The Washington times., 1920-03-02
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Commerce to proceed ~ once 70 III
yestigate the whole question. 1 DO
not, by anything ! have said or In
the introduction OF a resolution
meant to impugn the integrity OF any
man connected with the grNin con-
troll, but the report OF the grand jury
upon its face bears evidence or So
rious condition and the facts ought
to be disclosed"
Senator Gronna made this state
ment:
81 had considerable data with ref
erence to the charges made against
Max H.Houser, vice president OF the
United States Grain Corporation.
when made my speech in the Senate
on February II.
81 did not use 1t, first, because the
Information was given me by parties
whom I had reason to believe are not
under a license by the grain corpora
ton and did not wish to cause them
any trouble; and another reason was
that did not have the time to make
the necessary investigation.
1Congress Should Act"
but now since the Hearst papers
have printed the report Of the Fed
eral grand jury, together with other
data, 1t seems to me that 1t will be
necessary LOT Sohs 1903 W toh0 oo"'e
action.
IA resolution ought to be intro
duced and passed directing the De-
partment of Justice to make thor
ough investigation OF this whole
matter.
"The Hearst papers are again en-
titled to much credit for their fear
less attitude on questions Affecting
the public welfare"
Senator Gronna later outlined two
curses, either of which the Senate
Committee on Agriculture. OF which
70 is chairman, will follow when the
members meet In special session.
hey are:
Ito direct the Attorney General
0 inform the Senate of everything he
las done in the matter.
''2-To adopt a resolution which
viii be presented to the Senate. ask
ing that q complete investigation be
made. '.,tr..
Senator Gronna declared the grand
Jury report verified all the state
: ments he had made against the Grain
Corporation in connection with ad-
vocacy Of his bill providing for its
abolition. He said: .,.
Julius Barnes has $4,000 licenses
and Herbert Hoover had the vast
publicity organization of the Food
Administration. which is to certain
extent in existence to fight me.
~"I have evidence that Barnes sent
thousands of kilograms urging Gre
people to wire Washington to OF
pose my bill to abolish the Grain
Corporation"
Senator PoindeIter. Republican OF
Washington. declared that inasmuch
as the report against the wheat spec
ulators and officers OF the Grain Coz =
poration was made by grand jury
in his own state, he believed the SEN
ate should make a complete invcstiga-
ton.
Receipts Flood Bnnks-
The debate proper in the Senate be-
gan when Senator Fernald, OF Maine,
Irose and read the grand jury re-
port. Then he said:
For several months the Senate and
he public have been undertaking to
over the price of foodstuffs. We
ave investigated many private con-
erns all over the country.
II do not know a thing about this
matter other than is stated in the
article, but I do know in banking
circles all over the country and for
the past six months 1t has been gen
orally known that the banks in the
Northwest were filled with whoa.
receipts.
MANY of the small banks have
loaned out as much as a million dol
lars-country banks, which natural
~ would not lend on any ane line OF
business more than 100000 or
100000.
Points to Ship Board.
Senator Fernald said the operation
OF ships by the Shipping Board and
the work of the Fuel Administration
also had brought a loss upon the Gov
eminent. He said this condition EN-
phasized the necessity of abolishins
the Government agencies which have
been undertaking to interfere in thu
management of private business"
Senator Jones of New Mexico In
auired whether the grand jury in
Spokane which made the report was
charged with the investi cation of the
subject Senator Fernald replied:
That Is precisely what / want to
know. / have only the information
from this newspaper article. II it Is
true that the grand jury is making
investigation that would be sufficient,
but I believe the Agricultural Com
mittee could make such inquiries as
might be necessary"
Senator Jones said he thought the
fact that the grand jury recommended
action by the Department OF Justice
Indicated that the jury was atcing
without Jurisdiction in the matter.
To this Senator Fernal replied that
as he knew nothing OF the legal
status OF the case, as he Is not a law
yer, but he did not know that ut
costs every man who buys a barrel
of -four at least $3.50 more than 1t