Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-23
DEMOCRATIC CHIEF
HITS TESS ANSWER
IN MAGAZINE ROW
Shouse Denies He Said Re-
pubIiCanS Bought Copies
of Religious Attack.
HOLDS CHARGES BASED
ON NEWSPAPER REPORT
Declares He Said Raskob's Name
Had Been Used in Attempt
to Renew Bigotry Issue.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
| Chairman Shouse of the Democratic
! National Executive Committee today de-
MED the charge by Chairman FeSS o.
the Republican National Committee
that he had said in a California speech
the Republican organization purchased
for distribution 100000 copies Of {
magazine article attacking John j
Raskob on religious grounds.
Shouse said Fess' allegations were
based upon IAN alleged publication If
a San Francisco newspaper" which
quoted Shouse as saying the Republi'
can committee purchased 100000
copies of a magazine containing ar
anti-Raskob article by Robert Cruise
McManuS, a newspaper man.
Never Heard of McManus.
He said he had never heard Of Nc
Manus and added he referred in his
San Francisco speech to an article pub
lished in Scribner's Magazine last Sep
TENDER.
Il stated" he said, that the Repub-
lican National Committee reproduced in
pamphlet form excerpts from this ar
ticle under the heading, Smear Hoover
-Raskob order to His Subsidized Prop
ag2ndiSts, copy Of which / have now
before me.
Il charged, and I repeat. that this
pamphlet constituted large part OF the
Republican publicity in the congress
Sional campaigns of last Fall.
Il charged that because of John
RaskobS prominence as member OF
n
instance, and in numerous other in
stances, has been brought forward by
the high command of the Republican
National Committee with the definite
purpose OF attempting TO relight the
fires of religious bigotry which played
so deplorable a part in the campaign
of 1928"
Shouse said he would have further
comment to make later upon Fess' state
ment which charged the Democratic
officer with a deliberate falsehood and
offered to donate $40 900 to the Demo-
cratic Publicity Bureau if Shouse could
prove the alleged statement.
Holds Report Incorrect.
DIR. Fess is as near correct as usual. =
ShouSe said. His allegation that
have made a miSstatement concerning
the activities of the Republican Nation
al Committee is based upon an alleged
publication in a San Francisco news
paper, which contained the following
statement:
:" Mr.. Shouse then turned to an arti-
Gle on Chairman RaSkob recently pub
lished in an eastern magazine stating
that the article was written by Robert
Cruise McManus. a newspaper man
and attacks Chairman Raskob on re-
ligious, political and other grounds
After calling the attention Of the as
sembled diners to this article, Mr. Shouse
asserted that the Republican National
Committee had purchased 100000
copies of the magazine for nationwide
distribution
Il have never heard Of Robert Cruise
McManus, have no knowledge of any
article that he has published in any
magazine and If there has been such
publication have never before heard Of
it. I have never, anywhere at any
time, charged that the Republican Ma
tional Committee bought 100000 cop
les Of a magazine containing All article
by McManus or anybody else"
Senator Fess Statement.
In his statement, Senator Fess said
In the mistaken belief that his
broadcasting time had ended. Jouett
Shouse, chairman of the Democratic
National Executive Committee pro-
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