Show p ar IN INQUIRY UlRY ON BOK 1 AWARD PLANNED SENATE MEMBERS TO T TAKE KE AC TION TO BAR PROPAGANDA FROM U U. U 8 8 S. MAILS Investigation Will Be Started at t Ones One According to Pledge Made Md By Group of Senator Senators Who Are Curious a Washington An Investigation oi of the tho Bok nok peace award has haa haaI I b been en definitely pledged by a group of ot i leading Republicans In the senate I. I These Thele in confer senators meeting 4 iI I ence once arrived at nt the conclusion that 1 all the circumstances of ot the organize I lion o of the Bok Ilok plan its method of ot selecting electing the prize winning essay and its Ils award of the prize should be in c the resolution of ot t Senator need Heed of Missouri calling for tor fora foran tort a t an In inquiry into all forms of or t ganda anda which are flooding congress t Application to the postoffice ISlOW e depart ment meat for of a fraud order against distributors of ot the Bog Hog prop agenda probably will be tho first st step taken on behalf of ot the senate to the tho thoi f i malls mulls thereby checking the prop f. f Uganda ganda at tho the source The fraud order will be asked for tor upon the ground that the conditions ot of If the contest were not adhered to I and the award of of the prize was wal made In In this connection senators asking y Y for tor the fraud order are prepared t to show the manuscript submitted in inthe r- r the contest were not read by the tho f judges Information has reached k Senator Lodge and others that Ellhu Elihu Hoot Root chairman of ot the tho Judges has been physically incapacitated for at least lenat three months from performing any any work of ot the character required in the judging ot of 2000 essays on peace or any other subject The senators also have learned that 1 1 former Ambassador Brand Whitlock another ot the Judges has been out 1 of ot the country and there Is la no rec ord that the tho entire body of ot judges ever held a meeting to pass pall upon any ot of the manuscripts j Senator Reed is II due duo to return here tram from rom Missouri either Monday or Tues day lIe ITe will at t once nc ask aek k If for or a ro 10 port from the committee on contin r gent ent expenses expenses on hla his re resolution to f investigate all aU forms torms of propaganda I It is II understood d the resolution wUl will be promptly acted upon as as u r. r r. r and nd D Democrats alike f favor v r it t It Italie alls for tor tile the appointment of f a ar r s c special com committee mitt eo of five two Re no r 11 publicans two Denio Democrats and one ode Labor Farmer senator to curry carry on the tho Investigation Senator Lodge Lodle chairman of ot the tha f for foreign far r. r el eign relations rela committee which has r. r jurisdiction over all such matters is known to be in favor of ot a searching I inquiry Into the Bok Ilok plan It any other member ot of the committee e dis agrees with him on this point he hash has tas h not yet i found occasion to exp express ress him self |