Was Sty limited to a maximum expendi ithe commiters methods were tse of then the wisle ofthe Seventhind Congces ily ested by the people ofthe United Ssts— oneraed fe nitating the leg crimes pert ‘omic, Waller thi allgnon een bythe voluninoas records of te Nye hearings, whee (thaw tat every documest priced during the Inge os 1 Gatien he cee othe romps ces tho were gen very opportunity wo explain aay thes written indiscretions. . Walker Sais alarm at te outrages commited onthe US Ianufacture private Sing eines il be beter spores Dvien i pointed out that war socned with Vickers Se that some very revealing lees fom Sir Chases Caves (Wickes! cit wero ete daring the pe heries Oty fine cic of te Nye Commie were Si John Stson a Sir Austen Gharberain, Doth of whom have gud os she Sharcholdes Ist. of Imperial Chemical Tn wen ht tar_Lard MeCowan--cars in for some oth wnvosrshs public ducing the course ofthe inguiy. om the out; Gerd Nye's come came into conic sit powerful hole inbueness wich thy ha hal hes oy, + Would have agusted the laut belee any ral ama coal | tbe done to the teptation of the armaent mantectcer Premure was brought to beat on Anny and Navy chive sence High Administration ficiale“eyen om Me: Cordell Hohe Have the ingry suspended on the qrous that imporine trade sera would be revealed to the rid and that Lig ‘anufaturers woul lon the confidence of ovesenscstonnca Protas were aged at Washgion by Bric shores ses |, torprotct he era” of he big tah combines sonia in the course of the Nye heating, Organied woth ‘los thesughout the couniry, suchas the Alsercan Lei she Gathles andthe Md West mers, were canvas tose ec Tate Si fete Son itn pe he re cn 65 ‘ment interests and warned that America's national defence twas jeopardized, that the investigation would be capitalized by communists and other “antisocial” elements, that private enterprise and free competition were imperil Gerald Nye's reaction to all such threats and solicitations ean Be gauged by the following extract taken from the Naw To Tinos of September 10, 1034:— Phe public study into the huge du Poots alfirs is bei Pee a by cere ee cid ert eanlatye fold concern, His riticism of the committee some months ago Inrtated several members who sharply answered him. Chal ‘man Nye announced that he had refused the du Pont demand ‘hatte trade secret be withheld from the Press, "These munitions makers have been doing busines: secre for so long that itis about time their affairs were made public” hee continued, “The very fiet that protests have come from abroad shows the necesity for continuing. ‘The inquiry will goon” i The excentives of E. I.du Pont de Nemours & Co, had every reason for wishing to keep the American public in the dark as to its trade secrets. Between 1913 and 1918, the ascts of this mammoth powdermanufacturing organization had expanded from, 874,000,000 to 308,000,000, and. its profits rose fiom $4,997,773 in s9r4 to $43,008075 in 1928. At the end of the first year of peace, the du Pont setts had fallen by $68,000,000 40 $240)000,000 and net profits had slumped to $17,092. Peace al the consequent suspension of Government war orders, brought relief from suffering and stringency to millions of ‘ordinary people throughout the world: to those who had thrived ‘on war it brought reduced earnings, gloom and despondency. Tn common with all other munition manufactures, du Pont ‘yas obliged to tur its attention to foreign fields and fo attempt, by the organization of a militant sales free, to stimulate war orders from thove nations which were either without domestic munitions factories or whose productive capacity was income ‘mensurate with the, expansionist designs of the ruling parties.