Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-01-28


VI thc senate Discussion. but the house
nvval committee took hand in THE sit
Cation having asked Rear Admiral l.. f..
Grl CORY chief WIT the bureau WI yards
ald "A cks, .o produce the leases for the
Wyoming and California wv erses.
Albert HI Fall. who aa secretary of the
interior. signel II leases 70 Harry r.
Sinclair and WI. III nohrny interests and
ihoma Johnson. oreman MI hia ranch
at Three Rivers. WI WI. meanwhile, are
here for Aaminatioa hy ihe senate com
mittee with reference U various finan-
cial tran actions mentioned wv thr t4sei-
fnny la VIC of Doheny, Archie
Roosevelt. G ID. WAhlbeig, Sinclair's
former secretary. and N. VII Zrvely. his
personal counsel Some doubt was felt
wh thpr Fall would NV able to appear to-
mo row, as planned, since his physician
said ~ would be practically impossible
for him t0 ro h-f re the committee to-
day. lle has been confined " th Zeve-
I'M home here since hi arrival from
New Orleans last week
The Walsh substitute f0r the Cara
Way resolution. which was made public
lasi nirht. charge that the Sinclair Tea
put Dome lease WAS executed without
authority under circumstancs $ indicat-
iuE fraud ana corruption Senate ac-
tina Will be confined tn the Teapot
Dome transaction at This time. W wa ex-
planned. hecauac of Nm conditional offer
hy Doheny. through his counsel, 70 re-
convey to thr government the leases
award 4 to his company on the CaIifor-
nia reserve.
Senator Walsh. I'M making public his
resolution said word of the committees
decision NJ support in principle d-spite
piedg IN regard in as confidential.
obviously" had been taken w the
White House prior to the presidents
aanounccm nt " Bis decision u act AZ
once
White House officials. describing the
presidents course in formulating his de-
rision. said he devoted has trip Satur-
day on me Mayflow y to u study w the
situation after which hp conferred with
dyisers here and. shortly before issuing
his tatcmrnt. received com munica-
tion ro mAttorney General DauGherty
who j. w Miami. Florida. urging him ~
take the action announced. The presd-
dents conf recs included Chairman Len
root WI the investigating committee.
Senator Curtis of Kansas. assistant re-
publican leader: acting attorney gener
ni Stym ur and assistant attorney gem
cral Holland. who has been observing
thr progress of the hearing for the past
week as the n. rsonal representative OF
NIL DauEhcrty.
Chairman l.rnrnnf denied thar PreS-
dent Coolidge when Nv issued hiS order
Saturday mn night tn proceed with court
aciirn to annnl the leases had informa
ticn IVY " confidential agreement WV rhe
senate investigating committee directing
the president NV employ special counsel
tn prosecute fhr eases senator Walsh
made fhe harge last night. I-enroot
~aid fhr executive order had hppn pre-
pared when hr visited thr White House
wv lu:..u o'clock Saturday night
WASHINGTON Nan. - II was in
Dictated today that former interior ~ecrr-
tary FALL probably will not he hhle to
testify tumurr.~ before the senate oil
committee.
Although il was said there hal been 10
definite change in hS condition. the
MIA, Sieian regularly attending him called
WV several others today ana plans were
made fer ISSUANCE of statement later
regarding his illness.
WASHINGTON. Jan. p. Senate de-
hate on th. WI leases opened today
immediately after the senate convened.
Snator Walsh. democrat. Montana.
called attention to an article in tn
Washington Star Of January "a, in which
the statement was made that the ques-
tion of leasing the Teapot Dome reserve
" the Sinclair interests had not been
admitted to the cabinet and that many
ms mbe rs of President Harding's official
family learned cf the Teapot Dome lease
ofr the first time frcm the newspapers
"This " y syndicat article" Sena-
tor Walsh said. land has gone into
scores of cities. do not believe this
M give the writer's own infor-
nation but some which must have been
civ to him by high officials.
Solely IN the interest of accuracy GA
history. | read a letter transmitted by
Secretrrv Fall 40 the president "a ths
United States and by him TO the senate
in explanation VI the leases and particu
larly the Teapot Dome lease and the
reasons that actuated the action taken"
Nv have n upon the word of Secre-
tary Fall" continued Senator Walsh.
that before any leases were executed
the leaS thcmselvs nct only became
subject cf cabinet discussion. but the
utstion of their legality became a sub
jet Of debate IN tn. cabinet"
Senator Wal. N also read the letter of
President Harding transmitting the Fall
letter. which conclud with this SEN
telcc.
~ think IL " only fair 10 say IN this
that the policy which has
been adopted by the seer tary Of the
navy and The secretary tf the interior In
dealing with these mntt'rs was submit
ed 70 me prior 70 the adoption thereof.
ind the policy decided upon and the sub
equ mt acts have a. all times had my
entire approval"