The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-05-18
Assistant Attorney General
Lawler Is Wrathy
MAKES EMPHATIC DENIAL
Regarding President Taft's Letter on
Stand in Ballinger-Pinchot Invests
gation-Had No Help in Draw
ing up Taft Letter.

Washington, D. O., May ls.-A day
filed with interesting episodes reached
an exciting climax in The Ballinger-
/. pinehot investigation late yesterday
when Assistant Attorney General Oscar
LAWYER author 81 the now famous Law
Ter memorandum. rose wratbfully from
the witness seat and accused Attor.
ney Brandeis Of uttering deliberate
untrnth- After rebuke, Mr. Lawler
withdrew his remark and apologized,
Mr. LAWYER was called TO the stand
By the defence To explain the oir
cumstanees under which he had pre-.
pared for the president memorandum
containing his opinion on the charges
that had been filed by Special Agent
CLAWS against Secretary Balineer
Directly eontradicting Secretary Bai.
fingers testimony bclore the commit
tee, kerby. tine stsnographer, said his
former superior knew shout the pre-
paration Of the memorandum and par
ticipated in a conference on the sub
ject, Furthermore, be said, Lawler had
told private Secretary Carr IN his pres.
ence that be hid left copy Of the
memorandum with Mr. Ballinger
Il prepared the memorandum with.
out consulting single persons under
heaven" exclaimed Mr. LAWYER 1.-THE
statement that any ona assisted me is
absolutely. an unequivoeal falsehood
Mr. Lawler said be had been asked
by the president 90 prepare an opinion
and that he regarded it as q confidential
trust He said he bad furnished 20 the
committee an the information he had
felt At liberty % divulge aud aid not
think he had any right % inform Che
committee that such memorandum cx-
isted,
Immediately after his return 20 Wasd-
iueton from Beverly last September
Mr. LaYler said be had begun prepara-
ton on his memorandum The original
draft. be said, was completed without
consulting anybody
When tile draft bad been typewrit-
ten 81 kerby and Massey, he added
he had caled Secretary Ballinger and
others one night 90 hear IL read
wanted to be absolutely correct
in every statement explained Mr. Law.
Ter.
He said 10 one made any suggestion
except fer the purpose of yeriHcatioa.
Mr.. LAWYER said re mad burned the
original draft 81 the memorandum
Il was confident be said. that gum
shoe men had been On my trail for
months and ] knew there were no
depths Of degradation % which they
II II
one il the office might be corrupted as
kerby had been corrupted
Asked who he thought were behind
the gum shoe men Mr. Lawler de-
eared dramatically
james r. Garfield. Clifford pinebot,
Norman FIapgood man named Con-
molly, and that man there
You mean Mr. BfaHaeis y
Yes, He came III later. He's The
flower of that foul ilocls1
This reference 70 the champions OF
conversation caused an uproar among
h. spectators most of whom we're
women. and there was some kissing
The committee declined Mr. Bfandeis'
request to have made part Of the
record the statement issued from the
" Httt FAMAhF AaSb NhtutadA evening" de-
nyng there was amy foundation for THE
kerby statement. Senator Root charged
that Mr. Brandeis' whole line Of in-
quiry was covert attempt 70 drag the
president into the Investigation, to
which Mr.. Brandeis replied that Il was
material TO the investigation as tend
ing to show that The presidents lett
ter generating Secretary Ballinger was
prepared in such haste that Il was
mot judicial in its nature, but was ex-
tremely partisan"