Evening star., 1934-10-04
NYE FORUM TALK
RAPS WAR PLANTS.
"WorId's Greatest Racket"
SAYS Senator of Num-
tions Industry.

Activities Of the great munitions
manufacturers, who. he charged, TO-
ment wars to line their pockets. were
described as the worlds greatest
racket" by Senator Nye OF North
Dakota. speaking in the National
Radio Forum last night. The forum
is arranged by The Star and broad
cast over a Nation wide hook-up OF
the National Broadcasting Co.
The international munitions racket
he said. Is leading the world straight
toward another war. The hearings
before the special Senate Munitions
Committee, of which he is chairman,
Senator Nye said, so far have revealed
"but a scanty part of the whole story
that will be told when the study OF
the industry is finally completed
War and preparation for 1t, ne
said. lis in many respects not much
more than incorporated murder, with
the makers of the machinery of war
the incorporatorS."
Industry Called Racket
He characterized the manufacture
and sale of munitions of war as AN
unadulterated. unblushing racket--a
world racket of large proportions over
shadowing completely the rackets OF
which We have so many Tne num-
tions racket. he said. is none the less
obnoxious because of the partnership
of governments and officials in 1t.
so successful has been the racket
of these industrialistS to create ana
satisfy the desires of people for an
ADEQUATE national defense, he SAID,
that they virtually have the world
marching straight to the hell that an
other war will be-"
The only thing that can save the
peoples Of the earth from the dangers
they face is a complete uncoverlng OF
the filthy" ramif1cations OF the NUM-
tions business. which. he charged, en-
plovs spies, stirs up strife. sells mill
tarv secrets" to any country tnat VIII
buy them and seeks profit which Is
the greatest when olood flows thlck-
est" Senator Nye said.
Text Of Address.
The text of Senator Nye's speech
follows:
We are coming to learn that. after
all. war may not be as unpreVenIaole
as pictured. Fast forging their way 10
the front are facts indicating that war
and preparation for war are IN many
resnects not much more than lncor-
norated murder, with the makers Oh
the machinery Of war the lncorpor-
atOrS.
However far-fetched the foregoing
statement might seem. 1t Is not an
exaeeeration to say that the manu1ac-
t,lre and sale Of the munitions OF war is
an unadulterated. unblushing racket
a world racket of large proportions over
shadowing completely the rackets OF
which We have so many. THIS one Is
none the less obnoxious because OF the
partnership of governments ana Oh
flcialS in it.
saw these things not at all Thought
lessly. but only after much deliberation
of the results of three weeks OF pubic
hearings by the Senate Committee
investigating the munitions industry.
These three weeks of hearings nave
seen induStrialistS, capitalists ana
statesmen under oath telling cold
blooded stories Of what they have done
for and to our Government and for
their own enrichment. These have
been the stories of men calloused to
degree that finds them defending
programs and policies which cannot
do other than revert. in the event OF
our countrys entry into another war,
to the injury of our country, our flag
and those who will rush to their de-
fense The committee listened daily
to men striving to defend acts which
found them nothing more than inter-
national racketeers bent upon gaining
profit through game of arming the
world to fight itself. So successful has
been the racket of these industrialists