The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-04
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Fourteen Others Proposed In
clude Every Sort of Gov
eminent Activity.
BY WILLIAM HARD.

Inc OenaCe as an investigating
and inquiring institution was be-
Neved today to have come to the
height of its powers and achieve
ments when a fragmentary and in
adequate count revealed the fact
that thirteen Senatorial investiga-
tions are now under way. and
fourteen others have been proposed
and are in many cases likely to be
ordered.
Additionally large number of
Senatorial resolutions have been
passed demanding large quantities
Of information on specific named
controversial subjects from various
administrative departments and
bureaus.
COuZenS Suggests Reform.
It was again pointed out by Sen.
ator Couzens that all this enormous
and unwieldly investigating and in
curing could be handled in a small
fraction of the time which it now
consumes If Cabinet members and
the heads of other administrative
divisions of the Government were
enabled or obliged to attend the SEES
siOns Of Congress and to answer
questions in person directly and i'm
mediately, as in England.
Among the senatorial investiga-
tons now going forward there are
the following:
Russian propaganda in the United
States Is being investigated by Sen
ator Borah who has received from
the State Department large mounds
Of miscellaneous information which
Secretary Of State Hughes could
presumably condense into few
Ineligible sentences il he were on
the Senate floor.
Propaganda in general is being
investigated by committee headed
by Senator Moses. Rent profiteers
are being investigated by a COM
mittee headed by Senator Ball.
Fake medical diplomas are being
headed by Senator Copeland.
The election of Senator Mayfield
Of Texas is being Investigated by
the Senate Committee on Elections
headed by Senator Spencer. 81
The veterans bureau continues to
be investigated and proposals for the
improvement of it continue to be
made by Senator Reed Of Pennsyl-
vania and Senator Walsh Of Massa-
Chusetts.
The use of the mails by r. r.
Creager, Of Texas, in his land bust
ness is being Investigated by a com
mittee urged on by Senator Heflin
Of Alabama.
Oil Leads Them All.
The behavior of a multitude of
officials having something or moth.
ing to do with oil is being investi.
gated by the Senate'S Public Lands
Committee.
The contract between the Depart
ment Of Commerce and q firm in
st. Louis for the tanning or curing
or dyeing or other preparing and
finishing Of the skins Of the fur.
bearing seals belonging to the
United States Government on the
Pribiloff islands in Alaska has been
ordered investigated by the Senate's
Committee on Manufactures.
The cost of flour and the cost
of bread has bee murdered by the
Senate, through a resolution from
Senator La Toilette, to be investi.
gated by the Federal Trade Com
mission.
This last investigation, however,
has been held up through the out.
break of a passion for investiga.
ton in the White House. 1t ap.
pears that the Federal Trade Com
mission cannot find the men for
investigating flour and bread be.
cause the President has sent q
considerable number of it's expert
employees out into the West to in.
Vestigate gasoline.
Short of Experts.
This is thought to be not only
an injury to Senator La Toilette,
who wants flour and bread investi.
gated, but also a kind of insult to
him in view Of the fact that pretty
nearly everything about gasoline is
supposed to be included in the
1876 pages Of information which
Senator La Follette's own Com.
mittee on Manufactures gathered
together and published only last
year.
Meanwhile the Government adj
ministrative departments are also
sending numerous sorts of varie
gated compiled information to the
Senate at the Senate's special re-
quest and command through special
resolutions.
To satisfy Senator Mcclellan the
Treasury Department. is accumulat
ing the income tax returns of Ger
tain oil corporations and oil indi
Viduals.
To satisfy Senator Harrison the
Treasury Department is investigat
ing and analysing and preparing to
explain it's method of calculating
the cost of the bonus.
To satisfy Senator Dill the State
Department is getting ready to send
over to the Senate its correspond
ence with all oil-bearing countries
insofar as that correspondence re-
lates to oil.
To satisfy Senator La Toilette
the Railroad Administration is get
ting ready to present to Senatorial
scrutiny a few thousand entertain
Ing facts regarding its operations.
(Copyrlght. 1924. Washington press
Service)
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