Evening star., 1924-03-11
MORE MYSTERIES
UNRAVELED ABOUT
MLEANMESSAGES
EmpIoye Explains Reference
to SIemp and Trip With Him
From Florida.

Under pressure Of a. hard hitting
cross-examination, John f. Major,
confidential man TO Edward B. Nc
Lean, explained to the oil committee
today some more of the mysteries Of
the Mclean kilograms.
One Of those referred to without
name in the messages, he said. was
C. Bascom Slemp, with whom he de-
clared he had returned from Florida.
and upon whom he had called several
times since at Mr.. Siemp's invitation.
He insisted the calls were purely
social"
Exonerates SeAa tor Willis.
The code word eyed" the witness
explained as referring to L. S. Roch-
ester, attached to the Office of Attor-
ney General Daugherty, He said
Rochester on one occasion had asked
him to come to the department and
had indicated that something"
might be expected soon. but he was
kszy as to details.
The mysterious willis referred
to repeatedly in the kilograms as
looking after McLean's interests
finally was identified by Major as
Wilton J. Lambert, the publishers
attorney,
Refers to BarucL.
Asked later why the words willis"
and Lambert" had appeared in the
same telegram, the witness replied
that there was mo explanation"
At another point in the telegraphlc
exchange, Major declared. "the party"
referred to Bernard NJ. Baruch of
New York. He said he had talked to
Baruch about McLean's situation, and
the former had declared it was too
bad. f,s
Toward the end Of his questioning
the witness protested against the form
of the queries put to him. and finally
said his employer had been wronged
want to come before the committee and
testify.
Wanted to Testify.
Absolutely rlone,", he said. when
asked directly whether there had been
any hesitancy about the publishers
coming to Washington.
"Mr. McLean's gone as far as he
could for friend" he said. as he was
excused, "and all for nothing"
No other witnesses were heard at
today's session, but the committee
held a meeting behind closed doors, at
which 1t examined the telegraph rec
ords subpoenaed from Three Rivers, n.
Mex, the home town of Albert e.
Fall. @.'-s
Major First Witpexs.
The committee called Major first. and
Senator Walsh, democrat, Montana,
questioned him. He told Of a trip taken
by Mr.. Mclean and himself to Atlantic
City about the middle Of December"
where Mclean talked to former Secre-
tary Fall %. ,..-
The Mclean party. which included
w. o. Ducksteih, the publishers pri-
vate secretary, remained at the beach
city two hours but Major said he did
not know what his employer and
Fall had talked about. He had mat
urally inferred" from the newspaper
accounts of Fall's later statement to
the committee. he said, that Mclean
and Fall had discussed the matter.
'I knew Mclean didn't go to At
lantic City to say howdytdo TO Mr..
FALL" he said. .,
Reads. Frsn. Transcript.
Senator Bursun, republican, New
Mexico. read from a transcript of
Majors testimony on March 8, in which
the witness first told Of the Mclean
Fall conference at Atlantic City.
Major had said. Senator Bursum in
sisted, that he knew Fall and Mclean
discussed the matter Of Falls story
that Mclean had loaned him 100000.
< II inferred that was the purpose OF
the visit,r Major insisted, because the
papers came out with the story. I'm
merely inferring that"
his kilograms under questioning. BY
his message to Mclean. saying that
A, Mitchell Palmer had parties work
ing on Walsh" Major said he meant
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