The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-03-12
.bALL|NC[R STILL
BEING ATTACKED
CHIEF ENGINEER OF REcLAMA
TON SERVICE TAKES THE
STAND TO TESTIFY.
8All|NCER POLICY BAD
Arthur Davis Says Reclamation Ser
vice is in Danger of Disinteura-
tion Because Of Secretary's
Attitude.

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Washington, March. ll.-7With Ar.
thur P. Davis, chief enginser ef the
reclamation service, on the stand,
the attack on Secretary Hallfnger
continued today before the congres.
|sional committee on investigations
Davis was called as a witness by
Clifford Pinshot and was examined by
Pinchot's attorney.
Although expressing reluctance to
TESTIFY, Davis proved well fortified
with maps and data, and proved in
many ways to be one of the most i'm
poftant witnesses by the "prosecn-
ton He contradicted many state
ments of Secretary Ballinger to the
president, revealing in detaif inter.
views and talks he had with Ballinger
and ending the day by declaring that
the reclamation service Is still in
danger of disintegraton as the rs
suit Of Ballinger's attitude.
Davis declared that "in language
as strong as pollteness and proper re.
respect would permit" he had told
Secretary Ballinger that his entire
course tended to the decentralization
OF the service.
With regard to the statement by
Ballinger to the president that he
had restored manv lands withdrawn
|Sy Secretary Garfield on rec6mmen-
dation from the Reclamation service
that these lands are no longer need
ed for reclamation purposes, Davis
| declared that all of the reconimenda-
tions made by the reclamations SER
vice We're in response to direct or.
lers Issued by Ballinger, These or.
ders were repeated, he said, many
times, but never put in writing Dl
rector Newell OF the reclamation ser
vice, protested vigorou:ly against the
s'ctetaryT astion
Davis said Ballinger had written
\ letter to DR. win, repeating state
nents that the lands had been re
stored on the recommendation OF tht
acting director of the reclamation
service that they were no Longer
needed, The witness said he was the
acting director referred to- that he
had never made any such recommen
| dation.
Davis declared that carry IN tht
lpresent administration he had found
Pallinger deeply preJudiced against
the reclamation serv.te.. He assertet
THAT Ballinger had told, him to pre-
Ipare list Of lands for restoration
lslowly. so as not to attract public at
tcntion The witness said he had
lmade no attempt to influence Bal
llnger as to these restorations, be
lcanse he was always met with the
dat statement that Garhelds with
drawal Of lands had been entirely il
legal.
Davis asserted that Ballinger was
wrong In stating to the president that
IGarfield's Withdrawals did not truth
fully show what they were made for
There had been no subterfuge, ht
said, and if there had bee any ap
pc arance Of subteffuge IL wasDavis
lfault and not Garheld's.
The witness revealed that there
Twas feud between the reclamation
service and the geological survey. II
Twas on reports of the reclamation
service that Garfield acted in tht
withdrawal OF power sites.
Ballinger has depended on geolog
cal surveys. Davis did not hesitate
to criticize the survey and declared
that narrow strips which had been
withdrawn along streams by the geo
logical survey did not properly pro
tect power sites.