The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-31
RECORDS SHOW
LEE TRYING TO
USE DAUGHERIY
Every Move by obregoh's
Friends Watched by PIotters
For Oil Group.
By Universal Service. ,

American oil interests tried to use
carefully cultivated friendships OF
high officials to block recognition OF
President Alvaro obregon of Mexico.
The National Association for the
Protection of American Rights In
Mexico practised the ruse. lndica'
tons are that Thomas +. Lee was
directed to follow such a course.
Lee was formerly executive dlrec-
tor for the National Association. AS
such he made frequent trips 10
Washington. Universal Service has
COPY Of a report which was made the
basis of Government records. III
states among other things:
1.-THE association also employs q
Mr.. Thomas r. Lee, who does prac-
ticaIly nothing else but make trips
from New York to Washington to
mingle with high Government Off
Gals and I'm this way influence their
minds not to recognize the Mexican
government"
Cultivating Daugherty.
The report. covering July Is. 10, 20
and 81, of 1921, at a time when the
association was negotiating through
Lee and others with Pablo Gonzales
who was promised huge funds to
head a revolution in Mexico. adds;
MIR. Lee Is now cultivating the
friendship Of United States Attorney
General Daugherty for the purpose
Of influencing him. They also EN-
ploy several others"
This evidence, together with a
\ ,to lad
Universal Service today, was turned
over to Congressman Tom Connally
of Texas Congressman Connally
last Thursday introduced In the
House a resolution asking for Con-
gressional investigation OF the plots
Of Americans to foment revolution in
Mexico.
Big Influence Claimed.
The report referred to in this
article contained the claim Of Guy
Stevens, a man close to executive
affairs of the national association
and the oil interests, that he and
the association have succeeded In
getting the present United States
Administration 10 refuse to recog-
nize the Mexican government"
Not only in this report, but in a
mass Of documents turned over to
Congressman Connally for the Con-
gressional investigation. far
reaching scheme of propaganda Is
revealed. II is shown where the
National Association assigned spe-
cial writer's and authors to spread
the -Obregon doctrine. This
particular report names some of the
paid propagandists and says Of
them:
1T In the duty OF these men land
there are many others) to publish
such articles as will influence the
American people against the Mexi-
publication OF any article the Mexi-
can government sntay try to pub
iish, SO that the Mexican govern.
ment cannot put before the Ameri-
can people their side OF affairs"
To Suppress News.
The same report names news
agency OF wide prominence and
charges that it will not handle any
of the Mexican articles that have
not had the approval of the Asso-
citation of Producers of Petroleum
in Mexico"
A system Of gaining information
for the National Association is ex-
posed in this report. 1t continues
in this respect:
"Mr. Stevens said the Mexican
government owned a magazine pub
lished in Washington and that
they had certain lawyer there
working for them. In fact. he said,
the Mexicans could not make a
move unless he knew Of 1t, and
admitted 1t was costing quite a lot
to learn these things"