Evening star., 1934-04-13
WRIT DENIES |CKES,
bULW|NKLE CLAIM
Refutes Asking P. W. A.
Funds and Imprison-
ment Charge.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DR.. william A. Writ has vigorously
denied broadsides from Secretary
Ickes and Chairman Bulwinkle of the
Committee that is investigating the
Gary, Ind, educators "red revolu-
ton" charges.
~Ickes said DR.. Writ sought Public
Works Administration funds to de-
velop a Lake Michigan beach section
into an amusement park. He said the
Indianan paid several visits to the P.
w. A. on the matter and seemed
"quite willing" to use ''Communistic
money for an individualistic enter
prise.
DIR. Writ at once issued statement
saying no one connected with his
company, which owned the land, had
ever asked for public works money
and that he himself had never men
toned the subject to either State or
Federal official.
: Reeds Asks Apology.
DR.. Wirt's attorney, James A. Reed,
did the talking in the exchange with
Bulwinkle, demanding an apology
from the North Carolinan for his
charge that the educator had been
jailed during the war for "pro-Ger-
man" activities.
Reed denied the charge, declared
his client had been done ''an IRENE
diable wrong" and called for a re-
traction on the floor of the House.
-Bulwinkle had departed for a week
end at his home in North Carolina
when Reeds letter arrived, however
and there the matter stood.
'Ickes said the P. w. A. project was
a.s2,000000 one, to be built on land
owned by Dune Acres, Inc, of which
Writ was president, and was to have
been equipped with "merry-go-rounds
yacht harbors and towers"
"A short while after Ickes had told
reporters this, Writ issued statement
which said:
Denies Connection.
-''No one connected with Dune Acres,
Inc, is directly or indirectly connect
ed with the company which asked for
public works money. I never men
toned the subject to any Federal or
State official"
The project had been submitted to
the Public Works Administration
Ickes said, by Porter County, Ind,
which had an option on the property
located within a comparatively short
distance of Chicago. The option was
on 1000 feet Of lake front.
,Ickes said Writ paid several visits
to the Public Works Administration
10 urge approval of the project de-
spite the fact 1t had been rejected
by the Indiana Public Works Ad-
visory Board.
In his statement, Writ did not
mention whether he had visited the
Public Works Board here, but did say:
"I have not been interested and no
one else connected with Dune Acres,
Inc, referred to by Secretary Ickes,
had been interested in securing any
money from the Federal, State or local
government for any sort Of project.
"This was not money-making
project, but we hoped to make it self
liquidating BY leasing residential lots
on parts not desirable for park pur.
poses.
t-e-~ Says Fees Not Paid.
mo promotion fees, no dividends
whatsoever. have been paid, and only
absolutely essential salaries have been
paid for operation and development OF
the area.
'Last December some people in Por-
ter County proposed to develop, with
the aid of Federal funds, a club house
and yacht basin, with recreation fea-
lures, on part of this property. They
asked Dune Acres, Inc, for an option
This we gave for 60 days. ."
In referring to the Virginia dinner
party at which Writ said he heard
talk of "Kerensky" and Stain" Ickes
said. 'Dr. Writ is good ventrilo-
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