New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 30, 1923, Page 5

VETERANS BUREAU CONTINUES PROBE Sale of Land for Hospital Subject ol Scrutiny | Oet. 30,—Cireum- | Elances sure ng the acquisition of l & hospital site at Excelsior rings, Mo, today eame under further soru: | tiny hefere the special senate commit- tee investigating the affairs of the Veterans' Bureau, E. I, Moree, a widely known figure | in Missouri republican poli and manager of the Lowden campaign in that state in 1920, was questioned in grveat detall about the deal by whieh | i the aite, of which he was owner, | passed under government control, He | testimony given yesterday by govern- | ment employ: who declared the transaction was rushed through on the last day of the Wilson ‘administration after there had been a last minute increase in the rental price Committee Gets Muddind, | Under questioning hy John 1" O'Ntyan, counsel for the committes, Morse went Into Involved explanations of the varioua transactions connected with the hospital plant, with the re. sult that the committes was left in| considerable confusion, Senator Walsh, democrat, Massachusetts, first undertook to clear up some of the de- talls; then Senator Reed, republican, Pennsylvania, the chalrman, tried his | hand, and finally they deeided to let | Mr. Morse make his explanation in| his own way. Pigures Are Muddied, Documents and records from which General O'Ryan read showed that Morse recelved a final payment from | the Veterans' bureau of $173,000, Among the Individual items was the, $90,000 agreed price for the Morse| homestead, $26,100 for the additional | land which Morse purchased i agreement with the government and $66,237 which Morse had expended in additions to the original building M'hese made a total of $182,337, and| after deducting the rental prid by | the government in 1921, General O'Ryan said the sum due Morse in the final settiement apparently was| $176.546. He added that there were | no records to show how the round sum of $173,000 was arrived at, .| “They gave me an offer and I tonI\J 11,” Morse broke in. “They had noti- | fled me that they were going to can- cel the lcase, and I was anxious to| get the sale closed up.” Morse said that the total acreage he originally had purchased for the $26,100, he retained 26 or 27 Ilots which the government did not need. The value of these lots was not.de- ,termined, but Morse agreed to fur- nish the committee with figures show- ing the tax assessments levied against them. General O'Ryan then read | into the record an affidavit by J. J.; | Wendrick, a real estate dealer of Kan- | sas City who appraised the total val- | ue of the original plant at $35,000 | and the total value of the existing plant at not in excess of $50,000. ‘Willing to Refund. Morse then proposed to the com- mittee that the plant be reappraised, saying he would be willing to refund to the government the difference be- tween the total of the appraisement and the net total he received from | the Veterans’ bureau. His offer con- " {emplated the appointment of one ap-| praiser by the Veterans' bureau and one by himself, the two thus select- ed to name a third. Under further questions, Morse conceded that he later had used his/ political influence with congress to prevent abandonment of the hospital at DExcelsior Springs. In the summer of 1022, he sald, he was notified by the Veterans' bureau that it was the purpose to abandon the project, a committee of medical men having | recommended against its use as a ipormnnent hospital. Morse declared Washington, STAMFORD MEETS EVERY COOKING NEED C. A. HIERPE Yes, this is none other than Hugo Stinnes, Jr., and his wife, | Young Stinnes’ father is the wealthiest man in Germany, young couple are in New York, | | he asked 15 senators to call up the | Veterans' buresu and protest, He also called on the late Charles K. Cramer, then general counsel for the Veterans' bureau, the witness sald, and told him how the people of Excelsior Springs had assisted in financing the project, and that unicss the government carried out its agree- ment for property there would be a scandal and he would be branded as a crook. Reed Asks Questions, Senator Reed then put to Morse a nummber of questions suggested by counsel for Charles R. Forbes, for- mer director of the Veterans' bureau. Before he concluded, the hearings | had to be recessed for ten minutes as| Morse appeared on the verge of ' a, | physical collapse. He denfed in re- sponse to the questions that 1'orbes ever had ordered him out of his of- fice, or that he ever. had had W altercation with the former director, The witness sald he saw Iorbes only | and told of| on about four occasions how frequently he cooled his heels for days outside the director's office. “They kicked me around ke I was a foothall,” Morse exclaimed. Immediately he was selzed with| what appeared to he a nervous M- tack and after a minute or two Chairman Reed announced a recess. WANT HOURLY PAY. Springficld, Mass, Oct. 30.—Union employes of the Springfield Street| Rallway Co. will vote tonight on \\agn proposals to he submitted to the com- pany as the basis for a new contract | effective December 31 and will ask a return to the day rate basis of pay in- stead of the hourly basis or ‘plat- form time” of arbitration last year. Other de-| tails of the proposals are heing kept ITALIAN LODGE IS SPLIT. Providence, Oct. 30, their fight to gain a reconsi of the suspension yesterday of Arturo | Giovanitti and Luigi New York state supreme delegate this morning walked out of the Sons { of Italy convention hall in the Bilt-| more hotel and.at once went into separate session to consider a sever- ance from the order. Twenty million automobile license plates arc discarded annually in the United States, ultimate purchase of the, now in effect as the resuit | ; Antonini, the| s | you dark The having arrived on the Resolute, e — BRANSFIELD T0 BRASSCOS Famons Seout for Chicago Cubs Will Manage Waterbury—Drafts Two | New Players, Waterbury, Oct. 30, — William | (Kitty) Bransfield, scout for the Chi- cugo Cubs durlng the past two wea- | sons, today announced his appoint- taent as manager of the Waterbury tern league club for next season, nsfleld was appointed deveral weeks ago but, hecause he was under contract to the Cubs until December 1, he asked that the appointment be | kept secret. 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