Show 4 T DEMOCRATS WILL ILL REFUSE TO BE f 1 GAGGED t It louse House Committeemen Riled by Suggestion From Shipping Board T A m. m WASHINGTON March 11 Two TWO of ot I tJ the Democratic members of at the house merchant marine committee DavIs committee Davis atT of at T Tennessee and Hardy of ot Texas Texas Texas-re- re replying P plying ing today to the written suggestion DemocratIc bi-DemocratIc members of at the shipping ship ship- ping board to Democratic committeemen committee- committee m men n that they withhold Judgment o on subsidy legislation until after atter announced that they re- re refused to be bound and gagged Tho The letter sent by Mr Chamberlain ChamberlainS Mr tr Thompson and Rear Admiral Benson Ben- Ben son sen retired members of ot the board stated that the board had unanimously unanimous unanimous- ly recommended direct and indirect aIdt aid t tor American shipping as proposed In Inthe the bill prepared by br the board and In Introduced Introduced in- in tr immediately after President liard Hardings Harding's address to co congress nt Dr Davis and Mr Hardy conceded that the shipping problem should be solved upon merit and principle and not nt upon partisanship I It is Is Is- generally understood they wrote that Chairman Lasker was appointed because of ot a very shrewd I azid and political duty performed during the last campaign he could not have hive been appointed because of ot any I knowledge of shipping matters Having H as he believes successfully successful successful- ly lined up the Republican members o of senate and house committees leUer added Chairman Lasker has apparently to you gentlemen the task of lining up Democrats on the committees However you may Chairman Lasker that we are not as easily ensnared as some people he has come come- comeIn In contact with and that we respectfully refuse to be bound and gagged while he and the rest of at you OU advocates of ot this Iniquitous us ship subsidy subsidy sub sub- sidy bill Industriously disseminate your yoU deceptive propaganda and lull the people and congress to sleep while you complete the Job Mr Ir Davis and Mr Hardy continued Inhere liere Is less excuse for tor ship subsidies di dies s now than ever ever- before by reason mason of ot tl the e fact tact that our immense government government govern govern- ment owned fleet can be purchased by private operators operators at considerably less than world market prices Yet the bill you now propose they said sald would take more than fifty million million mil mu- lion dollars a year out of or the pockets of at taxpayers and put it in the pockets of a few tew private prIvat ship lines after atter amending the present law so that the government ships may be sold to them at ridiculously low prices |