Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-11
Mr.. Hogan's Charges.


Mr.. Hogan's Charges.
Mr.. Hogan fatty charged that Con-
troller Williams had denied a request
of John Poole. president of the Fed
eral National Bank. for deposit of
Emergency Fleet Corporation funds
because Mr.. Hogan was director of
the bank and as counsel for the Riggs
Bank had attacked Mr.. Williams. de-
claring him TO be unfit for public
office
Mr.. Hogan further charged that Mr.
Poole had been offered a deposit. of
these Emergency Fleet Corporation
funds amounting to 100000 provided
the Federal Bank would make a de-
post of 100000 in the Chatham
Phoenix National Bank of New York
Mr.. Poole went to John SHELTON
said MI. Hogan. within twenty-four
hours. think it was, the Federal
National Bank received a very large
deposit of Emergency Fleet Corpora
ton funds. and the request was made
that nothing thereafter be said about
the offer of a deposit of funds if the
Federal Bank would deposit in the
Phoenix Bank.
I'VE got that deposit when John
Poole looked that man CWilliams)
squarely in eye and told him of the
proffer of Emergency Fleet Corpora
ton funds.
yet MIR. Williams comes here and
asks senators to embalm their intelli-
gence long enough to believe his
statement that he has never used his
public Office to get even with men
who have fallen under his displeas-
ure," concluded Mr.. Hogan
Mr.. Williams Aroused.
Controller Williams who was in the
committee room, was on his feet i'm
mediately. urging that he be given an
opportunity to reply at once to Mr..
Hogan, whose statement. he said, was
gross and malicious distortion of
the facts"
Senator Mclean. chairman of the
committee. told Mr.. Williams that he
renly to the charges made by Mr..
Hogan later. and J. J. Darlington was
summoned to the witness chair.
Official Paper Produced
that Controller Williams had insisted
that it was SANDER to say that he
had used his public office to get
back" at his private enemies.
That has been his card all the way
through" said Mr.. Hogan. yet Mr..
Allies and Mr.. Flather. officers of the
Riggs National Bank, appeared
against his confirmation in 1913"
Mr.. Hogan said that Mr.. Williams
had repeatedly attacked George E.
Hill, formerly head Of the New York
Tribune bureau. who wrote articles in
regard to the Munsey Trust Company
consolidation in 1913.
He said that Wade H. Cooper, pres
ident of a local savings bank. and
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Mr.. Williams confirmation at the last
Congress. had also been subject to
attacks by Mr.. Williams. He laid be-
fore the committee an official state
ment on Treasury paper sent out by
Mr.. Williams. eleven pages long, Mr..
Hogan said. to bolster up. his case. Mr..
Hogan said this was sent to all the
national bank directors and officers in
the country. and that it. in effect, said
to them. This is what you get if you
oppose me- Mr.. Hogan said it would
be interesting to know who paid for
these notices and whose time was
used in getting them out.
Took Up Own Case.
MIR. Hogan then took up his own
case. He said that in January, 1914,
six months before he was retained by
the Riggs Bank as it's attorney in the
controversy with Mr.. Williams, he
had been made q director of the Fed
eral National Bank. and that he had
been a director ever since. Mr. Hogan
said that he felt intuitively after he
had entered the Riggs case that this
fact might be used by the controller
against the Federal Bank. He added
that he went to the president of the
Federal Bank and the executive com
mittee and suggested he be eliminated
from the board of directors. They re-
fused to take such action.
Mr.. Hogan said that the national
bank examiners who had examined
the Federal National Bank paid the
highest tribute to it. He said that the
president. John Poole, had been chair
man Of the District of Columbia lib
erty loan committee and Of the Poto-
mac District OF the Red Cross. and
that he had put in an immense amount
of valuable work for these patriotic
organizations.
Yet the Federal Bank had received
rather meager government deposits,
Mr.. Hogan said. He said that Mr.. Will
liams controlled the depositing of the
Red Cross funds.
Tells of Transfer of Money.
John Poole applied for Red Cross
funds to be deposited in his bank,
said Mr. Hogan. He received $780,
600. Mr.. Hogan said that the deposit
remained in the bank only twenty
four hours and then was transferred
to a trust company
1T would have been too raw to
transfer this deposit to the CONNER
cial National Bank. where Tucker
Sands, the crony of Mr.. Williams.
was in charge" said Mr. Hogan. This
transfer was made because the Fed
eral National Bank had the temerity
to have me as member of it's board
Of directors
Mr.. Hogan said that the Emergency
Fleet corporation had millions to de-
post about this time. He said that
when any public official had funds to de-
post he was required to submit to the
controller Of the currency a list of the
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