The Washington herald., 1922-02-14
SEc'T HOOVER
URGES IlCCETT
!. TOREVEAL ALL
Links Critic With Soviet
Agent by Department
OF Justice Reports. !.

I secretary OF the American Commit
tee for Russian Famine Relief. re-
I veal his financial standing with
DR.. Dubrowsky, the Soviet agent In
New York" was the suggestion OF
Secretary OF Commerce Herbert
Hoover. replying TO attacks on him
in kilograms sent by Mr.. Liggett TO
President Harding and senator Ar
| thur Capper. OF Kansas.
The 100 unarmed Americans on
the American Relief Administration
stan are too busy trying to sate
that dying country TO undertake sto
| upset the Soviet army Of 1000. 900
men. Secretary Hoover said Sunday,
| answering protests against pub
| lished statements connecting Mr..
Liggett's committee with the Soviet
Russian regime and the demand by
Mr. Liggett for a Congressional in
vestigation OF the American Relief
Administration, Of which Mr.. Hoover
10 the chief.
Has "started something."
Secretary Hoover declared that
he mentioned Mr.. Liggett's 'activ-
tiles among the Soviet group COM
mittees upon the basis OF Depart
| ment of Justice reports"
| The incidental view that ex-
pressed in a report TO the Presi-
dent" said Mr.. Hoover. that Amer
ican relief to Russia should be or
ganized In America by Americans
and be distributed in Russia by
Americans seems to have started
something.
walter IIeg of Chicago.
tefegraphs demanding that the
President or Congress do things to
me for mentioning his activities
among the Soviet group OF commit
tees. upon the basis OF Department
OF Justice reports
He threatened me with all this
some weeks ago unless I would in
dorse his relief activities, for whicn
he had procured the support OF
many responsible citizens.
Repeats His Advice. {,
Il then earnestly recommended to
him that ta) he send to all his com.
rnittec members copies Of his finan-
cial understanding with DR.. Du.
browsky. the Soviet agent in New,
York. as had the feeling that most
Of them had not seen It, Or (b)
! that he cancel II and arrange for
the Friends Service Committee to
absorb his funds. his publicity and
his committee.
Il repeat these recommendations.
| They are still sound.
! DR. Jacob Hartman, DR.. David
Dubrowsky. Mr.. Loeb and others Of
| The Friends OF Soviet Russia ap-
pear greatly worried over the pos
sible political consequences OF the
American people spending $4,000
900 to feed their starving country
men.
Defends Relief star.
Let me take this opportunity to
assure them that the 100 unarmed
Americans on the American Relief
Administration STAFF are too busy
trying to save this dying country
to undertake to upset the Soviet
army OF 100000 men again
| earnestly advise them to dismiss
their fears: these Americans will
never attempt it,
Moreover. / can assure the gem
tlemen OF all these radical commit
tees that their earnest efforts to
reduce this country to the highly
uncomfortable standards OF living
and cpndItions Of labor now so sue
cessfully established in Russia is
waste of time. The 100000 they
have raised for Russia probably
does not compensate the losses of
other committees through disgust at
their constant maligning OF Ameri-
can effort.
| Churches Are Helping.
In what these gentlemen call our
'capitalistic.' imperialistic' country.
people are free to give their money
into charge Of anybody they please.
but have for many years clung to
the old-fa shioned notion that the
crystal springs of American charity
would be less likely to be muddled
IL they were organized by Amerl-
cans and distributed by them only.
Russia Is in great need. Every
| church in America is a soliciting
agency to save her from starvation.
These religious organizations are
American. They are efficient. The
Quakers, Jews, Catholics. Luth-
Grams. Mennonites, Southern Bap-
lists and all the Protestant churches
comprised in the Federated Council
Of the Churches OF Christ in Amer
lea are diligently working in the
field, doing heroic work to prevent
great suffering.
They offer ample opportunity for
| giving. They all coordinate with
our government distribution agen-
cies. They should be supported by
everyone who has satisfied his OBJ
ligatio to the home charities"
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