The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-02

l know about Mas all right. 1t con tained no tips; of any Kind.
 Questioned further about the code used in the Mclean telegrams, he said it might still be in use among some agents of the department in some parts of the country, tlt was not now the official code."i ' .p*
 He denied, however, that he ever had had any communica ton with Mclean in Florida and said he did not know the basis on which the message. from Mary Duckstein to W. Q. Duckstein, as 1t had been deeiphered, mentions 'Burns' as interesting himself in Me Lean's affairs. =
 The department of justice, he said, never had anything to do with the oil scandal or Teapot Dome. never gave any tips, to Mclean. The only telegram to Mclean that I know about was all right. It contained no tips of any kind.''
 Burns would not deny the report that Mclean was on the roll of special agents of the bureau of investigation at nominal salary of .S1 month. and that he had been. furnished with an official badge and a pistol. There have been reports that i'm the past; number of persons have been enrolled as agents, at such salary, with an understanding that they would give. only part of their time to departmental work. nfA
 Walsh Demands Code Copy
 After learning that the Mary" mes age was in a. one-time department of justice cipher, Senator Walsh. demo- crat, Montana, the; dominant figure of the oil investigation, sent to the de- partment for an official copy. At first his request was refused. on the sroui that his agent was not sufficiently iden- tified, and the senator then wrote a formal letter to the department.
 A formal subpoena. for Burns was withheld, Senator Walsh saying that he would be invited to appear in the course customarily followed in the case of government officials. He will be ex- amined after the committee resumes its hearings next Tuesday. E.
 Advertising the code matter in the Senate, Senator Caraway, democrat. Ar kansas, charged Attorney General Daugherty with responsibility for use of d department of justice cipher in telesrams sent on behalf of Mclean.
 T would like to ask the President himself" said Senator Caraway, twhether he had any communication with those people in Florida. He owes an explanation to 10O,000,000 people as to why Mclean had any right to a quick and easy access to the White House"
 The inquiry. expected to rival the oil investigation in it's notifications, was ordered late today by the Senate in adopting the resolution of Senator Wheeler, democrat, Montana, The vOtt was 66 to l, Senator Elkins, republicans West Virginia, standing alone iE op position.
 The choice of Senator Brookhart for chairman came in spectacular climax to two days of bitter debate. He was nominated by Senator LaFollette, of Wisconsin, leader of the republican in- surgents, after having been selected orig inaIiy by Senator Wheeler. The regu. lar republican organization abandoned its effort to retain control of the com. mittee, and contented itself with nomi- hating Senators Moses, New Hampshire, and Jones', Washington, while Senator Robinson, of Arkansas, the democratic leader. nominated Senators Wheeler and Ashurst, Arizona, as committeeman. No other nominations were forthcoming after a long and dramatic pause, and the slate, as agreed upon by Senator Wheeler after conferences with Senators LaFollette and Robinson, went through without q roll-call.
 Believe Opposition Useless
 Privately republican leaders said they regnyded 1t as useless to oppose the in suiRAnt-Glemocratic coalition. x
 After Adoption of the Wheeler reso- lution, attorneys for the attorney gem eral, Paul Rowland, of Cleveland, and former Senator George E. Chamberlain, of Oregon, sent formal letters to each member of the special committee re questings the privilege of being present at all hearings, examipifig all witnesses,