Evening star., 1924-02-10

sight of that the charges with ref
ereuce to duplication of bonds have
reached that stage where thefe Is
going to be uncertainty In the minas
of the public and especially OF the
holders of these bonds. l have con,
crete evidence of that in my mail
this morning. Many of you Will re-
member that in the last Congress,
when the gentleman from South Ia
kota, Mr. Johnson, brought this mai
ter UP, I took the position tnat aoI
one, / was certainly going to a$
sumo that the Secretary OF the IreaS-
ury a responsible official, could be
presumed to have done mis- outy Wneh
his attention was directed to charge
of this kind, and until some evidence
was brought forward, / did not pro
nose to do anything that would create
distrust in the minds OF the hoioefs
of those bonds.
Denies Partinsanship.
ssNow, do not misunderstand me. my
republican friends. l am not going
to talk partisanship to You. l am go
ing to make SuggeSuon tnal WIN
prevent partisanship. Oh. gentlemen;
/ am not thinking about the polltlcai
end of this but this is a campaign
wear. and l do not want even poiltlcai
discussions to cause the dlStrust 70 pe
any greater than IT is alfeaoy auo
any department of our government.
Here stands a man on the moor, on
his responsibility as member OF tnis
House, and members have stated IN
the press and we know 1t to be true,
that a group of members OF tnIs
House. the gentleman from New York,
ME-. La Guardia, and the gentleman
from Illinois, Mr.. King, and other
gentlemen, have examined Wnat TINS
man Brewer says is conclusive evi-
gator of the government, that there
has been fraud. 49,
II has reached the point where this
man Brewer. who was trusted pS
ticies in the papers of this morning.
one coming from the White house.
which indicates that the PRESIDENT
cannot understand why he is still
end the uncertainty. I think you
better have a small committee, not
a great big committee, q committee
Of three and not over hve leVel-head-
ed men in this House to stop this
row and remove this uncertainty.
Advocates Small Committee.
Let me tell you, my republican
Listen to what has happened. Charges
are going to be made that the Sec
retary of the Treasury Is weak
kneed; another that he is shielding
trust the Attorney General
Aside from the public interest on
which I base my appeal, you have a
political interest in having the thing
threshed out in level-headed way
You have control of the House and l
beg of you, for the benefit of the
people, for the confidence they ought
to have in a great department of the
government handling billions of dol
liars in securities bring in rule for
a small committee to settle this row.
"I will tell you frankly what my
opinion Is. I believe you will find
that the United States government
has not suffered the loss of one sim
gle penny. That is my candid judg-
ment. / believe that a clear, clean,
honest investigation will show that
the government has not suffered any
loss. Now, If 1 as a democrat. can
make that statement, you who have
great refunding operations going on
ought to protect the good name and
credit of the United States and not
have members of Congress making
charges that facts are being sup
pressed, that men are weakened,
that crime is being covered up, OF
somebody profiting on the inside. II
somebody has profited by fraud, be
he democrat or republican, am. for
one, In favor OF punishing fraud and
Furnishing crtmn.