The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-15

aad ~bt-N - either the oririnal or a copy
- tho memo prepared By Mr.. LAWYER.
Hts, lr, ytyai TN, or a Copl OF tais meinO-
tanlum from Mr. LAWYER on September
NJ iWYH
70 tho hs~t Of my recollection left th.
memo With other PAPER. al the presi-
denrs hou-- he Rsynrly ON September o..
am received ~ m New \ orS about a wrcs
later together with olhrr documents and
memoranda relating ~ The CLAWS matter.
since thai .Hr 60 tH' Jr,l ID my iniorma-
ton. % he, hr,n tn .b- possrssinn Of my
~ecrctaru or among tho pap~rs In this
Department 9lthnugh % seems 10 have
hrrn overlooked 90 aoilrrting papers iu
ansv er 90 your Dr" tous communications.
The Grit and seventh para graz hs ~
The President .Fttsr ~ eKonerItion
are prlcty1lly identical with paragraphs
IN the l-iwier memo tine paragraph
winch Mr. LAWYER wrote and which ap-
PAR. Utmost ldsntCilly n the President =
bitter j. t- follows
The crrat 70. rnusInl.-v Of rahinsr moi
t.on, demands rHc secretion therefor of men
81 .rr h'rhe,r character aud intrErity
Possession nf these uuH'itirz ~ we'll a. an
ability 1ud experience uhirh especially
fitted YOU tD direct 'he InairS Ot tho De-
partnsnt of The Interior warranted YOUR
APPOINTMENT as ~ryrrtlrv DUTY ta she
C'ua'rv tu you and 10 myself requires that
any Isper~lonS unon rhs proprirty 81 your
acts or those o. your suborlinRte- he
promptly met ana carefully nsid"rr,. to
the end that Il 10 tilted proper rrmedy mav
b. spplied and n not thai % ma, be- publicly
Tefutei
Mr LAWYER made the closing sentence
Of his memorandum read. Sguarely,
emphatically and publicly ,ehted
but the President left out the words
-squarely' and -emphatiCllly The
LAWYER memorandum u a carbon copy
and covers thirly-thrs- tvp-written
pages.
AZ regards the essential facts affecting
the charges against Ballingsr IN. wording
Of the Presidents letter differs alto
gether from the lawler memorandum.
although the IDEAS in many instances arr
similar. II was said tonight un authOrit"
that the President before he had asked
Mr. Iawler To prepare the memorandum
had stated his views and beliefs 10 Mr.
Iawler for his guidance in preparing the
document.
Il was said al the Department Of Justice
this afternoon that the LAWYER letter had
been sent 10 the congressional investi
eating committee before the charges
made By Stenographer kerby had become
pubiic. The memorandum did not an
Dsar IN evidence until sOme time after
the newsboys we're cTving the afternoon
papers on the streets
of the Interiors stenogTa pner came ~
n great surprise 20 Secretary Blllinger
and hrs assistants kerby had asked
last night for a leave Of absence for two
days 10 take his sunday school class
on an outing. TINS was readily granted
nv SeCTetary Ballinger. who up 20 this
time had placed the greatest confidence
IN KERRY. When the news Of the kerby
statement reached the Department ~
the Interior there was a high time irving
10 locate Mr. kerhy's sunday school
class TO find out II he Wa really responsible
Tor the words attributed TO him w
one was able 20 reach the stsnogra pher.
however. and Secretary BallinRer hurried
down 70 the White HolIse
President Taft had left however for
the goli links and then the telephone
wires between the White Hou-e and
thevy chase began 20 work Mr. Raj
hnger went from the White House 10 the
Attorney General office. where he held I
= two hour conference with Mr. Wicker !
sham ard with Assistant Attorney
General LAWYER Mr Blliinger declined /
10 issue any statement on the ground 7
that he had nothing 20 explain
Kerry Sav6 In his statement that he was /
IN Seattle with Secretary Balunger last 7
fall WHEN Baliingrr got lrtter from
President az containing the CLAWS .
caarges and asSing him for a reply 10 I
them SerrotaTy BalhngeT immediately I
left Tor Washington with Don NJ Tar. .
his secretary and with Stenographer
Kerry kerby says that they worked /
On their answer 70 the Claws charges
all the way across the continent and for
several days after thew got 20 Wsshing-
ton Secretary Ballinger and LAWYER
left on a Sunday for Beverly aud re-
turned 10 Washington on the following
1hursday
II was Just after tnis. according - the
Stenogrlphsr that LAWYER took up his
quarters In Ballingsr's private Ufics
and began the diCtatiOn u m. memo
kerBy says that the memo was written
from the first M a form which President
Taft might have adopted bodily a. his
lett"r 10 Secretary BallInger II be- 20
desired Half a dozen drafts were made
- the stenogrHDheF said before the final
one kerhy says also that LAWYER con
suited with Secretary Ballinger 3 4 I
Finnay Assistant Secretary % RalhnKar
Commissioner Fr-dericS D-nnett II the
J and once. Chief VI the Field S.rv IN.
SchwartZ ana one or two others in r.
gard 90 the lette- A. KERRY r,calis IT,
Secretary Baliugrr himself rad the letter
mr. one u the drafts aloud and general
criticism from The others was invited
kerJy says that LAWYER instructed ham
- sa"e all copies Of the rough drafts
When We. NJ sssy. another ztenog-
rapher and I had finished preparing
the tina drafts said kerby. Ma zsey
took the four copies Of the final draft \
and fastened each Massey then asked
LAWYER what disposition should Nv made
II the rough drafts Mr. Carr came into
tho room sbout that time The four u
U.S. lAwler. Carr. Massey and myself
conferred A. ~ what should b. done
with the rough drafts LAWYER sad that
n would not be- -lf" - trust them 10 the
wastebasket ! think IL was Carr who
declared that they ought - be burned.
IL was decided 20 RO a. room 2ij and de-
stroy the popers IN the crate there There
n closed CRATE in the room. and | sup
pose that - the reason why the papers
were not burned In the fireplace in the
secretary room, where there is
hig open gate
Well, We all went back 10 room 2iS
There were LAWYER and Carr and Massey
ana myself can swear that Carr was
there The papers were put IN the crate
and somebody touched a match 10 them.
! don't rem~mhe- who u was that lighted
the match ! think u was Carr. This
was between 10 and lO.D O'Clock on the
night NJ Friday. september ~
After burning up all traces o. the
drafts W. all went hack into our Offices
and tho itnal finished copies wer,. handed
Dver 10 Mr. LAWYER. ne took the four