Show MERCHANT NT MARINE L LITT LEAGUE LECUE OBJECT OF BITTER ITT A ATTACK ACK Language Used by Representative Represent zt ve Which Will Be Kept Out T of Records Washington April 9 An unsuccessful effort to have Congress it itself itself self elf instead of accused members represented by counsel an angry angry un unrecorded unrecorded unrecorded recorded attack on the Merchants Marine M rine league by Representative Me Mc McDermott c Dermott of Illinois and a strenuous denial of Representative charges harges against the league featured meeting of the House Honse com corn committee committee to investigate charges reflecting on congressmen in connection with ship subsidy legislation Harvey Goulder of Cleveland formerly pres president president president ident nesses of ot the league and William Livingston Livings n of Detroit Mich were witnesses witnesses wit witnesses Mr r ito Introduced Intro the resolution for an Into the charges made math In the leagues propaganda In which he lie Kustermann of Wisconsin McDermott of and other representatives were mentioned asked that time be allowed to permit Congress to be e represented by counsel The Th decided that It was un us unwilling unwilling willing that counsel should appear rep representing representing representing resenting Congress but that any member may have counsel present The Th league had said in an 81 editorial in m mits its organ Th American Flag that Mr i McDermott coming coaLing from fram the packing house district of ot fined Chicago and being a I Democrat readilY lined up with the mer iner merchant merchant chant marine opposition and amI that there Js Is a particular significance In Mr Mc vote though we have aa ai a Id Idea lda a that it was waD in line with the wishes of ot the packers and it certainly was ws grateful to Minority leader Clark ClarkI J I wont want to find out how hov far these thugs blackmailers llers and muckraker can I BO ro Mr McDermott said sad to the com COLn Mr Ir McDermott was not a Wit Witness witness ness fleas The chair told the stenographer that tha t that remark was not to o go in the Ule record It should go In the record insisted McDermott If it there have been character assassins it go go o in the record Mr Kustermann was asked by the com corn committee committee if he wanted counsel and he ho re replied replied replied plied In the negative Mr Goulder in his testimony gave a aI clean character to the officers of the I league He denied denle that t the th league le gue sq far as he had any knowledge had ever Indulged In any lobbying nor had It its of officers officers any direct personal interest in ft ocean subsidy their work being along broad patriotic lines hiL ll s Mr Ii Kustermann was w s unable un bl to get from Goulder even an JUt approximate estimate of I 1 Ithe the number of f members of the league whom they were and whether they paid the ten dollar dues and he asked that the I committee instruct that that data be fur tur furnished furnished The committee was assured the on would be forthcoming l |