New-York tribune., 1922-04-11

,Warge total. Abram l. Elkus of N,n
'oTk' received $4,000 in one case I'VE"
one of the big Western go
Com, Con- o, the La Sallc Portland Cement
company, ? j. Luccy. a weil tnn,'.,, tn,
o' Chicago. received two s1o ooo
report "Vcoro'hg to the
W Fred B. Lynch, of st. Pau, and Nou
n,;t.nog ~, aomg pemocratic National Com
ne r,en;, en,sn from Minnesota, for services
as president and director of shinnninc
companies and dye companies 'pprieT ppanr
ene Hhen Property Custodian. received
'olms ms 'otai'ng we'll over 500. 900,
ne report discloses the fact that
1"a'ses heretofore made by Senator
Nlhg that the present Alien Pronortv
Nustodlan has seized property since
peace was declared with Germany last
july are groundless.
D me conduct Of affairs of the Alien
IIIoperty Custodian in the Philippine
C1slahos under the direction Of former
HoNernor General Harrison is reported
IN full. complete list is given Of
the $500 claims for the return of prop
er'y under the amendments to the act
giving the names Of the ATTORNEYS
representing these Claims and tho ac-
tion thereon.
,,:, IN summarizing the report, Colonel
Miller says:
The property administered bv the
Custodlan's Office to-day consists of
about $4,000 active trusts. representing
property scattered from the Philippine
Islands and Hawaii. and located in al
most every state and tcrritorv in tho
United States. Generally speaking,
the property consists of industria /
plants, such as chemical and woolen
mliis, steamship lines, banks, lands
ana cattle companies. salmon fac
torres, gold, silver and other precious
mines of metal and other miscellaneous
industrial plants, as we'll as thou
sands of parcels of real estate and
trusts represented by securities and
liquid assets. The approximate value
OF this property amounts to about
$3.50 900 900"
The report suggested that Congress IS
would have to set up tribunal to
adJudlcate the American claims against
Germany, as under the Knox-Porter
peace resolution no disposition of the
German property here can be made
until the American claims are settled.
The Custodian pointed out that Ger
many had offered to return seized
American cash at the deprecated value
of the mark, but as this amounted
virtually to confscation some settle
ment would have to be made by a
tribunal.
A. Mitchell Palmer, who was Alien
Property Custodian from October %
1917, until March d. 1919, issued a
statement justifying the s. 900 900 paid
out under his administration for at
! torneys' fees, insisting that this was
Extremely moderate" He said it wa:
incorrect to infer from the Miller re
port that the cost Of administering
! German property in the last two years
had been less than before. He pointed
out that the properties which in 1918
'19 were most expensive to operate had
been sold before March 4, 1921. ant
that the cost OF administration hat
| dropped on this account and not be.
cause of greater economy,
WASHINGTON. April lo.-Genera-
defense of the radical raids of 1915
and 1920, conducted by order Of AT
torney General Palmer, was made ir
report by Senator Sterling, Repub
| lcan, South Dakota, chairman Of E
| Senate judiciary investigating sub
committee, made public to-day, with
| supplemental report by Senator Walsh
Democrat, Montana, attacking vgor
ously the raids and challenging con
clusions of the Sterling report. Neithe,
report has been approved by the Ju
I dietary Committee, which will conside
| them further Friday.