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Show KIRBY AMD PARRY ABANDON TOUR SAN FRANCISCO, July 1. "Brough-ton "Brough-ton Brandenburg never was in the cm-ploy cm-ploy of the National Association of Manufacturers." Man-ufacturers." This was the reply today of John Klrby, Jr.. former president of the association, when he was shown dispatches dis-patches from Washington reporting the charges made there by Samuel Gompers. Gomp-ers. Mr, Klrby. David M. Parry, also a former for-mer president of the association, and J. P. Bird of Plalnfleld. N. J., general manager man-ager of the association, left today for Washington In obedience to notification from the sergeant-at-arms of tho senate that their testimony was required by the committee Investigating the activities of lobbyists. Mr. and Mrs. Klrby and Parry were to have sailed at noon on the Ventura for Australia, where they planned to make nn Investigation of the relations between capital and labor and the state In the Antipodes. They canceled their reservations half an hour before the liner cleared, at an expense to the party, they estimated, at $3000. Serious Charge Made. TSxccpt for the denial that Broughton Brandenburg had never represented the National Association of Manufacturers none of the party would make any comment com-ment on Samupel Gompers's accusations. Instead they gave out a signed statement state-ment that the Mulhall affair had been engineered In an attempt to destroy the association. The statement follows: From the press dispatches shown us today the purpose of the so-called Mulhall story Is made plain. Not satisfied with securing from the Democratic convention hold in Baltimore Bal-timore absolute pledges to exempt organized or-ganized labor from the operation of the law of this land, they now attempt at-tempt by falsehood and misrepresentation misrepresen-tation to discredit and destrov the National Association of Manufacturersthe Manufactur-ersthe ono organization that has from Its inception operated under the slogan of "Eciual opportunity for all under the law." That we have steadily fought the greatest criminal trust this world has ever known we do not deny; that -we have Illegally attacked or In any way misrepresented misrepre-sented this 'damnable trust, We do omphallcully deny. Purpose in View. Our entire effort In legislative matters mat-ters ban been lo show congressmen and senators mid tn the countrv at large the one fact that the very stability sta-bility of our Institutions depends on the faithfulness of those officials to their duty and upon their unswerving unswerv-ing fidelity to the oath or office which they pledged themselves when accepting ac-cepting their responsibilities. We shall return willingly to face the accusations made. Immediately Immediate-ly upon the request of the congressional congres-sional committee we canceled our transportation lo Australia. This we readily did that we may havp the opportunity op-portunity of facing what we believe to be a set up Job and that we may publicly reveal openly and frankly, every operation of the National Association As-sociation of Manufacturers and show to the world the treasonable cow-ardirc cow-ardirc of soinp of our public officials. Wo shall of roursc know more about these malicious and false charges when we arrive In the cast, but'ue beg to Inquire If it has-evcr been the case In the history of con- gresslonal procedure that a newspaper newspa-per attack appearing on on day was followed In- the Issuing of government govern-ment subpoena the next day? Off for Washington. . Technically speaking, none of the party was subpoenaed Copies of the telegrams tele-grams exchanged with Serget Uigglns show that Klrby was "requested to appear" ap-pear" on July S, necessary expenses to be reimbursed. In reply to an Inquiry whether he would accept this request as service of a subpoena he answered thai he would, but begged that tho convenience conven-ience and expense necessarily entailed be considered excuse for a postponement Sergeant J-Ilgglns replied this morning that the committee insisted, and accordingly accord-ingly the party left for the east tonight. |