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Show INVESTIGATORS ARE SCOREDj)MTE E. H. Gary Declares Facts Are Often Wilfully Reversed. PITTSBURG, Feb. 26. Declaring that investigators often are not only incompetent, but are prejudiced, and as a result wilfully reverse many pertinent per-tinent and material facts, E. H. Gary, chairman of the United States Steel corporation, tonight spoke on "indiscriminate "indis-criminate criticisms'' at the alumni banquet of the University of Pittsburg. Earlier the university had conferred on him the degree of doctor of science in connection with its one hundred and twenty-eighth anniversary exercises. Jndge Gary said in part: The ordinary reader of the daily press seldom overlooks or neglects to read unfavorable criticisms. And so there is a class of men who, for selfish reasons, take advantage of that peculiar trait of human nature na-ture to discover in one way or another an-other something that may be prejudicial preju-dicial to a cause, a community or a nation, in order to have it published pub-lished or in some way spread broadcast broad-cast for the delectation of those who may be entertained by reading read-ing it. " These efforts sometimes take the form of individual work, investigations by committees or commissions created by legislatures legisla-tures or congresses, or, in exceptional excep-tional cases, even by judicial (branches of government, such as grand paries, with their inquisitor-jal inquisitor-jal power. Oftentimes the investigators inves-tigators are not only utterly incompetent, incom-petent, but they are prejudiced and wilfully reverse many of the pertinent perti-nent and material facts. No one is exempt from these crifc--jeisms. They extend from the lowest low-est individual even to the nation. This is without question an eooch of indiscriminate criticism. Much Ms justified; probably more is without with-out warrant. Ju the last decade there has been more abuse, more slander, more personal attack and more demagogy, and as a consequence conse-quence more injury, to tho general public than ever before. No complaint of criticism, agitation agi-tation or investigation can reasonably reason-ably be made, provided the facts call for it. Circumstances seem to show that we are approaching tho time when the investientor will be criticised; when committees and commissions will 'he brought before other similar bodies for judgment. In conclusion. Judge Gary said there were many editorial writers who were discussing important questions of the day impartially, and declared that the general attitude of the great newspapers newspa-pers of today is ''fair and just. " |