Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-20
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DYE EMBARGO Plan
Council for Hoslsry lntsrssta
TsStiflss Before Senate
Sub -Comnoittss
IS CRITICIZED At HEARING


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wasl,iagton, April 20.-Georse Dem.
ming, Of Philadelphia, counsel for the
National Association Of Hosiery and
Underwear Manufacturers, testifyins
yesterday and today before the Senate
Judiciary Sub Committee In charge Of
hearings on the dye industry, came un-
der fire from proponents Of dye EN-.
barge when he opposed the selective
embargo system.
DIR. Samuel 1sermann. president Of
the Chemical Company Of America. with
plants in New York and New Jersey,
demanded to know why pays the wit.
ness.
"The question 10 whether ne is paid
BY the German importers, while he sup.
posedly represents consumers" said
DR.. hermann.
| II can cay here very emphatically
that I am not" asserted Mr.. Demming.
| II have always seen Mr.. Demming
in company with an importer, never
with . consumer" DR.. Isermann re.
torted.
''That statement absolutely deny"
| 'Sv NAE. OenWnB' go A..
Herman A. MetxJ, Of New York
City," added DR.. Isermann.
| Senator Shortridge, Of California,
chairman Of the sub committee, stopped
the discussion on this point, holding
that Mr.. Demming had right to ap.
pear before the sub committee, even as
volunteer, and said the sub. commit.
tee was anxious to get at the facts, not
motives Of the witnesses.
Not Paid by tho Association
DR.. Isermanp remarked that John
Nash McCallaugh, industrial manager
for the association, had informed him
that Mr.. Demming receives no fee from
the association. Later he requested
Mr.. Demming to place in the record Of
the hearing statement showing by
whom he is paid.
''I'n tell you," replied Mr.. Dem
ming, II am not paid by the associa-
tion, but by some members Of the as
ISOLATION"
And Others suggested DR.. Iser.
"If by others you mean importers,
that is absolutely not so," Mr.. Dem
ming declared.
We'll, other Consumers ?" DR.. 1ser.
mann inquired.
Yes" said Mr.. Demming.
Mr.. Demming, who expects to finish
his testimony today, said all knit goods
manufacturers, with the exception Of
underwear manufacturers, are large
users Of dyestuffs and require the best.
The knit goods industry 10 not rep
resented in the Textile Alliance, he
said. and estimated. as an admittedly
rough guess, that it represented from
10 to 20 per cent of the textile industry
Of the country. The bulk Of the mills
in his association are small mills in
small towns, he continued. His only
interest In the hearing, he said, was
to protest against the selective embargo
system.
''Victims Of Hallncinations'
He declared he had no objection Il
adequate tariff protection for the dye
industry and no quarrel with the ad.
vocates of the embargo system, whom
he described as ''estimable men, bu,
mentally sick and unhappy victims o.
false financial hallucinations and her.
estes and of false and unsound economi,
theories, which always spring up ant
, flourish in war times"
The embargo system was attacked a.
hdmperln8, RESTRICTIVE ana involved Will
red tape by Mr.. Demming.
)l DR.. Isermann asked IL tho witness
was not largely responsible for solicit
ing opposition against the embargo
| Mr.. Demming replied that his only &C
, tivity in this connection had been t,
{ talk to fellow members of the Manu-
9 facturers' Club of Philadelphia, an,
If he found them opposed to the en-
, barge to request them to record thei
, opposition. Most of the protests wer,
unsolicited, he insisted.
Opponents of the embargo also in.
r clude number of dyers in Philadelphia
the witness continued, mentioning vii,
liam II. Brehm, of Brehm & Htehle
particularly.
Hasn't he been n jobber of dyes?'
inquired DR.. Isermann.
II don't know" said the witness.