Evening star., 1931-12-16
BEEDY DENOuNCES
M'FADDEN CHARGE
AGAINST HOOVER
PENNSYLVANIA Rebufted by
Statement Agreed Upon
by Own Delegation.
HOUSE CHEERS BANKHEAD
STAND ON ACCUSATION
Stimson Appears Before House
Committee as Mills Gives
Information to Senate.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A strongly worded denunciation OF
the charges that President Hoover de-
ceived the American people to aid Ger
many rang out today in the House.
Representative Beedy, Maine, Republic
can, called the statement by Represent
ative McFadden of Pennsylvania, also
a Republican, "unquestionably false
hood"
Democrats were prompt to point out
that the charges against the President
did not come from their side.
Mills Before Senators.
The storm of debate broke in the
House shortly after Undersecretary of
the Treasury Mills told the Senate
Finance Committee failure TO ratlfy the
moratorium would do irretrievable dam
age to the country.
Appearing before that committee al
the same time Secretary OF State sum.
son was urging the House ways ana
Means Committee to act promptly on
the debt-suspension measure, Mills
warned that any deviation oy tniS
country from the moral principles IN
volved might be taken by other coun.
tries as an excuse to default payment
of the debts. r.., so
Stimsons appearance was little oe-
1aved while the Ways and Means group
settled a dispute over whether Repre-
sentative McFadden who yesterday oe-
nounced President Hoover's moratorium
actions in the House, should De nearo
bv it, It was decided that he shoulo.
McFadden Is Rebuffed.
McFadden was rebutted oy u1e
adoption by 25 OF his Pehnsyl'alii"
HoIise colleagues of a resolution eX-
pressing complete confidence IN tne
prnsident's moratorium measure, out
declaring against debt cancellation.
Reedv said the assertions OF Mcfao-
den that Mr.. Hoover had acted as an
agent of the German government IN
initiating the moratorium are apsulo.
He declared: o,o,,oros-
sional Record and in all my stuoy oI
American history have heard nothlhs
to parallel the infamous speech OF the
gentleman from Pennsylvania.
"His announcement that President
Hoover in December, 1890, deceived MS
own cabinet to aid the German govern
ment and rob the American people Is
unquestionably falsehood
Beedy Demands Proof.
McFadden sat silent, listening, when
Beedy said, Il never expected TO !lVe 10
read in the Congressional Record such
an utterance from a man I believed 10
be a patriotic American citizen.
II demand the proof that the Presl-
dent was an agent OF the German gov
ernment," he concluded.
The entire Republican side arose ana
Representative Bankhead, Alabama,
Democrat. was applauded by both sides
of the aisle when he called attention
that these charges IN ell
feet to an impeachment OF the Presi-
dent of the United States for hlgh
crimes and misdemeanors-do not come
from the Democratic side"
Before the House Committee, Secre-
tary StimSon outlined the economic
conditions in Europe at the time the
moratorium was proposed, and said the
sacrifice of France was larger than that
of this country.
He repeated much OF the testimony
given yesterday by Mills, who retold his
story today to the Senate Finance Com
mittee.
Before hearing Stimson, Chairman
Collier of the ways and Means Com
mittee, said there would be full dis
cussion of the moratorium in the House.
but no filibustering.
Representative Rainey OF Illinois,
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