The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-07
Doheney Admits He Expected Profit Of $1OO,000,00O
 On The Deal
WASHINGTON BUREAU l
 THE AGE-HERALD Washington. D. C., Dec. 6

Edward L. Doheney, multi-mil- lionaire of Califronia. testified before a sensational Investigating commit tee that as profit from his lease of a naval oil reserve dome in Califor- mia. he would make $100, 100000.
 In the same breath, Doheney swore that in his opinion the lease was good business" from the standpoint of the government, and he added that he was traged' because some other witness had criticised former Secre- tary of the Interior Fall for having engineered that lease.
 The witness admitted that he was on "anger' for political parties. In the beginning of the last campaign. he contributed to the democratic cause, he said, but toward the end, his affection underwent change, and he clipped in $25,o00 to aid the repub- licans. He declared that that which caused him to change was the report which tended to reflect on the ances- try of the late Peresident Harding. To refute the report, he said that he ran page advertisements in New York newspapers containing photographs of Harding's parents.
 Each witness apparently serves to accentuate what promises to be re- earded as the scandal of the re- public an administration. In spite of all the leading" of Senator Smoot, re- publican, witnesses were induced to give evidence which reflects on the republican organization. Former Secretary Fall, whose private fortune was alleged by witnesses to have shown remarkable improvement inn mediately after the leases were ef- fected, will come to Washington when called to explain. He had displayed no intention of taking the stand in de- fense of his leasing, per SC.
 II. F. Sinclair, president of the sub sidiary company to Standard Oil which secured the important naval re- serve domes in Wyoming, and whose profit, it is estimated, will be as large as that Doheney admits he will make, will again take the stand, it is probable. On his other appearance, he testified that he contributed both to the democratic and republican democratic committee, Cordell Hull, has denied that the democratic cam paign was the beneficiary of Sin clair's generosity.
 No evidence has been adduced to cite a reason of appeal to the public for the leasing of the naval reserve oil domes on which the country could have depended in case of war. The contention of administration wit nesses that the leases were made be- cause of danger that the domes would be drained by contagious domes is challenged by statements of eminent geologists.
 While the oil leases will probably be regarded as the big scandal of the administration, the manner in which Colonel Forbes conducted the United States Veterans bureau, will not be overlooked when the time comes for general and complete summing up.
 That scandal consists of alleged drinking and carousing and grating at the expense of the government and the soldiers who were wouded in defense of tn country.
 During this session, 1t will be diff ferent for the "reactionary" wing of the republican party to continue to minimize or cover up alleged eondi tions. The radicals" and democrats together constitute a majority in both houses, and it is a safe conclusion that nothing alleged to a off-color will be white washed prior to an in vestigation and official vindication.