The Cordova daily times., 1922-04-21
MELONS RIGHT T0CABINET JOB
 IS ATTACKED

 eligibility of Andrew W. Mellon to serve as Secretary of the Treasury is becoming almost daily bone Of contention in Congress.
 Demand after demand has been made that the man who is credited with running John D. Rockefeller close second as the wealthiest man in the United States-individually and not as Secretary of the Treas ury-be busted from his job in the Presidents Cabinet.
 Representative Brand Democrat of Georgia is one of the latest as- sailants of Secretary Mellon. Brand has served formal demand on the Senate that, while it is investigating the eligibility of Senator Shoot ana Representative Burton to act as members of the Debt Refundlng Commission, it include in the ln- quiry determination of the status ot Mellon to act, not only on the con- mission, but as Secretary of the Treasury.
 LOWE u. S. BILLIONS"
 "The question involved is one ln which every taxpayer in the United States is interested says Represen- tative Brand. Tt is a worldwide known fact that certain European nations owe the United States about 1000, ,O00000. It is generally known also that they owe a group Of inter- national bankers about $5,OOO,O ,OOO,OO0.
 This group of international bank CTS are bent on having their money and are interested in collecting it whether the United States ever col Iects a dollar or not. Here are two classes of creditors, with claims against a common debtor, which IS, generally reputed to be bankrupt Their interests are in conflict and are adverse. Therefore it becomes a very important matter to know whether or not MT. Mellon is the owner of any of these obligations due these private bankers or whether any of his kinfolk within the prohlb- ited degree are the owners of them or whether any of the great banking and financial institutions to which he belongs is the owner of any Of them or interested in any of these debts"
 Brand declares that there is a statute, placed on the Federal books in 17S9, which disqualifies the Sec retary of the Treasury from acting if he is engaged in the business of trade or commerce or if he owns any State or national securities.
 MELONS BANKING
 CONNECTIONS
 Brand declares that Secretary Mel lon is connected with three banks, four insurance companies, seven edu- cational and philanthropic institu- tions and siXty-two other corpora tions.
 The Georgia Representative indi- cated that, in his opinion, Mellon is connected with the international banking interests to which Europe is indebted to the extent of 5000, ,000,- 900.
 "The truth is," he said, "some of these international bankers want the debts due the United States can- celed, knowing if this is done that it will make their debts against the European nations worth a hundred cents on a dollar.
 Those who do not come out squarley for cancellation of these debts are intensely interested in having the United States agree to long time postponement of the col lection of it's loans. MT. Mellon be- lieves in this. The minute this is done, and it is going to be done, the debts of the private bankers will in- crease i'll value, and every dollar of the same will be collected before the United Stats collcts a dollar of it's principal debt"