New Britain herald., 1924-03-13
TYPICAL.

There is importance in Edward B. NcIean's admission that he misled the senate oil Investigating committee in previous testimony. only because it is typical of the attitude believed to prevail among many who have more or less complicated dealings with public officials who have no business 10 deal with them at all on the mat tcrs concerned in such deals" MT, Mclean says now that Fall was his friend; Fall was sick. and Fall asked him to help him out Of a hole by de- claring that he. Mclean, loaned FaTl a little matter Of SloG000. But, Mr. Mclean says Fall told him it had nothing to do with oil, at all Natural wasn't lt. that as the amount was so insignificant Mel can was not curious about the details? \ man does noth- ing strange when he asks good friend for q paltry slO0,OOO loan, to be unsecured. and tells him only what the money is not to be used for? Well hardly.
 It is presumed that Mir Mclean considers he did something quite noble in agreeing to say 10 an Investigating committee, formed to conduct an in- vestigation in the interests Of the country that he made a loan when he had done nothing of the sort. What did if matter if the committee were deceived and thus blocked in its ef- forts to get at the truth and clean up this scandal, ct least?
 Well, circumstances have made it quite necessary for Mr. Mclean to tell the truth about the matter. And Mir Fall is completely out of things. now. He is discredited. His staunch friend sees the advisabiliiy of no longer try ing to protect him. now that a cer- tain Mir. Dohcny has said if was he who loaned the money to Falkland he, Doheny, is another good friend of the former secretary of the interior Not many more questions were asked Of Mir. Mc1ean--or at least no very valuable information was obtained from him. and the attempt was rather half-hearted. it would seem. IL is pos sibe that the committee, hearing the admission that Mir. Mclean had mis- led the committee oncc,, felt there was little use in trying to get more facts from him because there was d feeling that not much reliance could be placed upon what he said after such an ad- mission.
 People who are honestly eager to have this scandal cleared up. and to have the truth told about all who were concerned in it. would tell all they knew if it would help 10 bring out the true conditions There do not seem to be many Of such people in Washing IOn. nF lIulH ttll'Io dlt louiu aioh5 the Main streets. in the shops and on the farms and in the stores all over the country. Few occupying public places in Washington areeager to vol untcer to tell all they know. Although quite innocent Of any wrong. perhaps, those men at Washington have no de- sire to unfold any more tales than arc necessary.
 And already members Of the com mittec arc predicting a speedy end to the investigation. Washington wants it 10 stop just the moment seeming ly logical stopping place comes. Enough is enough. and it's lucky for politics-and for us, that the thing shows symptoms of death right now. Can fl day-call the game On ac- count of darkness. cvcn though there Is still light enough 10 play ball. EIection's coming. Wo want to get busy" This is the feeling at the na- tons capital. But that feeling is moi prevalent among the voters Of the country. They want to know.