Evening star., 1923-01-19
SENATE SUBPOENA
SUMMONS SINCLAIR
Oil Probe Put Over Until
Magnate Makes Appear
anCe Monday.
TILT OVER THE RECORDS
La Toilette Explains Demand for
Facts Which Had Been Re-
fused Committee.
TILT OVER THE RECORDS

Announcement was made by Chair
man La Toilette of the Senate oil in
yestigating committee, upon conven-
ing Of the committee today, that the
examination of Harry f. Sinclair
would be suspended until his appear
nee Monday in response to the sub
pocna issued last night by direction
Or the committee.
Records Refused.
chairman La Toilette read into the
record a statement he had prepared
reviewing the circumstances of the
clash between him and Mr.. Sinclair
yesterday, during which the oil man
refused to produce the complete rec
ords of Hyva Corporation, a Sinclair
owned private investment company
but said he willingly would give the
committee any records bearing upon
the subject under investigation.
Mr.. Sinclair listened to Senator
IA Follette's statement, and then in
formed newspaper men that he prop
,bly would go to New York during
he day, but would be back Monday
With such records of the HyVa Cor
poration as pertained to oil.
After Mr.. La Toilette had concluded
his statement J. w. Carnes. sales
manager for the Sinclair Refining
tAbpdHS, LOOK Tue Stdilu-
La Toilette Statement
Chairman La Toilette, in his state
rnent, said:
"All witnesses who have thus far
appeared before the committee and
given testimony in this investigation
have done so voluntarily. They have
not only appeared and testified volun-
tarily, but in response to mere re-
quest of the committee have pro-
hnfnrn hnnlSS
ords as it was thought might throw
light upon the questions under in
vestigation.
The only subpoenas which the COM
tnittee has issued in this inVestlga-
lion have been TO some of the rep
resentatiYeS of the smaller and Strug-
CLING companies in cases where it
seemed just that provision should be
made for the payment OF the legal
fees of the witnesses and not because
Of any Discrimination or unwilling
ness of any witness to appear and
testify.
yesterday afternoon while the wit
ness Oh. +. Sinclair) was on the
stand lie stated that he was unable
TO remember certain matters concern
ing which he was interrogated, in
formation concerning which was
deemed by the committee essential
70 the investigation When asked If
he would produce his books and rec
furnished the desired information the
witness asked permission to discuss
the question with his counsel. who
vas then present in the room and
who had frequently conferred with
the witness during the course of his
testimony.
Sinclair Disappears.
''Permission to confer was at once
granted and the witness and his
counsel thereupon left the committee
room, remained away during the bal
7nce of the afternoon session and sent
no word to the committee. The sew
-Aral representatives or associates of
Mr.. Sinclair. who remained in the
committee room, stated in the course
of the afternoon that they did not
know where Mr.. Sinclair had gone.
In this situation the committee re-
and finally at o'clock adjourned
without having received any COM
munication from him.
1T seemed to the committee adviS-
able in the interest of orderly and
proper procedure that Mr. Sinclair S
testimony should in the future be
taken under the compuIsion of legal
process, and q subpoena was there
fore issued and served upon Mr.. Sin
clair at $40 o'clock yesterday after
noon requiring him to appear and
testify before the committee at 1880
o'clock next Monday morning and
produce the required books and docu-
ments. Mr.. Sinclair's further eXami-
nation is therefore suspended until
hat time"
Oil Records Demanded.
Refusal of Mr. Sinclair 10 con-
tede the right of the Senate oil in
yestigating committee TO the COM
Dlete records Of the Hyva Corpora
tion, a Sinclair-owned private invest
ment company caused a sensation
Yesterday at the committee hearing
and resulted in service upon Mr.. Sin
clair Of a subpoena to present the
records Monday.
Representatives of Mr.. Sinclair said
last night that the head of the Sinclair
oil interests inte nded to stand squarely
behind his statement holding that the
committee was without power TO in
guire into matters not pertaining to
changes in prices of crude oil, gasoline
pr other pHtroleum products such as
set forth in the Senate resolution direct
ing the investigation.
The committee session previous to
the clash between Mr.. Sinclair on the
one hand and Chairman La Toilette
md the committee attorney, Gilbert E.
Roe, on the other, had been enlivened
by q fitting of the lid of the Teapot
Dome controversy.
The Teapot Dome matter was brought
before the committee through questions
by Senator Brookhart republican, Iowa
-. committee member, who after Mr.
Sinclair Lad made several statements
with respect to the controversy quickly
clamped down the lid, declaring the
committee die not want to go into the
broad features of the Teapot Dome