Evening star., 1934-04-10
Names 6 Pres.
ent When Told
of New Era.
OUTSIDER HELD
KERENSKY VIEW
Surprise Created as
Reed Of Missouri
Arrives as Counsel.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Naming brain trusters and
their satellites" as his in
formants, DR.. William A. Writ
indicated today that he traces
back to DR.. Rexford Guy Tug
well, Assistant Secretary of Ag-
riculture, his conviction that a
plot exists to overthrow the
social order"
For two sensation-studd
hours he recounted his fears to
the House Investigating Com
mittee, while maSSed crowd
followed his words.
The story started with an account
of dinner, attended by him, two men
and three women associated with the
administration. and the representa-
tives here of the Soviet News Agency,
Tass. The last named, Lawrence
Todd, he quoted as saying President
Roosevelt was Gin mid-stream" and
could not turn back from the "revo-
luton"
1t ended with the Indiana educator,
unable to complete his testimony to-
day, suggesting that the committee
summon Lewis w. Douglas, budget
director, and w. I. Westervelt. Chi
cago business man formerly with the
Farm Administration. Writ asserted
they could throw more light on the
alleged plotting to bring Communism.
Rainey Mentioned.
Speaker Rainey's name figured, too
Writ quoting Westervelt as having
said "he had asked Rainey what Con-
gress was going to do, and Rainey
replied that Congress would assemble,
pass certain laws, stay in session un-
til May or June, and within month
or six weeks the Government would
take over some. industries and then
! don't know what will happen
Those cited as present at the Sep
tember dinner were:
Robert Bruere, chairman of the
Textile Code Advisory Committee;
David c. Coyle of the Public Works
Administration; Hildegarde Kneeland
and Mary Taylor, Department of Agri-
culture economists; Alice Barrows Of
the Education Bureau at the Interior
OcpdItulcIlt. dIlu 1OOO.
The dinner was in the Barrows
home in nearby Virginia.
Writ, whose counsel today was for
mer Senator Reed of Missouri. said
Miss Kneeland had quoted Tugwell
as having said he would have closed
the grain and stock exchanges If he
had the power" and that he termed
last Summers business improvement
"a speculative spree"
"Must Change Constitution"
miss Kneeland said" he went on,
shat Tugwell said: If we begin to
plan nationally. we must change once
and for all our statutes and ConSti-
tution.'"
He also testified Miss Kneeland had
quoted the Assistant Secretary of
Agriculture to the effect that "it was
impossible to have planned economy
and have big business operating in
dustry"
Chairman Bulwinkle wanted to
know who had talked of President
Roosevelt as a "Kerensky," later to
be replaced by Stain
Lawrence Todd" Writ replied.
As to Westervelt, the schoolmaster
testified the Chicagoan had said "Dr.
Frederic c. Howe (head of the A.
A. A. Consumers CounciD had told
him that if there was way to stop
feeding people on Federal relief, that
quicker progress could be made to-
ward what we are after"
\ Westervelt also was quoted as hav-
ing said Tugwell asserted he could get
$l,000,000 for special school for
''recent college graduates" and that
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