Show Kirby bJ and Barry Forced orcel to Postpone S Trip to Australia San Francisco Jul July 1 Broughton Brandenburg randenburg never was in the employ of the National Association of of Manufacturers Manu tanu This was waa the reply toda today of Dr r John Kirby Jr Carmer president of oC the ne association when he was shown dispatches from Washington reporting the he charges harges made there by Samuel a Mi 11 Kirby D David ld M. M Parry also abo a former Carmer president of the association and nd tJ 1 J. P P. P Bin of at N. N J. J general manager of oi the association le left Iet t. t toda today for tor Washington in obedience to notification notification notification cation from the lIer sergeant at arms of t the tho Senate Senate- that their testimony wa was required br bY tho th committee committee- Investigating In ing the the- activities of ot lobbyists Mr r and Mrs Irs Kirby and Parry were to Lo have sailed called at noon on the Ventura for tor Australia where the they planned to tomake tomake tomake make an investigation in of oC the relations between capital and labor and the state In tho the antipodes They canceled their reservations half halt an hour hour- before the tho liner cleared at an expense to the p party rt the the- they estimated at Except for the thc denial that Broughton Brandenburg had Iad ad over represented the National Association of oC Manufacturers none of oC the party would make an any comment on Samuel Gompers' Gompers accusation tion Instead the they gave ave out a signed statement that the Mulhall affair had been cn engineered in an attempt to destroy do de troy stroy the association The Tho statement follows S From the press dispatches shown us to today the purpose of at the so- so called Mulhall story is made plain Not satisfied with securing from the Democratic convention held In Baltimore absolute pledges to exempt exempt ex ex- empt organized labor from the op operation operation op op- r oration of ot the law of this land they now attempt b by falsehood and misrepresentation to discredit and destroy the National Association of Manufacturers the the one tion that has hus from its inception operated under the slogan an of Equal opportunity for tor all an under the law That we wc have steadily fought the greatest criminal trust this world has ever cr known we do donot donot donot not deny that we have Illegally attacked or In an any way vay misrepresented seated this damn damnable ble trust we we do emphatically den deny Our OUI entire effort In legislative matters has has been to show conI congressmen con con- I gressmen and senators and the I country at nt large lare the one ono fact that the theer very er stability of at our Institutions depends on the faithfulness ii of or those officials to their dut duty and upon their unswerving unswerving- fidelity to 11 the oath of or office to which the they U pledged themselves when h accept accent II ing ins their responsibilities 5 S We shall r roI 10 J C the accusations a ma mader e oI ly h. upon the tho rt request of at the congressional con con- gressional committee we canceled our transportation to Australia This we readily did that we may have the time opportunity of ot facing facin what We believe to be a up set Jo Job and that we ma may publicly reveal openly and frankly every er operation operation opera opera- t tion on of ot tho National Association of ot Manufacturers and show how to the tho world the trea treasonable cowardice of ot some of ot our public officials We Vo shall shaU of ot course know more about those these malicious and false falee charges when hen we arrive In the east but we beg beS' to inquire If IC It has ever been the case in the history of ot congressional procedure that a newspaper nc attack atUck appearing on one onea day a was WAB followed d b by the issuing of oC government go the the- next d day dy Technically speaking none of ot the party was Copies of the telegrams exchanged cd with Ser Sergeant cant lug gins sho show that Kirby was as requested requested re quested to appear on Jul July 8 3 n ce sary expenses to be reimbursed In reply to an inquiry whether he would accept this request as al service of ot a a. he be answered ed that he would but begged that the convenience and expense necessarily nee nee- entailed b be considered excuse for tor a. a postponement Sergeant Higgins replied this morning morning- that the committee commit commit- tee insisted and accordingly Iy the party left lett tonight |