Evening star., 1924-01-23

vote on the winning plan without
prejudice"
Later meeting was held in Wash
lngton for the same purpose, Miss
l-ape said. Organizations named as
having representatives present were
the American Federation of Labor,
the American Red Cross, the Catholic
Welfare Council. the National Coun-
al of Mothers and the Supreme
Lodge. Scottish Rite, Free Masons.
long list of organizations represented
some of the committee objected. but
Miss Lape insisted on going through
with her recital, amid laughter from
spectators, who again overflowcd the
committee room.
Had Four Conditions.
| Miss Lape said the four conditions
| of cooperation by the organizations
/ We're appointment of a member to the
! cooperative council. aiding in get
! ting the plans before the country.
making suggestions as to the mem
bcrshiD Of the jury Of award and the
\, presenting of the winning plan to
thc'r membership for expressions of
! opinion.
/ Asked about the co-operation of the
Knights of Pythias. one of the or
/ s;tnizations she named as co-operat-
ing, Miss Lape said. James Cahell,
one of the high officers. had repre-
! sented that organization. She added
that later request was received
! from the knights headquarters at
| Minneapolis for 100000 copies of the
winning plan for distribution to lodges
| over the country.
: Miss Lape testified that in a few
cases the peace award had paid the
! postage in corcularizing the mem
! bers of some of the organizations.
but others betrayed the expense.
Use Of Funds.
| Senator Greene. republican. Yer
mont, said the evidence tended to
. show that funds of organizations
, formed for an entirely different pur-
! pose had been used in forming pub
lie opinion by propaganda.
! Miss Lape replied that she would
/ not express 1t that way: that she re-
garded it as "a healthy effort to pro
mote public discussion" among the
| memberships of the organizations.
! She added that. Of course, she could
| not speak for the officers OF the or
! San.Zation.
! The general order in which the
! policy committee was selected was
given by Miss Lape as follows: Mrs.
| Franklin ID. Roosevelt, Mrs. Frank A.
! W. Davis. Federal Judge Hand. Mrs
! Ogden Reid. Mrs. Clifford Pinchot,
/ William II. Johnston, Henry l.. Stim-
! son and Nathan l.. Miller.
/ The witness told the committee
| that the records of meetings of the
| committee We're available, and Chair
, man Moses indicated that the COM
| mittee would want to see some of
: them.
Miss Lape testified that she report-
! ed to Mr.. Box almost daily. but that
J he left details to her. The jury of
! award, she said, was selected by the
policy committee The first discus
| sion of it began on June 81, and the
| personnel was completed by the mid
| die of September.
The witness head a telegram sent by
mittee on August p in which she out.
lined the qualifications of the jurors
as follows:
| "Outstanding capacity for dealing
with international affairs:
| Dispassonate or judicial temper:
Disposition toward agreement"
Explaining how the committee
finally decided whether jurors meas
urod up to these qualifications. Miss
Lape said a series of preferential
ballots were taken after there had
been discussions by the members f.
NJ. House and Miss Ellen Fitz Pendle-
ton had clear majority on the first
| ballot She added that at least four
ballots were taken.
Answered by Moses.
Chairman Moses replied yesterday
| to MIR. Boks, letter offering to create
| the committee itself, characterizing
his failure to answer committee
questions as an attempt "to set your
! self UP as a privileged class of one
| to whom a special rule applies"
"It Is to be regretted" Senator
| Moses wrote, that you did not see
| fit at the outset to base you refusal
to answer what the committee unan-
| imously regarded as entirely proper
| questions upon the ground of "or-
! idnary good taste: and to refer us
to Mr.. Bliss or the Girard Trust Com
pany, instead of attempting to set
/ yourself up as a privileged class of
/ one to whom a special rule applies,
\ as your answers to Senators Greene
and Senator Reed would indicate.
your suggestion that you will ask
4 to have the 22.164 submitted plans
! turned over to the committee is
| wholly beside the mark. II the COM
mittee wishes to have these docu-
ments, 1t has the power of subpoena
! to procure them. However, this, to-
gether with all the suggestions which
your letter contains, will be laid be-
4 fore tho committeo.'