The Arvada enterprise., 1920-03-04
MAN STARTING CONTROVERSY
NOW GETTING FEE OF $40, 900

Washington, D. CA new light
has been thrown on the Ansell-Bake
court martial controversy of last
spring through words passed on the
floor of the House when Representa-
tive Kitchin of North Carolina dis
closed the fact that former Colonel
Ansell is now drawing a salary, or
"fee" of from $4,000 to $4,000 an
nually for his services.
This information leaked out wnen
Congressman kltchln took occasion
to ask Chairman GOOD, hepuDilcan,
OF Iowa, Of the House Appropriations
Committee, why the investigating
committees were asking an approp-
ration OF S7i 900. Chairman Iood
came forward to .eply but ne was
choked off by seve'... o. the i.elUnl-
can leaders, incluurg "Uncie Joe
Cannon, Representative Nicholas
Longworth and others who uid not
seem to relish answers 10 these inqu.
ries. A running word duel ensuea IN
which Kitchen ultimately carried his
point.
''If The gentleman from Iowa 10
not too much disturbed " .Aose =.
round him. inrerjec.eu LoEgress-
man Garner of Texas, Il wuuiu l.he
TO get some iaea OF the iUems 10.
which the $4,000 has been used.
kitchin Questions Chairman
Congressman hilcnin .l.en sueses-
ed that maybe some Oh The ciLau7hen
ui Uhe various lnve svLgaNn2 sCmml,-
tees, il Ohey were present On me
moor might eiuc.d;.lc some OF the al.
usual Items appearing IN lhe!r e..-
pense accounts. Alter enuhlera}ing
them, iMr. Graham oi iliinois, oi the
war expenditures investigating eon-
mittee; Mr.. Mckenzie Of Illinois; Nj.
Frear, the economist OF the ar
craft investigating commlttee; Mr..
Joseph Walsh OF Massachusetts OF
Shipping Board investigating COM
mittee; MIR. Royal John son OF Sourn
Dakota, and Mir. Reavis) only one Of
them responded to his ZANE on the
floor.
"There is my friend Mr.. Reavis, Of
Nebraska" said Mr.. Kitchin, after an
interruption. "who is one of the auto
mobile Investigators. If they were
here they could explain; knew these
items were coming up in the after
noon and knew that the gentleman
from Texas was going to ask some
questions about them and that he was
very curious to know how all this
money could possibly be spent"
During this colloquy only Mr..
Walsh answered to his name. Litter
Mr.. Rcavis and Mr.. Mckenzie came
in. Meanwhile Mr.. Kitchin read off
his "bill Of complaint" enumerating
some of the figures on. which he and
Garner desired information.
ION page l04," said Mr.. Kitchin,
reading from committee report, "is
an item, C. G. Gabrielson, II days
and five hor-s at $25 q day, $365.83;
expenses $49O.S9." I cannot under
stand, you know, why his expenses
were about 500 more than his sal
ary, unless he was hired on the ex-
pense basis instead of on a salary ba-
sis, so that his expenses would be the
principal thing and the salary the in
cident-why his salary should be S25
q day and his expenses $35 a day. !
know that mr.. Frear could explain
that.
Expsasss Exceed Salaries
"Here is another little item. My
friend, the gentleman from Illinois,
(Mr. McKenzie) is present, and there
is absolutely no doubt that he can ex.
plain This. On page 1918 l find o.
W. 1llig. % days at SIS a day. $375;
expenses $751;
Another one, w. J. Sperl, 25 days
at SIS q day, 1915; expenses $ls5.61
Here's another one for my friend
Frear's subcommittee: Salary lS
days, 8 hours, at $25 = day. e45s.3s;
expenses S5l2.87'
Here's another one under my
friend Craham's subcommittee: Ser
vices I days, 5000; expenses, $l9Y
In some Of these cases I would rather
be employed on the expense basis
than on . salary basis"
Mr.. Kitchin then asked Congress-
man Walsh why it was that the lstt>
ter's "parlor car trip" to the Pacific
Coast had coft the Government S4.-
O81. while "Mr. Fresr. who carried
more parties to the Pacific coast.
went into a larger examination,
should have had railroad expenses Of
only $14OI,"