The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-08

to be disturbed so long as / am on
the job. You know what to depend
upon. The fight is on me and / am
ready for them and feeling fine.
COUNT"
Washington, D. c., Feb. 8.
Edward B. Mclean,
Palm Beach, Fla.
Personally delivered apples mes
sage fuzumgovsa sincere thanks
and same message returned to you
with best regards. /. E. B."
Washington, d. c., Feb. 8.
Edward B. Mclean,
Palm Beach, Fla.
Personally delivered apples mes
sage. Faith friendship sincere
thanks and same message returned
to you. With best regards.
II. E. B."
Washington, Jan. Is, 1924.
Edward B. Mclean,
Palm Beach, Fla.
"Wyzza with yannf stop distinct
ly cold stop have made appoint
ment for this afternoon. Will wire
you result. WUYPA."
Friedman told the committee that
X, Y, z, Whyza, Yannf and Wuypa,
were code symbols arbitrarily as
signed to certain persons whose iden-
tity he could not establish from the
messages.
As soon as the committee convened
Walsh made the following state
ment:
Privileged Messages.
"Some days ago Mr.. Renahan, at
torney for Senator Fall, sent let
ter to the committee protesting
against introduction of telegraphic
communications between Fall and his
counsel. Renahan claimed these mes
sages were privileged under the rules
of evidence.
"The question was submitted to
presidential counsel and they advised
that such kilograms could not legally
be introduced"
Walsh then moved that the tele-
graph companies be instructed to
withhold messages passing between
Fall and his counsel. The motion
was adopted.
Walsh also made a statement in
answer to criticisms that the commit
tee was going outside its jurisdic-
ton.
81 think the committee has kept
fully within its rights" Walsh said.
Senator Kendrick pointed out that
all evidence admitted had been put
in on unanimous consent Of the en-
tire committee.
The Fruit List.
From Ira E. Bennett, editor of Nc
Leans newspaper, the Washington
Post, the committee first learned that
a person referred to in the kilograms
as Apples" was Albert B. Fall, for
mer secretary of the interior, and
with Mclean, a central figure in the
oil scandal
Bennett said he did not know who
Peaches" and "Apricots," other per-
sons referred to in the messages,
were.
Referring to new code messages
read today and signed Count" Ben.
nett said he was sometimes referred
to by his associates as "The Count"
because he had been decorated by
the king Of Italy.
Daugherty In Mclean Wires.
The name Of Attorney General
Daugherty was designated in code in
one of the Mclean messages it was
revealed to the oil committee today.
Ira E. Bennett, editorial writer of
the Mclean Washington newspaper,
declared the "H. D." referred to in
a message he sent to Edward B. Nc
Lean, was the attorney general.
The message stated that Bennett
had an appointment to see the at
torney general at p. M, February
ID, the date the message was sent,
Bennett said he did not know what
he wanted to see Daugherty about
but assumed at was in connection
with the case"
"Your conference with Daugherty
was arranged apparently for one
o'clock on Feb. lat" Senator Walsh
chief prosecutor of the oil commit.
tee. asked.
eyes, but / don't think l saw hin,
until later, possibly the next day.
Bennett answered.
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