Show GARVA GARVAN AN DEMANDS HARDING CLEAR HIM writes to president that he has been grossly misled by daugherty new york flatly refusing to return to the united states government a single chemical patent right owned by the chemical foundation inc of which he Is P gar yan in a spirited and energetic letter to president harding asserted that the president grossly misled by ole attorn attorney ey general Is for the first time in american history attempting to abrogate a solemn 4 executive order of a predecessor and Is acting moreover on information furnished by german agents and interpreted by lawyers whose sole knowledge of the war and its lessons Is derived from association with german clients absolute legality in the sale of and odd former german patents to the foundation and complete publicity in the organization and operation of this quasi public institution together with will the highest of ethical motives are arc earnestly maintained by mr garvan in his communication and he asserts with emphasis that no person connected with the foundation lias has ever made n dollar out of it or ever could do so under its charter and bylaws by laws himself least of all he fortifies that stater statement with figures which show that the ca capital PI of the institution consisted of all of which has been spent in the purchase of the patents and in educating the people through schools and colleges and in the encouragement of chemical societies and says that the foundation income from licenses barely meets the modest running expenses all of these financial details have long been available mr garvan reminds president harding and demands that the president ascertain the truth and toll tell the people whether the foundation and its head have deserved the abuse they have received gave all and got abuse it has given its all mr air garvan galvan gal van writes you tou can take away nothing but the tha opportunity of service it was all we got from the government it Is nil all wo we have mr president you have had the temerity to impugn the honor of the gentlemen who boast a part in the great work of building up or preserving tho the possibility of progress in organic chemistry tor for america you have again been misinformed os as to the nature of the trust we bore that trust was wag not for the german kartel the owner of practically all the important patents who had bad received them under the unthinking graciousness of laws they had induced that trust was for the american people their industrial independence and for the safe safety ty and health of their children and their childrens children at the outset of his letter mr air garvan states that he has forwarded to the allen property custodian the chemical I 1 foundations formal answer to his demand an answer as an american corporation ready at all tim times es to defend its rights in the courts but that the public in whose interests the I 1 foundation oun was organized Is entitled to be fully informed as to the circumstances under which the demand was made and tho the reason why it la Is unqualifiedly refused the demand itself sir mr garvan asserts together with the letter written by the president and the statement made by attorney general daugherty Dau sherly demonstrate that you mr president have been grossly by the actor ney general bathas both as to the law nd ind the facts of the case eliminating enemy interest thereupon sir mr garvan carvan contends 1 that hat the attorney general hits has listened exclusively to german agents which Is no investigation 2 that the united states government has no interest in the suit brought by the foundation to determine the ownership of funds hold by the treasury 3 that when president wilson authorized the sale of the german patents neither the president secretary of t state nor alien property custodian was zinder the law in the remotest sense a trustee for the german enemies 4 that power to sell the patents was granted by congress after full committee hearIn hearings qs on november 4 1918 and on december 3 1913 1918 president wilson vested with wid 1 power to supervise all sales authorized zed acting secretary of state frank L polk to approve the sale ot of the he german che chemical anica I 1 and other patents 5 that on february 20 1010 ponc ordenel the c sale ale in the public interest noting that a public sale was not in the best interests of df the public because it would 0 offer opportunity for the patents to get into the hands of speculators an anil I 1 monopolists and that tho the Cheni leal foundation obligated to grant nonexclusive licenses was the best means for eliminating allen alien interests hostile bostl lt to american industries and of the advancement van cement of chemical and allied industries dus tries in the united state stales G that president wilson returning front from abroad confirmed folks order on february 13 1020 with this comment siv re reasons afons for the fore foregoing going determination and order are stated staled in the said orders of frank L polk ano fit 1 addition thereto the public t will be best served by the elimination of tiny any enemy interest adverse to tn american p citizens ft arising rising by reason of suld said chojna ip action oi 01 rights interests and beni fl isiler suld said agrem ments ilias arlo mr gareau coil lues was ande jn in the full light of all branches tit of government and in the full light of publicity puli ty the idea vf of its formation was the die riia of the intimate knowledge odthe past anso 40 nf those patents in a ra manner tinner hostile to 0 vitt the united states interests and ami in full consultation with all of the executives executive of the government the experts of our army and anvy and leaders of our chemical business and the heads beads cfall of all our scientific and aid rr re search cr I 1 do nut ask you to accept 1 mv v loz of elf matter atter ni but insert insert hero here sit an extract irom from the deport of A palmer paliner billed with the president february 22 1919 and by hin him i forwarded to the congress and by that congress made a public document ani ami most widely commented on by the press of the country palmers halmers Pal mers version of it mr palmer stated in the course ot of the report defered to by mr garvan these patents as had already been indicated formed a 1 colossal obstacle to the development of the american dyestuff industry evidently they had not been taken out with any intention ol of manufacturing in this country or from iny any fear ot of american manufacture upon consideration it seemed that thai these patents offered a possible solution for the problem hitherto unsolvable of protecting the new american industry against agal rist german competition tion after the war the idea was accordingly conceived that it if the german man ellen chemical patents could ho be placed in the hands of any american institution strong enough to protect them a real obstacle might be ba opposed to german importation after the war and at the same time the american industry lueg might 1 t be freed from the prohibition enforced fer ced by the patents against the manufacture of the most valuable dye dyc stuffs stu IN accordingly these considerations were inid before various associations of chemical c hei manufacturers notably not ably the dye institute and the american manufacturing fac turing chemists association the suggestion was inet with an instantaneous and enthusiastic approval and as a result a corporation has been or to lie be known as the chemical foundation inc in itrich practically every important manufacturer will be a stockholder the purpose of which Is to acquire by purchase these german patents lind to hold them as a trustee tor for american industry the first president of the chemical foundation rouil dation will he be francis ancas P garvan of the new york bar to whose clear vision and in industry I 1 am chiefly lna ina for the working out of this plan the combination was not objectionable to public policy since it was so organized that any genuine american whether a stockholder of 0 the company or not could secure the benefits benefit of the patents on fair and equal terms A quasi public idea mr garvan goes on to state that at that time he was a dollar a year man arth with no expectation whatever of becoming alien property custodian that it was only when attorney y general gregory resl resigned ned and palmer rt imer was appointed attorney general that palmer asked him to take the custodians custod lanS place three months later he writes he testified before the ways and means committee of the house the foundation of the Chern chemical leal foundation was an effort to form an organization to depre represent sent ns as nearly us as possible nt at that time the public interests judge ingraham of new york and judge gray of delaware had charge of drawing our charter and our trust agreement and our certificate 0 of incorporation we have endeavored to make it as nearly a public institution as our laws allow and tit at the same time to have it an official organization we wanted to sell these patents to the government and it if there had been any method by which we could make them a working force and still have them owned and controlled by the government it would have relieved us ol of ft a great great deal of responsibility and it if there Is at this time any suggestion for modification or amendment of our plan which will insure reIn in the minds of the committee a more definite and certain fulfillment of the intention and purposes of our organization I 1 am certain that the chemical foundation and all its stockholders and all who are interested in it would be glad to conform to the wishes of the committee because in so far as we have public recognition tion and public support and government recognition and government n i ent support we become more efficient and become more able to carry out the intentions tent ions lons which are in our hearts and minds mr garvan states that the total or gross income of the foundation has averaged per year the running expenses bare overhead have averaged a net excess of or MO per cent ou on the invested allowing nothing for depreciation pre clation the average life of the patents to Is light years so that 12 per cent of the cash paid for te tae patents or pr per year 1 should be subtracted from froin tho the RP par ent net receipts per year which lea es cs an actual annual operation deficit of I 1 in educational work mr garvan informs me president lie file foundation lias has spent the entire balance of its capital quotes english prediction firmly maintaining that the foundation Is the keystone of the wall raised to protect the american people from german chemical domination sir air gar yan maintains such protection Is indis ilie to the future happiness health and safety cf f tp th american people and quotes from it a rea itt open letter to parliament written by jam jams james s motion forton A largest carpet manufacturer of england organic chemistry is the he key to the world of new values and that america in five years year thue lima will have dye ye works and general chemical works equal to germany As regards the ot of organic anle chemistry cherni stry for national defense mr garvan calls to his aid testimony by marshal foch and the late field marshal Mars lial sir henry wilson to the general that a nation thoroughly equipped may almost guarantee the peace of the future Alti lre and as regards its Lin importance in tho development of medle medicine lne lie ho quotes prof julius of the university vf of chicago world famous chemist cherill st alie pitiful calls of our hospitals for local 10 cal to alleviate suffering M anthe the operating table the frantic appeals P eals for the hypnotic that soothes file lie epileptic and staves off ills his seizure set ure the he almost furlong furious demands for remedy after remedy that cattle canie in the early years of the war are still ringing in tho the hearts of many of us no wonder that our small army of is grimly determined not to give up the file independence in chemistry which the war acL lived for us only a widely DC d bubli can insure the of J bibat far seeing ng men k start st arteil cil to ta abc acc in I 1 n developing d tho power of chemistry through research in every domain which touches 11 aleso mr garvan gin van concludes ludes were the flie thoughts willell were in n the minds of the men who knew tho the war a and ad its ita lessons when they formed the Cl chemical Ical foundation IX |