Evening star., 1938-03-28
BY VOHN H. CLINE.

Evidence OF q strong House revolt
against Senate Majority Leader Bark
ley's resolution for an investigation OF
the Tennessee Valley Authority devel-
oped today as Representative Maver-
lex, Democrat, of Texas declared the
Senate resolution is the foundation for
purge trial" to get rid of DR.. Arthur
E. Morgan, deposed chairman of the
T. v. A.
Although Mr.. Maverick has been re-
garded as a warm friend of the T. v.
A.. he denounced some Of the activities
Of that agency, as we'll as the Senate
resolution, in a statement to the House
Rules Committee, which is considering
several proposals for investigation Of
T. v. A.
Wins Support.
Several other House members sup
ported Mr.. Mavericks position, two
Of them calling for removal by Con-
gress Of all three T. v. A. directors.
Opening his statement to the COM
mittee, Mr.. Maverick described the
Barkley resolution. which would set
up joint congressional committee
of impartial" investigators. as . Sc
ries Of Senators speeches and COM
promises"
Welcomes Partisans on Board.
"The self-respect and the integrity
OF the Democratic party are at stake
in this matter" Mr.. Maverick de-
clared. THE New Deal ought not to
put itself in the position of apparently
being afraid to set up . committee
that will unearth the true facts of the
T. v. A. situation.
Personally, 1 would welcome the
appointment Of partisans to this inves-
tigating committee I think we have
been guilty OF waiting too long for
word from the White House or Senate
as to how we shall proceed. seem
to find out what am going to do from
the newspapers. How about the pres
tige Of the House? Why should we back
down under the whip of the Senate?
Let's not be rubber stamps voluntar-
ily."
Mr.. Maverick then asserted the
Barkley resolution was worded in a
manner to prevent investigation of any
charges than those approved by the
majority leader.
1T looks to me like we are getting
into q purge trial to get rid of a
fellow they don't want" the Texan
declared. Il don't want this investi-
alton to develop into anything like
that"
Prepared Speech.
Mr.. Maverick then said he had pre-
pared q speech criticizing some of the
industrial contracts drawn up by Da-
vid E. Lilienthal, one of the T. v. A.
directors, and principal antagonist of
the deposed chairman.
In connection with that speech"
Mr.. Maverick told the committee, Il
wrote to the directors of the T. v.
A. requesting certain information.
Instead of supplying the information,
they sent up q press relations man,
who filled me full of misinformation.
But then I got q copy of the T. v. A.
annual report and dug out the facts
for myself.
But apparently the powers that be
in the T. v. A. did not believe a Con-
gresham has sense enough to add up
. column Of figures himself. I have
some friends working for the T. v.
A. and apparently they were suspected
of supplying me with the informa-
ton got from the report. As re-
suit, my friends have been harassed
and spied upon. am a friend of
the T. v. A., but can't put up with
such tactics as that"
Mr.. Maverick said that when he
made his speech criticizing Mr.. Lilien-
thai, certain people" came to him
and said that, as a friend of T. v. A.,
he should have criticized DR.. Morgan
and not Mr.. Lilienthal.
Receives Many Letters.
He also told the committee he has
received about 500 letters discussing
the T. v. A. situation. most of them
being from people friendly 10 the
New Deal"
The overwhelming majority of the
writer's Of these letters" he said,
think there is something wrong in
(see T. v. A., Page A-3.)