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said, and spoke of publishing the
whole story.
81 was deeply impressed by what
CLAWS said and urged him to go to
the president. 1 did this because l
thought a scandal would rise, as it
has since risen, and I thought the
president ought to have an oppor-
tunity to protect himself and his adj
ministration.'
GAVE CLAWS A LETTER.
Mr.. Pinchot read in evidence the
letter OF introduction he gave CLAWS
to the president. In this letter he
said he had known CLAWS for sever
| al years. The witness explained
again that he thought he had met
CLAWS once before, at any rate. he
said he had known of him for sew
eral years. AS to Law Officer Shaw
going to Chicago to assist Mr.. CLAWS
in the preparation of his statement
to the president, Mr.. Pinchot said the
| impression had gone forth that Shaw
| had assisted CLAWS in preparing an
article published in a weekly paper.
This was not true, the witness de-
| clared, for such an article could not
have been In contemplation when
SudW was VIII GlaVlS.
The witness read into the evidence
the full text of a letter written to
him by President Taft from Beverly.
Sept. Is, 1909, at the same time he
wrote to Secretary Ballinger. exon.
Grating him from the CLAWS charges
In this letter the president expressed
renewed confidence in Mr.. Pinchot
| and urged him not to make Glavis's
cause his own. He referred to CLAWS
as disingenious and as a man who
had let one idea run away with his
judgement.
The president expressed regret that
Mr.. Pinchot did not share his conf.
dence and trust in Mr.. Ba1linger. Mr.
Pinchot also read his reply to the
president, dated Nov. 4, 1909, in
| which he reiterated his criticism OF
Secretary Ballinger.
LETTER FROM PRESIDENT.
The presidents letter Of Sept IS
in full, was as follows:
Beverly, Mass, Sept. IS, 1909.
MY Dear Clifford.
81 enclose with a letter which
am about to send to Secretary Bal
1inger for such use as he sees fit, in
reference to the charges made by
CLAWS against Secretary Ballinger
! u
reached this conclusion only after G
full consideration of Glavis's state
ment and their answers to it, but
never reached a conclusion based OF
stronger conviction than this one
is.
''Glavis seems to be man who has
acquired but one idea and who has
allowed his suspicious to grow t.
such a point as to be altogether dis
ingenious in the statement of evi
dence, which he adduces to sustain
his attack upon his superiors.
81 have made no reference to yor
in this matter, which probably will be-
made public, because l do not wisf
to bring you into the controversy a.
all. I have advised Mr.. Ballinger ant
his subordinates that I wish YOU
name left out of the matter in Their
answers and references should it be
come necessary, as not unlikely t.
send the whole record to congress
am aware from the tone of your
letter and from your conversation
with me that you did not give Mr.
Ballinger the confidence and trus
which | do, and in this respect
think you do Mr.. Ballinger injustice
I think you have allowed your en-
thusiastic interest in the cause O.
conservation and your impatience a
legal obstacles and difficulties to mis-
lead you, in this regard, as SUSPECT