Evening star., 1934-09-18

action in making reparations demands
was "preposterous."
Senator Vandenberg, Republican,
Of Michigan said of the protest:
Our committee forum is freely
open for rebuttal proofs that these
international munitions agents are
guilty of falsehood as we'll as danger
Gus intrigue 1t would be my hope
that other governments will welcome
this first opportunity ever given the
world to cut away these cancers.
Surely we all want the truth. We
greatly respect the Argentine and seek
only to be helpful"
Six Representatives in Reich.
Nye said, as the hearing was re-
sumed, that the committee had evi-
derce that the United Aircraft Export
Co. had at least six business repre-
sentatives in Germany in April, 1884;
at the time when it was making great
ly increased sales of airplane motors
to Germany.
Deeds refused to admit that his COM
pany had any knowledge these motors
were to be used to re-arm Germany
in the air,
Isn't it true Germany now is
equipped TO build and equip 100 air.
planes per MONTH Nye asked Deeds.
Il don't know"
Haven't you heard it said that
Germany at the end of this year will
have 1000 airplanes?"
Deeds said he had no information
about that, although he later said
motors his company was shipping to
Germany could readily be synchron-
lied for machine-gun use. and could
be altered for military use.
Intended for Commercial Use.
Deeds insisted the equipment was
intended for commercial use as far
as his company knew.
DO you maintain that you had
assurance that your business in Ger
many was not in any way related to
her military program?" asked Nye.
I'VE had every reason to believe that
Germany's normal commercial re-
quirementS would absorb all orders
given U.S."
But surely all the reports of your
agents abroad clearly indicated a
military purpose in all these orders,
pressed Nye.
Yes, those reports indicated Ger
many was preparing to rearm, but we
didn't take that into consideration one
way or another"
From letters from your agents you
had ample opportunity to guess what
was taking place from the tremendous
increase in German orders. Hadn't
you been aware that you were helping
IN a military program and not a
strictly commercial enterprise?"
NO" Deeds answered.
Agreement With German Firm.
At yesterday afternoons session II
was developed that United Export not
only sold large quantities of aircraft
equipment to Germany, but that its
Pratt & Whitney subsidiary had a
license agreement with a firm there
permitting it to manufacture Pratt &
Whitney motors.
This agreement was the center of a
long discussion. Under it, the Bavar-
AoAA &'4OOOA WOAho, 4OCLlI111Co hS I'LL
affiliate of the celebrated Krupp firm
was entitled to produce the Pratt &
Whitney hornet" air-cooled engine
for an annual payment of $4,000.
The arrangement originally provided
for a royalty payment of 5000 pei
engine, but the contract recently was
changed at the request of the German
company which objected to giving
the American firm information as II
the number of engines it turned out
Urged High License Fee.
Treasurer Deeds testified that In
setting a fiat yearly payment OF
$4,000, to which the Bavarian works
at first demurred, he conceived that
the German company might produce
400 or more motors yearly and used
that as an argument in support of the
high license fee.
Company records showed United Ex-
ports sales to Germany jumped tc
Sl,445 900 in the first eight months
of 1884. from S272, 900 in the full year
of 1888 and scant $4,000 in 1882
The 1884 sales consisted of ITS engines
8 airplanes and other equipment.