Evening star., 1924-11-30
EIGHT REPORTS DUE
ON SENATE PROBES
Findings Must Be Presented
at Short Session, Which
Begins Tomorrow.


cial Senate investigating committees
will be required to submit final re-
ports on their findings. At the last
session of Congress ten Investigations
were authorized and only two of them
were completed.
The diploma mill" inquiry, of
which Senator Copeland, Democrat,
New York, was chairman, concluded
hearings and recommended two bills
to Congress, neither of which has
passed. One bill would prohibit the
circulation through the mails Of "dl-
ploma mill" literature and the other
would create council of universities
and colleges to fix standards for edu-
cational institutions in the District
of Columbia.
The Veterans Bureau investigation
was completed by the committee of
which Senator Reed, Republican,
Pennsylvania, was chairman, and the
evidence turned over TO the courts.
UncompIeted Hearings.
The uncompIeted hearings are those
dealing with the Government oil
leases in the Teapot Dome and Cali
fornia fields, admin" tration Of the
Department of Justice under former
Attorney General Dahgherty, charges
of fraud in the sale Of Texas lands,
reau. campaign expenditures, the
Mayfield election contests, Russian
propaganda in the United States, and
charges Of the use of propaganda to
influence legislation.
Further hearings into campaign
expenditures will be held shortly
after Congress convenes. This in
vestigation was authorized under
resolution introduced by Senator La
TNzy taat ~
the investigation was opened during
the last few weeks of the campaign
when Senator La Toilette charged
the Republicans with using a large
"Slush fund"
The investigation of the Internal
Revenue Bureau was started as the
result of a resolution introduced by
Senator Couzens, Republican. Michl-
gan, which directed the committee TO
recommend corrective legislation at
the close of the hearings Brief hear
ings were held during the Summer
recess, but the committee recessed
while Earl j. Davis, committee coun-
sci. and his staff of investigators as
sembled additional information.
Senator Spencer. Republican, Mis-
souri, chairman of the committee IN
vestigating the election of Senator
Mayfield, Democrat. Texas, plans to
reopen that inquiry after Congress
assemblies. The investigation is the
result of contest brought by
George E B. Peddy, independent
Democrat, who was Endorsed by the
Republicans in the Texas campaign.
Peddy's petition charges that the
Texas election laws were violated,
and that the Ku klux klau Influenced
the election.
The taking of testimony in the De-
partment of Justice inquiry is re-
earded by some committee me mbers
as practically completed. A final re-
port will be withheld pending the de-
cision of the Supreme Court on the
case of Nal Daugherty. brother of
the former Attorney General, who
refused to recognize committee sub
poena calling for his appearance with
records of his bank at Washington
Court House. Ohio. The case has been
advanced to December l on the Su-
preme Court docket.
OIL Lease Report.
A partial report was made by the
committee investigating the Teapot
Dome and California oil leases at
the close of the last session, but an
attempt by the Democratic members
of the committee to get it adopted
by the Senate failed. The partial re-
port was prepared by Senator Walsh,
Democrat, Montana. and signed by
ma jority of the committee. Senator
Spencer, Missouri, Republican
member of the committee. submitted
a minority statement.
1t Is possible that a final report
containing remedial suggestions will
be held in allegiance pending the
court, decisions on the contempt
charges against Harry +. Sinclair,
lessee of Teapot Dome, who refused
to- answer questions submitted b.
committee members. The case is now
in the Court of Appeals of the Dis
trict of Columbia.
The investigation into charges of
the use of money, advertising and
propaganda to influence legislation
made little headway during the last
session. The resolution calling for
the inquiry was introduced by SEN
ator Reed, Democrat, Missouri, who
asked that the committee go into
Edward w. Boks 100000 American
Peace Award. When the first two
witnesses, Box and Esther Everett
Lape, who was associated with the
award, refused to answer questions
propounded by the COMMITTEES, 1t ad-
journed without taking further &C
tion. 4 final report has not been
made, and Senator Moses, Republican,
New Hampshire, the chairman, has
not decided whether the hearing VIII
be pursued further.
Senator Heflin, Democrat, Alabama,
who made charges of fraud in the
sale of Texas lands, is determined to
have the hearings pressed forward
during the short session. Exhaustive
hearings were held during the last
session and adjournment was taken
during the Summer recess.
The committee investigating charges
of spreading Russian propaganda in
the United States has not submitted
a final report and Chairman Borah
and the other members have reached
no decision as to formally closing the
hearings.