Evening star., 1924-03-29

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Daugherty's lawyer, took Cimino
over for cross-examination.
You knew ManinGton was from
the same state and possibly from the
| same town as the President of the
United States?" Mr.. Chamberlain
asked.
Yes, sir"
You came down once with a COM
mittee to see Mr.. Warrington and he
| took you to the White House?
/ Yes, sir"
The committee was composed of
prominent Italians who lndorsed
Giordiano for appointment, and there
was no money payment OF any klno
thought of"
| None whatever"
There was nothing out of the or
dinary, then, in your conduct
Cirnino said the New York liquor
deal he had mentioned had to do
with permits" but when he was ask
ed to tell just what the deal was
/ ne answered:
! Il don't know"
Denies Any Understanding.
! Did you have any understanding
with the Attorney General, or any
one connected with his office, as 10
the whisky deals?'
None whatever
I Asked if he had ever been prose-
cuted in connection with liquor rad
! on his restaurant in New YORK, the
witness said:
Il don't remember"
/ You carry in your head your trans
actions with Price, but you can't re-
/ member if you were ever prosecuted?
! demanded Senator Ashurst.
Il can't remember" repeated Cl-
mino.
/ II surrender" said Senator Ash
| urst.
Were you ever prosecuted in any
court for any offense?' asked Sen
ator Jones, republican, Washington.
NO, sir, Cimino answered. and
! was excused.
! Chairman Broekhart then recalled
| H l. Scaife, former Army officer and
! Department of Justice investigator,
| whose story of aircraft fraud fnVesti-
committees adjournment on Thurs
! day. He proceeded to describe the
! war time airplane manufacture pro-
| gram, and subsequent inquiries into
| il by Congress and the administra-
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! Testimony of Scnife.
Scaife testified that Assistant At
torney General Golf had told him
y.
| to the Attorney General in charge
| of the Mitsui aircraft case. had been
/ put there" by former Attorney Gen
eral George B. Wickersham, whose
law firm represented the Mitsui Com
pany.
The witness said he understood
Meyers was still in the department.
| writing opinions for the Attorney
General
Are we to understand that this
Meyers is the man who blocked you?"
asked Senator Ashurst.
! Yes"
w. ]. Burns. Scaife said, had told
! him the placing of Meyers over the
| said Burns told him to -go on and
get the crooks"
The witness added that Goff also
had told him to go ahead and catch
are" But soon after, he said. he was
transferred to a bread investiga-
ton"
Revelations of Andit.
Meyers took the aircraft matter
out of my hands" Scaife said, when
we got down to the audit showing
| upward of SIS. 5.000, 900 which ought to
| be returned. I saw we were going
| to be blocked"
Meyers is the man who block ed
you and Mitsui & Co. is the concern
! which gave the 100000 to CASTOR B.
| Means to be carried to Jess Smith ?'
Senator Ashurst asked.
Yes, but 1 don't know about the
800, 900" said Scaife.
The Mitsui Company. the witness
| said, was part of the invisible gov
ernment' and its operations were
! very extensive"
Charges Spy System.
"Of course Mr.. Wickersham could
not officially put anybody in the De-
partment of Justice" Senator Jones
put in How did you know Meyers
| was put there by him?' -'.-'
| !. "Of course, 1t was general knowl-
edge of the Department of Justice, {"
Scaife said. 7.-- -
! Chairman Brookhart asked. if it