Evening star., 1937-03-04
Nye Committee Investigator
Used Data in Books,
Inquiry Told.
OFFICIALS DESCRIBE
STRIPPING OWN FILES
Committee Agents Action Led
to Removal of Papers,
They Assert.
BY JOHN c. HENRY.

Charges that an investigator of the
Senate Munitions Committee stole
records of Federal Laboratories, Inc,
for use in books, magazines and pro-
Communist speeches were made be-
fore the La Toilette Committee today
by John w. Young, president Of the
concern.
Young's accusation, in which he
named Prof. Nathan Miller of the
University of Pittsburgh as the Nye
Committee agent, was made as partial
explanation of the firms failure TO al
low the La Toilette Civil Liberties
Committee investigator to examine all
records under subpoena in the present
inquiry.
Young said the stolen" data ap-
peared in publications and in Miller's
speeches before its presentation be-
fore the Nye Committee and consti-
tuted malicious misuse" of evidence
requested by the Senate
Tell of Stripping Files.
Young and several other officials
called to the stand with him told Of
considerable stripping of the COM
pany's files in January, 1886, while the
Nye Committee was attempting to
serve second subpoena.
Federal Laboratories, one of the larg-
est manufacturers of protective" gas
equipment and machine guns. includ-
ing the Thompson submachine gun,
did a gross business ranging from
100000 to s1,315,000 yearly during
the past five years.
Enthusiastic support Of all strikes
and labor disorders inspired the con-
Germs sales force. letters brought before
the committee showed The salesmen
even reached the point of suggesting
that President Roosevelt be restrained
from cramping their business.
Salesman D. J. Wright wrote his
chief as follows:
Il think some one should get out
restraining order on the President
of the United States to prevent him
from stopping all of these strikes. 1t
seems to me that his actions are abso.
lutely in restraint of trade-that is, as
far as we are concerned"
j. M. Roush, another salesman, To-
Gated in California, sent the following
message to his boss in Pittsburgh in
1884:
Good news, I hope The milk strike
is supposed to break today. The strik-
ers presented their demands this
morning, and We are standing by to
await results. ! was in touch vita
Capt. Hastings of the sheriff's Com
munist squad this morning, and he Is
up In the air as to what will take
place. forgot to mention in my letter
Of January that the sheriff's Office
sent out broadcast to keep all sheriffs
OH the range the day We trained the
Department Of Justice men, but Capt.
Hastings came anyway, because he
has been trying to get tear-gas equip
ment for his division for about two
years, and he wanted the training.
Additional Gas Orders.
I'VE have a pretty good size order
pending from the district attorneys
office for additional gas and two d NJ
masks. If we are going into the strike
areas and lend hand to the Depart
ment of Justice, We feel that two D NJ
gas masks for ourselves are a neces-
sity. We would also like to stock
about six No. 2o4 long-range DM-CN
gas projectiles, in case O. emergency.
Il will let you know as soon as pos
sible the outcome of the milk strike.
Here's hoping it is a good one"
Young told the committee the gas is
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