The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-14

Hotel Wachapreague,
Wachapreague, Va.
eussed. and yet I seem 10 have a recol-
lection that the reason we didn't go
into that room was because the papers
would make too many asnes.
"WeIi, at any rate, we ali went bach
no r06nI III. There had TOT becn .
fire In tho CRATE back there since thu
time when Assistant Secretary RyaI
occupied IL. There was Lawler and
Carr. and Massey and myself, I an
dead sure that Mr.. LAWYER went IN
with us. I can swear that Carr was
there. The papers were put in this
CRATE and somebody touched a match
to them. | don't remember who 1t was
who lighted the matches. l think II
was Carr.
Watched Papers Burn.
THE papers blazcd up and burned
~furiously. We stood around the fire.
! place and watched the smoke eur
around the age N the fire lick NJ
line after line of typewriting. We
didn't leave until every bit Of paper
/, had beer consumed and the drafts
were reduced 10 a mass of bblack
ashes.
This was between 10 and 1890 on
the night OF Friday, September 10.
After burning up all traces of the
| drafts, we all went haek into our
ofices--Massey and ! to the reception
room (room 2i7)-and the final fin-
istled copies were handed over to Mr.,
LAWYER. lie took the four copies with
him into the secretary's room.
Now. / don't think that the secre-
! "a 4 xtt4fraaGa1 fhA hstrrfpr ~ shn nj
pers. j am pretty sure that he wal
around and In his room. AT n rate
Mr.. LAWYER took them into the secre.
tary's room.
A few minutes later he came out
through u office, In company with
Secretary Ballingcr. / think.
Carr was waiting out In the room
With us. The secretary's carriage was
waiting out in 'front.' OF the Office, and
LAWYER and Ballinger and Carr. ]
think. all drove to the station.
Mr.. LAWYER told us all goodby. ans
Massey and / wished him a goot
trip. Some time after this Mr.. Lawlel
left for the West. He was out OF
town one day when Carr came gu
into u office looking for a % OF
a memorandum which Lawler hat
prepared. or curse. We couldn't FIND
any--we didn't have one in the first
place, Then Massey. at Cars direc.
ton, went into Mr.. LAWYERS Office to
look for q copy. Massey searched al
through Mr. LAWYERS desk--he told
me about IT afterward-went over 4
twice. He couldn't locate It.
Worricd over Missing Copy.
When Mr.. LAWYER returned from tn.
West he was not able to locate a draf
for Carr. ! remember he said, or 1
wu-n N tAAA n. ----- 49, -
thought he had turned the fourth cop,
over to the secretary. E.verybod,
seemed considerably worried ahou
that missing copy.
A few days after this Fl, II, Schwartz
who Is chief of the field service o
the Land Once, sent over one OF tn,
copies OF the Cunningham record. IL
had a that in his possession 70
some time. The record was bound II
heavy cardboard. / think | was tn,
n who In looking through II foun,
the copy OF the LAWYER draft, stucl
In the back of the book. between tn,
last page and the heavy cardboar,
back.
! took 1t in to Mr.. Carr. Subse
quently he turned It over to me. an,
! " IL with section 2 Of file 8.
stuck IL in hat file, attaching IL /,
the other paper with a rubber band
There wasn't any other place to al
1t In any other way, az II properf,
wasn't q part of our record.
II remained in the file just wher
! placed II, until approximately
month ago.. ! was constantly addin
to the file. day BY day, and ! am Ger
tufu that X Was there. / can't fix tn
date when 1t disappeared.
The filing case where the memoran
IL dtJY1 wAA mt WynA a Gtrtxn Ty-.-A-l.
cabinet. Confidential Ale eight" /
known a 3 the "Hallineer- Pinchot
Newell controversy" II contains nv
parts. Section / IL Correspondence
general" section 2. report 70 Tn,
President: section 3. "congratuiator
messages and misceIIaneous": sectio,
4 IL Garfield inchot letters and re-
plies" ETC.: section s Is .Nationa
Conservation Association report on tn,
TAFT administration c~onservatio,
bills"
The cabinet stood directly benin,
my desk. where ! could reach II b,
turning around in my chair.
Attorney Brnndels Calls.
ITO go back to the chronologiea,
order OF things again--it was some
time after ] nied this--indeed. after
the congressional investigating com,
mittee had been in session severa.
weeks--that Carr came ont into oui
room one day and stated To Masse,
and myseif that MIR. Rrandeis, whe
is council for CLAWS before tha com
mittee. had made a call upon IN.
department OF h ainterior for all
correspondence which IBaliinger had
with Commissioner bennett and stem.
egraphers' note books covering tina,
period.
II remember that the period COW
ered h time during which Carr was
private secretary To bennett, and Il
was Cars note books that BRANDED,
Wanted
Il rsfnember I asked Carr II he
had rent them to the committee.
Carr faid he had not, Tor the rea-
Een hat he had tieras kept any of his
note books.
II said Well. I've never kept mine
~f.tfi~rs put Massey hers is UP Against
Il II any oceasf6n should artse Whers
hls books should be demanded he.
eauSe he has kept eyery note book
he ~ytE nsed from The time he first
Ntent Into the government Terrics
Fl MASSEY always WAS fussy about hts
q g boekg and ilisd them away care
fully
Carr said. In d laughing sort 81