President, said to-day that charges that he had contracted to sell war planes, for a $500,000 commission, to the Soviet Union were "obviously meant only to smear my father." The young Mr. Roosevelt denied that the contract in question had "required me to deal with the Soviets."—United Press, Washington, Oct, 7.
Senator Gerald P. Nye, Republican chairman of the Senate Munitions Committee, to-day defended the decision of the Munitions Committee not to instigate hearings against Mr. Elliott Roosevelt.
"The hearings would never be fuldiled," Senator Nye said, "and would result in only one thing—smearing the President."—United Press.
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