Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-24
FESS,SHOUSE ROW
GROWS IN WARMTH
Republican Leader Reiter-
ates Democrat Tried to
Raise Religious Issue.
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when his opinion of Mr.. Shouse's re-
marks was asked by a San Francisco
newspaper.
Tim Reardon, Democratic president
of the San Francisco Board of Public
Works. when questioned on the same
subject, replied rather systematically
but with obvious reference to the relig-
ious issue injected by Shouse. Anyway
a man has a right to his own religion.
H. H. McPike, former Democratic
State chairman, and JustuS Wardell,
leaders in the local Democratic party,
unhesits tingly praised the public part
of the Shouse address, but absolutely
refused to say word either in extenu-
alton or other comment on the part
which Mr.. Shouse referred to as con-
fidential.'
The Republican National Committee
did circulate portions of an article by
Mr.. Kent when that Democratic news
paper man exposed in Scribners Maya
zine last Fall the Raskob-Shouse-
Nicholson campaign to smear the
President OF the United States. How
ever, the article of Mr.. Kents. a part
of which the Republican National Com
mittee reprinted in pamphlet form, did
not refer to Mr.. Raskob's religion in
any way.
THE Republican National Commit
tee would have circulated this article
irrespective of Mr. Raskob's religion,
which was never mentioned In the ar
ticle and had nothing to do with the
scheme exposed by Mr.. Kent. and
would have been circulated If Mr..
Raskob was Methodist or Baptist or
member OF any other denomination"
Lucas Cites Filing of Report.
While Senator Tess was again at
lacking Mr.. Shouse the attention of
Robert H. Lucas, executive director of
the Republican National Committee.
was called to the fact that a member
OF the Senate had written to Attorney
General Mitchell asking If the Depart
ment OF Justice was going to prosecute
Mr.. Lucas for alleged violation of the
corrupt practices act in connection with
the filing Of his report of campaign ex-
penditureS last Fall
Mr.. Lucas said that he had filed his
last report on December %, and that
he had had up to January l to submit
the report.
There is nothing in the charge"
said Mr.. Lucas.
The Nye Senatorial Campaign Inves-
tigating Committee developed the fact
that Mr.. Lucas had expended more
than $4,000 to send campaign material
into several States, including Nebraska.
Some OF this material was used against
the reelection of Senator Norris, Pro-
gressive Republican and the nominee of
the Republican party against former
Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock, Democrat.
In some quarters it was limited today
that the letter to the Attorney General
was written by Senator Norris himself.
and asked what the Attorney General
proposed to do about that Fart Of the
Nye committees report which suggested
that Mr.. Lucas might be subject to
prosecution under the corrupt practices
act Senator Norris was on his way
today to Nebraska. At his once it was
impossible to obtaiK information re-
garding any such letter to the Attorney
General.
Mitchell Is Silent.
Attorney General Mitchell today re-
fused to discuss in any way the report
that a member of the Senate had written
him letter asking what would be done
If anything about the Nye committees
report on Mr.. Lucas. He would neither
affirm nor deny the statement that the
letter had been received. When he was
asked IL the letter had come from Sem
be necessary to ask Senator Norris him
self. Nor would the Attorney Cen
eral say what the Department of Jus
tice intended to do in the matter, If
anything.
One report had it that reply had
been made to the Senator writing the
letter, saying that the department
would look into the matter. But
whether this was merely a form letter
or not was not disclosed.
One member of the Senate admitted
today he knew that such a letter had
been sent to the Department of Justice
and that he knew who the Senator was
who sent it. He declined to give the
Senator's name, however, but asserted
that it was not a member Of the Nye
Investigating Committee.
ShOuse Makes Replies.
The assertion by Chairman Fess that
a statement credited to Mr.. Shcuse vas
plies yesterday from the chairman of
the Democratic National Executive
Committee
In the second of these statements, is
sued last night from Democratic ma
tional headquarters, Shouse retcrted
that the short and ugly word is one
that gentlemen are very careful about
using" Previously he had denied the
Ohio Senator's accusation in the con-
troversy centering around reputed Re
publican attacks upon Chairman John
j. Raskob CT the Democratic National
Committee.
Il do Mr.. Fess the compliment to
assume that even he knew enough
about what was going on at the Re-
publican national headquarters to have
knowledge of the circulation OF the
pamphlet"
the MANAGEMENT of the Republican Ma
tional Committee would be SO stupid or
so eXtravagant that 1t would buy copies
of a magazine when it might reproduce
in pamphlet form the portions of an
individual article pertinent to its pur-
Charges Religious Issue.
He added that In last Falls election
"a studied effort was made to emphasize
John Raskob as an issue because OF his
membership in the Catholic Church"
Referring to another newspaper quot
ing Tess last September as saying he
had not known Raskob was Catholic,
Shouse added:
THE good doctor may have told the
truth. He may not have known that
John Raskob is a member of the Catho-
lie Church, but If not, he is no doubt
the only man having any prominent
connection with politics in America who
did not know this and who had not
known 1t from the time of Raskob's Sc
lection as chairman of the Democratic
National Committee in the Summer OF
1928. j..
Based on an alleged statement OF
facts wholly without foundation, Dr.
Fess accuses me OF having been guilty
of deliberate lie The short and
ugly word is one that gentlemen are
very careful about using, and any man
having the slightest regard for his repu-
go ~