Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-03-15

but to protect the naval reserve"
Roosevelt said.
Characterizing the sending of ma
rines to Teapot as an Outrageous
use of the military forces" Sena.
tor Walsh charged that armed
forces were used because Fall and
Sinclair did not want to precipitate
court action in which would be
raised the question of the validity
of the lease made by Fall.
you learned in school," he said
to the witness, that military DOW
er is always subordinated to the
civil power in the United States?"
Yes" Colonel Roosevelt replied.
AS you look at it now, isn't it
an outrageous use of military pow
er?"
well, senator, I'd have to look
up the law and check the facts. AS
l looked at it, it was navy prop
erty."
Senator Walsh interviewed to say
that Mammoth Oil company had the
ownership.
But as I saw it, the navy had
interest IN the OIL" Colonel Roose-
welt said.
Senator Dill, Democrat, Washing
ton, asked Colonel Roosevelt to tell
what part he took in getting
Archie Roosevelt, his brother, a job
with the Sinclair company.
After h1e war, I went and spoke
with Mr.. Sinclair about getting him
a job Colonel Roosevelt said, land
he gave him the place"
Archie RooseVelt's salary at first
was $4,000 per year, and later the
witness said, he thought, $4,000.
Harding Took a Hand
Other records produced showed
that President Harding wrote Fall
under date of June "a, 1922, that
unless James G. Darden, of the Mu-
tual Oil company, got off the Tea.
pot, he should be elected.
Il have a call out for an inter-
view with Mr.. Darden," the presi-
dents letter said.
Fall replied that Darden's purpose
was to ''tie-up" the reserve and that
he should be elected without court
action.
Upon the conclusion of Secretary
Roosevelt's testimony, the commit
| tee closed it's doors TO go through
another batch of kilograms.
Little additional information was
| received from examination of the
| messages, which were supplied
oil deal at the Chicago convention
| in 1920.
Little time was necessary for ex-
animation of the stock dealing re-
| ports, which have been assembled
by a group of auditors under the
! direction of Louis d. Bond, expert
accountant of the federal trade COM
mission, and the committee asked
| Theodore Roosevelt, assistant secre-
tary of the navy, and Major Gen
eral John A. Lejeune, commandment
| of the marine corps, to be present
| at this mornings session for exami-
nation with reference to the marines
activities.
The auditors examination of books
| of brokerage firms here, at New
| York and Cleveland, Ohio, brought
! to light no deals in oil stocks by
! federal officials during the period
| under investigation except those of
Attorney General Daugherty and
| Senator El<ins, Republican, West
Virginia, both of whom already have
| explained that their transactions
had nothing to do with the oil
| leases.
| A number of kilograms sent to or
by other prominent figures in the
inquiry are in the hands of the COM
mlttee, but it has decided not to
so into them at this time
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