Evening star., 1934-09-14
|FOODLOAN BOUGHT
|ARMS, PROBE TOLD
China Used 10 Million From
U. S. for Munitions,
Nye Charges.
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Du Pont company was given to un-
derstand that the process was not prt-
marily for military purposes.
Another point was that the desire OF
Mitsui to acquire the process pro
ceded any warlike activities between
Japan and China"
Before today's hearing began, con-
ferences with Secretaries Hull and
Roper and State Department experts
held the committee In closed session
for more than an hour while the MEM
bers shaped policies for next weeks
hearings.
mo Soft-Pedaling."
Neither Hull nor Roper would COM
ment on the purpose of their visit, ex-
cept to say it was in the interest Of
simplifying the committees work.
There was no inclination or re-
quest to soft-pedal anything" Chair
man Nye said later. I'VE are going
right ahead No one suggested that
we have gone too far. Naturally,
there are important issues We have to
keep sight Of to avoid thwarting the
whole purpose of the hearing"
with Hull was Joseph Green, State
Department expert on munitions.
Hull said he had not yet received any
protest from Mexico on the commit
tees investigation up to last night.
Roper's presence reminded that his
department has jurisdiction over COM
mercial attaches abroad, whose names
have frequently been heard in the
investigation.
Pressure Charge Hit.
The first evidence presented this
morning that the joint Shanghai rep
resentative Of the du Pont corpora
ton and the Imperial Chemical In
dustries, Ltd; Of London, suggested in
1888 that representations be made to
the American State Department and
the British foreign office in an effort
to lift restrictions on the shipment Of
munitions to the Canton government.
Lammot du Pont said the assump-
ton that pressure was to be brought
on the State Department and the
British foreign Office was unfair.
"The communication simply says
that representations might be made, "
he said. HE said that 1t would help
our business: not that anything was
DONE"
At that time the Canton and CEN
tral government at Nanking were en-
gagged in one Of their periodic dis
putes, and the representative COM
planned Of dif1iculties in obtaining q
permit to ship to consignees in China
other than the Nanking government.
Saved United States"
It was the du Pont Corp, Vice
President Irenee du Pont, testified
yesterday, that saved the United
States from becoming German col
ony during the World War, through
its assistance to France and England
and later to the United States.
Du Pont sharply denied that the
wartime profits Of his company lay
outside the field of patriotism and de-
clared most of them came from sales
to the Allies.
His statement was the high point
of q rousing argument that sizzled
with passages between committeeman
and members Of the famous family
which owns the du' Font Co.
A few minutes before evidence had
been introduced that du Pont agents
were vitality concerned over legtsla-
ton for arms elnbargoes and even
with the passage Of the resolution
which authorized the present muni-
tions investigation.
The revelations aroused the three
du Pont brothers.
Private Industry Better"
'The naturalization of munitions
industries would be q mistake" Irenee
asserted. "They cannot be as efi-
cient as private industry"
"How do you know the War Depart
ment wouldn't be as efficient rs pri-
vate Industry" sharply queried Sen
ator Bone, Democrat, Of Washington
"How do you know they couldn't func-
ton and manufacture munitions as
well as you have done?"
Experience has shown they can't, -
Irenee replied.
Then we have this sombre picture, :