The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-26
OIL SMEARS BOTH OLDPARTIES
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and returned Jan. 1O-Hau Oh GnaJ
time in Palm Beach"
"Were you there when ques-
toned Mr.. McLean?"
eyes, sir"
where did Mclean stay?"
"He was at his residence about
three blocks from the hotel"
"And was Secretary Fall there at
the same time? 2"
Secretary Fall arrived there,
think on Dec. 81 have checked
this up since you called me-
"And remained there how long ?"
'fUntil Jan. H."
"Did you meet either Of these gen.
tlemen while there?"
Fall and Mclean Together.
II met both Of them. will say 1
was in Palm Beach about fifty per
cent of the time. would meet Mr..
Mclean occasionally, accidentally,
sometimes on the golf course. I
never met Fall at any place but at
Mr.. McLean's house for dinner"
"Do you know how long before I
came to Palm Beach to question
Mr.. Mclean, my coming was
known" Walsh asked.
~ really couldn't say" Slemp an
swered.
Walsh hoped to bring out that
Slemp told Mclean that Walsh was
coming.
Another Health-Seeker.
-. -. -. - 4
the dates l might have met either
Fall or Mclean, but I can't Ak Che
date" Slemp continued. 81 didn't
keep any date book. was there for
health"
at has occurred to me, my COM
ing being a matter of talk, that it
is quite likely you can give us the
character Of the talks you had with
Mclean and Fall?" Walsh asked.
"Our talks were generally such
talks as would occur at dinners and
luncheons. thought Mr.. Fall looked
rather ill and I avoided the subject
of this inquiry. / don't know whe-
Their I got the information that you
were coming from the newspapers
OF some other way"
"You can't recall" insisted Walsh,
chat you knew / was coming until
was there?'
"Well, / think the newspapers said
you were coming. The conversation
down there was generally-well,
good deal about the Volstead law,
the Mellon tax bill and the weather.
came in for general conversation
and for golf"
"I'll say this about my converse
tions with Fall or Mclean. ] had no
personal privilege or confidential
talks with either of those gentlemen
and was never an intimate Of Falls.
I'd only met him once. never
sought any social intimacy because
I'd never had it.
al didn't get a chance to talk to
Mr.. Mclean and Mr.. Fall as much as
the public might think"
Slemp rambled on without close
questioning. He suggested that
Walsh ask him about specific things
instead Of general conversations.
am say and I know you'll be in
terested, Senator Walsh, that we
played golf most Of the time" he
went on. "But Mclean would not
play with US because he was so much
better than we were, he quit after
one round. There was one converse
ton that I think Of interest and it is
this:
"After the testimony was given
that Mclean didn't furnish the $1G0,.
600, / was at McLean's dinner one
night. Senator Fall said that he
had been urged by his doctors to
go to Bermuda but he decided
he wouldn't-that he intended to
straighten things out and see the
facts were known. Fall said a man
whom he had known for 80 years
knew more about things than anyone
else.
Talk After Dinner.
'I remember distinctly one talk
after dinner when Senator Fail said
the committee was not carrying on
the investigation along the right
lines" Slemp said.
81 asked Fall what are the facts,
SenatorY
"'Young man, you read the rec
ord Fall told me.
IL can say knew nothing about
the 100000. I was generally sur
prised when learned that the money
came from some one other than We
supposed"
Advised Confession.
81 advised him to make a clean
breast"
did you have any communication
with anyone in Washington on the
subject while in Palm Beach?"
Walsh broke in.
"The only communications / had
were with the White House, were
personal ones"
"Did you have any communications
about the remarkable things YOU
heard about these matters?"
well, any / might have had were
confidential and / wouldn't want
them published It was either on
Jan. ~ or 18th that Mr.. Mclean
told me he was going to straighten
everything out. l advised him that
was the only thing to do--.tell the
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