Evening star., 1934-04-17

position was that we are already di-
verting too great share of our pro-
ducer's dollar to the service occupa-
tions.
But I shall emphasize that so far
as Mr.. Coyle is concerned that he did
not directly or indirectly refer to the
general social or economic program Of
the new dealers.
AS to Robert Bruere, I shall make
very clear that he was constantly OBJ
jecting to the diversion of the con-
versation from the subject of schools.
He was interested only in the
matter Of the organization Of the
county schools at Nyack. N. Y, where
he is member of the Board Of Edu-
cation. I shall most emphatically
state that every time that I saw Mr.
Bruere he was interested only in the
matter of his proposed reorganization
at Nyack.
~ am not expecting you to answer
this letter. I merely want to advise
you Of the situation so that you and
DR.. Zook and other persons in the De-
partment Of Education will under
StanQ my attitude.
The only thing that ! remember
about you and government is the
statement that you made to me that
you were working on schools and leav-
ing saving the county to the other
fellow.
with best wishes, and kindest re-
CARDS to Dr. Zook, l am
Cordially yours,
WILLIAM WRIT"
Miss Barrows said A. A. Berle OF
New York was not a guest at the
dinner.
A verbal conflict occurred after Nc.
Gugin said Representative O'Connor
had made a false statement that he
(McGugin) had been in daily confer
ence with former Senator Reed and
DR.. Writ since the hearings last week
After presenting the letter from
Writ, Miss Barrows told of mystery
conference into which she had been
called with Mrs. Writ, as follows:
Il went upstairs and in one Of the
rooms was Mrs. William A. Writ. As
soon as had greeted her said, Why
are you being SO mySterious?'
"She replied, Il wanted to see you
because Mr.. Writ Is much concerned
over the fact that there was a news
paper reference to that party in Vir-
ginia. He wants you to know that the
papers didn't get it from him.
Fears Expressed.
But since it has been referred to,
he is sure he will be asked about it,
and that he will have to give the
names of the people there. Now, he
feels that If he tells the committee
Immediately that he attended the din
ner and gives the names Of all the
people there, then the whole thing
will be out Of the way in the very
beginning and he can 60 on to the
real testimony. but the difficulty is
that he cannot remember some of the
names and he Is afraid that If he
hesitates over the names or stumbles
over them, then you will be called, and
he is determined that you shall not
appear before the committee. And
so he wants me to get the full list
from you
Il told Mrs. Writ that did not
at all mind being called before the
committee to give the names. Mrs.
Writ replied. oh no, Mr.. Writ is de-
termined that you shall not be called
before the committee
so as it seemed an unimportant
matter. I gave Mrs Writ the names.
There were a few moments conversa-
ton in the course of which I said,
why did Mr.. Writ get into all this?
I have always followed him before,
but cannot in this
'cNot to Give Names"
Later I asked her If he was going
to give the names Of the people he
was accusing, whoever they were, and
she said: He didn't know until night
before last. But then when he came
to dinner he looked peaceful for the
first time, and said he was not going
to give the names
Soon after that I went to my
home.
About half an hour later, there
was a ring at my door bell and Mrs.
Writ was there. She apologized for
coming, saying, I have walked through
many different streets so I am sure
nobody will trace me- Again said,
But why all the mystery?'
Mrs. Writ said that she came be-
cause she wasn't sure that she had
taken down the names correctly, SO I
gave them to her again with their
official positions.
When I came to Mr.. Bruere's name
she said, oh, no, Mr.. Writ will not
mention Mr.. Bruere. You know how
much he thinks of him.
II said I thought he probably
would have to name him and asked
her how he could mention the others
and omit Mr.. Bruere. She replied
that it made no difference; he would
not mention MIR. Bruere. Mrs. Writ
took her leave soon after that"
Lehlbach asked Miss Barrows about