| Show Brit British sh Dump Large Stock of Munitions on Private on-Private Private Market Says Report in in Record of Senate Probe V WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Sept 10 UP The British w war r office has tu turned over worth of at small arms anns Including machine guns to a private c company for sale correspondence read into inlo the records of ot the senate mu munitions investigation disclosed to to- day A letter from the Sole Soley Armament Company Ltd to the American Armament corporation New York dated February 3 1934 told of or disposal dis dis- of the stock An Another letter from the thc Soley c com company corn corn- m. m pany in March 1934 1034 sUI suggested that the United States purchase a quan Uty 0 of the arms it il held and supply them to lo China for lor u we use e aga agai against st Japan At the j rm wro wrote c that Japan was going to take a a still larger slice of ol China and comparatively comparatively shortly while the getting is good Efforts o of American Americ n manufacturers to sell airplanes airplanes' to the Chinese g government gov v. v last year necessitated payIng paylag pay- pay ling lag the squeeze to obtain a contract c correspondence placed before e the thc senate senale munitions committee revealed today The fhe squeeze was interpreted by bya a witness as being the same same as greasing greas i jag ing u the way way or or doing the needful Other c correspondence showed that thatA A A. J J. J Miranda whose American n Armament Armament Arm Arm- ament c corporation New York is under under un der Investigation negotiated c the sale of ot a Lo Lockheed pl plane plane to n Jo to J Japan ap nin inU inJune ft e 1 1934 1034 He also helped arrange for an inspection by Japanese naval officers of ot L Lockheed's Burbank Cal Cat plant another letter revealed A. A J. J Miranda Jr president of ot the American firm said he did n not l follow fol id- low Jaw the s suggestion The Soley company in another letter let let- ter ler to the American firm on February February ar ary 6 1934 advised that arms deals pre are not usually done without some officials getting gelling greased gre Miranda told the committee that thaL his his' firm rm was now the United l States agent gent of the British company com He lie lesti testified he regarded American business methods ds as cleaner than British ta tactics Uco L Senator nat r Ho Homer er T. T Boric Bone Boric CD D. D Wash questioning Miranda about the magnitude o of the stock held by bythe the British company asked I If they put this tremendous mass mas massof of stuff out they could up upset eL a gov nt Yes responded the witness In his his' test testimony Miranda charged that the department of state aided American munitions companies to avoid an embargo on arms sales to Bolivia last June JUnc He He testified that dep department officials olt cJ ls informed him their attitude toward shipments to the two South American nations nations' enga engaged ed in the thc Gran Chaco w war r was Wul Tr Try to ship your jour our stuff and the Continued on Paso 11 Twenty BRITAIN ENTERS MUNITIONS QUIZ War Office Dumps Stock on Market S Says ys Record at Senate Quiz Continued from Page Pue One governments government's a agencies block your our way hire the best lawyer available and get an injunction against the gov gov- The charge was denied immediately immediate ly by Joseph C. C Green of ot the departments departments department's departments department's depart depart- ments ment's division of ot western European affairs Miranda is connected with Miranda Brothers Inc a concern which acts as sales agent for airplane and munitions muni munitions companies He told the com com- n his business s was aided by the fact act that Amelia Earhart transatlantic lantic lantie flier Ruth Nichols Eleanor Smith Clarence Chamberlin and other noted aviators used the type of oCI plane he was attempting to sell I Russia Enters Quiz Russia Is mobilizing a powerful air ir ir force with the aid of military secrets obtained from American munitions firms the investigators learned to to- day The committee obtained information tion that millions of dollars were spent in in perfecting the inventions which the Soviet republic was utilizing utilizing utilizing ing through purchases from U. U S. S airplane building companies Investigators revealed that a number nurn- nurn ber ier of ot American Americ aviation engineers were in Russia helping to establish one of or the greatest air forces in the world Second Week of ot Quiz Testimony about Russian sales and negotiations with South American na nations ions will be heard b by the committee in n the second week of its sensational munitions inquiry C. C W. W Webster and J. J S. S Allard AUard of the he Wright Curtiss-Wright Export corporation corporation corpora- corpora tion ion were scheduled to appear late today oday F. F H. H Love of the United Aircraft Aircraft Air Air- craft Transport corpora corporation on and Donald Jonald Y Brown an officer of ot the Pratt Whitney corporation engine builders will testify on Friday Recent disclosures that the U. U S. S war var department permitted secret gun designs to pass into the hands of a commercial company to boost foreign foreign foreign for for- eign sales brought demands from some committeemen for strict regulation regula regula- tion ion of or the munitions business Further Questioning A highlight of the weeks week's program will be the appearance of the Delaware Delaware Delaware Dela Dela- ware Du Ponts Felix Ponts-Felix Felix and Lammont who who made a fortune out of the arms anus business Investigators said the Du DuFont DuPont Pont Font ont companies made profits of more than han during the World war var S Japan Declared Ready To To Scrap Weapons TOKYO Sept 10 UP Japan UP-Japan Japan is ready eady to scrap powerful naval attacking attacking at- at tacking weapons in the interests of genuine disarmament a spokesman for or the foreign office said today Just how far fill the nation is ready to o go in scrapping portions of its fleet leet he did not indicate Nor would he explain what whal he heme me meant nt by attacking weapons You know what I mean he replied replied re reo re- re plied to this question In some quarters his remarks were taken aken t to indicate Japan wishes to cancel can can- cel provisions provisions- of the Washington treaty reaty providing for replacement of battleships thus permitting retirement retirement retire retire- ment nent of the dreadnought types when they hey wear out The spokesman reiterated his bis naion's nations nation's nations na- na ions ion's stand on the principle ever every world navy should be powerful defensively de de- but should be stripped of its ts offensive strength Observers believe this principle dominates the new Japanese naval scheme details of which still arc are being guarded clos closely ly Meantime there were indications the he gov government may reveal portions of its complete scheme prior to the time Ime Admiral lays Jays it b before be- be fore ore representatives of other nations in n the London conversations ions The foreign office spokesman announced an an- the navy department and his lis office had decided to cooperate in n making all announcements and also were urging newspapers to refrain retrain retrain re re- re- re train frain from making exciting state state- ments The spokesman indicated clearl clearly that hat Japan hopes that the London meeting will settle all naval ques ques- fons Hons and that the 1935 conference be devoted to technical cal mat mat- tel's ers MANILA P. P L I. Sept 10 An JP-An An assertion that Japan has ordered 10 10 tons of manganese from a Philipine Philip- Philip pins ine mining concern for October de- de liv livey y was made here today by J. J J. J Rafferty mine superintendent and former director of the insular bureau bu bu- bu reau of ot commerce Insular officials said they didn't see how such an order could be filled The he bureau of commerce reported the company had only 1000 tons available and that production was slow Only tons of ot manganese which Is s required for war purposes was exported exported exported ex ex- ex- ex ported in 1917 by the mines in northern north northern em ern Luzon Island They have since been een idle A new development concern preparing preparing pre- pre paring aring to make a public offer of ot its stock cited the possibility of war between between be- be tween Japan and Russia or or- orwar war Var war in Europe |
