Evening star., 1937-02-05
EUROPE jUNKETS
PROBE DEMANDED
Clifford Demands Officials
Explain Expenses to
Auditing Group.

1ncensed at a number Of recent
European trips by some administration
officials, Representative Clifford, Re-
publican Of Massachusetts,, ranking
minority member on the House Com
mittee on Expenditures in the Gov
ernment Departments, has introduced
Q series of seven resolutions asking
the reason for these trips, the author
tty, how much they cost and where the
money came from.
Administration leaders were startled
yesterday when they read these resolu-
tions. Representative Clifford says he
will demand that the highest officials
be brought before the House Auditing
Committee, of which he Is ranking
minority member, to explain.
Four of the resolutions call on the
Secretary Of Agriculture for these
explanations:
Cd The name of each person desig-
mated by him to represent the United
States in an official capacity to at
tend the Sixth Worlds Poultry Con-
gress at Leipsig, Germany; the pur-
pose Of such representation, the cost
of transportation, housing, substance
and incidental expenses, and the ap-
preparation from which such expenses
were paid and the authority therefor.
Forestry Congress Questioned.
ca Similar information regarding
each person designated by MIN and
any other persons to attend the Sec
ond International Congress on For
eStry at Budapest. Hungary, for the
purpose of studying European forestry.
90 Similar information regarding
these persons representing the United
States in an official capacity to inquire
into cooperative enterprises In Europe
and to make q study and report upon
the nature, ways Of operation and
place In the economic structure Of
consumers cooperation in European
countries.
% Similar information regarding
those designated to represent the
United States in an official capacity
at the biennial assembly in 1886 Of
the International Institute Of Agricul-
ture in Rome, Italy.
A fifth resolution requires the So
cial Security Board to report similar
information on those who visited Eu-
ropean countries in 1886 to study So
cial conditions in England, France
and Germany.
Housing ENJOYS Cited.
The sixth resolution seeks similar
Information from the Secretary of
Commerce concerning persons in the
Government service who in their off,
cial capacity visited foreign countries
in 1885 to investigate housing condi-
tions and architectural and admins
tration features of housing in those
countries.
The seventh resolution requests from
the Secretary of Labor the names Of
persons assigned to the International
Labor Office in Geneva, Switzerland, in
1896 for special tasks or temporary
duty to further the cooperation of the
United States with the International
Labor Office in drafting and admins
tering labor laws and in research-with
all expenditures and authority therefor.
Representative Clifford argues that
these "junkets" are bringing to the
United States alien and un-American
concepts. Many Of the enterprises
sponsored by the Roosevelt admins
tration, he points out. are modelled on
European experiments. He believes
that if the spotlight were thrown on
the nature of the European influences
on American ideas, public opinion
would be less ready to support them.
Clifford is one of the two Republican
House members appointed to the joint
Congressional Committee on Govern
ment Organization which will consider
the Presidents reorganization program.