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THE EVE) NG STAR., WASHINGTOY {. D. C. TUESDAY, MARCH 13 WELLONTESTIFES 1 AT OIL HEARING Admits Being Approached to Help Shield 0il King's Contribution. ___(Continued from First Page.) of the bonds Hays passed to the late Secretary Weeks and Fred W. Upham, treasurer of the Ropublican national cammittee. “Do vou know anything about that? “No." Hays replied “The coincidence is rather remark- | * Walsh said. i , iU's not a coincidence, it is an the delivery of with the Tea- | transaction Walsih asked. Im as clear on that point | v Mellon. This transaction is as far removed from his transactions with the Government as it could be.” Walsh asked Hays if he had any recollection of any one making a con-! tribution even approaching that of Sin- clair, and Hays sct out to talk about | ury Mellon. political financing, but Walsh halted | “We'll hire a_hall discuss that subject.” sai some night and Senator Walsh | “Well, I'm not going to guess about these matteis.” Hays retor The Montanan had the ~Tread to Hays. “Since you want a direct answer, 1 will say 1 have no definite knowledge of any butions approaching Sin- clair's in size. “Do you know of any one giving in excess of $50.0002" “I've heard a great deal of talk, but no_definite knowiedge.” ] Walsh drew from Hays the 'infor- mation that Sinclair retwrned to him £85.000, which Hays had sent back after all the Teapot scandal had come to light. “What was said when Sinclair re- turiied the securities2” Hays was asked. | “He sent them to me, Senator: he question re- “Through a friend. James P. Con- nery of Chicago.” “Who is he?” “He's in the coal business and is a friend and client.” Asked About Oil Stock. | “Did you undertake in any way to| handle any other of the Sinclair bonds?” | asked Senator Bratton. “No. I cannot recall anything more.” | ‘hairman Nye asked Hays about his' imgs in Sinclair Consolidated Oil Co OCK. 1 “I bought a good deal and sold and lost a lot of money.” | Above—Left—Secretary of the Treas- Right—William M. Butler, chairman of the Republican national committee. Below—Will Hays, former chairman of the Republican national committee. sked Hays if he did not regard r action as discreditable, denied that “Then whv was the effort made to conceal the Sinclair contribution?™ Cut- ting demanded. “My motive was not an effort to con- | ceal the Sinclair fund. but to get money to wipe out the deficit before the na- tional committee meeting.” Hays said. Silent on Restitution. Cutting asked if he did not agree that restitution to Sinclair should be made by those who conducted the transaction. “What has that to do with this mat- ter?” Hays asked. adding that if the committee was going into that it should go into political'party financing nerally. After long questioning as to whether thg members of the Republican national | committee knew the party organization | was indebted to Sinclair for $160.000 | after the Teapot Dome scandal had be- ! gun to come to light. Hays said there had been no purpos: to keep the facts from the committee. | Hays was excused after being on the stand more than two hours. The com- mittee then adjourned until 10 am. tomorrow, when A. V. Leonard of Chi- | cago will be heard beiore Chairman Nye and Senator Bratton leave for Chi- cago to take up the inquiry there. Notables Attend Hearing. | Facing the investigators in a com- | REVSTOHE ViE transaction vou tell of took place a month later.” Walsh said. hat_may be.” Mellon replied. “I can't follow all these investigations. 1} have troubles of my own and much work to do.” “Did Mr. Gilbert act in any capacity than that of messenger?” “Only as messenger.” Tax Inquiry Under Way. “What's vour recollection as to the time vou had the bonds?” “As 1 said, it's not clear. other It may ‘When were the greatest purchases | mittee room jammed to the doors with have been several days or longer. 1 made? About 1923. a crowd which included many notables | the Secretary took the stand just as/an nave no recollection positivel, It was incidental matter that was dis- Are you acquainted with Ned Mc- ! Butler walked in carrying an unlighted | possd of " Lean? “I know Mr. Ned McLean.” ‘Ever have any business or political !!Jn'?onls with him?" The reference was to Edward B. Mc- Lean. publisher of the Washington Post. Bratton asked if there was any re- lation between the passage of the reso- luuion to investigate Teapot Dome on January 31. 1924, and Hays' talk with John T. Pratt on February 8, 1924. for | the return of the Sinclair bonds H: { had given Pratt Can See No Relation. cigar. Butler zat down beside Melluni and chatted with him a moment. Mellon took the witness stand ahead ' Secreta: {of time so the photographers might hoot” him. He looked straight at the camera without a smile. former Gov. Allen of Kansas, and Ju-‘ Senator Walsh read into the record all the correspondence he has had with Mellon relating to the Sinclair bonds and the income tax that might be due from th> now extinct Con- Nearby sat | tinental Trading Co. One of Mellon’s letters said the agents seph P. Tumulty, who was secretary to/of the Internal Revenue Bureau had President Wilson. and Mrs. Alice Roose- | been investigating the matter of the | velt Longworth, wife of the Speaker of income ta< the Continental should have the Hous: |paid on its $3.080.000 of profits in the placed under oath by Mellon The veteran cabinet Chairman Nve. oil deal with the late A. E. Humphreys of Denver and the Prairie Oil and officer’s right’ hand wavered slightly as| Gas Co. and the Sinclair Crude Oil he held it aloft during the oath Hays, former chairman of the Repub- | | Purchasing Co. The Treasury Secretary said the in- “I do not relate them at all" Hays| lican national committee, reached the quiry had not yet reached the state i room just as Mellon began to testify |where he could advise Senator Walsh Senator Walsh told Hays that he had | information from what appeared to be “1 had phone call from Mr. Hays whether any additional legislation was rom New York saying he was sending | ne essary to prevent companies i the 8 reliable source that Edward Y. Clarke ' me the Liberty bonds and that he would | future from escaping taxes s the Con- of Atlanta, Ga.. had received $100.000 from the Republican national commit- tee. H “That could not be true,” Hays said, edding: | “Who is Clarke?” come to Washington to see me about it,” Mellon said. i Received $50,000 Bonds. “I was busy at the time and laid the package aside. I kept on being busy tinental did. Told Weeks of Gift. On March 7. Mellon wrote Walsh pro- testing agamnst a publication, saying the Treasury was not co-operating with the “He was one of the chief officers of apd forgot them. The next morning 1 Teapot Dome committee In the Conti- the Ku Klux Klan in 1920." “l have some sensitiveness in this matter and I resent statements like that regarding the 1920 campaign going into the record. Where did you get that in- formation?” “Perhaps that will be laid before the did not come that day and I took the ury had co oommittee later,” Walsh replied, add- “My motives have been impunged be- fore by estimable gentlemen.” | Senator Cutting, Republican. New 14, Z t 1 will not be responsible for sny detita uniess contracted b B STANLEY H HORNER | nw 1 WILL X0T B BLE FOR A Other Geifts than U racted (o by m wersonally. JOH REARDON #7262 M | | N 2 iy Lply 81 nteed's slate-covered roofing and shin. | ond low Herninges Co. Oih & C & w & Fia » —B02)_Ga_ave TERIOR PAINT windows, { =1 rooms Amg walls neing Dutch Boy G t 3 ckly tipe 1 8 | - i THAT WE WILL | wetd | Wehiiniten 1) 0 OF W SHINGTON | safe. opened the package and saw that it contained bonds.” “In what amount?" Walsh of Montana, prosecutor. thousand dollars. Mr, Hays asked Senator the committee bonds nome for safe keeping. as I had | mislaid the combination to my office “Mr. Hays came on here. He was going to Indiana and I said I would | send them on 1o him at New York This 1 did through 8. Parker Gilbert, | then, Undersecretary of ! “What was the denomination of the bonds?” Walsh asked. “I did not notice.” “Did u keep any record of. the numbers? 7 “No “When MHays came, what did he say w0 you?” “Generally, it was that he had a large subscription in bonds and he | asked me to take these and hold them | nd that I make a subscription to the | committee (Republican national com- mittee) to discharge the hangover of debt. “I objected to doing so because 1| would be making a subscription that was not what it purported to be. As | far as I recollect he asked me to make | i O PART oA | A Joan and hold the bonds, but to me | bonds?" Va ¥ that was the same thing. I told him | I would make a bona fide subscription and that I had expected to make a subscrintion. as 1 felt I was obligated | 1o make one. I said I would send one for $50.000. About that time I sent a check to the treasurer, Mr. Upham, at | Chirago for $50,000 “As I said in my letter tn you Sal- I had given only $2.000 to the | Harding campaign.” | Had No Thought of Office “Early in the campaign Mr. Hays Treasury " |mation that y nentaol inquiry. He said that the Trea ury had assigned Sccret Service agents to aid the committee. Replying to this letter, Senator Walsh wrote Mellon that the publication had been embarrassing to him, as the Treas- perated. The file of the Walsh-Mellon lette: was complete with the exchange of last | Saturday, when Mellon disclosed for the first time that Hays had sent $50,000 of Sinclair bonds to him for use for po- litieal purposes. “To whom did-you convey the infor- ou would make a contribu- tion?" Walsh asked, resuming question- ng. ‘o Secretary Weeks,” Mellon replied “He was In the cabinet and was a mem- ber of the national committee.” " 'ou see any reason why any one should have thought you wouldn't make a subscription without its being sccured by bonds?" Bond Talk “Not Ci “No, I felt a little ashamed of riding along and not doing my share for the party.” “What did you say to Mr. Hays about bonds?™ “I naturally suggested that he sell the bonds and use the money.” “What did you understand about the ar” “It’s not very clear now, 1 was going to make a subscription anyhow.” Mellon testified that previous to this time Hays approached him regarding the bonds, he had felt as a cabinet member he should make a subscrip- tion and was prepared to go beyond 50,000 if necessary, but he did not want to camouflage his subscription. He look- ed then upon the Sinclalr contribution as being “just like a donation from any wealthy man.” Mellon testified that at the time he had no knowledge of the Continental i 80L YR | called me on the phone from New York ! Trading Co. arch 1h et . James More o Georgstown Rent s €t LERNARD A DEAVERS L | Faibie 1or by debl ¥ AXY ATON. 407 i ,GOOD-NIGHT SLEEP TIGHT Uniras the matirees in RIGHT make 0 betier by the L NOT RE RPSPORE Aeras i oun ¢ 1Y VOR 1ot Ao et Byt 0 MAIN I NEVER DISAPPOINT BYRON 5. ADAMS PRINTING IN A HURRY Bt oo bt not Vith %1 W “We Stop Roof Leaks Eapert tooter iy ouug wnd Lkl o IRONCLAD &35 EVERY PRINTING for 100% watislactony isiin ‘ wiiren Yasity The National Capital Press ROOF WORK FHe s etient 0w e Kot Lt i TR KL KO Smith’s Transfer & Storage 2318 ¥ou B Y and azked me 1o invite some people Lo # Juncheon and that he and Willlam financing plan, He said subscriptions | were 10 be limited 1o $2,000, $1,000 be- | fore the convention and $1000 after the convention, 1 had no thought then | of entering puilic office.” Mellon_explained that he saw Hays in New York snd was given a $15,000 quota for the Pittsburgh district, Me formed an organization, he said, and the quota was oversubscribed | “IC was all done consistently with that plan. 1 subscribed 82,000, as did my brother and my nephew,” the Secs | retary eontinued As he talked the Secretary sat far | forward in his chair with his forcarms on the table. Senator Reed, Republi- can, Pennsylvania, & close personal triend sat nesr him | “What explanation aid Hays mike | about where the bonds came from?” | fenator Walsh asked $300,000 Contribution. “He snid he had u large amount It seems b me it was sround $300 000 Vs aifficult o remember detalls now He wanted to use them so that there would not be one large subscription o the party " . |71 1id Huys tels you where he got the bonds?" Walsh pursue Oh. trom Binclalr,” sald the Sere- tary &8 he moved bsck in his chialr “What dd) you understand w be the deficit aL that Ume?” At's not very clear excess of 81,000,000 " “Did wny of your banks make any wosn o the Republican national com milttee? H ‘No 1 ked upim & 1 had o knowledge of any oroceedings vegarding Fespol Vou see, that was i the Winier but It wes Thut subscription from Sinclan without significance Irregulnn Dome ol 11 I Lot me call your sitention that the | 1eking of testimon the naval oil Jewnes hegan in Ocloh®, 1923, and this [ not come forward oo | committee of the Bine Questioned by Nye, Mellon sald three or four persons met him to discuss the “ | Boyce Thompson would explain the | C*aning up of the deficit, but Hays was not_present “Was the matter of the Sinclair loan discussed at that meeting?” Found Ne Responsibility, “Oh, no, that was before {he bonds were given."” “You knew that Sinclair was in- volved, Won't you tell us why you did r and tell the honds?" Well, would that added €7 Mellon nsked You had all the information, and ali that could have been added would have been my name, It was an incidental thing. What purpose would have been served by that? 1 could not have told about 4260 000 1n bonds.” *You hud reaton 1o sssume that the bonds Hays gave you were Continental bonds,’ atd “The honds had been relurned,” Mellon sald “It never oceurred lo me that there teli about it 1 had no responsibiiity with the Republican national commit- tee or with Mr. Sinclair,” Origin of Bonds Unknown. “You knew of Mr, Hays' testimony here two weeks ago,” asked Senator DIl Demaocrat, Washington “Yes, he told of returning 850 000 1n have any- honds and 1 assumed that those were | the ones | returmed,” Mellon replied “Have you talked with Hays cently?” re- ‘No, 1 have pot, but 1 have seen him | ‘There was no trequently since 1924 accanion for discussing the bonds " “HasiL It acearred Lo you since that these probably were Continentil bonda?’ ‘I had no more Information on that than the committee had.” Benutar Bratton, Demoorat, New Mox- e, pressed Mellon for his "hest revol lection from Havs, The Hecretary said thabght 11 wige 0 lrts Novembey seyteined that hie could not be ex| was_any reason for me o a8 o the time he gol the honds he | but ted 9 lm be mble to go back over four years |and say within a day as to any given transaction. ‘The New Mexican wanted to know if Mellon had not been surprised that Hays had failed to tell about trying to ‘get the Treasury Secretary to use $50,000 of the Sinclair bonds. Didn't Expect Mention. “I wouldn't have expected he would have occasion to bring me into it.” Mel- lon sald. “I had nothing to do with the bonds. Replying to Walsh, the cabinet officer said Hays had told him he was making .a similar bond transaction with the late Secretary Weeks Reminding Mellon that James A. Patten of Chicago had become incensed when Upham gave him some of the Sinclair bonds to sell, Walsh how the proffer by Hays of the bonds struck him. “I'm not of that temperament,” Mel- lon replied with a smile. are, and act according science.” Mellon said that in looking back over his refusal to accept honds from Hays !in November 13 he saw no reason for acting differently. “I think all members of the commit- | tee will agree that your attitude in the matter was entirely creditable,” Senator Walsh assured him. Diil wanted to know if Hays had told him Sinclair had made the gift of bonds because he felt he owed the administra- tion something because of the oil lease. “It'’s not likely that anything like that was said,” Mellon retorted. Questioned by Senator Wagner, Dem- ocrat, New York, Mellon said the con- ference for discussion of wiping nut the Republican debt 1n 1923 was held at the Willard Hotel here and that besides himself those present included Secre- tary Weeks and Jchn T. Adams of Towa, former chairman of the Republican na- tional committee. ‘The Treasury Secretary could not re- call many detatls of the conference ex. cept that plans were laid for solicitin funds. Weeks agreeing to “look after | New Englana Wagner asked if the Sccretary did \ not think it was unusual for a man’s contributior: 1n bonds to be split up so that his identity a subscriber would be unknown. “I had no suspicion about that, if that's what you mean,” the Secretary ! replied. Butler Never Got Any. Butler followed Mellon to the stand and was shown the now celebrated memorandum made by tie late John T. Pratt, relating to cashing Liberty bonds, and on which were the names “Weeks, Butler, Andy, du Pont.” “It develops now that Weeks got some | of the bonds: that du Pont got some | and Secretary Mellon got some,” Walsh E Did | “No,” Butler replied. “Do you know of any one who did get any?” 1 don't think s0.” “Will you charge your memory with the matter?” ‘L have done so. Of course, 1 have read in the newspapers what has de- | veloped her | Butler also said he had heard “gossip’ | about the bonds. “What was the nature of that?" Walsh asked. clair bonds." Butler said the Hays offer to made In 1923, in New York. Hays, he said, came to his room at the Blllmore‘i Hotel with the package, and said he had $25,000 in Liberty bonds. He asked | me to take them and make a contribu- tion in a like sum to- the Republican national committee. I declined to do it. Did he say where the bonds came from?” asked Walsh. “I do not think he did. It was a very | short conversation.” | “What prompted you to refuse?” ask- ! ed Chairman Nye. “I do not like (o make donations to | else money. Butler sald he did not know Harry F. Sinclair. Upholds Mellon's Story. “You heard the testimony of Secre- Walsh when Hays took the stand you care to say anything about it’ “Secretary Mellon's testimony co- incides with my recollection of what happened,” Hays said. “I have a very indistinct recollection of my talk with Mr. Butler. I did not explain what my plan was. 1 remember he did not want to make a subscription. “1 knew the plan of guaranty and where 1 got the bonds; I didn't get into any details of the matter. I'm very certain 1 didn't tell him where the bonds came from or what my plan w Do you care to tell the committee why you didn't tell it about this when you were last on the stand?” Walsh usked. “Yes, I do. I regard this as frrelevant. I assumed you were engaged in tracing the Continental bonds and in that I assisted you. The bonds I sent to Sec- retary Mellon were returned to Mr. 8in- clair as was. They were out. I did not give any bonds to Butler. I tried and am trying to give you what help I can in tracing the bonds. It is obvious to me that the discussion about these Takes Responsibility. into campalgn contributions “I take the responsibility of soliciting Mr. Sinclafr,” Hays sald. He sald he was willing to stay before the commit tee for a week for hearing. He slap- ped the table to emphasize his remarks. Walsh spoke of “the moral and ethi- cal aspect of the matter.”" “There was never any time when I lost sight of the obligation to Mr. Sin- clair to return as much as we could even below the $75,000 which he gave,” | Hays said “Explain why you did not go to Mr. | Mellon and ask him to make a sub- seription?" “I had the security and I sent him the bonds to induce him to make a con- tribution. It was the plan to ralse the money and get the bonds back. The committee meeting was only a little while away then.'” Security Worked, “Why did you have to give Mr. lon security?" “To Induce h Mel- | to make a loan, and It worked,” H dded amid laughter. Senator Walsh took Hays back to his testimony on March 1024, that the Iargest possible donation Binclair could have glven to the party fund was $75,000. Hays testified at that tme that he solicited Sinclalr in 1923, but could not recall all the detalls, Hays and Wa'sh got into a long argu- ment over this testimony. The form natlonal committee chaliman stormed At the Montanan at times and once or twice stood up. | The argument revolved around Miniatures A glorious miniature of In many styles und quall On genuine porcelain w Free hand on ivory, $300, | | Come in Our asked | “I take things in this world as they | to my con-| “That Mr. Hays got some of the Sin- | | dated stock was put up to wipe cut a natlonal committee, using some one's | Source was out in the open today with - tler,” said | tary Mellon and Senator Butler, “Do |March 7 and made public here last | ‘GULDENS | Incidents were not relevant. } “I do not assume that you ;;r'*lgftlll |certain portions of a letter which he Miniatures by Underwood & Underw wred possessiona in the finest homea of the land. There is ample time to make yours, PRESIDENT FAVORS COAL DCTATORSHP Is for Market Regulation by Exempting Operators From Anti-Trust Law. President Coolidge 1s of the opinion that the bituminous coal problem which at present is causing considerable | suffering and embarassment can be solved only by regulating the production and the marketing of this product. Contending that the mining of coal in States is a function of the States |and not the Federal Government, the | President during a discussion of this | economic problem today gave the im- pression that he is satisfled the only thing the Federal Government can do would be in conncction with the mar- keting of coal because of its interstate nature. Therefore, the President is understood to be in favor of legislation that would exempt the mine operators from the provisions of the anti-trust of ‘their product. Labor Oversupply. i trouble in the coal-mining sections of | the country is that there are too many mines and too many miners, and tha: | there should be some agreement amo-g | the operators as to the amount of coal {10 be mined and as to the distribution i of coal. To bring this about there has been | |suggested the establishment of region- |al “agreements on the part of miners | which would allow a more equitable |distribution of coal, but the proposal | has never received the approval of | |either the miners or the operators, The President feels satisfied that there could | | be no legislation along this line unless | | this proposition were approved by the | miners and operators. and it is consid- ered very doubtful if he would approve any national legislation attempting to | | regulate the production of coal, inas- | much as ne recognizes that this func- tion belongs solely to the States them- | selves, | Reglonal Distribution. | However, he believes that the legis- |1ation which would permit regional dis- | tribution ~ agreements on the part of |operators would go far toward relieving | the present difficulties of the mine prob- lem. The President was represented |as hoping that this would receive care- |ful consideration by those who are | studying the swbject preparatory to | drafting coal legislation. | _Although President Coolidge has rec- | | ommended to Congress in each of his | annual messages that the Executive be | granted certain powers to protect the | public’s interest in the event of emer- gencies growing out of coal _strikes. _this | him was |~ | whether in 1924 he denied that he had | received $75.000 of bonds of the Sin- clair Consolidated Oil or wheiher his| denlal was that the Sinclalr Consoli- the Republican party deficit, Butler Assails Borah, The Butler-Borah exchange over the | Idaho Senator's demand that all of the $160,000 in Sinclair bonds, which | Hays finally retained to use toward the sarty deficit, be returned to their original a sharp reply from the former Massa- chusetts Senator, who also criticized Borah for not making public their en- tire correspondence in the first plage. Replying to the Senator’s first appeal law, thereby permitting them to enter | into an agreement as to the distribution | table freight rates of the advantage | The President is represented further | exclusively by members of the United {as being of the opinion that the chief | Is the first time that he has revealed | his attitude toward relieving the pres- ent coal situatfon, brought about by lhwi prolonged strike in the bituminous field. | The President was represented as call g attentfon ta the fact that experi- ence has shown that it is difficult to get the interested parties in a mood for a consideration of helpful legislation | until emergency of some kind arises which generally calls for an urgent de- mand for drastic measurcs on the part | of the National Government. Wheeler Assails Wrif. Meanwhile, the Senate committee in- | vestigating the coal situation tods heard Senator Wheeler, Democrat, Montana, assail the Injunction rule | against mine unions invoked last year in_Ohio. | Any judge who would sign such a pre- | liminary fnjunction as was fssued by Judge Benson W. Hough at Steuben- | ille, against the United Mine Workers | in September, 1927, “Is unfit to sit on | a Federal bench, Senator Wheeler de- clared. | The Senator made his charge during | testimony of S. H. Robbins, president of the Ohio Coal Operators Association, | who defended the writ. Picking up his testimony from yes- | terday's hearing, Robbins previously had blamed the United Mine Workers and “inequitable’ freight rates for what he termed the practical elimination of Ohio coal from its customary markels. Miners' officials were charged by Rob- bins with taking an “arbitrary position with reference to wage scales.” He also olamed the present depression in |the Ohio coal industry on “the denial ! to Ohio for many years through inequi- of its geographical location.” “For more than 30 years," said Rob- bins, “Ohio coal has been mined almost Mine Workers and under arrangements between t» organization and the op- erators. No doubt that some condi- tion would prevail today if the officers | of the miners' organization had been | willing to recoginze economic and com- | petitive conditions. | LAME DUCK FIGHT GIVEN | FRESH START IN HOUSE Summers' Amendment Would As-| semble Congress on Second Week Day After March 4. An echo of the recent “lame duck”' constitutional amendment fight in the House came yesterday afternoon with | the introduction of a bill by Repre-| sentative Summers, Republican. Wash- | ington, which would have Congress| convene on the second week day after | March 4. | The measure made an exception in years following presidential rl('('llons.l when Congress would convene on the second Monday of February. One of the objections to the White- Norris resolution, proposing a consti-| tutional amendment establishing new | dates for the convening of Congress, | was that this purpose could be accom- plished by the enactment of a law making an amendment unnecessary. ! Representative La Guardia has intro- | duced a similar bill since the reso- lution_was rejected bv _the House 1 fOR GROUND st " Ta» He omom SAUCES GRAVIES of March 5. Butler, In a letter dated night, declared th any.’ the obligation, for restitution of the bonds “is u those who conducted the transac- ion. ‘Whatever the transactions were. long before my election as chairman of the Republican national committee. During the period of my incumbency did the committee or the party, receive the securities or the money, and never had them.” He added, however, that the hear- ing had not been concluded and that if it appeared later that Borah's con- tentions had been borne out he would give “sympathetic attention” to the re- turn proposal. Replying under date of March 8, Borah sald he had not written in the bellef that Butler was in any way re- sponsible for the Sinclair transaction, | but only oh the theory “that you are now chairman of the Republican na- tlonal committee and that the Republi; can party is a continuing institution. In a statement issued at Boston be- tore he left for Washington last night, Butler characterized Senator Borah's first statement as a “one-sided affair, since he had made public a “copy of wrote to me, but he did not give my | letter to the press, as he had a perfect right to do and as he should have done.” Chicago Hearing Planned. Should the Teapot Dome committee conclude with Its three important witnesses today, it was regarded as lkely that ft_would shift its attention tomorrow to Chicago, where it will take testimony along the same lines as have been followed In the past few days, It had been announced that special he | wrote, “they were done and completed | of the office of chairman, I did not, nor | POT ROAST j. Mustard 4o See Oil Heating Row at the Industrial Show Wachington Auditorium March 12 to 19 All Burners in Actual Operation Members of Oil Heating Section, Merchants' and Manufacturers’ Association iggs Kleen-Heet Sales Com Silent Automatie Corporati Wallace Engineering Com attention would be given, after the Re- publican leaders had been questioned to the disposition of Sinclatr nds which Ha o the late Fred W. Upham, treasurer of | {the Republican committee in 1923 Hays already is on record with testi- | mony_that while he personally solicited | contributions from Sinclair he had no | knowledge when these were received of the Continental Trading Co, some of whose bonds Stnclair previously had | delivered to Albert B. Fall after the | oll operator had obtnined the Teapot Dome lease from the then Interior Secretary. | 0 date, partially tr the committee has only | d more than half of the | 080,000 NIght profits of the | tinental Co. Besldes the $500.000 | in these bonds which Sinclair Is known have handled, $800,000 have be traited to Ha M. Blackmer and 8700, 000 to James E.O'Netl, wealthy Amert- can ol operator, who have exiled them- ' selves In forelgn lands while court and | committee subpoenas await them, | i ov _———m— e _—-—- for Easter vourself as an Easter surprise for mother—father—hushand or children, , $1b, Image, $00 each, ities, $100. ith ad are trens Studio Today. 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