Evening star., 1925-04-21
.HAPGOOD HEADS
WHEELER BACKERS
Chairman of Group Seeking
to Relieve Senator of
Cost of Trial.

The personnel of the Wheeler De-
Tense committee, created to relieve
Senator Wheeler of Montana of the
heavy burden of expenses arising
from the doubtle indictment in courts
$500 miles apart on charges original.
ly inspired by the desire to halt
Senator Wheeler's investigation of
. corruption in the Department of JUS
tice, was announced here today by
Mercer G. Johnston. director of the
Baltimore Open Forum, secretary of
the committee.
1t is headed by Norman Hapgood,
former Ambassador to Denmark, and
Basil M. Manly. former joint chair.
man of the National War Labor
Board, is vice chairman. Miss Eliza
beth Gilman, daughter of Daniel
Colt Gilman, former president of
Johns Hopkins University, is treas
urer. These, with Mr.. Johnston, COM
plete the officers of the committee.
Many on Committee.
The other members of the commit
tee are: William Allen White, editor,
Emporia, Kansas; Josephus Daniels,
former Secretary of the Navy, Ra-
leigh, n. c.; Samuel Untermeyer, at
torney, New York City; William Il.
Sweet, former Governor of Colorado;
Mrs. j. Borden Hartman, Washing.
ton; DIR. Broadus Mitchell of Johns
Hopkins University, Baltimore; Henry
l.. Mencken, editor American Mer-
curry, New York City; Francis Fisher
Kane, formerly u. S. attorney, Phila-
delphia; Oswald Garrison Willard, edi-
tor The Nation, New York City; D.
B. Robertson, president Brotherhood
or Locomotive Firemen, of Cleveland;
Carl Vrooman, former Assistant Sec
retary of Agriculture, Bloomington,
ILL.,; Mrs. Elizabeth Kent of Kentfield,
Calf; Miss Jane Adams. Chicago;
Edwin Markham, author, Staten Is
land, N. Y; Peter Witt, Cleveland
Ohio; Harold L. Ickes, attorney, Chi
cago; Mrs. Gordon Norrie, New York
City: Martin F. Ryan, president
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen,
Kansas City, Mo-; Rev. John A. Ryan,
Washington; Prof. Tyrrell Williams,
Washington University Law School,
st. Louis, Mo.
Mrs. Mabel C. Costigan, Washing
ton; William Kent. former Represen-
tative, Kentfield, Calf; Miss Vida d.
Scudder. Wellesley College, Wellesley,
Mass; Donald r. Richberg. attorney,
Chicago, Ill.,; Edward Heating, editor
Morss Lovett, University of Chicago,
Chicago; Mrs. Edith Houghton Hooker.
Baltimore; Sidney Hillman, president
Amalgamated Clothing Workers, New
York City; Mrs. Laura c. Williams,
Washington; William Jett Lauck, Chi
cago; Harry w. Ladder, New York
City; William H. Johnston, president
International Association of Machin-
lists, Washington: Norman Thomas,
editor the World Tomorrow. New
York City; John B. Permain, Scar
director American Civil Liberties
Union. New York City; George E.
Roewer, jr., attorney. Boston, Mass.
Paul u. Kellogg. editor the Survey,
New York City; Prof. Jesse H. Holmes,
Swarthmore College. Swarthmore, Pa;
Morris L. Ernst. attorney. New York
City; George NJ. La Monte, Bound
Brook, n. J.; Mary Gertrude Fendan,
Baltimore; J. A. III. Hopkins, New
York City; John Haynes Holmes, New
York City, and Louis F. Post. former
Assistant Secretary OF Labor, Wash
ington.
Senators Offer Aid.
Mr.. Johnston said regarding the
creation of the committee:
THE Wheeler defense committee
believes that the public should be in.
terested in seeing that Senator Wheel
er is not impoverished in defending
himself against charges brought as
the result of the performance of his
public duty The committee also feels
that the American people have a di-
rect interest not only in seeing that
justice is done to Senator Wheeler
personally, but even more in the fun
damental principles involved III the
Wheeler case.
while many of the ablest attorneys
in the United States, including Sena-
tors Walsh, Borah and Norris, have
volunteered their services, the ex-
penses for legal assistants, witnesses
and other legitimate and necessary
purposes will necessarily be very
heavy.
1.-The Department of Justice has al
ready expended many thousands of
dollars in connection with the case, and
during the recent session of Congress
asked for a special appropriation of
$4,000 to cover extraordinary ex-
penses in the prosecution of the case.
"The office of the Wheeler defense
committee is located in room sos,
Lenox Building, 1928 L street north
west;