Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-27
HOG ISLAND PROBE
RECORDS FINISHED
Report Will Soon Be, in the
Presidents Hands
for Decision
TODD Is SUMMARIZING
Not Known Whether or Not a
Clean Bill of Health
Will Be Given

The Department of Justice has COM
pleted its investigation OF the Hog
Island shipyard. The record of the
testimony taken from numerous wit
nesses and reports made by several spe-
cial investigators are now complete.
The whole mass of papers Is being
~ gone over carefully and put in finished
shape, and summarized by Assistant At
torney General Todd, who had charge
Of the investigation.
When Mr.. Todd finishes his task, in
perhaps ten days, the result will be
turned over to Attorney General Gregory,
who will make the report to President
Wilson. No part of its contents or in
tmation, of its conclusions will be made
public until President Wilson has gone
over it thoroughly.
This investigation by the Department
OF Justice was ordered begun by Presi-
dent Wilson about four months ago at
the time that the air was fun of reports
that there had been gross profiteering
in connection with the construction Of
the Hog Island plant and the building
of the fabricated steel ships.
Charges of Extravaganza
Back in last March and April, before
a single ship keel had beer laid at Hog
Island, the air about the shipping board
offices and about the Capitol was sur
charged with reports that the American
r,,arp,,io,,, ,-or,o-,,;,, .hi,,, had
'''"No 'he coi''"cI Will 'ne sniPp'"s
board for the Hog Island shipbuilding
undertaking. had souandered the s21,-
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70 Cost ana hau hot nearly coillieteu
its construction.
The more that was said about the
Hog Island yard at that time the worse
the situation looked.
About the time the reports of scandal
at Hog Island were at their height the
,nras',i,a,jn, - tbo ,,.horo .,,i,'h,,i,d;ns
program. But this investigation really
simmered down to an investigation of
Hog Island MANY men who knew little
or nothing about sbinhuiIdiry eenecialIv
on the plane of the Hog Island ward.
appeared and gave some very damae-
inr testin,ony II was said that the
American international Corporation was
making money hand over fist by the
nni1linnS nnSSpgGinf ''ErOw
how"
The American International Corpora-
tim II was said had obtained n biy
contract fror, tho shinning ho,,d for
s,,iIdino ,to ~ n-'pps s, ,,,,'s',,ra
basis ars T has then s,,,contractod tns
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,helr slde Oh the case INC SITUATION
looked a great deal dliteFent'
IL was tound that the American In
terhat,o''ai was carrying top-heaVy
Pagroil' however ana TINS was cut TO
pieces ana put on purely business
oasis by officials of the shipping board.
pr.sid.,t ToLos Hand
% serious iiau some OF the alega-
tiois AGAINST the american lnterna-
eiohal co'po! atioii pccoiie pelore the
Sehate iiisstisatioh was hait completed
that PRESIDENT wilson felt himself called
upon 10 take aclioh 10 ease the pubic
"Ailu'
ne airec'ed Attorney "eheral gregory
10 make an investigation or the Hog
ieiahu saio, Win view 10 determining
II tnere mad peen anything criminal In
connection win the project ana as a
Dasis ior lhs'Nu'lhs criminal proceed
ihgs II such were warranted
MI iregory at "Tce put Mr.. Todd
10 work on the case. Mr.. Todd, who
had peeh known as the Admlnistra-
TONS trust puster Tor some time be-
cause OF ms peing detailed to have
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