Evening star., 1924-03-04
COOLIDGE TO LEARN
NAMES Of ACCUSED.
REPRESENTATIVES
Senate Committee Drops In
vestigation of Grand Jury
: Report on Forbes.
GARRETT ASKS PROBE
IN HOUSE RESOLUTION
Senator Reed Declares Prompt
Prosecution, Not Inquiry,
Is What Is Needed.

Representative Garrett, democratic
leader in the House. today proposed
an investigation of the evidence de-
veloped before a Chicago grand jury
that two members Of Congress had
improperly accepted money in con-
nection with securing paroles and
pardons of persons convicted OF
crime"
In a resolution Mr.. Garrett asked
that special House committee Of
five members determine the basis Of
the allegations.
1.-THE honor and dignity of the Con-
gress," said the resolution, requires
that the facts be Immediately ascer-
tanned, to the end that such action as
is essential for the Congress itself to
take, may be promptly taken"
Specifically the investigating COM
mittee would be authorized to deter
mine whether the two members OF
Congress" mentioned are members or
the House Of Representatives, and II
so to make such further investigation
as may be essential to establish the
truth or falsity Of the allegations"
The resolution was referred to the
rules committee. of which Mr.. Gar
rett IS member.
Mr. Garrett's resolution was pro-
posed a littby while after the Senate
committee Investigating the Veterans
Bureau decided not to take further
action on the allegation contained
in the Chicago indictment OF Col.
Charles r. Forbes.
Senator Reed declared that the in
formation furnished the committee
concerning two members of the House
Of Representatives showed that II
was not a matter for investigation,
but for prompt prosecution.
Will Give Coolidge Names.
A member of the special Senate COM
mittee stated after a conference with
John w. H. Grim, government counsel
in the case, that 1t was the under
standing of the committee that Mr..
Grim would give to the President the
names Of the two representatives in
volved in the charges made by the
Chicago grand jury. .-
Although deciding not to investigate
the charges involved in the grand jury
report, the committee urged upon Mr..
Grim the Of alleges snsgg
The committee authorized senator
Reed to make this statement:
Confer With Grim.
THE Veterans Bureau inrestiga-
ting committee spent more than an
hour with Mr.. Grim this morning. He
declined to tell US the names Of the
two members Of the House Of Repre-
sentatives who were meant by the
Chicago grand jury in their state
ment. He described in general terms
10 fn~ yrrH.f Oh,
supposed to have been connected.
"Those matters have no relation
whatever to any phase of Veterans
Bureau activities and are clearly
outside the scope OF our committees
Amy investigation by US into these
matters could only impede prompt
prosecution. What we need here is
less talk and more action. It seems
to be matter for prompt prosecu-
or to aid the defense by an investiga-
ton that is beyond our function.
THE Chicago grand jury, Of course.
had no authority to act on the Perry
soon be presented to a grand jury
here in the east. But we do not want
to interfere with the Chicago prose-
cution by insisting upon that. to the
embarrassment of those prosecutions.
and not to interfere with the Chicago
prosecutions by urging 1t.
Daugherty Aided Probe.
Mr.. Grim reported to US that he
has had the fullest corporation from
the Attorney General and that he
has not been impeded by any person
in official position" .u.
The meeting of the Senate COM
y4I
after a discussion Of the grand jury
report yesterday with President Cool
idge, and the district attorney at
Chicago was asked Immediately
whether the evidence sufficiently in
dicated connection between the al
legged improper payments and the
Veterans Bureau to give the COM
mittee Jurisdiction.
went over the entire special report
Of the grand jury, 1t is understood,
but no announcement was made
afterward with reference to the
statement that other indications Of
veloped for want Of jurisdiction dur
ing the inquiry that led to the in
dictment Of Forbes.
In addition, Representative Britten
Of Illinois, ranking republican Of the
Rouse naval conSm1ttee, Whlch 10
about to resume Its inquiry into the
oil reserve matter, said Secretary
DENLY would be invited, before he
retires March 10, to explain his part in
the leasing. He introduced a resolu-
tion putting twenty-three questions
to the Navy Department, intended
to clarity the atmosphere surrounding
the oil scandals and to bring out the
really good sides Of this national
calamity" and he asserted In state
ment that both Secretary Daniels
and Secretary Denby were headed in