The daily worker., 1935-02-05
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Link Forces
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Huge Propaganda
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One of these secret meetings
was held in the Hotel Pierre,
apartment Of Frank A. Vanderlip,
former president Of the National
City Bank and one of the found
ers Of the Committee for the Ma
ton. There Henry Pope, repre-
senting the Bear Brand Hosiery
Company of Chicago, declared,
with extreme agitation, that in
his opinion america is just six
months away from BOlshevism'-
unless, that is, this group saw to
II something were done to pre-
vent it.
Another was in the private
apartment Of Vincent Bendix,
head Of the big Bendix Aviation
Corporation and a founder Of the
Committee for the Nation, in the
waldorf Astoria hotel. There Ben
dix emphasized the ridiculous
spectacle" that existed in the con-
tinued crisis in 'the wealthieSt ma
ton in the world. with millions
of people who have tremendous
potential demands for goods and
services of all kinds. and on the
other hand industrial machines
prepared to produce these goods
and services"
In the same meeting, James H.
Rand, Jr., urging monetary re-
form" reported that on that day,
Jan. 26, 1898, one man had offered
Rand 100000 to further the work
of propagandizing some program.
At this time the program had not
been decided upon in detail.
Heads Big Corporation
Rand. leader in these confer
ences, is president Of the Morgan
Hearst Rockefeller corporation.
Remington Rand. He is chairman of
the Committee for the Nation and
a recognized intimate Of President
Roosevelt. He is the known CO.
ordinator Of the anti" depression"
programs Of the U. s. Chamber of
Commerce and the National Asso-
citation Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
proposing a citizens army" for
strikebreak king as we'll as company
unionism and suppression of the
radical labor movement.
Others participating in these con-
ferences were:
Dr. Edward A. Rumley, exposed
Nazi contact, whose connection with
the Committee for the Nation was
never referred 30 publicly by Off
cials of the Committee while it was
being organized. He was one of
the founders.
R. j. Anderson, representative of
the Dairymens League Cooperative
Association, Inc, and still named on
official Committee for the Nation
stationary as their contact" with
this and other big farmer groups,
seh-constituted as spokesman for
American Agriculture" These as
sociations. recognizedly, were organ
lied to sell their products to the
Wall Street trusts. such as Morgans
Standard Brands. Borden's milk
monopoly, etc. This relationship in
itself puts these leaders" Of ''agri-
culture" under the sway Of Wall
Street. They are notorious squeez-
ers Of poor farmers who have to
market through these "cooperstives. I"
Anderson stated in one of these
meetings that he had been attempt
ing to bring about a coalition Of
forces between business and agricul-
ture'' = meaning business and this
big-fsrmer- group-since December
%, 1888. Such coalition was es-
tablished later in the White Sulphur
Springs conference.
Harry Hartke, president. National
Cooperative Mix Producers Fedora
tion; John A. Simpson, president of
the Farmers Union; M. Benton Bla-
lock, president Of the American
Cotton Cooperative Association of
Raleigh. North Carolina; and other
representatives Of similar leaders Of
agriculture.
Dr. William A. Writ, the red-bait-
ing school superintendent OF U. S.
Steel's town Of Gary, Illinois. who
later broke into the news as the
Author Of the farcical charge that
Roosevelt government Brain-Trust-
ers were plotting Red Revolution" /"
Confer with Big Bankers
All Of these men are now in the
Committee for the Nation. During
the period of these secret confer
ences, Anderson was also confer
ring with big bankers such as Elliott
Lee, vice president of Morgan's
Guaranty Trust Co.; Dr.. r. B. Bur
CESS of the Federal Reserve Bank;
and with open-shop industrialists
such as President McCoIl Of McIn-
tosh Seymour, as we'll as with DR..
Virgil Jordan, head of the famous
shoppers research" aSsocia-
ion, the National Industrial Con-
ference Board. Anderson was placed
on the Committee for the Nation
to serve as a link between Business
and agriculture. !"
In addition, the Committee for
the Nation has Brought into lead
ing positions the following:
J. H. R. Cromwell, stepson of E.
T. Stotesbury Of Philadelphia, part
ner of j. P. Morgan & Company,
whose associate, Col. @. Mp.
Murphy, was involved in the Fascist
Army plot.
Professor George Warren, who
was the chief Roosevelt advisor on
currency questions when the admin
istration devalued the dollar.
G. T. Revere, of Munds, Wiuslow
and Potter, leading member Of the
American Liberty League.
COughlin Backer
George Leblanc, broker and in
vestment-seryice operator, who was
one of the original hackers Of Father
Charles Edward Coughlin's radio