The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-20
MUNITIONS ARE = REVEALING SOME
 AMAZING FACTS
Arms Statesmen Offered to Train One Entire South
 American Army
BY RONALD c. VAN TINE United Press Stan Correspondent

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 Washington, Sept 20.-<UP)- Evidence that U, s. munitions salesmen offered to train an entire South American army in chemical warfare tactics was obtained by senate investigators to-day.
 { Agents for an Ohio gas and bomb factory, it was learned, sought to equip one South American nation with modern poison gases, and agreed to include in the sales contract provision for instruction of officers and troops.
 The American salesmen also of- fered to build factories in the country to manufacture gas and bombs. Meanwhile, investigators said, rival American firm trad ed extensively in other South American nations.
 Sen Gerald F. Nye, r., N. D., chairman of the munitions com mittee, discovered to-day that ap- propriations by the last congress for the inquiry were being de- pleted rapidly. Investigators, he learned, have spent about two- thirds of the $50,000 which the senate voted to give the com mittee last spring.
 Committeeman said they would request an additional appropriation when the senate convened next January. They feared lack of funds would interfere with plans to peek into the private affairs of two of America's largest industrial companies-U. s. Steel and Beth lehem Steel.
 Charles M. Schwab, chairman of the board of the huge Bethlehem firm, has been mentioned as a probable witness when the com mittee enters the next phase of its inquiry in November.
 Sen Bennett Champ Clark, d., Mo, said last night he intended to inquire further into assertions by a munitions salesman in 1882 that D. c. Goss, president of the Lake Erie Chemical company, had the New York police department ":n the palm of his hands,"
 Letters from files of the Federal Laboratories, Inc, Pittsburgh tear gas makers, read by committee men, reported that Goss received orders every two weeks" from New York police.
 The committee was charged with "washing dirty linen" when it pub lished correspondence by John w. Young. president of the Pittsburgh firm, attacking competitors busi- ness tactics. Young objected vig- orously to the revelations.
 q don't care what you read about me-" he said, but I don't want to be put in the light of attempting to hurt my competi- tors"
 Committeeman refused to censor the documents. Instead, they placed in the record several un- statements allegediy referring to Young's activities. One, contained in Q letter from Raoul Leon, Argentina agent. to Frank S. Jonas, South American sales director for the Pittsburgh firm, told of a conversation between Leon and Francis Lover, head of another American Munitions com- pany. It said: .5
 "He (Lover) again put particular stress on what a - - fool our friend Young is, and confirmed your opinion about his preaching on a soap box and going around the corner selling ornaments.
 "He also went on to tell me about Young's hobby of brotherly love, etc, etc, and finished up by saving that he would not trust him as far as he could throw bull by the tail"
 As the inquiry progressed, the committee gained the impression that Leon's letter might have re- ferred to Young's brother who was a South American missionary. However, investigators made no attempt to develop the evidence.