The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-11-29


4 \ list dictatorship, and
the chairman of
yen. o'ieu'e' the committee, Rep
y. bullet resentative John w.
Mccormack of New York, considered
the tale of enough portent to war
rant the calling of, witnesses to
prove or disprove it. General But
Ter made his story public through
the columns of the New York Eve
ming Post, as the proceedings of
the committee are conducted in pri-
yate. -. r..
If Butler Is to be believed, he
was approached by Gerald p. Mac
CURE, bond salesman in the stock
exchange firm Of Grayson M. P.
Murphy and company, and urged
to accept the leadership of sol
der organization of half a million
men (which would assemble-prob-
ably a year from now-in Washing
ton, and that within a few days it
could take over the functions of
the government" MacGuire. accord
ing to the general. thought the
overturn of the government might
be accomplished peacefully and sug-
gested that 1--WE might even 60 along
with Roosevelt and do with him
what Mussolini did with the king of
Italy"
Buffers story continued:
"He told me he believed that at
least half of the American Legion
and Veterans of Foreign Wars
would follow me.
"MacGuire explained to me that
they had two other candidates for
the position of Man on the White
Horse He said that if I did not
accept an offer would be made
to Gen. Douglas Macarthur, chief
of staff of the United States army,
and that the third choice would
be Hanford MacNider, former COM
mander of the American Legion.
$50 far as I know, neither Gem
eral Macarthur nor MacNider has
been approached. Their names
were merely mentioned as alter
nates.'"
The general said he was offered
considerable sums "for expenses
which he did not accept. He said
MacGuire intimated that among
the hackers of the plan was Mr..
Murphy and Col. Robert s. Clark, a
wealthy New Yorker with offices in
the Stock Exchange building; and
he added that later Colonel Clark
offered him money to go to the
American Legion in Chicago last
year and make speech for re-
tention of the gold standard, which
speech MacGuire had previously
given Butler.
Clark, at present in France, ad-
mitted he had asked Butler "to use
his influence in favor of sound
money and against inflation," but
strongly denied that he had spon-
sored a Fascist movement. He de-
clared he would take action for IL
bel against any person accusing him
In such a connection.
Murphy and other Wall Street
men said the story was absolutely
false and unutterably ridiculous.
and MacGuire, after being heard by
the Mccormack committee, said:
Its a joke-a publicity stunt. I
know nothing about 1t. The mat
ter is made out of whole cloth. I
deny the story completely"
Go FAR as the great steel indus.
y try is concerned, it appears that
the Industrial truce asked by Pres
ident Roosevelt cannot be arranged.
and the prospect of a strike of the
steel workers is growing.
In behalf of the United States
Steel corporation, a proposal was
made to the American Federation
OF Labor that recognition of that
organization would be granted but
that no contract would be made.
This proposal, it was said, would
De agreed TO by IS per cent of the
steel industry.
The labor spokesman, led by Will
liam Green, president of the A. F.
OF L., rejected the tender on the
ground that it was hedged about in
such way to permit collective bar
gaining with minority groups or
company unions, and that the en-
ployers We're still unwilling to &C
cept the principle of majority rule
as set forth in the national labor
relations boards decision in the
HOude case.
Z II rupture comes the Federation
or Labor may find the federal gov
eminent rather unsympathetic. Mr..
Green's influence in the White
house has been waning noticeably
and ne has had no personal contacts
with the President for some time.
New Workers with offices in sky
scrapers were gIaddened by the