Evening star., 1924-03-11
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MESSAGES TO MCLEAN

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| MESSAGES TO Mclean
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simply that there were people inquir-
ing OF Walsh as to whether Mclean
was to be called to testify.
| He testified that the telegram saying
! he was busy with Curtis, Underwood
| and .'Zer' meant he was trying to avoid
the calling of Mclean from Palm Beach
; sci to Harry F.. Sinclair, he said, told
him that all efforts to keep Harry Payne
Whitney off the stand had failed. He
! then went to Zevely to enlist his aid to
a similar end for Mclean, but was told
that IL was useless.
May Have Meant Barueh.
Major said he thought that man"
Lean, referred to Bernard NJ Baluch OF
New York The message said that
man was TO see ''the party" today. and
Major testified the party" probably
/ was Senator Walsh.
| With Bsruch. the witness went on,
| he had discussed Mr.. Mclean, and dis
cusHed yotlf SIR" -.
/ He spoke highly of you" Major said.
| That's not surprising Senator Walsh
! put in. Hes a friend OF mine"
| He said it was a. damned shame"
continued Major, that Ned Mclean was
mixed UP in this thing for. nothing"
Didn't See Baruch.
| What was he (Earuchl going to
| see me about? Senator Walsh ask ed.
DO you know whether he did see
! me or not"
II don't think he did" Major re-
piled.
Major was asked what was meant
| by telegram from Mclean asking
| that he find out ''in careful manner
about matter / will talk to you about
| over the telephone later"
That was an uncompieted mes
sage" the witness said. Il didn't
talk to him;
Senator Walsh read a code mes
sage to Major from Mclean on the
same day. which said: This is a
hypothetical question" and desired
to know whether banks keep a rec
Replied About Banks.
Il answered that the bank did not
keep a record Of what a check was
crawn for" said Major, adding that
| he did not know why Mclean asked
Where did you go to decode this
| telegram?' Senator Dill. democrat.
that the Mclean query had been sent
in the Department of Justice code.
| II didn't decodc." Major said. IT
imagine Mr.. Duckstein decoded it.
He returned it to me decoded."
Major explained that later he had
purchased a private code. He also
said. that messages signed John"
were his, and that when the telegram
mentioned Willis" they meant Will
ton ]. Lambert, McLean's attorney.
The publication of kilograms con-
tanning this name recently led Sena-
tor: Willis republican, Ohio, to issue
statement saying he had no idea
to whom the messages referred. 81.
willis said the party was in a
friendly mood and nothing more will
be requested from your end" Mclean
had been assured in one of the mes
Sages-
Referred to Walsh.
That's YOU. sir" said Major TO
Senator Walsh, when asked the iden-
tity OF the party"
message saying: Harry out of city"
the witness answered:
ITO the best of my knowledge, it's
Mr.. Daugherty. Mr.. Mclean and Mr..
A moment later, under repeated
questioning, Major exclaimed:
II want to be frank with YOU. be-
cause I want to get away from here"
He then demanded that a telegram
sent by e. S. Rochester of the JUS
tice Department to Mclean on Janu-
ary Is be read. This message warned
Mclean the oil committee was look
ing into his bank accounts.
The code telegram sent to Mclean say,
ing that Eyed expects something,
Major continued. referred to Rochester.
Il think Eyed in the code meant Mr..
Rochester" Major went on, for L saw
him on that day He told me. in sub
put the message on the private wire"
Used Code Word.
| The code word for Rochester. he ex-
planned. was a part of the Department
| Pressed as TO what it was he thought
Rochester expected" Major said it was
| to tell him about. sending the telegram
Senator Walsh pushed the examina-
"Rochester asked you to come to the
Department of Justice and see him"
he asked. -
"Yes, sir, q.
testerl expects something?"
/ "Yes, sir l. imagined that Roches-
ter would tell me what he heard
about the enquiry" -
What did you mean when you told
| Mclean that Rochester expects some
Major then declared it meant that
Rochester expected to have something
| Another telegram, mentioning "the
| party as expecting Major to see
| him, the witness said, referred to c.
Bascom Slemp, secretary to the Presi-
| dent.
'Mr. Slefnp asked me to come and
see him." Major said.
Was this a purely. social call on
Mr.. Slemp?" u
Absolutely. wasn't in Mr.. Slemp's
| office three minutes. - ~ -....-
| Had Seen 5000 Persons.
| Major expostulated that he'd seen
at least 5000 people since this thing
t began, and had told Mclean about it,
| 81 saw Mr.. Slemp at the White House
! and at his apartment in the Shore
ham Hotel" Major said.
Did he give you any messaSe?
/ Senator Dill asked.
! yes. he did" Major returned. He
| his best regards and to say he only
wished he could return to Florida,
because his trip did him a world of
Senator Adams, democrat colorado,
fixed some dates. Rochester wired
| Mclean on January 16 about the
committees search for bank accounts,
| it appeared. and had given Major the
Same information January Is.
eraphed it?" Senator Adams asked.
Was News to Him.
"It was. to me-" fMajor replied. II
didn't know Rochester had wired it
previously" -
Senator Walsh put in a telegram
[ q, an flaming -ssWiIlis'' and Lambert