Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-02-28
MR.. WILSON s
ATTY. GENERAL
To BE HEARD
Senate Committee So Deter
mined Before Reading of
Additional Oil kilograms
CALL PALMER G0BETWEEN
Mclean Employee Reported
on Wire Busy with Cur
It's, Underwood, Zev

WASHINGTON, Feb. asa.
Mitchell Palmer. attorney general in
the Wilson administration, will be
called before the senate oil commit
tee.
The committee s. determined to-
day before 1t resumed the reading Il
additional kilograms sent to Edward
B. Mclean, publisher of the WASH
ington Post, at Palm Beach concern
ing the oil inquiry.
Senator Dill, Democrat, Washing
ton, insisted that Palmer should be
called, saying he had been the go
between" in the delivery of McLean's
messages to the committee.
In kilograms cad today John
Major, a Mclean employe here. re-
ported to Mclean that he was busy
with Underwood, Curtis and 'Zev'."-
''zev" was understood by commit
teemen to refer to j. w. Zevely, per-
sonal counsel for Harry F. Sinclair.
Ira Bennett. editor of the Post,
telegraphed Mclean on Jenuary 3
that he and Major saw Curtis" who
promised to see ''Lenroot."
Curtis advised u.s." the tele-
gram said ITO see Underwood. We
saw OnoSlWOOu WIN PAOAhAoS0 W
speak to Walsh, but he limited that
it would not do any good"
In placing the kilograms in the
record, the committee members
made no announcement of identifi-
cation of the persons referred to,
leaving the public to draw its own
conclusions.
A telegram signed Johns" sent
to Mclean said willis say party
this morning"
willis" reported party in friendly
mood, the message said, adding
Harry is out of city,"
Resuming its reading, the COM
mittee heard the text of telegram
sent by Mclean from Palm Beach
on Christmas Day, informing Major
he had "tip" he would be called In
the oil inquiry, and ordering that
Palmer be asked to represent him.
Before proceeding" interrupted
Senator Walsh, Democrat, Montana,
..I desire to say that Senator Under
wood called a few moments ago on
the telephone d said he had read
something in the newspapers this
morning that he had endeavored 10
dissuade me from my purpose ID
subject Mr.. Mclean to examination,
a conclusion drawn from some of the
kilograms read yesterday.
Senator Underwood never at
tempted to influence my conduct in
the matter in any way. l have no
recollection of Senator Underwood
speaking to me on the subject ex-
cept that one morning in the SEN
ate chambe he asked me IL l had
any objection to having inserted in
the congressio lal record letter to
me by Mr.. Palmer. and / said l had
not.
"Senatc~ Underwood. in his con-
versation with me this morning. said
| further thst at the request OF Mr..
Bennett he had said something to
me about whether we were going
to ask the appearance OF Mr..
/ Mclean and that l told him that II
had already been arranged. that l
was going to Palm Beach AID take
the testimony of Mr.. Mclean. SEN
ator Underx- -ood having said that
that conversation had taken place.
1 suppose it did. but l have no
recollection of it at all"
Later Major wired Mclean that
willis is in full possession of mat
ters.''
The same message said Charles
for Palm Beach that night and that
''the duck" would leave later.
my advice is" the message read,
mot to acquaint latter party (the
duck) with our code system.
Bennett wired Mclean on jan
uary 20 that he had seen "princi-
PAL" and delivered message; that
there would "be no rocking of boat
and no designations" and that "he'
expects reaction from unwarranted
political attack
e. S. Rochester, confidential ad-
wiser to Attorney General Daugh-
erty telegraphed Mclean on jan
uary 16 that the oil committee was
investigating whether Mclean had
100000 in bank at the time he
claimed he gave A. B. Fall checks
for that sum.
The Rochester message was a
night letter and ended With the
statement "I thought you should be
informed"
Rochesterlwas formerly managing
editor of the Washington Post.
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