The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-08
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 WAS SHIELDED
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effecN very close to Walsh, keeping in touch with Mir. Walsh, and on the job, diligently pursuing his duties"
 Mrs. Mclean Named
 According to this explanation of the telegram WYCGO was the code word for Senator Walsh. the committee prosecutor. and WYHOL referred to l Mrs. Mclean. Bennett then was | pressed as to what flight" was being made on Lambert, and said he did not know anything about any fight except the natural diligence the attorney might use .'in protecting or working for his client" The witness said he had not directed the sending of that portion of the telegram.
 50 far as I know anything about it. observed Senator Walsh, there was no fight on Mir. Lambert"
 T don't either,' responded the wit ness.
 Well this really does not hook up, Mir, Bennett, does it?' pursued the senator.
 The witness conceded it had no meaning to him, and Senator Walsh asked him about another telegram he had sent to Mclean on the same day announcing that he would have a con- ference with H. D. before 1 o'clock. Bennett said he thought HI. D." re- ferred to Mir. Daugherty.
 Then inserting MT. Daugherty's s name in the original where the wit ness previously had said Mir. Lambert's should be, Senator Walsh said the whole language connected up fairly well.
 Seems Strange ''That is substantially what Mir. Daugherty told me-" the witness said, ''as well as MT. Lambert, strange as it may seem."
 Reverting to this telegram later, Senator Bursom, republican,, New Mexico, asked Bennett to repeat the substance of what was given to him by the Attorney General to send to Mclean.
 ITO the best of my ability,'' the witness replied, The said Tell Ned not to worry He said He is a side, issue in this thing. Tn two or three weeks I will be the middle of the whole thing. I am attending to things. I am getting posted and I will do what I can to help Something like that"
 ''To do what?" asked Senator Bur son. ITO whom?''
 ''To avoid Mclean being called up here to testify. That is all"
 Pressed by Senator Walsh, Bennett agreed there was considerable anxiety on McI4ean's part and said it was his impression this had to do merely with his coming up to Washington from Florida to testify.
 Also Explains Curtis"
 A somewhat similar explanation was made by Bennett of the reasons for his approaching Senator Curtis. He said Mclean regarded this as great politi- cal question in which he was being more or less involved, and that he twas not an expert statesman" or something of that kind, and was seeking to find out what was going on" and what it all means.
 The name of Senator Curtis was brought in by the witness immediately after the reading of the principal tele- gram, which was sent to Mclean at Palm Beach on January g, and which follows:
 Saw Principal delivered message he says greatly appreciates and sends re- gards to you and Mrs. Mclean. There will be no rocking of the boat and no resignations. He expects reaction from unwarranted political attacks. (Signed) BENNETT"
 Bennett said that he conceived this message might easily be misconstrued and explained that the first sentence had nothing to do with the second sen