The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-13
us. Departments Aided Arms Sales
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Linked in Inquiry
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the single objective OF exposing
vast and unimagined abuses in the
munitions trade" However, the
Secretary of State made no effort
to refute the evidence itself-par-
ticulsrly the evidence involving his
own department.
Further correspondence to show
that the American Department Of
State actively helped the American
manufacturers to supply American
pilots to fight in the Bolivian Army
against Paraguay just last April in
the Chaco, and that American arms
makers were bargaining to send
American pilots actually to parti-
cipate with the reactionary armies
Of China only last February (pre-
Sumably against the Chinese Red
Army piled into the record of the
investigation today.
Senators Ask No Questions
Again the investigating Senators
asked no questions, but sat mum
and sometimes glum while a young
Investigator conducted the question
ing. Senator Barbour of New Jer-
Sey (Rep) who has openly at
tempted to aid the munitions men
on the stand, was absent, possibly
busy with some home work.
But Senator "Puddler Jim" Davis,
former Moose lottery king Of the
millionaires' and steel bsrons' Penn
sylvania, exercised his Senatorial
privilege Of sitting in with the
Committee, although he is not
member of it.
Meter the imperial war-foment-
ing witnesses nor the Senators rep
resenting their helpful" American
capitalist government demurred at
the inserting in the record of let
ters concerning very recent &C
tivities in the Far East and South
America.
Pilots Fight in Colombia
One document divulged that an
American naval officer, on active
duty in the United States Navy,
while assigned as advisor" to the
Government of Colombia last April
had the understanding t IN a t
(American) pilots we're to be re-
cruited who were willing to fight if
necessary and instruct Colombian
students otherwise" This letter to
one of the Curtiss Wright Export
Corp. IN. " officials, from their
agent in Colombia, continued:
Contracts were drawn up accord
ingly and every one was happy I'M
til the press got wind of it. The
State Department then had to take
official cognizance, to which they
were forced to react negatively in
order to maintain a strict neutrality
in South America So a new con-
tract was negotiated, saying Moth
ing about the pilots arrangement,
the letter said, and still Commander
Strong wants to take immediate
steps to get other pilots down here
who are willing to fight-a high
type of individual is necessary in
order that Colombia may have the
best impression possible off Amer
leans, which impression will be in
their use Of American goods and
equipment"
Letter from Agent In Chile
Next came a letter to this arms
company from an agent in Chile,
boastfng he had induced Commander
Arturo Marine, chief of the Chilean
Air Corps, to come to the United
States on an inspection tour" to
offset efforts of the Prince of Wales.
The Royal British salesman had
just been in Chile and invited the
Chilean official to come to England,
so that the American agent de-
manded that the Chilean visit all
American Navy stations and meet
President Hoover, if possible"
Senator Nye suddenly sat up and
asked Witness C. w. Webster
whether the dmperialist) fight for
markets isn't really conflict be-
tween heads of governments Web
ster replied composedly, Il wouldn't
say So"
Roosevelt Secretary Involved
A Roosevelt government official
Stephen Early, now one of the Pres
ident's three secretaries-was linked
to the imperialist munitions traffic
when a letter from the Exports
Washington representative date d
July l, 1929, told how Early was
working with Jimmy Doolittle-
nous former Army flyer recently
appointed by President Roosevelt to
the Newton D. Baker Board, which
has just recommended more military
defense" building-toward making
news" movies which would (inci-
dentally-most incidentally adver-
tise the Curtis Hawk" plane. At
this time, 1929, Early was Wash
ington representative of the Par
amount News Reel Corporation.
The letter, showing how the news
reels are controlled by imperialists
both to spread powerful propaganda
for war and to advertise American
made war engines, read: Il saw
Steve Early, Washington represen-
tatiye of the Paramount News
people, and he is working on the
procuring of a Curtiss Hawk from
the Army for Doolittle to make
some acrobatic pictures over New
York City. Early has obtained
authority for the Army to send a
plane from Boiling Field to New
York to be turned over to Doolittle
there. In view of the fact that we
may be able to get the caption,
'Curtiss Hawk Ito appear on the
news reaD it would be well to have
someone get in touch with Jimmie
in this matter"
Private Arms Statesmen
Another letter, from an export
agency in Turkey, told how Major
General Douglas Macarthur, then
and still Chief of Staff of the U. s.
Army, obliged by visiting Turkey
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