Evening star., 1924-02-10
HELM ANSWERS
CREAGER'SATTACK
Charges Hays and Daugherty
Helped Stifle Investi-
cation.

Replying in the Senate to what he
said was the "scurrilous, slanderous
and cowardly" attack made on him
by r B. Creager, republican national
committeeman from Texas, in a letter
published yesterday. Senator Heflin.
democrat, Alabama, declared that if the
information he had regarding alleged
land frauds in Texas was true, Mr..
Creager should be in the penitentiary.
And if I can get the investigation
/ want" Senator Hefiin said. II be-
lieve we can put him in the peniten-
tiary."
Senator Hefiin read into the record
letters from several persons who
alleged fraud in land sales in the
Rio Grande valley.
"a former Postmaster General is
involved in this investigation" he
said. THE present Attorney General
is involved. 1 have alleged that
Creager and others came here to
Washington to see Attorney General
Daugherty and Postmaster General
Hays to have any investigation Of
the land companies stopped. And it
was stopped.
Why does not Mr. Creager appeal
to his republican brethren to let
there be an investigations"
Senator Hefiin made no reference
to Mr.. Creagers direct challenge that
he state on the floor of the Senate
his past and present ku Klux Klan
affiliations" and his relation with
the Mayfield contest and Klan friends
and counselors of the senator whose
cause you are secretly espousing and
directing"
The challenge to Senator Hefiin to
declare publicly whether he is af-
fliated with the Ku Klux Klan was
sent to the senator Friday night by
Creager.
In letter replying to Senator Hef-
Inns recent attack on him, Mr.. Crea-
ger declared that his accuser was
either member of the Klan or a
propagandist for it, and called on
Senate your past and present Klan
Affiliations.
Again Denies Accusation,
Again denying in detail the sena-
tors accusations that he had inter-
ceded with Attorney General Daugh-
erty and Postmaster General Hays to
Texas, Mr.. Creagsr pointed out that
all of these charges had been made
under the cloak of senatorial i'm
munfty." and declared 1t unfair that
ex parte statements should have been
put into the record without his hav-
ing an opportunity to reply.
Il charge you," the letter continued,
with gross misstatements Of fact.
had any idea that the United States
Senate would undertake an inveStiga-
tion of this character.
II charge that the alleged
land frauds are mere pretext seized
upon by you to discredit, il possible,
Klux Khan and it's political practices,
resulting in the 0ertification of the
name of Earle B. Mayfield as senator
elect from Texas. in which covert de-
fense this resolution was conceived
II charge that the Introduction Of
this resolution is the masked and
hooded political action of the ku Klux
Klan. directed against me solely be-
cause of my earnest endeavor. to the
extent of my limited power, to bring
about platform declarations by both
great political parties against this
un-American secret political society.
OF which You are member or else
an active and sympathetic propa-
gandist.
II challenge you to specifically de-
clare on the floor of the Senate your
past and present Klan affiliations and
your relationship with the Mayfield
contest and the Klan friends and
counselors of the senator whose cause
you are secretly espousing and di-
recting.
charges in the forum in which you
have launched your base attack and in
which 1 am denied adequate answer
will be another evidence of the cow
ardice and utter irresponsibility that
has characterized your entire political
career"