Evening star., 1934-09-23
MUNITIONS PROBE
TO Be EXTENDED
Nye Announcement Indi-
Gates High Officials Will
Be Called.

After an executive session yester-
day in which the Senate Munitions
Committee considered protests OF
foreign governments and plans OF
the committee for the future. Chair
man Nye announced that hearings at
least as extensive as those already
held would be conducted later.
While Senator Nye would rot say
whether high Army and Navy officials
would be called, there is every indlca-
ton this will be done and that Gen.
Douglas Macarthur, chief of staff, and
high ordnance officers of both Army
and Navy will be questioned as to
their attitude regarding the private
manufacture of munitions and war
material IN general
The committee is divided on the
question OF how far to go IN the
restriction of the manufactA"e ana
sale of war material and on the ques-
ton Of whether there should be
Government monopoly for the man
ufacture OF such material.
Controversy Forescen.
It IS not expected Congress will be
willing to 90 to the point OF proVld-
ing for a Government monopoly IN
the manufacture of war material, the
construction of warships and the
building OF military planes. Never
theless. all indications are that great
controversy on the subject is ahead
Of Congress.
Five mysterious cablegrams with
held from the public by the commit
tee because OF their r-provoking po-
tentialitieS Yesterday were ordered de-
livered to the Government they con-
cern-the Republic Of Argentlna-the
Associated Press reported.
AT the same time. the committee
gave Secretary Hull a complete record
of testimony thus far adduCed al the
Investigation of ramifed, high-powered
sales Of munitions and war lmple-
mcntS.
The Secretary will give copies TO
the Ambassadors of Argentina, Chile
and Peru, whose countries had made
diplomatic requests for full details OF
committee revelations involving GER
tain of their nationals in high places
IN allegedly Questionable munitions
deals.
Use of Cablegrams.
The Argentine government may
make whatever use it wishes of the
cablegrams which are not part of the
record. They were brought up week
before last during the interrogation
of officials of the E. I. du Pont de
Nemours Corporation about details of
successful efforts by their Buenos
Aires agent in blocking an Argentine
government project for building a
powder plant there.
Testimony was introduced showing
that a man named Antonio Carames
was paid compensation by the du
Points after he had claimed credit for
being instrumental in obtaining On
three different occasions the Cancella-
ton of a government contract made
with a German firm for construction
of the enterprise.
Carames complained Of the sum ef
money he had been offered and also
of the du Points delay in submitting
their own bid for the work. This dis
closure drew from Felix du pont, a
vice-president of the powerful firm
the statement that wed rather sell
powder than build powder plants
Engineer Kin of Official.
Committee questioners learned from
a du Pont representative that Carames
had said he had the services of an
engineer related to some Official
After Lammot du Pont had agreed
that the cables should not go into the
record, Stephen Raushenbush, COM
mittee examiner. declared:
If they were made public it might
mean actual destruction of life and
property"
Chairman Nye pointed out yesterday
that the appropriation for the investi-
CATION was $4,000. that a large part
of this had been used and that unless
the committee got an additional ap-
preparation it would have to wind up
the investigation about the time Con-
gress meets. However. he said that
in any event hearings as extended as
those already held would be conducted
later on.