New-York tribune., 1922-04-11
Millions Paid
Democrats as
Palner's Aids
Report to Senate Reveals
s2.138,l66 iii Lawyers
Fees in Alien Property
Office in Wilson Regime
Party Chiefs on Pay Roll
Cost of Operations Since
Harding Took Office Lit
lie More Than $25O.OOO
rrog, The TribHHe's Washington bureau
NASHINGTON. April 1O.-All onera

roFa The ITfcbHe " uSNtfiQtO ON BaFEd4
WASHINGTON, April 1o.-All opera
,ons Of the Office of the Alien Property
Custodian under the Wilson Admins
,ratjon, when A. Mitchell Palmer and
Francis 7. Garvan occupied the office,
and for the year just closed under the
DEMONSTRATION OF President Harding
~, covered in q report submitted to
msde by ColoneT Thomas W. Miller.
now Alien Property Custodian, in re-
snonse to the resolution of Senator
King. which called for exhaustive data
on the conduct of the office.
striking feature of the report is
tae disclosure it makes of the fees paid
n attorneys and the salaries of officers
and directors of corporations, also of
the sums paid out for accounting, audit
ing. appraislng, advertising and print
ing.
totaling more than 100000. Included
in the list are some Democratic poli-
ticians of prominence. BY far the
greater amounts in attorneys fees,
salaries. payments for advertising, ac-
colnting and the like We're paid out in
tire Wilson Administration.
Figures disclosed by the report fol-
low
Attorneys fees paid prior to March
4. 1921, s2.13S,ll6.66.
Attorneys fees paid since March 4.
1921, S116,469.24.
Salaries of officers and directors of
corporations previous to March 4, 1921.
N,574,017,62.
Salaries of officers and directors Of
corporations since March 4, 1921, s132.-
1854,
Paid for accounting, auditing and ap-
praising previous to March 4, 1921
sl,084 .S59.13.
Paid for accounting, auditing and ap-
praising since March 4, 1921. S2,718.55
Paid for advertising and printing
previous to March 4, 1921, S25S ,067 90
In the American Transatlantic Com
pany case the record shows that James
A. Delehanty, of lis Broadway, re-
eeived as counsel fees. $4,000. George
P. Rowell, of Stamford, Conn. re-
ceived slS,5l5, Other fees paid in this
case were Rearick, Dorr & Travis. New
York, SAT ,562.95; Leopold Dor, Mar
seilles, France, S11,513: W. D. Crump
Sons. London, s10,531; Guggen-
heimer. Untermyer & Marshall S3,592
Barry Wainwright, Thacher & Symmes.
sl3,6o2; Stanchfcld & Levy, $4,000
The present counsel is Leland B. Duer
q New York City, who is credited
with $1,000.
The directors in this case received
fee Of $50 for attending each meet
ing and some of them drew consider
able sums. Those named are f. B.
Lynch. $500; Henry S. THOMPSON. 141
Broadway. S3,750; Charles Il. Sabin
$4,000; John Quinn s. 600; Joseph S
Qusley of - F-ne -'reet, S3,4O0.
Among the couNser cecs listed by the
custodian are those OF John Quinn and
the firm OF Quinn & Kicfer, OF New
York. in the case Of the Botany Worsted
Mills, 200 Fifth Avenue. Tho fees for
December /. 1919. to November 90
1920, amounted 10 $4,000. IN 1918
there also were fees for $25 600, and
for period covering largely 1919 fees
for s37 800.
The report shows mat .sador j
for Beer. Sondhcimor & Co. of 81
Broadway. and payments Of $36,344 and
S64,l04 are recorded. Joseph e. Da-
vies, former member of the Trade Com
mission and well-known Democratic
politician, received a fee of $4,000 in
this case. j. J. Fitzgerald, of III
Broadway, received fee of SIS 900 in
the case of l. Aricwitsch Company, i'm
porters and exporters of furs, New
York concern.
Dudley Field Malone appears on the
list of those receiving counsel fees, get
ting $1,000 in one case and s700 in an
other
Homer S. Cummings, former chair
man of the Democratic National Com
mittec. in the international Textil
Company case, received fees OF $6.11
and S2.712.
Frank L. Crocker. Of Nassau Street
is given in the list of those receiving
counsel fees. Numerous fees went t
Mr.. Crocker, making in the aggregate