New Britain herald., 1920-11-30
BOILING DECLARES
 ALLEGED BRIBE IS ACTUALLY FRAMEUP
Presidents BrOther-in-LaW De- nieS He Received Money for
 Influencing Ship l. Contracts
INITIATES SANDS MAY BE
 CROOKED; FULLER A LIAR

CROOKED; FULLER A LIAR In Explaining Transaction, Accused Said $500 Given Him Was Money
 Due On old Contract and Was So Understood By Sands-Another
 $500 Advanced On Personal Note Was Promptly Paid.
 New York, Nov. 30.-A denial that he had ever taken money for in- fiuencing the disposition of contracts or machinery by the U. s. Shipping Board, as charged by T. K. Sands, former Washington banker, coupled with a request that all of his busi- ness transactions with Sands be in- vestigated-"both for my own and my family's sake"-was made before the Walsh congressional committee here today by R. w. Boiling, Presi- dent Wilson's brother-in-law and now treasurer of the Shipping Board.
 His Records Are Open.
 MT. Boiling told of business as- sociations with Sands dating back to 1916 and earlier years, out of which grew several financial transactions. He told the committee that his per- sonal records were all available to it's inspection. Sands has testified that he received s4O,0O0 from the Downey Shipbuilding Corp. for rep resenting'' it before the boaDd, out of which he paid money to MT. Boiling.
 MT. Boiling said that after banking with the institution which Sands was connected with for several years he had taken a contract in 1916 to build a house for the banker and in mak- ing a settlement for it's cost with MT. and Mrs. Sands had foregone Eny profits because of objection by the Sands to a charge for extras.
 Gave Up Own Profits
 T volunteered to cancel m5 share of this charge, which figure ($6O0) represented most of the profit I had expected to make on the entire transaction MT. Boiling said in his statement, because of thes un- pleasant attitude. MT. Sands agreed to this settlement and gave me his note for $500 which I endorsed and discounted.
 f1O"eNSE, d SnOrL "nlIe dIUQTWar0 MT. Sands told me that he dld not want me to lose any of my cemmis- sions for building the house aad that he had accepted this reduction only because his wife was very much wor- ried that the house should have cost more than they had originally planned and that he intended paying me the additional $500 abovs re- ferred to.
 Corrects Shipping InjusticA
 Early in 1918 MT. Sands sant a Mir. Cranor to see me in rsgprd to some machinery which was to be used in connection with construction of vessels. MT. Cranor told me that the machinery in question was bending rolls'' and was to have been to his company from the fac tory but at the last minute some other |. company succeeded in having the order changed and that this machin- cry would be diverted to them: that great injustice was being done to his, MT. Cranor's company. knew nothing about the construction di- . vision so in the presence of MT. . Cranor l called up MT. Lester Sisler . who was then secretary of the ship ping board and explained the matter to him. He said he would look into it and subsequently told me that he found upon inquiry that the rolls had been promised to MT. Cranor's company and would be shipped to them. '
 Accepts Just Payment.
 A short time after this MT. Sands told me that he had made or would make s1,000 in connection with this fransa saction-though he now states he has no recollection of the natter and that he was going to take care of me-. told him I would accent He then mentioned the $500 which he still owed me in con- nection with the changes made in his house saying he had not for gotten it and would pay it. I gave no thought as to what MT. Sands re- Iatlonship was to the principal, but
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