The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-17

(Continued from Page 1.) one that heard Wirt detail charges of the "red plot" week ago, filled the room. Among them was Mrs Anna Dall. daughter of the president and Mrs Roosevelt.
 The committee apparently in- tends to wind up the inquiry after hearing the six originally cqled.
 Miss Barrows Exposed Him
 Washington. April 17-(UP)- Miss Alice Barrows, brain trust satellite" named by Dr William A. Wirt as one of his fred plot"l informants, denied before a house Investigating committee today that any of her Virginia dinner party tions.
 None of his auditors discussed any subject" she testified. Their remarks were confined to occa- sional attempts to interrupt pr Wirt, which were unsuccessful"
 Wirt, Gary, Ind, educator, charged a week ago that Laurence Todd, newspaperman, said at the party that President Roosevelt was "the Kerensky" of q revlution now going on in, this country.
 "At no time did hear the names of kerensky, Stalin, Tug well, Secretary Wallace, or the president mentioned" she testified.
 ''Dr Wirt has an infinite capacity for talking three or four hours at stretch." she said. The crowd laughed.
 'The dinner party was not a success. MT Wirt talked all the time He was evidently very con- scious of having done most of the talking, for the next morning he said to me, I am sorry I talked 50 much last evening" am afraid that when I get started l don't know when to stop" @ ,... .....
 Chairman Alfred l.. Bulwinkle questioned Miss Barrows:
 Did Miss Hildegarde Kneeland or any of the guests say any of the thnigs Dr Wirt attributed to them 2"
 No, none of them did," she re- piled.
 Miss Barrows read the following letter from Dr Wirt, mailed from Michigan City, Ind
 April I. 1884.
 Dear Miss Barrows.
 Il have hesitated to wr1te you because l did not want to inad- vertently mix you up with the present controversy. However. since the press notices have come to me concerning the dinner party III Virginia with the presence of a newspaper correspondent who had communisitc leanings, etc, I am quite sure that l will be asked con- corning this dinner at the hearing. | The investigating committee will De In position to compel a state ] ment from me.
 Tn order to remove what may pc serious strain upon you | want to state very definitely and support it with copies of my let ters to you concerning my visits, that my relationship with you and everyone in the department of ed- ucation was purely on educational matters. l find that l have a CODY of a letter in which I said thai I will be pleased to see MT Coyle. (David C. Coyle, one of the wit. nesses called today.)
 concerning the dinner in your nome in Virginia. shall state the facts. That asked to see MT Coyle because I was interested in discussing with him his argument in publication concerning the present era of plenty and the necessity of increasing the service | occupations activities" Miss Barrows said she was en- barrassed by the way Wirt mono- | polized the conversation at the dinner.
 We were nearly all exhausted at the end" she said.
 'I understand Dr Wirt discussed almost exclusively devaluation of R. Lehlbach, r, N. J.
 "Yes." she replied, "He went back to all money theories from the beginning of time and back and forth. It was impossible to keep up with him."
 | "Did he say he wanted to SC back to conditions of 1926?" Lehl- bach asked.
 | By that time," the witness re. piled, "I was so exhausted I don, know what he was saying"
 When Miss Kneeland objected to Wirt's advocacy of 1928 pros. perity what did she say" asked
 ashe got out one sentence only She objected to going back to the conditions of 1926"
 "Then she objected to return of prosperity ?" querled Lehlbach l. s'No. only to 1926 conditions ! tlle witness replied.