Evening star., 1934-04-17
W|RT'S HOSTESS
DENIES CHARGES
Miss BarroWs Takes Stand
to Refute Talk OF Rev.
oIuti0n.
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his colleagues he had been misin-
formed.
Il know the chairman apologized in
a very manly way" Reed said, adding.
however, that he wished to insert in
the record kilograms attesting to
Wirt's character and showing that he
had not been jailed.
Democrats Oppose.
The Democrats, asserting the tele-
grams had no place in the record,
voted down Lehlbach motion to put
them there.
McGugin then made his motion
that "the remainder of the people
named by DR.. Writ be called before
the committee"
He named them as prof Rexford
Guy Tugwell, Prof. Milburn Wilson,
DR.. Robert Kohn, DR.. Frederick O..
Howe, Henry Wallace and Gen. Wes-
tervelt."
Democrats voted down that mo-
tion, too, although McGugin referred
to Howe as a defender of An
archiStS."
Tugwell is expected Saturday night
to take notice of assertions made by
Writ. He will address the convention
of the American Society of News
paper Editors.
Miss Barrows then took the stand
Before she was questioned. Lehl-
bach said Writ should be given JUS
tice," but the committee voted down
his motion to let the educator return
to the stand to refute the charges OF
! pro-German activities by him in the
war.
McGugin contended Secretary Ickes
| Harry L. Hopkins and directors of the
| Tennessee Valley Authority had di-
verted public funds for illegal pur-
poses. in demanding that they be
| called.
| Although McGugin said he was
ready to prove his allegations, Bull
winkle ruled these were not in the
scope Of the investigation.
Friend Of Writ.
Miss Barrows said she had been in
Washington since 1919, had known
DR.. Writ for 20 years and had CON
Sidered both him and Mrs. Writ as
among Oldest, most sincere and
| most devoted friends
During all these years, have
worked with him constantly in edu-
cation" she continued.
When Mr.. Writ made his charges
last Tuesday I was stunned by such
incredible action on the part of some
one whom I had always considered a
friend.
I appreciate the opportunity which
the committee is now giving me to tell
everything l know in regard to this
situation.
Early last Fall I invited DR.. Writ
TO be my guest at dinner to meet
some friends, as wanted them to
hear his educational theories. He ac-
cepted and said that he hoped Mr..
Coyle would be there as he would
like to meet him.
AS dinner party, 1t was not a
success for DR.. Writ talked contin-
uously on education" said Miss Bar.
rows.
After dinner at about 8 o'clock. he
| started talking on the monetary policy.
and talked steadily on that subject
until about IL o'clock, when he said
ne was afraid he had rather monop-
olized the conversation and would
have liked to have heard more about
what the others thought.
Apologized for Talking.
He was evidently very conscious
OF having done most of talking for
the next morning he said to me I
am sorry l talked SO much last eve
ming. I am afraid that when I get
started, don't know when to stopp"
Miss Barrows testimony about none
OF the guests having mentioned the
names Kerensky, or Stain. or DR..
Rexford G. Tugwell" referred to Writ
having told the committee some of
the guests spoke of replacing Presi-
dent Roosevelt as 'only the Kerenskv
OF this revolution" with a Stain"
He also said writings Of Tugwell had
been quoted literally.
Miss BarroWs said she had sought
to interrupt DR.. Wirt's after-dinner
talk, but with no success.
Mr.. Bruere interrupted once or
twice to say that he wished Mr.. Writ
would talk on education" she said,
'out his steady stream of talk on the
monetary policy went on until we
were all nearly exhausted.
None of Mr.. Wirt's six listeners
talked about or mentioned the names
OF Kerensky, or Stain. or DR.. Tugwell
or Secretary Wallace, or the Presi-
dent.
Attempts Baked.
In fact, none of his auditors dis
cussed any subject. Their remarks
were confined to occasional attempts
| to interrupt which were unsuccessful.
Miss Kneeland gave no quotations
from DR.. Tugwell's book. In fact, she
made absolutely none of the state
ments attributed to her by Mr.. Writ.
with one exception, I do remember
that she managed to break through
Mr.. Wirts flow of talk long enough
to object to his theory that we should
go back to the conditions of 1925, but
it was only one sentence and did not
interrupt the steady stream of Mr..
Wirt's speech. The party broke I'D
about II o'clock.
AAAS NNhS LlNCoIlSdIlOIl was DTOuRnC
about by statement given in House
hearing on stock exchange control by
James H. Rand of the Committee for
the Nation, to which Writ belongs.
Since that time, said Miss Bar,
rows, she had not communicated with
Writ but on Saturday. April Z, three
days before he testified, I received a
letter from him which had been
mailed from Michigan, City, Ind.
Text of Letter.
''It read as follows:
"Dear Miss Barrows:
April 4, 1884.
~ have hesitated to write you be.
cause did not want to inadvertently
mix you up with the present contro-
versy. However, since the press no.
tices have come to me concerning the
dinner party in Virginia with the
presence Of newspaper correspondent
who had commlInistic leanincS etr I