The Washington times., 1924-01-22
RULES VICTORY
ENCOURAGES
LIBERALS
Battle Won by Fighting Bloc
Will Assure Quick Hearing
on Legislation.
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all association with the Sinclair in
terests.
These circumstances and numer-
Gus others confirm Washington in
believing that the Fall leases to
Mr.. Sinclair and to Mr.. Doheny are
now thought by administration
forces to be undeserving of defense.
Considerations drawn from Mr..
Sinclair's business behavior are be-
lieved to have added weight to this
conclusion. Information gathered
in the wake of "Archie" Roosevelt s
testimony shows that Mr.. Sinclair's
handling of his Federal naval oil
reserve lease on the private busi-
ness side was as follows:
He approached the Sinclair Con-
solidated Oil Corporation, Of which
he was the leading official and
manager, and told the directors
that he personally was The owner
Of the lease from the Federal gov
ernment in naval oil reserve Num-
ber One, commonly called the Tea
pot Dome. He did not treat this
lease as an acquisition by the Sin.
clair interests. He treated it as
his own prize. He had secured it
| through negotiations with Mr..
Fall and he apparently regarded it
as a personal possession. He there
upon persuaded the Sinclair Con-
solidated Oil Corporation to buy
a nalf of ! it from him on terms
which were the equivalent of more
than $6,000,000. He thus personal
ly profited from tho Teapot Dome
lease in an extreme and spectacular
manner irrespective of the ulti-
mate value OF the lease to his busi-
ness associates in the Sinclair oil
organization.
Such indications are believed to
have been strongly among the
reasons why ~"Archie'' Roosevelt
felt obliged to retire from that
organization. There were reasons
of business behavior by Mr.. Sim
clair as well as reasons of political
, behavior by him in relation to pub
lie officials.
Sacrifices His Career.
Inquiry shows that Archie
Roosevelt's resignation from the
Sinclair organization mas meant for
him a withdrawal from all his bust
ness resources. 1t was a surrender
and sacrifice of all his financial
prospects. He Is now in the in
teresting position Of a bright young
war veteran out of a job and need
ing one. Any patriotic employer
who has been stirred in his heart
by the appeals Of the Veterans Bu-
reau on behalf of ex-soldiers out of
luck may now write in confidence
to Archie Roosevelt. If his offer
is reasonable, he will get an eager
response.
1t may be said in description of
his qualifications tNat he is tall,
lean, boyish, and altogether con-
vincing as to his sincerity in the
step he has taken in his testimony
before the Senate's Public Lands
Committee. Auditors of his testi-
mony were for the most part deeply
impressed by his manifest desire to
tell the exact truth. His hesitat-
ings in search of the right words
to express the facts as he remem.
bered them were thought to be
strong Indications Of an effort by
him to tell his story exactly as It
happened and without any support
from dramatic or oratorical nara
tive. He was, not glib witness.
He was a searching and painstak.
ing one, and he apparently aroused
no skepticisms as to his motives
or as to his veracity In any mem.
ber of the committee
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