentleman from Minnesota
= exclaimed Byrnes amid laughte
There is no reason to charge thu
anv member of the commission VIZ
using money to buy champagne
>. Representative Dewalt, of Penn
svlyania, asked Good If he wou
accept a substitute calling upon II
different departments to give item
ized statements, instead OF Il
President. Good refused
Then I have a fair inferen'
to draw" said Dewalt, that Il
rurpose Of this resolution is to col
denim and malign the President
the United States"
is this the last insult the ms
majority will offer the Preside
Of the United States? Represent
tive Garrett asked Good.
"It is not intended as an insult
Mr. Good replied. Neither was t
Isst We think that there shou
BE- an accounting Of such a hui
sum"