Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-02-14


Vanderlip today Indirectly suggested
an inquiry into the conditions of
sale of "a certain Marion newspaper.
which sold for s55O,o00 when it was
well known to every one that it was
not worth half that sum-
Speaking before the Rotary club.
at Ossining. n. T., mir. Vanderlip
startled his audience first into 81
lence and then into mucmurs of sup
pressed excitement and finally cheers
when he continued:
1.-TWO young men Of no financial
rtanding purchased that paper.
president Harding sold his Marion
Star for approximately the sum
mentioned by Vanderlip, shortly be-
fore His death) Everybody in Wash
ington know this, but no one wants
to look under the edge of the shroud.
t"Where did the money come from?
a4'.Where did it so?
''These are matters of public in
terest."
Urges Housecleanlng
In his speech, as published here
today, the financier's utterance con-
stituted the climax of an in.passlon-
ed plea for a general housekeeping
by President Coolidge in Washing
ton
1.-The last administration he said,
islands challenged. We cannot wait
for congress or the courts, especially
when we remember that MIR. Daugh-
\ erty is attorney general. Lack of
courage and leadership is the under
lying evil in American life today.
Mr.. Coolidge has a great oppor-
tunity but he needs sufficient cour-
age to 60 to the bottom, regardless
of which party he hits.
Striking out at Different in.
dividuals who have figured in the
senate Teapot Dome probe, Wander
lip said William G. McAdoo, like
any boy with stolen jam, dropped his
client Immediately after the client
had testified before the investigating
committee"
OF the committee itself, he said.
''the associates Of Senator Walsh
are very improper investigators OF
any moral question" He was espe.
cially bitter in denouncing Senator
Reed. :
Feared to Quiz Fall
1.-THE senate" he charged, did
not go further in Investigating Sec
rotary Fall because Fall was ready
to peach and what he would have
said would have gone into high
place. They didn't dare
Vanderlip then swept into charges
arainst the veterans bureau, the
shipping board and ''the sinister
--,,@Stivity of Attorney General Daugh
sfaK :
4 JA''AH these things" he said, ARE
going to be scrutinized closely and
L scoldly sooner or later.
"What was Ned McLean's rela.
stions with the government?
''Let us know"
Then just before. concluding
abruptly. Nanderlip said:
''The president has got to say
something to make US continue to
believe in the great integrity and
mora. courage which VIC ali thlnk
he has" @
A congressional investigation TO
clear President Hardings good name
was urged today by MIR. Nanderiip.
in an interview with newspaper men
at his office here.
He disclaimed any personal lsnowl.
rtiE6 Ji ttsG tttStS II ttNS EN@tNNN v
Washington gossip" but added that
stliis gossip outrages the name Of
the dead president ana should be
cleared up,
Vauderhp emphasized that all he
Knew about the sale of the Marion
star is that it was sold for over
$3.50, 0G0, when it was not worth half
OF that and, therefore, that Presi-
1ent Hanrding's name is floating
around in the kettle Of scandal sim
maring ar Washington.
Mould Protect Name
There seems TO be n policy OF 81
ience or the part Of the press with
regard 10 Using President Harding's
name III connection with the Wash
ngton scandals" said Vanderlip.
The newspapers dc not want 10 look
under the Shroud, out OF respect TO
the dead. | want to look under the
shroud for that very reason and to
T~otect the name Of dead president
lave made no formal request
10 President Coolidge for such an
investigation. He may say that it is
not his business, and it may not be,
but it seems TO me that a newspa-
per could best conduct the inquiry
If the publishers abandon their
policy of silence toward gossip which
they have heard. l have no unus.
oal sources of news.
But | have profound faith in the
honesty and courage of President
Coolidge and his ability TO clean a
very dirty house. We should give
him our sympathy aud patience. and
not criticise him yet. He probably
felt that he came to his office by an
accident of death. and that he
should continue the cabinet and pol
Icy To which he fell heir.
The committee failed To call Fal'
to testify, not because they were
afraid ne would not talk but because