Evening star., 1934-03-30
DR.. WRIT REFUSES
FOULKES DEBATE
Indianan Quotes Secretary
Wallace in Message to
Representative.
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debate but an ex parte speech In
which there is no comeback from
any critics and nobody has an op-
portunity to thresh out with him the
points at issue.
This is a confession of the weak
ness of his position.
After virtually challenging me to
a debate in which 1 was entirely
willing to take part, he runs away
from it and gives as his excuse his
Limitations of time and physical
strength.
IT regret indeed that Dr. Wirt's
spasm of pugnaciousness was SO
short lived"
May Appear Next Week.
A summons was in preparation to-
day for Writ to come to Washington
and tell the whole story Representa-
Carolina. whose resolution for an in
vestigation was adopted late yester-
day by the House, said Writ would
get an invitation to appear before
special committee probably late next
week.
Wallace Discounts Story.
Efforts to reach Wallace for his
reaction on the Writ message were
unavailing. Close aides of the Agri-
culture Secretary, however, were in
clined to minimize Wirts latest action.
They pointed out that Wallace had
said on numerous occasions that some
of the plans under way we're expert
ments and that it was too early to
tell how they would end.
Prior to receipt of the Writ tele-
gram Wallace smiled when newspaper
men asked him his reaction to the
Hoos1er schoolmaster' statements
that some members of the brain
trust" were planning a revolution.
ut is amazing" said Wallace, the
state Of mind that newspapers can
create at times"
Wallace has been frequent target
in recent debate on the House floor,
particularly because of milk-market-
ing agreements. Representative Eagle,
Democrat, of Texas has been one of
those to profess fear of Communism"
If the Agriculture Departments new
mllk-shed plan should be carried out.
TugwelI Also Named.
Several House speakers also have
named DR., Rexford Guy Tugwell, Un-
dersecretary of Agriculture, in the
same connection. Only recently, when
the Bankhead compulsory cotton con-
troll bill was being debated, Repre-
sentative McGugin, Republican, of
Kansas contended that measure was
another step In the campaign he said
Tugweu was conducting to "Socialize"
the Nation.
Bulwinkle, who Rainey said will be
chairman of the special committee
just authorized by the House, said
he was planning to summon Writ
early next week so he could testify
before the week end.
Referring to DR.. Wirts reported re-
luctance to name the PROFESSIONAL ad-
vlsers he had in mind-unless they
Observation-Disclosures asserted the
special committee will have ample
authority 70 compel testimony"
Witnesses Must Appear.
"If witnesses should refuse to testi-
fy, they could be prosecuted for con-
tempt Of the House." Bulwinkle
warned
Although Representative Byrns of
tennessee, the Democratic floor leader,
talked of treason" while urging en-
actment Of the resolution for an in
vestigation, Bulwinkle disagreed that
any such things would be involved.
Thank heaven we still have the
right of free speech" he said. Work
ing for Communism, without violence,
wouldn't be an overt reasonable act.
But don't believe that any Commun-
lists ought to be allow high positions
In the Government"
There was no objection yesterday to
the passage of the resolution which
was directed to call Dr. Writ and "re-
quire him to reveal the source of the
statements he had made to the effect
that the United States is In the proc
e~S of deliberately planned revo-
luton"
Several Republicans, however, util-
lied the time for debating Bulwinkles
resolution to complain that its scope
was not broad enough and to lanbaSt
the brain trust"
Wanted Moley Called.
Representative McGugin, Repub-
lican, Of Kansas wanted the resolu-
tion's scope broadened so Prof. Moley,
former Assistant Secretary of State;
Marvin Mcintyre, the Presidents Sec
retary, and anybody who might throw
light on Wirt's assertions might be
called.
"A smothered hearing will not es-
tablish the truth" he said. 1T will
only create more public distrust."
Representative Byrns replied that
the resolution was broad enough to
cover all phases of the Writ episode.
In a formal statement at Gary, Writ
said he would divulge the names OF
his professrial informants when "the
welfare of the country demands that
the names be made public"
"I cannot willingly permit smoke
screen to be drawn over the activities
Of the radical group while people are
led to concentrate on the crucifixion
of two or three culprits," his state
rnent said