Evening star., 1924-03-01

! II cannot doubt for a momen,
| that the suspicious of the senator
from Wisconsin and the senator IRON
Utah must have been aroused con.
| cerning this matter before they visited
Senator Fall. That is the plair
statement of the thing and i agair
| say that l can see no Improperly II
| those two gentlemen, political friends
| and former associates OF Senator Fali
going to find out what the trouble
was about the matter. OF course, II
| would have been a happier circum-
stance. 1 say frankly, il the senators
had promptly come before the com.
| mittee and told us that they hac
visited Secretary Fall and what he
| had told them"
Thought Fall Told Truth.
"I want to say" interrupted Sena-
sent that letter to the committee
| (saying he had borrowed the money
| from McLean). 1 believed it as much
as 1 ever believed anything that ever
| came to my notice. / thought every
! word in it was true
II accent the statement of the SEN
ator." replied Senator Walsh, 'and
have no doubt it is correct. but he
could not have accepted it If he hao
| not been decidedly friendly to the
cause of Senator Fall. because no one
! can take that letter and look at Ii
| and read it and imagine that it was
| a frank statement of the affair"
81 believed every work of it was
| true" interjected Senator Smoot.
IF the senator had conversed with
people about town who knew any
thing about Ned Mclean" Senator
Walsh said. Il undertake to say that
nine out of every ten would have
been able to tell him 1t could not
possibly be true"
knew Nothing of Mclean.
IT knew nothing about Mclean nor
his financial condition." replied the
Utah senator.
Senator Lenroot then was able to
continue his address.
IF there was anything discredit-
able in urging Senator Fall to come
before the committed" he said, land
disclose fully to the committee the
source of this money. then l am
guilty of an impropriety, but not
otherwise. l thought public serv-
ice was being rendered in doing
what was done"
Senator Lenroot then referred to an
earlier statement by Senator Hefiin
that the Mclean private wire per
haps went into the White House,
and stated that he did not so under
stand 1t.
'What are the facts about it," asked
Senator Hef1in.
~ do not know" was the reply. eve
will find out before we get through
l hope, as to the facts, but there is nc
private wire into the White House
as l understand the kilograms"
Senator Dill said he also understood
there was no private wire into the
White House, but that the telegraphel
operator at the White House operates
the private wire for Mclean.
"Of course. we will find out fully
about that before we get through
Senator Lenroot said. THE committee
has not Yet completed its investigation
of that subject. 1t does expect to ex-
anime all of the parties who sent
kilograms respecting or having refer.
| ence to the White House"
Dill Reads TeleEramx
Senator Dill read the Mclean tele-
grams relating to the private wire and
the employment of Smithers to operate
it. Then, summing them up, he said:
81 read a moment ago n telegram
from the confidential man of Attorney
General Daugherty, giving Mr.. Mclean
private advice as to the working of this
committee investigating him. because
of the way he had deceived the COM
mittee. The trail of this thing goes
the rounds of the Executives officers
and, it seems, even in his own office.
"AS yet we have had no word ir
explanation why a man who is private
confidential wire man at the White
House should become the private wire
is clearly guilty of perjury before the
committee and who is clearly guilty
of having deceived the committee and
the country, and in combination and
in harmony with Mr.. Fall, who .-SciG
the oil reserves of the country"