Show No Fight Washingtoa liThe Star furnishes fur-nishes the correspondence between Haskell and Townshend The latter lat-ter wrote HaskelL that on advice he had decided not to prosecute the dispute until Haskell had read a stenographic report of Townshends remarks and seen if he hadnt mis interpreted them He asked a response re-sponse Haskell in answering quoted the most striking passage of Townshends charge and his own reply He says these passages assert as-sert the ways and means committee i is merely the agent of lobbyists and members of it tools of hired lobby ists and scoundrels He is compelled com-pelled to believe he correctly r interpreted and properly character ized those remarks at the time His judgment is backed by that of all others he has talked with Towns hend closes the correspondence by saying he is willing to leave Haskell where his construction of the debate places him and intimates that he should have expected Haskell to ask for an investigation under the circumstances cir-cumstances He is gratified that no 1 I other member of the committee felt that he was reflected upon He never before knew of the man who believed himself charged with personal per-sonal corruption and sought relief in epithets Morrison who has acted as Townshends friend says the correspondence corre-spondence has now closed and the matter may Test |