Washington, Sept. 13.
Revelations that the DuPonts opposed efforts of Congressmen to Jenact an arms embargo at the time of the Sino-Japanese incident 1982 and that the gigantic American munitions firm planned to. sell. war materials to both sides in the event Jot war between China and Japan were made before the Senate special Jcommittee to-day at _a continuance of hearings on the American muni tions. trade, 'Evidence that oMeials of JDuPont "de Nemours opposed. the Jarms ban proposed in 1982 by Sonn for William EH. Borah, of Idaho, and Mr. "Hamilton Fish,' Representative Jot New "York, was contained Ina letter written toa friend. by Mr, Aiken, Simons, an executive "of "Regarding the attempts of Presllent Hoover. and the cockle. pushers inthe Department of State to effect Jembargoes on munitions, T do not believe that there is any occasion for alarm," Mr. Simons wrote.
In the witness box this afternoon, utr. Yamont DuPont, one of the four otinitions millionaire brothers con trolling the company, identined an inter-arnee memorandum as one Jwhich he had written in 1881.
This memorandum asked other officials of the concern that steps. be {aken to assure that DuPont would fobism its share of sales of military ipplies in the event of Sino-Japan-
"Could that have meant that you were planning to sell munitions. to [both sides?" asked Senator Gerald P. Nye, Republican. of North Dakota, the chairman ofthe special investiga ting committee.
"Ht might have." Mr, Lamont Due [Pont blandly replied, Tremendous Profits profits accruing to Comm agents produced a letter from the Soley Armament Ca. (British) to Mr. Miranda, which con 'A. tained some startling statements and! suggestions fantastic even for such] amazing intellects as. those which the investigation is disclosing are to be found in the international war materials. trust.
This. loiter suggested that Me. Miranda should visit the United] States Departments of State and War and urge that the American] Government should purchase from the British concern a quantity of farms for the purpose of supplying such weapons to" China for use against Japan.
Tt wes stated in this amazing do. cement that Japan is "going to take '2 still larger slice of China," which the Soley Armament Ca. considered! would seriously affect United States Interests in the Far Bast.
"We think that under" the above circumstances, the United States} would support the Chinese and supply them with arms," the latter de Mr. Miranda was summoned by Senator Gerald P. Nye, chairman of the investigating committee, for questioning regarding the document Gnd declared that te had ignored the suggestion.
Washington was undeniably shocked by the disclosures and the approach ing appearance of Mr. Ireneo Pont, executive E. 1. DuPont cel Nemours, key concern of the gigan tic American munitions trust, being awolled with keen interest, United Press.
Washington, Sept. 12.
Records were produced by the committee showing the E. 1. DuPont de Nemours made gross sales to comlby Mr. Pierre DuPont Jrour brothers and chairman of the board of E. I. DuPont de Nemours
Jcommittee that, during the four years DuPont the World War, his company paid to its officers bonuses totalling Jexcess of $17,000,000, in addition to regular and extra dividends on their stock and their substantial salaries The chairman of the DuPont board revealed that the huge concern, generally considered the dominant factor in the American munitions rust, has $202,768,782 invested Jother industries throughout the world, many of them engaged in the manufoelure of munitions and war mac Committee members produced idence. which, they alleged, "showed that the DuPont company had entered into an agreement with the Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd, granting 19 [DuPont the excusive right to sell gunpowder and high explosives, europe and South America, while a similar monopoly was given to the big British firm in Asia, The arrangement dividing the world's power market into exclusive fsones wae reached in 1032, committe 'A stir was' created when other evidence disclosed "that the United States War Department last month instructed officials of the DuPont company to "safeguard" from the Senate investigators documents containing United States war secrets.
Gen, Douglas MacArthur, Chief of Staff of the United States Army, was Jaiso a witness at to-day's hearing.
The senior officer in the American military. establishment. entered. the box to deny earlier testimony indlcat~ ing that he*"talked up" American
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