Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-02-09
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Washington, Feb. S,-TreaSury Of
ficials went into court today to COM
pei Charles Il. Brewer. n department
of justice attorney. to make access
sible to them the securities he holds
and on which he has based charges
of duplication in government bonds.
The action took the form of n
motion in Brewers case now pending
in the District of Columbia supreme
Court, in which he has asked that
the treasury be restrained from ill.,
terfering with his possession If the
securities, loaned him by the treasury
for the purpose of his investigator
OF alleged irregularities in the CIV
craving bureau.
Brewers Move in court followed Il
J request by the treasury that he re
| turn the securities to the treasury
agents who were examining report
made by HIM upon bureau affairs.
| Treasury agents declared they could
! proceed no further with their CHECK
up on Brewers charges of dupl!cd-
! ton without examination of the
| securitiegh Ecld.
| L. :. District Attorney Gordon i"
| filing the motion in the di5Ilct
/ court. rcstatcd the trcasury's diff
! iicultics in obtaining the securities
| and requested the court to dire Ct
| Brewer to deposit them with :hc
/ court. In that way, treasury agents
| will haze access to them and Tia. ir
| Investigation can proceed, Mr.. Cor
! Con said. .Atiidavits by Under Secre-
! tarr CT the Treasury Winston all;
| Assistant Attorney General Holland.
! aCcou!p1nyiiAs the motion, declared
, that until access was had to tie
/ securities the investigation of col
ditions ~ the treasury would nc
held Up
! While Mir. Gordon was pre3sin:;
! his meter; On which decision ~
| expected son. word came from The
| White House that President Coolidge
! failed to understand what purposes
! Brewer had in refusing to permit cX e
: aminat;on Il the securities by Tic
treasury. The president and TIE
| trea sury both. according to White
House off tals are desiriOus of Clear
| ing uD the cnaIgcs and ascertal,ItrS,
| If possible, reasons for seeming DIS
! crepancic5 in the numbering Of
! bonds.
Mr.. coolidge was said TO he 2 4
! loss to know why Brewer. thrC'I%.l
| his court "Ction, was ObStructing
I other Or inches of the government in
ascertain ing the truth or falsity o;
the acIu:atl TONS of Irregularities III
the eng.aV'ng bureau.
Secretary Mellon, earlier in the &C =
had declared claims by Brewer That
the style and font of type used i'll
numbering some of the bonds was
proof of irregularities could not lie
subStantiated in his belief. The
treasury chief said that the piss
of work during the war had comp u
ed the engraving bureau to buy MUM
lering machines in the open market
and that these differed from the rig
ular bureau type numbers.
The affidavits filed today Carried
also 4 letter from Mr.. Mellon to he
attorney general requesting return
Of the securities. 1t was dated Feb
ruary |. Brewers appeal to the court
for the restraining order was made
three days later. He charged in re
petition &or the restraining order tha:
the teaSury wanted to obtain tie
"cvidence" he had and destroy it. as
is the procedure with other redeem
ed securities.
High treasury officials reitera ed
today that they have found notilin"
of a Sn!It US or alarming character
in their checkup on the Brewer
charges which have been under in
vcstigT':"n since early in January.
They, nevertheless. propose to eX
amino al of the accusations in a.!
der that the treasury as well as the
country lay know whether any
wrong las been done.