Evening star., 1946-07-09

hills into mountains in order to
destroy an enemy, much less a
friend. You have, in recent days
heard much about the old adage
Let the chips fall where they may
But for the rules of comfy between
the two Houses OF Congress, ana the
fact that l desire to exercise proper
restraint and remain gentleman
the chips certainly would fall here
this afternoon.
So many characterizations Of one
newspaper and radio commentator
have been frequently and adequately
made by the President of the United
States, cabinet officers, and men,
bers of Congress, that is beyond my
ability to improve upon them. ]
might add to this that one of them
has again allowed himself to be
made use of as a newspaper and
radio medium by people unknown
to me, who have given him false in
formation which he has neither
asked me whether or not it is true
nor apparently verified from their
so-called sources, which Is, I am in
formed, the habitual procedure
followed In syndicating half truths
and untruths in his column now
that Robert Allen is no longer his
newspaper partner. l remember
that when Mr.. Allen shared the
responsibility for producing this
column that he habitually checked
voluntary information to make GER
tain that is was truthful prior to
the release Of the column to Amer
lcan newspapers.
Not One Statement True.
I shall not impose upon the
time of the members here to cate
eorically deny all the statements
which have been disseminated to
the public through columnists and
commentators, beyond declaring
that not one of them is true.
For example: The statement was
made that l secured the transfer
or retention in service and PROMO
ton of so Army officers. The fact
is that the only time I made any
suggestion with regard to any
officer was in the case of Gen. Viii
liam N. Porter, when he was to be
retired at the end of four years,
whose testimony has been in
terpreted as being against me. !
asked Gen. Somervell to retain
him as chief of the Chemical War
fare Service beyond his four-year
term. l did this because OF the
efficiency he had displayed.
If, in my zeal to promote the war
effort, l have in some thouehtless
moment gone beyond the rules of
propriety by merely speaking to
general over the telephone and
asking fair treatment for a business
concern, I hope l did not corrupt
the general, and that he is not
that kind OF a weakling. Major
generals ought to be braver and
stronger than that.
Congress appropriated large
fund for Army intelligence. Just
what this intelligence service accom-
plished in checking the personal
standing and financial responsibility
of the men engaged on the Chicago
front in producing war materials is
not evident. At no time did the
War Department or any officer in
form me that their investigations
had developed lack OF responsibility
or integrity on the part Of the in
dividuals concerned. Where was the
War Departments intelligence serv-
ice? If they had been as active and
interested in investigating and re-
porting as they have been in record
ing telephone conversati tions of mem
bers of Congress. it is conceivable
that these questions would never
have arisen.
Sees Attacks as Sinister.
I cannot help but believe thaI
there is something sinister in thes,
attacks on me, and I cite as one OF
my reasons for that belief that ont
Flanagan, investigator for the Meac
Committee. appeared at the Office.
of the Erie Basin Co. with a sub
poena duces tecum, which specified
all papers, transactions, checks
books, correspondence, etc, concern
ing. among others, myself, A. J
May. This subpoena was dated Ma!
6. 1916. This investigator arrived a
very convenient time when ther,
was only young woman reception
iSt present in the office. He aSket
her name and. having obtained ii
filled in her name in the subpoena
which calls only for the appearance,
Of person with the papers de
scribed. Instead of that, this il
vestigator used this subpoena as (
search warrant. This is an un
pardonable breach of the scare.
and seizure clause of the Constitu
ton. and violate one of our deares
rights. In fact. it is one of the yer,
things We fought for in this wal
And SO I say, I cannot help Du
in connection with all these attack
on me. What about the conStitu
tional rights OF the humblest citi
zen?
The newspapers have carried
photographs of an endorsement OF
a certain check Of one of these com
panies purporting TO bear my name
signed as president of the Cumber-
land Lumber Co. I have not ant
never have been president of the
Cumberland Lumber Co. and GER.
tainly would not have signed m,
name as such. I do not know who
did it but 1 did not I did not en-.
dorse that check "a. j. MAY, presi.
dent" The payee of the check wa
the Cumberland Lumber Co. and i
was placed to their credit l ad,
vanced funds for the Cumberland
Lumber Co. on several occasions anc
the check for $3,l56.47 was REIN.
bursement to me for such advance
for which 1 have deposit slips. 4
complete audit Of all my dealing!
with the Cumberland Lumber Co. i!
being made and will be submitted t(
the press.
Truth crushed to earth shall rise
again.
British Minister Attacks
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