The daily worker., 1930-07-25

AON
independence.
sister-in-law of Secretary of State
Stimson, had been contributing
sums of money to the Russian mon
archists in the United States and
that among her proteges was the
secret monarchist agent, George
Djamgaroff.
Before l had time to check fur
Their on these new, startling devel.
opments, Congressman LaGuardia
addressed the house of representa-.
tives and denounced the documents
as forgeries.
They Were False.
"That afternoon | called upon
Robert Kelley of the eastern divi
sion of European affairs of the
state department and told him thai
l had learned that Mrs. Loomis was
contributing money to the Russian
monarchists and that before pro
ceeding with further investigation
in that field / thought l had better
see Secretary Stimson and inform
him of these facts. Mr.. Kelley
looked very grave and said thai
certainly the secretary should be in
formed and that he would make ar
appointment for me to see Mr.. Slim
son. We talked generally about tn,
documents and Mr.. Kelley informed
me that the state department was
frequently offered similar ALLEGED
documents and that when they were
investigated so out of every 10t
were found to be forgeries, and that
it was his impression, from what
he had heard of the Whalen docu
ments, that they, too, were forger
les. Mr.. Kelley asked me to return
at 3 o'clock that afternoon so that
he could make an appointment fol
me with Mr.. Stimson, so that hi
could tell Mrs. Loomis to cut loost
from these Russians to use his ex
act words.
would Embarrass."
"At 8 o'clock promptly l appeared
at Mr.. Kelley's office. He informed
me that he had taken the matte,
up with Mr.. Stimson's first secre
tary and that Mr.. Stimson knev
that Mrs. Loomis was giving money
to the Russian monarchists, o.
whom Djamgaroff was the Ameri
can leader. Mr.. Kelley said tina
most likely these Russians wer,
imposing on Mrs. Loomis,' but that
nevertheless, should this fact b.
published it would undoubtedly prov
embarrassing to the state depart
ment. I told Mr.. Kelley that I hat
no authority to decide not to prin
a story, but that l would convey
Mr.. Stimson's message to my edito,
and let him decide. Mr.. Kelley said
4 am sure the secretary will ap
preciate that
Labor Department Knew.
81 next called upon Hugh Ker
win, in charge of the conciliation de
partment of the department of la
Dor, who, had learned, had seel
the forged documents before Wha
len issued them to the press.
asked Mr.. Kerwin bluntly when MI
Easley had shown those document
which Mr.. Whalen had released t,
the press. Mr.. Kerwin said: 'Oh
about six weeks ago. Easley, sai,
Mr.. Kerwin, frequently appeared il
Washington with various bits of in
formation and trundled it around t.
the department of labor and to tn
American Federation of Labor. tn
vice-president of which, Mr.. Mat
thew Woll, was a great friend o
Mr.. Easley's."
Easley Silent.
Spivak then tells how he came I,
New York and called on Easley
who would neither admit nor den,
anything. He said he did not know
Djamgaroff. Spivak went directly
ten minutes trip, to Diamgaroff'
office, and the white guardist said
IL know you have Just come from
Mr.. Easley's office"
Following this, a Captain Maines
Djamgaroff's assistant, tried to ex
tract information from Spivak
Djamgaroff tried to have the pub
fishers of the Graphic suppress tn
story, threats were implied to &c
Spivak as a "Red," etc.
When Spivak interviewed Diam
garoff, befort the monarchists
chief spy knew that he had tn
proofs of the forgery, Diamgarof
told Spivak that he was 'like that