The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-20
NAVAL OFFICIALS
ARE D|SCREDITED
Committee DenOunces the
Method Used in Inves-
tigating Scandal
ROOSEVELT IS NAMED
Danicl and His Assistant are
Accused Of knowledge Of
Improper Practices


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'hc committee. and both fine clergy
ana 'h" journal saws th" report
deserve 'u' 'h1uk~ ui no" prupi' az
atl'
At the rt'uo iiu" today. Ni
N""s'N'li. who WI. tho democratic
'andidat" for vice president Issued
y statement dr'intiuF mat senators
litII or Delaware ANA lN"Foa ~ Sow
Hampshire" ih" two republicans VINO
constltuj" th" majority uf the inv'a-
tgatins committee. had issued th"ir
tindinEs without giving him a h'ar-
lut aiiur promising 4" d." to. NhiCh
MI lto"scN'It ~ ms sthl'W'ul con
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"nthIt purpose ot seeking what ihry
mIthkrulN hrlIcN" To- hc a partisan
IollltHl advantage,
senator KING Of li1h. IN" demo
cratic member OF ohc investigating
committee" VIII file minority re
port later.
Most Of the details OF the New
port scandal n Is discloFcd In the
investigation, are of an unprlniahlc
nature. The cruX OF the majority re
port charges Is that with the knowl-
edge OF MIR Daniels and Mr. Ruo"u-
Ncit enlisted men OF the navy were
Improperly used n participant, IN
Immortl practices Tor the purpose or
securing evidence on which 10 dig.
miss offenders from tho navy,
Mr. Roosevelt, under whose office
the investigation was conducted, was
held hy Ia" majority to hc morally
responsible for the orders The
findings of a naval court martial
which investigated the scandal are
introduced In the record for the first
tino. II held the action OF Mr..
Roosevelt unfortunate and lll-ad-
Nlsrd
secretary Daniels di7hpproved the
portion OF the findings which con
d"mncd the method or investigation.
ana on that point the committee rp-
port To-Day says.
The committee agrees that
FRANKLIN ID. RoosoNelts action whs
not only unfortunate and iU-ad
viscd' but most roprohensihlc, ar
MI. ipHnielF dlsapproNal OF TINS
opinion OF the court rs to be severe >
'ondemned.
Mr.. Roosevelt. In his statement
SAID that AT no tune was the woI
or investigation supervised by him
ser personally ana thnt wh'n, NJ
september lvl9' ne and the hctir
chief OF the bureau or navlghtIcn
were informed that member of the
inNoHlgatlng squad mad used hlghiy
improper and roVoitlns methods IN
getting evidence, Immediate orde'
were sent out 'that dhy To stop II.
Ihc lnSinuatlons that ihuTt
nave known, that | supervised the
operations, that l was morally "a 70
sponsihlc, said Mr.. Roosevelt
are nowhere supported by tho oW-
denco, directly or indirectly"
ON that point, however, the ms-
jurity point to findings Of the invc1-
tigating committee holding that Mr,
Roosevelt was present at confer
cnccs which determined the meth
ods OF the Investigation ana that "t
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