Evening star., 1924-02-25

never het ofI opcEutoESs
He said he never had met Harry F.
Sinclair or E. l.. Doheny and never
had any communication. directly or
indirectly, with either of them.
Mr.. Slemp asserted that he had not
talked to any member of the oil COM
mittee about this case"
Director II Foster Balm Of the
bureau of mines told the oil commit
tee today that Secretary Fall in
formed him the plan to build storage
tanks at Pearl Harbor in return for
royalty oil was discussed at a cabinet
meeting and that Attorney General
Banker Takes Stand.
Edward 3. Mclean had a balance Of
less than $4,000 in the Federal
American National Bank during No
vember and December, 1921. Charles
B. Lyddane, vice president of that
bank, testified before the oil commit
tee.
Mclean has testified it was during
that neriod he gave Albert 3. Fall
checks aggregating 100000 on the
Federal-American and the CONNER
cial National Bank of Washington,
but that the checks were returned to
him unused.
James II. Baden, vice president Of
the Commercial National, produced
records showing that McLean.s net
balance in that bank was S5S,4SS on
November /, 1921, and that this was
reduced by checks to less than s1o,-
900 by the middle of December.
Baden said his bank would have
honored an overdraft by Mclean, but
he could not recall that the wash
ington publisher ever mad oVeruraWn
his account.
Mr.. Lyddane was called as the first
witness, bringing with him deposit
accounts of Mr.. Mclean, during the
late months of 1921.
November 10 Balance $2,OO2.4O.
Senator Walsh. democrat, Montana,
took the records. They showed de-
yen1ber and December, the senator
commented. and also figures for
earlier months. and others for Au-
gust, 1922. The balance in the account
on November 16, 1921, the senator
said. was s2.OO2.4o.
Give us the balance from October
!, 1921" he directed. MIR. Lyddane
read figures, showing the account to
up and down, becoming stationary
al the $4,000 figure in November and
remaining at that level until August,
1922.
for $4,000 on that balance?' Senator
y Halsn ask
We would have called him and
asked him if he desired 10 arrange
Tor its payment" Mr.. Lyddane SAID.
Did you learn OF :, en- cnefK hx 1Tr %r sST.- Wc-
Lean against this $4,000 balance!'
Senator Walsh asked.
Il never did," the witness replied,
and was excused.
Mc.eans personal account in that
bank. The record showed the check
ing accounts for October and Novem-
Der, 1921, and other months. At the
end of, November Mr.. Mclean had
$1,000 approximately on deposit.
Account December "a, $4,000.
."on December II the account be-
came s2.011," Senator Walsh read,
"and on December q it was $4,000"
Had Mr. Mclean made any ar
rangements for over drafts?'' he was
asked.
Not to my knowledge"
Had Mr. Mclean drawn a check
for $4,000 against this account
would it have been paid?"
Il think it would after consulta,
ton with the officers, and he would
nave been asked to cover 1t"
Mr.. McLean'S account, the witness
said, never had been overdrawn. He
was excused and c. Bascom Slemp,
secretary to the President, went on
the stand.
Slemp on the Stand.
c. Bascom Slemp, secretary OF
President Coolidge, then was called.
Through him the committee sought
20 develop whether administration Of
ticials here had. any communication
with Albert B. Fall and others in
volved in the oil scandal.
Slemp told the. committee he met Fall
only at lunch or dinner 'some three
or four times" before Senator Walsh,
democrat, Montana, arrived at Palm
Beach to examine Edward B. Nc
Lean, publisher of the Washington
Post.
II want the committee to know"
" said, that I was not down there