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BALLINGER-PINCHOT
INVESTIGATION NEAR END
Testimony al m--Commiitcc al
Journcd TIN Next Friday When 70
win Listen 10 Arguments.


Washington. May 3O.-The taking of
testimony in the Ballinger-Pinchot in
vestigauon ended today and the com
mittee adjourned 10 meet again next
Friday "a hear oral arguments by
counsel.
Two days viii bo devoted Co speech
making. The sO-Called prosecution"
will open, and for five hours next Fri
day the committee will listen 70 the
addresses of Louis ID. Bmudeis. coun-
sci for l. r. CLAWS. and George w.
Pepper counsel for Clifford pinchot
The defense viii sum up its case
on saturday. May 2S John j. Yer
trees counsel Tor Secy. Ballngcr. will
have five hours iu which to answer the
attorneys for the other side. Such time
as the attorneys for the prosecution
shall have reserved out OF the two and
half hours assigned to each may be
used In closing
Both sides win Doe given until Mon
day June 10. in which TO nle briefs
with the committee TO assist II iu pass
ing on the great mass of evidence
which has been presented
Without having given previous no.
tice. the defense announced uneXpect-
edly at the opening of todays session
that 1t had rested IFS case and the
prosecution put on but one witness in
robuttal
Sccy Balliugcr sent a letter To the
committee today 10 the effect that u
careful search OF his files had failed
&C. reveal any correspondence with
George W. Perkins Of the firm Of }
p Morgan a Co other than that all
ready made public.
Ats. Smythc. representing Mr. PIN
chot, made statement TO the com
mittee that he and Mr. Pepper desired
TO put in the record certain afndavits
TO contradict charges against the for
est service made In a report presented
by Sccy Ballinger regarding the Memo
miuce Indian reservation.
Waste of the Indians money in lum-
her.ng operations was charged against
the forest service. Atty. Nortrecs said
he had no objection to the filing of
these afhdaVits providing he could have
the same privilege.
Atty. Ncrtrecs said ne was opposed To
making any argument before the COM
mittce. He SAID De could not see the
necessity for it. III the evidence had
been presented TO an ordinary Jury he
would want 10 argue his case. he said.
but the committee was composed OF
legislators. some of thcm Judges and am
| of them lawyers, Who knew as much
about the case as he did.
And in the second place. DC added.
with smile. "t don't think there is
| anything 10 argue
The plan finally adopted was the sur-
gcstion OF Mr. Brandols He said he de-
sired Co present oral argument and 90
follow 10 with "a brief Vim due course
Members OF the committee discussed
the matter az length and Senator Suth-
erlaud moved that each side shoult
be- given five hours for oral argument
and that the attorneys should be allow.
cd ~ DAYS time thereafter within which
60 Me briefs. The motion carried unaui-
mously
I'm proposing the arrangement which
wa. finally adopted. Mr Brandois roe
marked that the side ne represented
had come 20 be regarded as the quasi
pro iecution" and the other side as the
"0uasi-defensc."
always iu quotation marks, how
ever" added MT Brandeis
II have recognized an the time that
this was q prosecution backed BY "a
conspiracy" rejoncd Mr. Vertreas
Notwithstanding the disclaimer OF coun-
IN that II was n prosecution"
Mr. Nertrees provoked much amusc
mcnt among members OF the commit
tee. when IN protesting n second time
against oral argument of the case. be
said dejeCtedly'
"a came here the first OF February
and was assured ! would not be de-
tanned here more than three weeks"
Mr. Nertrees did not realize Mr. Bran
deis' plan would require his remaining
here three weeks longer