The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-09-07
Government Control
OF Munitions Urged
Electric Boat Official Asserts
He Aided Putting SoIons
on Job
MORE SENSATIONS TO COME
Pope Contends Navy Sent cruis-
or to Turkey to Help
Firm to Sell

washington, Sept. 7.-(R)-W0rld.
wide efforts to take the manufacture
Of armament out Of the hands Of pri-
vate enterprise and place it under gov
eminent control were forecast Friday
by members Of the senate munitions
investigating committee.
They made known their views as the
committee resumed its inquiry which
Thursday produced testimony that an
official OF the Electric Boat company
asserted he had aided In placing two
representatives-Fort OF New Jersey
and Martin Of Massachusetts-on the
House rules committee in 1928.
Both Martin, still House member.
and Fort, who has retired, promptly
denied that the official, Sterling ].
Joyner, vice president and the COM
pany's washington representative, had
anything to do with their selection.
Women Aided Selling
The use Of women and American
warShips in the sales Of armament to
foreign nations were two phases Of
the wide range Of testimony cleaned
Friday By the senate munitions COM
mittee.
Louis Z. briggs, an American ord
nance maker, was the witness as q
series Of documents and letters went
irto the record. Among other things.
they said that:
Vickers, Ltd, English ally Of the
Electric Boat company, used women
entertainers In efforts to promote
sales In Turkey IN 1929 to show
Driggs-made guns to Turkish off,
Gals.
The king Of England interviewed
through the American ambassador in
London to hinder the sale Of guns by
an American concern to Poland.
An American naval officer drew up
plans for the defense Of Colombian
ports during the dispute with Peru
over Leticia.
The committee received from Ster-
ling J. Joyner, q vice president Of
Electric Boat company, q disclaimer
that he had ever asked favors Of
Former Representative Franklin Fort
Of New Jersey or Representative
Joseph w. Martin. Jr., of Massachu-
sets, or that they had known he
sought to have them chosen for the
House rules committee.
A letter presented Thursday de-
picted Joyner as taking credit for
their selection to the committee.
The Colombian plans were described
by briggs as having been prepared
BY Lieutenant Commander James H.
Strong Of the U. s. navy and sub
mitted to the Colombian consul gen.
eral II New York. With them were
presented price for which the
briggs Ordnance company agreed to
set up the defense equipment.
Strong has since resigned from the
navy.
Thursdays session developed that
on Sept. %, 1890. Ernest Lee Jahncke
Of Louisiana, then assistant secretary
o. the navy. wrote Johr Q. Tiison Of
Connecticut, then House Republican
leader, that contracts for two sub
marines would 60 to the Electric Boat
company.
Giving his views about the inquiry,
Chairman Nye (Rep. N. d. said that
his office had been swamped by
thousands Of letters from all parts Of
the country congratulating the COM
mittee on its activity In disclosing the
methods employed by private arma-
ment manufacturers in marketing
their wares.
1T Is one Of the most amazing
demonstrations of public interest and
approval I've ever seen," Nye told re-
porters. 1T speaks well for American
public opinion and will, I and the
committee hope, be the beginning Of
new deal in American ornaments
without at the same time injuring
our national Defense"