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Wants Full Committee to Act.


turn" he said. because if there is real
ly anything serious in it we ought to
get 1t out and let the American people
see IL.
.Now Representative Henry of the
rules committee has sent me letter
in which he asks me to confer with
him so he may learn what information
] have. Now, of course, I'm not going
TO expose my hand to him, although, of
course, / will talk to him. What 1
want to do is to have a chance to talk
TO the full committee. and that's what
intend to work for"
For over a week the actors in this
triangular episode have been entertain
ing the country during the intermis-
sion CT a congressional recess. Repre-
sentative Henry says he will not call
the rules committee to consider the
subject unless Messrs. Lawson and
Wood tell him what they know. Messrs.
Lawson and Wood say they will tell
the committee in public, but will not
give away their information in secret.
Mr.. Lawson's Letter.
BOSTON. January Am offer to
convince President Wilson in an hours
Interview Of the wisdom of suggesting
70 Congress An immediate investigation
Of stock market manipu1ations of the
last two years is contained in letter
from Thomas W. Lawson Of this city
to Representative Robert L Henry.
chairman OF the House committee on
rules. made public here. The letter.
which Is In response to the representa-
tfve's request for information as a
basis for an inquiry into a rumored
leak from Washington to Wall street
in connection with the peace note of
President Wilson. asserts that an In
vestigation would disclose the opera
lions of a great false news maker"
aiming at "the complete befuddling OF
the American people to the real vitals
Of the hour.
Says "Leak" Was One Of Series
In the letter Mr.. Lawson renews pre-
vious statements that the so-called leak
Of last week was one Of a series
through which, he says, the American
people were robbed OF hundreds Of
millions of their savings and particu-
lar few benenciaries secured some
sixty-odd millions of direct plumber.
some of which was split with impor-
tant people" Other leaks are coming.
the letter predicts. which viii have
similar results.
The letter suggests that Congress ap-
point a committee Of investigation with
powers made up of men "of the cali
Der of Justice Brandeis. Controller
Williams. Senator Owen or Representa-
tive Henry" and that the committee
begin its investigation at once in New
York before books. papers and other
records can be destroyed" The result,
according to the letter. might be a
sudden drop in the cost Of living and
"the complete exposure of the man
who said to Germany give me $4,000
600 of margins and I'll end the war
by making II impossible for the allies
TO finance themselves; of his trip to
the emperor for the perfecting of his
scheme: of the return In an undersea
boat of $4,000. 900 of American Sc
curfties; of the smashing of the market
and the dividing Of the profits of over
$50.o00.000 and the beginning Of a new
smashing leak campaign"
Will Establish Facts.
Continuing Mr.. Lawson says he does
not affirm that an investigation will
show all these things. but that 1t will
show the truth or untruth Of these
stories which are beneath today's sur
face" and will at the same time show
"the working of gigantic publicity
opinion making anair"-"working over
time to lay the blame of the leak dis
aster at the door of the associates of
the greatest President since Lincoln,
although these men were absolutely
free from any ENHANCEMENT with the
AFFAIR"