Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-23
HUGHES'S PROBE
STAYS SENATE'S
Satisfied to Let Former
Justice Make Only Air
plane Inquiry
BOTH SIDES GAIN POINT
Bv CLINTON W. GILBERT


P, Cl INTO\ W CURERT
Ht"H Correspondent Er"tno P"bic Lrd9cr
Washington. May ~
The victory of tho AIiltarv Affairs
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W " -,
ny victory oi ''reSlHch( W ''Son' III"
Senate committee has the authority
# wanted hrt if is indiCatcd that
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'''N Vi''' NV ''0''' w. '',' wa
ne that COnduCt"d ny Mf hE"n"&.
The Senate won. bat will stay its
La,d -rbis l,,s all ,I,,, .,.,,ect of , bar.
gam hHt II nf'"'IE WIS NOT "'r-
gain. The President got himself into
an impossible position in opposing in.
vestIgatiOns by tn" Senate, for that
was what his position virtually be.
c7ne ,houch ho rrnrcs.cd that IL was
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S'll''''''I'- '"'''
Inc SeNat" commute" got inlo an
impossible position TN proposing to
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.., a.,
MI N''"" anu "E!'''!'e" ~ ''''
Hughes. especially rs that invcstiga-
tion may lead tn criminal prosecutions.
The President Withdr"W from his i'm.
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tuI'H' .''i',', .,,I'r.,,, -
.I, IIf,i,,,., rr,,,,,. I.n,,,,,i,,od 70 1,o,,a
the money tn investigate what 1t
would. where Il would and with agents
of its choosing.
The Senate committee Withdrew
r,,,;rI.1,. 90. 90 -r,,or,,rI, ,,,d i,dood
,1ot su,oI,. l. ,r.v stii iryes+irnta
aircraCt dunlicotfnJ tho efforts or NIr
uuohos h,1t Drrbahlv il won't
committee Canu0t make a turn d.;
0ilicIIv AS tho President can. II is
man. he is ono ana one man ALWAYS
has tlI1 advantage over the many
Wbi,, is yrhy Mr.. Wilson cuts the
figure ho does and why Congress cuts
the figure il docs
Ni'H'"'il W. '",'F'i"'i"'
After ITS victory ON the moor OF the
Senate. hi"odI"SS ana satisfying tri'
umnh. IN" NlItifN NtIdl'S '"mmlttee
was '"I'e,. '"-',Il'I ny "'hIi"I NAM
Rc''iH. '' ''I. a. '''u l''" '',',I''ieu
on i'Hi""H WIN 'N'C"IH'N ''ehcI"i
Gregory hnu ms SP"'HlI aSSISiaht. Mf'
Fush"S; nay M"% TO- ne ,lIS scope
"l '!le liu"",'' IH'!"', N''U MouI'l
Il n'I",.N ~ ','''.,".
ni'"' y - III - way
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ma" W We i',.,, :.
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not to he taI;ou for Granted in Wash.
fnrton AsalosuIt of these questions
Mr. IJrohos wrote "A letter to the At
tOrncv General trllin- him that the
iru,Ji,,,. no was - make muSt go into
every Dnlsc rr aircraft uroduction
from ti,r nfIiSrr tO tho Drpsent. and
2a,iur ,l,1t IF il is uudcrstond that
we r0I,trmDlltn this course Of action
ShOuId ,,Ipp0sc that there would I've
. cCOcral Iiyncyition to uprmit our
invoetinntirn to nrOrrcd iIucnlnlraspd
hv any ullaInl course Of action" ~
Thi. letter Mr.. Chamberlain had
Transmitted hv the Attorney GpnpraL
1n1 ne laid il hcfnrn tho Military Af-
l4lfS '"I''ih!tlor' IL" nI'nSe'l was m
cr'r, ,,,til VI, II,,cho, ,.1s ,l,rnueL
o,d ,La,, n.,i,. 60 ,,,, if !, ,oor,od
Docossa,,,. ,rho,.o v.,. onnositior in
tba ror,r,i,,oa ,rd ,o I,,.i.inn wa.
r,orlnd pn, ,,n ,n,,.se favnrad h,.
tha ,h.,irr,r win r,nIIil, hn .taI;on