New Britain herald., 1924-06-06
MELLON FORMALLY
 DENIES CROOKED DEAL ON PERMITS
Continued from First Tage)'

terial extent.
 "(S)-Mr Means stated I had some
 arrangement with Rex Sheldon, fo the issuance of wholesale drug per
 mits, conditioned upon the contribu
 tons from the holders of these per
 mits to the republican campaign fund. xxx Mir. Sheldon once did
 come to see me. but is 1 recall no in connection with permits. l under
 stood that his request, about whicl
 there was nothing unusual, was not granted by the official of the treasury to whom I referred him.
 Bursum's Visit.
 Senator Bursum did come to see me in December 1921, about granting permits, just as others come to recon mend some action by the treasury Senator Bursum presented me list of applicants for permits. ] turned this list over to Mir. Blair, inc commissioner of internal revenue for investigation. in three Of the cases, this investigation was satisfac- tory and the permits granted. There has been no intimation to me. directly or indirectly that any campaign fund would he or has been benefited in any way by the issuance of the per mits, ..
 "tH. Mir. Means gave 2 circum- stantial account of an alleged inter View by him with former under-scC- retary of the treasury Gilbert at s:5a in the morning. This is characteristic of Means testimony. Mir. Gilbert has never met Mir. Means. No interview took place.
 "(5). Mir. Means mentions the La Montagnes and the Green river dis tillery cases. These were a sue cessful enforcement Of the law in spite Of what Mir. Means intimates.
 "tsl. Mir. Means again raises the question of my connection with tho orerholt distillery Sine 1916, the Oyerholt company has not manu- factured any liquor. Prior 10 my be- coming secretary Of the treasury all of the assets of this company were transferred to a trust company as trustee with no authority to operate but only 10 dispose of the assets and distribute tho proceeds. Since that time the Trust company has sold no whiskey whatsoever, except s cases to A drug company.
 "fD. In addition to being a manu- facturer Of Hhiskey the Orerhot com pany was warehouse, holding whis- 1 key belonging to other persons, After l the passage of the national prohibit 1 ton act. whiskey was released from the warehouse only on the production | of the permits provided for by the i regulations. Thees permits were sent | first to the office of tho company in | where, in accordance with . later regulations effective November ! |, Als0, the permits were confirmed 1 by direct correspondence with the prohibition director In Pittsburgh AI.s f rhen forwarded after confirmation to , he warehouse at Broad Ford. about f 'irty miles out Of Pittsburgh. with the . som pany's aut hority for release of the . Alter release the permits l were returned to tho office Of the lI company in Pittsburgh for filing"
 \ Forged Permit II Tn the Goodman case" Mir Mel. II on said forged permit and forged etter of confirmation from the pro libtion director at Pittsburgh pas presented to the superintendent of he distillsr vat Broad ord. who act nE on these documents and without he required authority from the of- Ice Of the company in Pittsburgh. re- eased the whiskey. Because Of the iolation Of the instructions 10 him hat permits must come from the office. he said, the super ntendent was promptly discharged. "On account of this experience" he letter continued, the company