Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-04-15 | Page 1 | Roosevelt Foe Defends Photo

ROOSEVELT FOE DEFENDS PHOTO His Conscience Drove Witness Asserts WASHINGTON April 15 UP UP- UP Vance Muse tall broad broa shouldered Texan pounded his chest with his fist today and told the senate lobby committee how his c conscience forced him to distribute photographs photographs photographs photo photo- graphs of Mrs 1 Franklin D. D Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt and two negro escorts all over the south in an Roosevelt anti c campaign Muse a leader of the southern coni committee to uphold the constitution tion lion said John J. J Raskob and Pierre S S. S du Pont members of the toe American league leacue contrib contrib- each each to Jo to the committee The money was used t to h help lp defray expenses of the Macon MaconGa Ga politIcal political poUt poUt- ical rally which indorsed Governor Eugene Talmadge foe of at the new deal for the presidency Did you tell Mr Raskob and Mr du Pont what you wanted the money for Committee Chairman Hugo L. L Black D. D Ala asked I III did Muse replied rocking back and forth on his heels as as he insisted on standing before the committee in spite of invitations invitations' to sit down Did you discuss it with Governor Governor Gover Gover- nor Talmadge 1 No IINo He didn't know the source i of ot the funds The photographs distributed at atthe the Macon rally showed Mrs Roosevelt Reese Roose velt yell and two escorts escort entering a n. building where a negro meeting was to take place I