Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-03-18
RESIGNATION OF ROOSEVELT,
ASSISTANT NAVY SECRETARY,
IS DEMANDED IN CONGRESS
Sinclair Oil Connections
Barred by South CaroIinian
in Spirited Debate-Long-
worth Demands Proofs

DIS dSSlSlduL SSCIGldIN VI IllS llu w
was demanded in house Saturday by
Representative Stevenson. Demo
crat, South Carolina.
The demand was made during de-
bate on the naval appropriation bill
and Immediately was met with
defense of Mr.. Roosevelt by Repre-
sentative Longworth, of Ohio, and
other Republicans.
eff Mr.. DENLY ought to have got
ten out, Mr.. Roosevelt ought to get
out, too" Mr.. Stevenson declared.
DENLY is not supposed to have been
the recipient of d loan or to have
had any connection with the oil peo-
pie.
Several attorneys were rejected
in connection with the oil cases be-
cause of their previous connections
with the oil companies. The assist
ant secretary of the navy was a di-
rector Of Sinclair company up to the
time he entered the war. He re-.
turned and took up a position with
a bank controlled by that company"
Statements Disputed
Statements by the South Carolina
representative concern ownership of
Sinclair stock were disputed by Rep
resentatiye Longworth after the for
mer had declared that the wife of
the assistant secretary owned Sin
clair oil stock at the time the leases
were made"
In reply Mr.. Stevenson read from
the Roosevelt testimony before the
Oil committee that Mrs. Roosevelt
had owned such stock.
Insisting that "the gentleman has
made Il positive statement that Mrs.
Roosevelt had stock when the leases
were made" Mr.. LongWorth asked
if he was prepared to prove it.
''She did when negotiations were
going on and the president signed
the order," Mr.. Stevenson retorted
81 am prepared to make a state
ment that Mrs Roosevelt was not in
possession of the stock three months
before the leases were made" said
Mr.. Longworth.
Representative French, Republic
an, Idaho, declared that Roosevelt
was not in accord with the leasing
program" but was opposed to it. .
''Mr. Roosevelt not only approved
but said two or three times that he
did" asserted Mr.. Stevenson.
Did not Secretary Daniels APP
prove of the saving of oil?" asked
Mr.. French.
Oil Saving Approved
HE did, but he did not lease the
oil, "Areplied Mr.. Stevenson.
Representative Connally, Demo
crat, Texas, asked the Idaho man if
he approved that policy" and
the latter replied:
THE secretary of the navy had q
rightto save oil of the navy for the
country. Unless something was
done to protect the navy oil, the
Standard Oil company would have
pumped out the oil from adjacent
wells [ specifically disapproved of
the leasing policy"
Mr.. Stevenson proceeded to read
from the oil committees testimony
regarding Secretary Roosevelt aid
ing in getting his brother Archie, a
job with Sinclair, and added:
He got $4,000 a year-tWice the
salary of a congressman-a remark
able salary to - paid a man that
showed up as he did in his testi-
mony."
The South Carolina representative
then referred to the USE of marines
to GUST alleged squatters from Tea
pot Dome as bringing all the mill
tary fOrces of the United States to
h. oi of Cj1cIaiy. -
IF the leases were legally made
would it not be proper" asked
Representative Sproul, Republican.
Kansas.
"They didn't propose to take the
case to the courts" Representative
Stevenson replied.
Representative Tincher, Republi-
can, Kansas. then spoke in defense
Of the Roosevelt name, and called
upon Mr.. Longworth to tell the
house about the stock Mrs. Rose
welt had owned.
Stock Sold at Loss
Disclaiming any knowledge of the
affairs of members Of his family,
Mr.. LongWorth declared that he
could say 'the stock was sold at
loss, at least three months before
the leases were made"
Mr.. Tincher told the Democrats
they were not raising their estima-
ton in the country by bringing
such charges" and in reply Repre-
sentative Connally, Of Texas, said:
When tracks are found leading
up to your door, almost to the White
House itself, Republicans like the
gentlemen from Kansas should
stand up and take their mediciES
and not cry like a spanked baby"
Declaring that the oil disclosures
would impair confidence in the gov
eminent above any partisan adj
vantage, he added:
4 derive some little satisfaction
that no responsible figure in the
party to which. L belong was guilty
of crime"
Representative Rogers, Repub-
lean, Massachusetts, declared that
MIR. Roosevelt was consulted on
the oil leases, he did not know Of
the plan on foot to lease Teapot
Dome, and his last stock in Sinclair
company was solr by 1918"
Mrs. Roosevelt" he added, sold
her stock at a loss sometime before
the leases were signed. Roosevelt,
since the war, has made no money
in business. 1 haven't been able to
find one respeA5 in which the honor
Of Theodore Asekevelt has been af.
fected by recent events. I think it
tragedy that his career should be
affected. We can have perfect con
tdcnce in the assistant secretary q