The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-09-20
FOREIGN POWERS
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.,n,ees have a very definite effect
p' the inquiry. However, the
sl;Jsuce thus far revealed shows a
.,;yk;ne pool of corruption, espion-
.sa. graft, betrayal and hysterlc
re Tseoarations of the various gov
. I.aro, nts for ano her world war.
The inquiry opened on Sept.
"a ghf first day revealed the fact
tSstthe submarine world had been
E~;3fd between the Electric Boat
r. and the Vickers, Ltd, British
srmafent firm. Testimony of Henry
; Carse, president of the Electric
Ran Co.. showed the connections
With Sir Basil Zaharoff, so-called
mystery man" and international
trader in ornaments.
zaharoff is stakeholder of the
Boat Co., stakeholder of the Chase
Natl. Bank, New York, and for his
.srvices he collected 100000 in
admissions from the Electric Boat
alone.
How this one comparatively
small company used graft in order
70 get business in South America IS
shown By the following figures:
$4,000 were paid to an unnamed
Individual in Buenos Aires; $5O,OOO
70 Juan I4eguia, son of the PTesi-
dent Of Peru, a trip to Europe for
the wife Of Captain Alfred G.
Howe. head Of the U. S. Navy mis-
sion to Peru in 1926-2S. This mis-
sion worked to get submarine con-
tracts for the Electric Boat Co. U.
s. ambassadors, navy officers and
ether foreign officials have been
used by this company to accomp-
fish its business transactions.
Militarizing the Unemployed
Direct evidence that the govern
nent stopped sales of war ma
terials in order to devote all sur
pIuSes TO militarizing the unem-
pOyed under the fascist Civilian
Conservation Corps program was II
inserted in the committees RECORD
when the following letter from
Bwdette S. Wright to C. w. Web
aer, both Curtiss-W Wright officials
Of April IL, 1888 was read:
- "Due to the establishment of tn
military training for unemployed
the Secretary of War has suspend
ed all sales of surplus material b,
q the War Department it is no
Known just when this ban will b
A lfted5@
They Armed Hitler
When the DUPONT brothers, tn
heads Of the greatest America
ammunition firm, were on tn
Sands evidence was uncovere
showing that Hitler's Nazis haC
been armed in 1888 with American
made weapons, struggled in thr
Holland. That also French arm
manufacturers had been financin
NE rise of Hitler, was asserted b
SENATOR Clark of Missouri.
DON'T you know" Clark sudde1
Fasked Lamont DUPONT, preside1
u the DUPONT Co., "that the ris
Hitler was partly financed b
SkOda, (Czecho-Slovakian munitic
TuSt), which in turn is controlle
" schneider French Arms Co.
suu was used by them to cause
sa scare in order to sell mo.
ammunition ?"
No, don't know that" DuPo1
TI s'd rather innocently, but ]
about it. '''' nc ''''U W
!, Earlier, the Senate Commit
~u enforced a strict censorship
sssplal in its files. Pointing /
sef upon documents before hi
49,, secretary of the commit
@a p4 s Raushenbush, stated
'uSp time: eff these cables we.
ST.. saed it might mean actual
O1pa1on Of life and property" I
lin Tnt President hastily second
Sorl y stating: 81 agree that tn
Nas not go into the record"
am only have Dupont and oil
S s manufacturers aided Hitler
Sc.s up. munitions but strong
man. 5 were also made that G
had assembled a stro
sIIs'ery air fleet" The comm
ants Of airplanes, bom rnis rsl. as v '
Sto t planes, had been ship
unitsSS st n piece-meal by
- states, Great Britain {
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