The New York herald., 1922-07-08
CARAVAN CHARGES
GERMAN Dye PLOT
Asserts President Harding,
Daugherty and Miller Are
Being Misinformed.
FEARS A TREASURY RAID
Answer No Is Ready to Meet
Demand of Government for
Return Of Patents.

That the effort Of the United States
Government to smash the Chemical
Foundation and hand back to Ger
many invaluable organic chemical pat
ents and the big wireless plants of
one time German ownership is the re-
suit of scheme Matched by German
agents in this city three weeks ago
at the law Office Of O'Gorman, Battle,
Vandiver & Levy was the charge
launched last night by Francis p.
Garvan, president Of the institution
under fire.
The move made by the President.
Attorney General Daugherty and Alien
Property Custodian Miller Is directly
traceable, Mr.. Garvan said at his law
Office, 81 Wall street. to the smooth
scheme" which was worked out by
three agents of the great German dye
trust. the Unforeseen Gemeinschaft,
and Almuth c. vandiver Of counsel
for the German interests in this coun-
try, that are seeking restoration of
seized property worth hundreds of
millions Of dollars.
For more than three. years." said
Mr.. Garvan, 'the Germans, watching
the upbuilding of the American or
ganic chemical industry. seeing our
army and navy in free possession of
technical secrets that were once Ger
man only and noting their one time
wireless plants now In American
hands, have intrigued and schemed
and plotted to get these properties
back and to get millions of American
dollars in reparation for their use in
and subsequent to the war. Until
three weeks ago they had not been
able to hit upon a scheme, in spite Of
earnest effort and much money and
propaganda used at Washington and
elsewhere.
Conference Here June 23.
Then there came to this country
three gentlemen of brains, Herren
Rudolph Oppenheim, Hans Wagner and
Karl Holderman, representing the great
German dye trust. On Friday, June %.
these gentlemen met in the office of
O'Gorman, Battle. vandiver a. Levy
with Mr.. Vandiver and with Mr.. Levy
and with several other lawyers repre-
senting the German Embassy and other
German interests.
"At this meeting it was agreed that
| something had to be done to wrest
possession of patents that were sorely
| needed by Germany out OF the hands
Of the Americans who were benefiting
SO much from them. 1t was agreed
after shrewd counsel from the three
brainy gentlemen just over from Ber-
lin that 1t wouldn't do for the German
interests themselves to bring suit
against the Chemical Foundation. It
wouldn't look right. There might be
enough patriotism left around the
country to resent any such impudent
action.
1T was agreed after the whole
ground had been covered from a dip
lomatic, business and legal point of
view that the smartest trick and prob
ably the most effective scheme would
ment to bring suit against the founda-
ton and break II UP so that the patents
would revert to the United States
Government, which had promised to re-
turn them to their former German
owners. 1t was agreed to offer the
United States Government all possible
assistance. Accordingly committee con-
sisting of Messrs. oppenheim. Wagner
vandiver and Levy was appointed to
20 to Washington and to consult with
the Department OF Justice.
ION Tuesday. June q. this committee
visited the office of Attorney General
Daugherty and there placed before
assistants of his the German PROPOSE
ton, together with their offer Of Ger
man assistance. II was the shrewd
Judgment OF this German visiting COM
mittee. so earnestly desirous OF extend
ing aid to the Government Of the
United States. that 1t wouldn't do to
bring the action contemplated on the
ground of fraud: that charges OF fraud
would be too easily contrafuted and
might react, so as to interfere with
the great desideratum. the getting of
the patents and the wireless plants and
the gun making secrets back into good
German hands. The assistants of the
| Attorney General were counselled by
! these level German heads to bring their
suit on grounds other than fraud II
the Government had any hope of sue
| cess
"Immediately after that conference
| there was another closed meeting con.
sisting of at least three extremely ims
portant persons. whom could name
II II were necessary, and In whose
hands lay the final decision as to what
| should be done. II was at this con-
ference that the suggestion Of the New
York meeting and the further sug-
gestion of the Washington meeting
were fused into the letter OF the Presi-
dent to the Attorney-General and the
subsequent statements of Daugherty
and Miller.
What am saying Is the square
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