The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-05-15
REPRISAL IS CHARGED
FOR ANTI-DONUSVOTE
Representative Macarthur,
Oregon, Assails Hamilton
Fish of New York.
FOR BERGDOLL REPORT
Asserts Fellow Member Ac-
cuSed Him of Whitewash-
ing Stacker.
NEW YORKER HITS BACK
Declares Attack on Him Is Po-
litical Bunk and Deliberate
Misstatement.
To THE NEW Yor.1 HERALD:

To THE NEW YORK HERALD:
PORTLAND, Ore. May lion May 1
the Portland Neivs printed front
page article in which I was Charged
with signing the minority report
which, virtually whitewashed every
one connected with the conspiracy,
which enabled the Stacker and traitor,
| Grover G. Bergdoil to escape from
prison and from the country.
This article also says that since TIE
war have opposed all of the recon-
mendations of the American Legion
and all soldier relief organizations.
Both of these statements are false and
without foundation and they have
been printed and circulated in an eff
fort to defeat me for denomination In
the Republican primaries in tie Third
Oregon district on May 10.
II is matter of record that I signed
the minority report of the Bergdoll in
vestigating committee along with former
subsequently appointed by President
Harding as Federal Judge of the United
States Court for the District of Maine.
Those signing the majority report were
Representatives Oscar r. Luhring of
Indiana and Ben Johnson OF Kentucky
and the late Representative Henry d.
Flood of Virginia.
Both majority and minority reports
were filed with the Clerk of the House
of Representatives on August IS, 1921,
and no one characterized the views OF
the minority as a whitewash report un-
til after l voted against the soldiers
bonus bill in the House of Representa-
tives a few weeks ago.
1t was then that Representative Ham,
ilton Fish of the Twenty-sixth New
York district wrote to his friend Mau-
rice L. Crumpacker. who is contesting
with me for the Republican nomination
in this district. and advised him that
the minority report was a whitewash
affair. II this minority report was a
whitewash why did not we hear about
IL sooner? Why was It not urged as
an objection to the confirmation of Mr.
Peters when he was appointed Federal
Judge last October?
Gives Reason for Charge.
The answers to these questions are
perfectly obvious--the false and fraudu-
lent whitewash charge was trumped
UP by Mr.. Fish and other professional
friends OF the soldier because I voted
against the bonus bill. 1t is quite use
less for Mr.. Fish to deny that he sup
piled the information TO Mr.. Crum'
packer, who in turn supplied it to the
editor of the Portland Netcs, for his
letter to Mr.. Crumpacker was seen snd
read by a reputa BILE and responsible busi-
ress man OF the city or Portland. WHO
advised me as TO its contents.
It may be interesting to Mr.. Fish TO
know that Col. John Thomas Taylor,
vice-chsirman of the legislative COM
mittee OF the American Legion and as
sociate counsel for the Bergdoll investi-
eating committee says the minority re-
port was not whitewash. but was made
on the basis of the evidence presented
10 the committee. The whitewash
charge is also denounced in no uncer-
tain terms by Gen. John A. Sherburne,
chief counsel for the investigating COM
mlttee and distinguished officer in the
American Expeditionary Forces, and
also by Representatives John Jacob
Rogers of Massachusetts and Royal c..
Johnson of South Dakota, both veterans
Of the world war.
Speaker Frederick II. Gillett. Repre-
sentatives Joseph Walsh of Massachu-