The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-23
SLEMP TO
 TESTIFY IN INQUIRY Secretary Will Be Asked About Mclean And Fall Discussion , w. F. ALLIES, CAPITAL BANKER, SUMMONED To Examine Public Officials Accounts In Probe Of Stock
 Market Transaction WALSH RETURNS IN HURRY TO ATTEND INVESTIGATION McLean's Checks In Reported $l0O,0OO Transaction With
 Fall To ne Traced
w. F. ALLIES, CAPITAL
 BANKER, SUMMONED
WALSH RETURNS IN HURRY
 TO ATTEND INVESTIGATION

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 WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-(By As sociated Press. JIG. Bascom Slemp, sec retary to President Coolidge, will be called as witness in the oil inquiry, probably next Monday.
 This was made known today by Sem ator Walsh, democrat, Montana, who has taken the lead in pressirA; the inves- tigation after he had returned unex- pectly to Washington from vacation at Pinehurst, N. c. X
 Mir. Slemp visited Palm Beach last December at the time Former Secre- tary Eall and Edward B. Mclean, pub lisher of the Washington Post, were there, and he probably will be asked if he talked with them about the oil scandal.
 / Other members of the committee who concur in the decision to call the Presi- dents secretary, said he might be ques- tioned also as to whether he had talked with government officials or others, mentioned in the oil cases, since the be- ginning of the sensational disclosures which followed the testimony of Archie Roosevelt on January 9.
 No Surprise To SIemp Apparently, the news that he would be called came as no surprise to Mir. Slemp. It was understood that he had been advised several days ago that some members of the committee were of the opinion that he should be ques- tioned.
 Learning of Senator Walsh's state ment, MT. Slemp communicated with friends at the capitol and was told that no formal subpoena for his appearance had been issued. None may be, as in the usual course high government off cials simply are invited to appear before congressional committees.
 Decision to call Mir. Slemp was only one development, which came out of hurried conferences which Senator Walsh held with committeeman and his colleague, Senator Wheeler, democrat, Montana, immediately upon reaching his office.
 Banker Summoned
 General procedure at the renewal of the public hearings next Monday was discussed by Mir. Walsh and Chairman xss6 later it was statea that Milton D. Allies, president of Riggs Na- tionai bank of Washington, probably would be the first witness Monday.
 Senator Walsh declined to disclose the subject matter upon which he will be questioned, but it is known that the committee desires to have information from the records of the bank, which might throw some light upon rumors, related to those current in connection with the supposed oil stock Transactions by public officials. f
 After the examination of Mir, Allies and MT. Slemp the committee probably will call in it's expert accountants be- fore proceeding with other witnesses. These accountants have completed their audit of the books of w.. B. Hibbs & O., Washington stock brokerage firm, and also of the books of the for. mer Washington branch of Ungerleider & Co.,, a Cleveland stock brokerage firm.
 To Trace McLean's Checks
 Senator Walsh also said officials of the Federal-American bank and the Commercial National bank, both of Washington, would be summoned in connection with the testimony given by Mir. Mclean at Palm Beach that he had given Fall checks aggregating $1OO, 900 , on these banks and subsequently were returned uncashed.
 We shall pursue the inquiry with respect to these checks" Senator Walsh said, because the general belief is that this transaction never did take place."
 Mir. Mclean is now in Washington under subpoena, but the time he will be called before the committee has not vet been determined. Senator Walsh said he had conferred last Sunday with Will. ton J. Lambert, counsel for MT. Me Lean. 1t may be that some further con. ferences will be held before MT. Nc Lean is asked to appear.
 Hope To Examine Sinclair
 Another important witness the com mittee hopes to examine is Harry +. Sinclair, who has just returned from Europe. Senator Walsh said a sub- poena for him would be issued in few days, but there had been no de- cision as yet respecting the day he will be called to the stnad.
 Senator Walsh said it was desired, to question MT. Sinclair, regarding his written agreement to pay $1,00O,000 to < fcentjHQad on Pane Twa. cslumn Flv.,