Evening star., 1921-02-19
BOILING CLEARED
BY HOUSE PR0BERS
Says Dealings With Sands
Was Greatest Misfortune
of His Life.

r. w. Boiling. brother-in-lsw OF
President Wilson and treasurer Of the
United States Shipping Board. was
exonerated today before the pacial
House committee investigating ehe
conduct of the Shipping Board of
charges of irregularity in his accouiG,
made by Tucker X. Sands, former
Washington banker.
Mr.. Boiling. himself. took the stand.
reiterating denial of the charges.
A. NJ. Fisher. an investigator for the
shipping Board investigating COM
mittee. also made statement
generating Mr.. Boiling. Representa-
tive Foster. republican. of Ohio. a
member of the committee. interJected
remarks tending to show that the
committee was satisfied that the
charges made against Mr.. Boiling had
not been substantiated.'
Investigates Reports.
Mr. Fisher told the committee that
he had recently completed an tnves-
tigation. made as late as February
l, on Mr.. Bollings account. He said
that he had gone extensively into a
study of the checks that had passed
between Mr.. Boiling and Mr.. Sands.
and showed several of them TO the
committee. One OF these in particu-
was for 1921. 1t was a check dated
July 4. 1919, signed by Mr.. Boiling
and payable to Mr.. Sands. Mr.. Boil
ing had testified in New York that
this was in payment of a loan, with
interest.
Mr. Fisher testified that Mr.. Boiling
had retained the stub for this check
in his check book and the notation
on the stub showed that it was in
payment for a loan- Mr.. Fisher told
the committee That his investigation
showed that all or the testimony Of
fered by Mr. Boiling at New York
relative to the transactions between
himself and Mr.. SANDS was correct.
He said that nothing he had found
was inconsistent with Mr.. Eolling's
testimony or contradictfug any OF it.
Boiling Reiterates.
Mr.. Boiling himself reiterated wh.t
he had told the committee in New
York and gave them his woa'd that
the testimony was correct.
IT'S the greatest misfortune I ever
had in my life to have had dealings
with man who tried to twist and
distort them to his advantage" saA1
Mr.. Boiling. and he added. every
wouldn't be $780,"
Representative Foster asked Mr..
Boiling II he did not think that his
prominence made him a target Rep
reStIldtlSe roster tnen assured Mr..
Boiling the committee had honestly
tried not to look at the affairs OF the
Shipping Board with political preju-
dice. and that they had no disposition
to try to pin something onto any man.
Their sincere purpose was to give
both Mr.. Boiling and Mr.. Schwab q
fair deal.
Secretary Payne, former chairman
of the board. told the committee that
when he became chairman after the
war he found accounts in bad shape
and that he caused the dismissal of
several officials and abolished several
bureaus
Secretary Crfticises Act.
The Secretary of the Interior also
icriticised the provision Of the mer-
chant marine act creating a board Of
seven members. A single executive,
he argued. should be placed in control
The provision directing the President
to abolish commercial treaties also
was attacked.
Mr.. Payne said he was convinced
that the government could not sue
|cessfully operate merchant vessels in
competition with private shipping in
terests and also said American pas
senger lines could not compete with
foreign liners unless permitted to sell
intoxicants during voyages.