The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-26
GARFIELD PROBES
STORIES BEARING
ON HIS EMPLOYEES
Coal and Oil Interests
Said to Have Com
plete Organization.
INSIDERS Blu S Y
Order for Gasless Sum
day Promptly Report
ed to Producers
Headquarters.
"INSIDERS' BU S Y

Washington, Sept ea.--tf the fuei
administration has been dominated nr
improperly influenced by the coal and
OF Industries as has been perSistentiY
stated here. Dt Harry a Garfield, his
friends say proposes to ind i cut
The charge that the fuel admins
traitor has been Johbed - these i'm
t.rests, "a WAYS and tie an extent per
s@nalty unknewn 10 the fuel director.
j. receiving the earnest consideration
of pe. tiarneld 1t is also receiving
tie careful attention Of other admin
i~tratfeu heads IA Washington.
Within the past fortN-~53ht hours.
Gale the present Investigation from
within tht fGet adgHiutstrat is
,.RvlN 10 lead Ia drastic measures
aHned ta wholly remove any cause
ter criticism ar complaint %hi,h may
have teen found "a eAlst IA III depart
ss5-=F
SER tfafhelas eyes have be@a opened
- tae seriousness ana gravity Il tha
go q on since he fret discussed With
rs ~ paper men last week the alleged
8 aatetien ot ee=} ard OIL repte-
sSntauVes wltA tA~ fael adwlnistra-
tsn lie has learned among other
Things
H. abat senator lodge has la his
possession copy OF "a FemaFkah!e
tetter written b. j. ., n. Morrow. gem
e4sJ director NJ bIjum.noHs zeal dis
Imitation Of the fuel administration
aAd admittedly upon the pay rolf ~
tine National Coal association to the
extent ef annual salary of si5.eGo.
upon which. u is reliably stated. the
Massacnusetts senator contempiates
hasis a demand Ter au onif}al tagpiry,
That stt Morrow letter contains
asnQn1 other revelations the statement
t.sat the coal operators have been pay
il.4 TIE nnlk of the fuel adm nistra-
ITEMS expenses since It's organization.
That this letter. written on the
of ice stationery Of the fIei admins
tfatien Was addressed 10 William
Hard. "A magazine writer. who is de-
eBared by the friends af the president
10 have been vicious}y opposed 10 the
administration and Is said to enjoy
friendly and confidential relations
WIN Senator Lodge and other Repuh-
loan leaders.
That Morrow organized from the
staff OF regular press agents of the
coal operators a press bureau OF his
own to supersede the regular sduca-
tionai bureau OF the fuel admlnistra-
ton.
). That the Official publicity Of the
oil division is handled in similar
manner by employees Of the oil inter-
ests. likewise are not on the govern
1t appears that the letter is dated
August 81, 1915 1t was addressed to
william Hard. Care Of the Indian.
isenE Lake. Hamilton county
The official office copy of tire letter
II in the ffes of the fuel admnistra~
tion, Senator Lodge is said to have
received his copy directly from Hard.
In previous talks with newspaper men.
pr. Garftelc admitted the existence of
the letter and it's general character
was discussed
1t is now known that the letter con-
taned. among others, these state
ments:
Ever since ! began this wo~< last
spring the coal operators have been
paying the bulk OF expenses and this
year they will contribute more than
81 500. 0oe to the maintenance af-etaf
organization. This does not include
the salaries of dozens OF high grade
men who have volunteered their SER
vices for nothing and in many cases
are paying all their expenses as well.