Evening star., 1924-04-10

a long and expensive trial" Il am
sure. had I. fought the case. Itwould
have been acquitted" he, said, and
l regret very much now that I did
why did Todd retire from your or
ganization?" asked Paul Rowland,
counsel for Mr.. Daugherty.
He told me Mr.: Daugherty said he
couldn't appear before the Depart
ment of Justice" Miller said.
That's ALL" Rowland said.
Tells of Phone Can.
Arthur Lambdin, an official OF the
telephone company here, was put on
the stand and, after a formal pro-
test. was allowed to testify that
Lockwood called Blair Cohon at the
Rainbow Hotel in Great Falls and
talked with him for two and one-haif
minutes.
Attorney Testfhes.
A. V. McLane, United States at
torney at Nashville. Tenn, followed
Burns to take up the Old Hickory
powder plant case. He told OF his
efforts in 1892 to start an investiga-
ton of the case. 1t was the opinion
OF government experts that a re-
600" should be made. he said, from
the du Pont Company, which had the
old Hickory contract.
There has never been an investiga-
ton of the Old Hickory case UP to
this time" McLane declared.
McLane corroborated the statements
OF George Storck, Department of Jus
tice accountant who made survey of
the case, that du Pont lawyers were
furnished by the War Recovery Board
with a ''questionnaire" on the case
for explanation"
He said Storck told him at the time
that his own original survey report
was among papers in the du Pont
lawyers hands.
The witness also produced letters
exchanged with Special Assistant At
torney General p II. Williams, which
he said showed an "unfriendly" atti-
tude on Williams part toward prose-
cution of the case.
A letter to McLane from Williams
In March, 1924, said that most of the
rumors of fraud" had grown out OF
ment's contract With the du POINTS.
The attitude of Maj. Gen. c. 9. Will
liams, chief of ordnance in the War
Department. McLane declared, was
entirely hostile to any investigation.
Time Nears End.
The statute of Limitations would,
he said, prevent criminal prosecu-
tons in the Old Hickory case after
next November. He had pressed for
prosecutions ION that idea" he said
McLAne urged the committee to
look into the making of this con-
tract" 1t granted powers not con-
tained in any other war contract. he
said, and the making OF il was most
to be criticized. He urged the COM
mlttee to see who" made il and what
the object and motives in making
IL were.
az have NO reaSon 70 cav that Mr.
Holland knew or didn't know that
the du Points had the Storck report"
McLane said.
McI.ane protested when Senator
wheeler called for a letter Mr.: Hol-
land wrote, saying that il ought
not to go In the record Wheeler
said the letter showed the close con-
nection between du Points and the
Department of Justice" The COM
mtttee ordered him to go ahead.
Concerned Libel Suit.
Hollands letter concerned a libel
suit filed against the Nashville Ban
ner by the E. I. du Pont de Nemours
Company, on account of it's publica-
tion of articles about the Old Hickory
case. Tho newspaper defense was
that 1t had used reports from McIane
on the subject. Holland said. HoI-
land said he was hopeful the suit
would furnish the information" as
to what government official gave out
reports for publication.
what he was concerned with was
to find out how the Storck report got
to the public" Senator Wheeler
asked.
t.'That was it,"
But he wasn't concerned as TO who
gave ii to the du Points before?"
Chairman Brookhart asked.
In the answer, McLane said that
the "dn Points had the report two
weeks before there was any publica-
ton
ct couldn't do any harm to the
governments case. to give this to the
public after the du Points got it?"
senator Wheeler asked.
That was my view" McLane said.
Fight Films Case.
Alfred J. Bates, former assistant
corporation counsel of Chicago, fol-
lowed McLane and the inquiry