The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-24

Washington, April 24-In a na- tlon-wide radio broadcast March 6, President Jouett Shouse of the American Liberty League as- serted that "every telegram sent by any citizen of the U. s. to any one in Washington between F1b. 1 and Dec. l, 1885, has been subjected to examination by the Federal Trade Commission or the Black( senate lobby investigating) Committee. Every telegram sent out of Washington during those 10 months has been subject to such Investigation"
 A check disclosed that IA mill lion messages had been sent and received in Washington during the 10 months, whereupon two weeks later MT. Shouse said in another radio broadcast: More than 22,- 900 telegrams sent from or re- ceived at the Washington office between Feb. 1 and Dec. 1, 1885, were copied and turned over to the Black Committee" A correc- ton to the extent of 13,978,000.
 League of Propaganda
 ''Now what is the truth?" asked Senator Lewis B. Schwellenbach of Washington in radio address Thursday night. "Why does Mir. Shouse persist in thus distorting the facts? We look to the finan- cial interests behind MT. Shouse. The sworn statement of the Lib- erty League shows that he re- Ceived as it's president during 1895 as personal expenses $54,000 or $175 for each working day. The League is 8 propaganda organiza- tion. It's purpose is to discredit President Roosevelt and prevent his reelection. It distributed up- ward of 112 pamphlets in the last 18 months, every one of which contained criticism of the presi- dent and his administration. The sworn statement shows that dur ing 1885 the League received as financial aid the sum of $583, ,000, of which $27O,OO0 came from the duPont family or their business or personal associates or affiliates.
 What is the business of the du- Fonts? It is the manufacture of munitions. The morbid business of war. During the last war the du- Pont munitions company received profits that resulted in the dec- laration of dividends or increases in surplus to the extent of 237 million dollars. On the poppy cov- cred fields of France there stand today thousands upon thousands of rows of white crosses as eternal monuments to the 237 million dol- lars that the duPonts made.
 No More War Profits
 "Why are the duPonts so in- terested in defeating President Roosevelt? Because this admins tration, for the first time in the history of the nation. under the leadership of Franklin D. Roose- welt, has taken constructive steps to prevent a repetition of Amer icas entry into European con- fiicts. The neutrality laws Roose- welt has forced upon the statute books are an effective preventa- tive. They go further. They pre- vent all shipment of munitions of war from this country as a neutral to any belligerent at war. So there will be no 237 million dollar mu. milton profits while the neutrality law remains Onthe statute books,
 sWhy does the Liberty League thus concentratae upon the 6en- ate Lobby Investigating Commit tee? Because the duPont interests know that in any attempt they make to secure repeal Of the neua tralfty laws this committee or one similarly constituted will be the Presidents most effective weapon tn exposing lobbying activities.