Evening star., 1934-09-15
DU POINTS TO GIVE
DATA ON POLITICS
Nye Also Demands List of
Contributions by 35 Men,
berS of Board.
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IN Germany was partly nnanced by
Skoda (Czecho- -Slovakian munitions
trust) which in turn is controlled by
Schneider great French arms COM
pany) and was used by them to create
a war scare in order to sell more
munitions?"
mo, I don't know that" du Pont
said.
The censorship action involved q
batch of cables apparently relating to
successful effort by the du Pont
Co. and its English ally. Imperial
Chemical Industries, Ltd, to keep q
German concern from building a pow
der plant in Argentina.
IF those cables were made public, -
said Stephen Raushenbush. secretary
of the committee, "it might mean
actual destruction of life and prop
erty."
Reveals Contract With Spy.
Under questioning Felix du Pont,
junior member of the firm, told of
the employment in 1888 of Del Fungo
Giera, said to have been a secret
agent for 13 countries, and of the
hasty cancellation and destruction of
the first contract made with the in
ternational spy.
In anticipation, apparently of modi-
f1cation of the treaty of Versailles,
the du Pont Co. had failed to include
any reference to arms prohibitions i'm
posed on Germany by the pact and
had given Giera a free hand to sell
munitions there.
why was the first contract de-
stroyed," asked Clark.
1T was not the right kind of a
contract" the witness replied.
Du Pont said Giera surrendered
the contract reluctantly. The second
contract, he said, limited Giera to
negotiations for the sale of propel-
lants and powder to Germany.
The du Points finished a two-dav
appearance apparently more concerned
about getting to a meeting of their
BOARD OF directors on Monday than
by developments at the inquiry.
Germany Making Explosives.
During yesterday afternoons oues-
tlonlng, bammot du Pont, president of
the corporation, told the committee he
had reports that indicated" Germany
was making war explosives in consid-
cradle quantities, despite treaty bans
Evidence was presented also that
German political associations in 1888
were being armed with American
made weapons smuggled in through
Holland.
Inc testimony about the arming of
these political societies came in a re-
port written by William N. Tavlor
Paris agent of du Pont. In 1888 he
wrote:
Arms of all kinds coming from
America are transshipped in the
Scheldt to river barges before the yes-
sells arrive in Antwerp. Then they can
be carried through Holland without
police inspection or interference. The
Hitlerists and Communists are pre-
sumed to get arms in this manner.
The principal arms coming from
America are Thompson submachine
guns and revolvers. The number is
great"
Tells Of Giera Contract.
Felix du Pont shifted uncomfort-
ably In his seat while he detailed the
story of the firms relations with
Giera. which cost it $25, 900.
Clark read the contract which gave
Glera a special agency in Holland
and an exclusive agency in Germany.
Fellx said 1t was substantially the
same as the contract which was
signed on February l, DESTROYED"
and replaced by another contract on
February IS.
Clark said he found several copies
Of contracts in the files of the din
Pont company, and had been in
formed that one was a facsimile of
The agreement which was withdrawn
quickly by frantic efforts on the part
OF the du Points.
The second contract contained all
sorts OF references to the treaty OF
Versailles" Clark laughed.
That's right" smiled Felix.
1T limited Giera to negotiations
for the sale of powder and propellants
with the German government"
That's right"
Pressed by Clark, the munitions
magnate explained that Giera had
told his company that other munitions
makers were ready to enter the Ger
man field if the Versailles treaty was
scrapped.
Your purpose then in making the
original German contract with Giera
was to get in on the possible lucrative
business in Germany along with the
Others" Clark said.
Wanted Legitimate Business.
Lammot agreed that his company
wanted what legitimate business it
could get in Germany and elsewhere.
A philosophic discussion on the
business of munitions making in gen.
eral brought the explosion from
Irenee, vice president of the concern,
that he felt "the Constitution is on
the verge Of going into the scrap
heap"
Speaking very seriously, Senators. :"
he said, emphasizing his statements
with exclamation marks made by his
long-stemmed pipe, Il question
whether We have a democratic form
of government today. That's why I
joined the American Liberty League" }"
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