Evening star., 1934-03-25
ASK WRIT TONAME
PLOTTING GTRUSTER
House Members May Call
Educators to Explain q
"'Treason."
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
A Republican House member said
on the floor yesterday 1t was the duty
of the House Commerce Committee
to call DR.. william A. Writ, Gary,
Ind. educator, to reveal the name
of the brain truster" who, accord
ing to Writ, called the President
"only the Kerensky Of this revoM-
tion"
Representative McGugin Of Kansas
said there were circumstances which
indicate that there is a band within
this department of Government which
is betraying the Republic and betray-
ing the confidence of the President y
The Kansan said If Wirt's state
ment, that members of the profess
sorial advisory group were planning
to overthrow the Government, was
not true, the people. the President
and Congress have the right to know
that DR.. Writ ISLANDERS the Govern
ment and some one connected with
the Government"
Resolution Drafted.
At the same time, a Democratic
member, Representative Bulwinkle,
Democrat, North Carolina, said he
was drafting a resolution calling for
DR.. Wirt's appearance before a House
committee to name names" and that
he would introduce the resolution
some time this week
McGugin said Wirt's letter, read
to the Commerce Committee Friday
by James J. Rand, jr., chairman of
the Committee for the Nation, "is
a strong statement which charges
nothing less than treason to country
on the part Of some one of influen-
tial position in this Government"
Speaker Rainey said Bulwinkle's
resolution probably would be referred
to the Rules Committee, and that 1t
would be Immediately considered by
the House If the rules group approved
it.
Gated that he saw no reason for
calling Writ, and the Democratic
leader, Representative Byrns of Ten
nessee, said he doubted that people
will pay much attention to an un-
substantiated statement of this kind"
McGugin used the proposal to give
the President the power to raise or
lower tariffs without Senate ratifica-
ton as the medium for his reference
to the Writ episode. He said there
were indications Writ had some foun-
dation for his statement.
Contrary to Tradition
AT any rate" he said, in the
Agriculture Department the program
which is being administered is COM
munizing and nationalizing agricul-
ture in a manner which is wholly
contrary to American tradition and
the rights and liberties of the Amer
ican people"
The manner" he continued, "in
which the administration of the agri-
cultural program repudiates the state
ments OF the President on the agri-
culture question present evidence that
those in control of the Agriculture De-
partment are betraying the President
and are merely using him in the man.
ner in which DR.. Writ quotes the
statements of some one who is sup
posed to be a member of the brain
trust"
He said the program adopted was
"betraying the Presidents personally
expressed views" but that it was lin
keeping with the views Of the domi-
mating personality of the so-called
brain trust, Mr.. Tugwell."
He was referring to Rexford G. Tug
well, Assistant Secretary of Agricul-
ture, a former professor at Columbia
University.
The time has come for a show
down" McGugin said. The time has
come for the Congress and the country
to know whether or not these under
lings In key positions in the execu-
tive department are betraying the
President and are traitors to the Re-
public under the Constitution. This
statement of DR.. Writ presents a good
occasion for Congress to go to the
bottom of this situation. The Com
mittee on Interstate and Foreign Com
merce should call Dr. Writ before that
committee to find out whether or not
he is expressing falsehood or whether
some one closely associated with those
behind the scenes who are running
this Government at this time are fol-
lowing designed plan to wreck the
Republic and in doing so are betraying
the President and the country