Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-09-29 | Page 51 | Shearer, Naval Officer to Tell of Genevea Meet

NAVAl O JO TELL TELLS I n nate te Co Committee Near Nears I End d' d dof of Shipbuilders Shipbuilders' 1 Propaganda Quiz r c. c WY Y FRANCIS IS M. M STEPH STEPHENSON ENSON Associated J Press Ics r S Staff aff Writer Write WASHINGTON ASHINGTON S Sc Sept I t. t 28 Reply 28 RelI frill 11 tie bo made on on ori fIlo Monday day by Rear ar Adm Admiral r i 3 JM M Reeves Reevea to the state- state b c the senate naval v 1 In- In committee it e that as one c American experts at the unsuccessful un un- un- un 5 successful ul Geneva Gene naval limitation limita tion of ot 1927 h he bc fre Que expressed the hope it would not Dot s succeed Admiral l called Ch Chairman Eh h of the the toda today b. b telephone Ito t to request the hear hear- ing Drew Pearson a newspaper inan who ho reported the Geneva con- con f 1 rence told th tho committee during Its Investigation of the activities of oC William B. B i. i hearer hearer- on behalf of oC shipbuilders at that conference that lt he saw pay Reeves Reeve frequently In the nv of Shearer In the Swiss city arid arid- ri heard leard him Reeves Ree express ex ex- x- x press J the tho hope of or a a. failure ol ot that parley parle TO ro H HEAR AR SH SHEARER a l After hearing the thc na naval al officer Monday Monda the thi committee tee will turn at atlist list 1st to Shearer t t hear bear his his' of ot wh what t lie he did at nt the conference c called ailed by President l In a a. futile attempt pt to limit tl the e cruiser oC of America America- merlc Great Britain and ad Japan Shearer has liue cued suea 1 the shipbuilders for above b his salary for r services ser ser- vices he ho alleges ho rendered at the Geneva meeting In SIn Its first fist week of ot Investigation the vas was told by the thc shipbuilders shipbuilders ship builders that they se se tUy sent Shearer to Geneva tor for tho tho sole puros pur pur- os of at observing and reporting They rhey agreed eed that they did not even id his his' reports t. t AT 1 NEWS NEWS' qc CONFERENCES ES pearson earson then told the committee that tha f Sh Shearer at at Geneva attended the newspaper c conferences distributed material press e s consorted d frequently fr with the American naval experts and nd was vs is a 3 distinct t influence S. S ence nce against Ar Anglo American good S. S wIlI The senate Investigators In are anxious to 10 question Shearer abo about t Ills Ills' l under understanding a with th the shI- shI builders as to his work Geneva rK and andas andas I as t to j JuH t. t what he dd did dd at Gen Geneva va T There here ex is also 3 possibility that hat the thc committee may go into th the present f as wel ius-wel j we as as' as the p past st activities of Shearer Inquiry baa lias- as developed that the tavy department has has' hasa a record of f Shearer ar r. r and nd there have hav b been en In- In IntImation that t the tho senate In gators call upon upon the department depart depart- nie ment t. t of ot justice to learn what It l It-l JIBS JIB'S s developed d in the tho In In- ve lon b by President Hoover o ot at a a of the shipbuilder ship ship- builder at Geneva TO ro TELL TELL FULL pULL FULL STORY iia hu attended al all the committee com corn n Jie hearings s' s the thO ship ship- builders rs told of at their employment o of j expressed ss d' d regret over ver er It and te termed his reports as as- bunt bunk Helias He lie has lias promised d the committee to tell teU tella a ul story N. N No word WOld has been heard leard by y the from tho the three other 4 American a n naval val experts at t G Geneva nev w V ho were e named by Pe Pearson a. as associates soci tes of Shearer In the Swiss 8 S city Pearson nt named med Rear Admiral Fr Schofield 1 S Commander H. H 11 1 Mr Frost Frost- rost and Commander H H. C C. Train iri Chairman said b been tn cn called and nd thc they to h d t tasked asked to b be heard f- f I