Mr. Ball's letter further declared that "the American government might, by selling machine-guns and other arms, help China against Japan, Mr, Miranda categorically declared that "nothing whatever had been done towards this end:
Meanwhile, a hot protest has come fromthe air-woman, Miss Ruth Nichols, in reply to & statement in letter written by Mr. Miranda that he found the air-women, Misses Ruth Nichols, Amelia Earheart and Eleanor Smith "most, useful in pure sult of this business"
Senator Nye, chairman of the committee, has demanded a retraction of {his statement from Mr. Miranda—
Reuter.
business with China Washington, Sept, 10.
American manufacturers. atiempting to sell aeroplanes to the Chinese Government are compelled 10 pay Sfqueeze™ in order to obtain" con: tracts, it was charged © to-day. members of the committee, Correspondence purporting, to show that graft is the deciding factor the sale of armaments to China. was Placed before the committee, but de-EBis'etihe documents inci the Important question of who gets. the Nfqueese," were not disclosed 'Aielter from 'L. E. Gale and Ca 'American. frm acting as agents United. Staten aeroplane man. facturers, war put into the record an example of the manner in which rmamenis firms grease the palms of ffeiaidom in the. Far' East.
"This letter, written from Gale and Ca. hend wfce at Hankow {o'har Ao i. Miranda, president the "American "Armament Corpora tion, a New York concern, declared {hat the' Hunan Provincial' Govern tment had asked for price-quotations on eight Lockheed. planes doubt if they "have, enough money to. buy eight," the Gale onager wrote. "We Able, however, to sell them two or three. "It" appears that in ordcr_ to meet competition and pay the neces Cary, squeeze, we will have to buy} ihe' Lockheeds at U'5$14000, each?
"The entire proceeding to-day dealt primarily: with the activities. of the Fhlood brotherhood" of munitions traders in the For East.
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