Evening star., 1924-03-01
Senate Ruling on Lenroot Visit
To Fall May Be asked by HefIin
Hot Clash on Propriety of Call Upon Former Secre.
tary Precipitated by attack of Alabaman
Wisconsin Senator on Floor.

Discussion Of the oil scandal, which
led to bitter clash between him
self and Senator Lenroot Of Wis
, consin, was precipitated in the Sem
ate yesterday afternoon by Senator
/ Hef1in of Alabama, democrat. Sem
ator Hefiin said that he might call
on the Senate by resolution to ex-
j PRESS itself on the propriety Of Sem
ators Lenroot and Smoot making
what he characterized as "A secret"
visit to former Secretary Fall while
he was at Wardman Park Inn last
| December.
After dwelling upon the visit at
some length Senator Hetiin demand
ed to know who suggested to Fall
that he tell the committee that Nc
Lean loaned him the money.
About the most dispicable of
human beings interrupted Senator
Lenroot is the assassin of charac-
ter and I have a right to ask the
senator from Alabama whether he
intends to insinuate by innuendo
tnat had any part in concoct'ng a
lie on the part of Senator Fall?"
NO, have not accused the senator
or trying to concoct lie." said SEN
ator Hefiin. But 1 will ask that
question many a time-who ever
suggested to Fall to state that he
got his money from Ed McLean%
Denounces Insinuations.
Again / want to say" returned
senator Lenroot, that / cannot think
i1i anythlns more despicable than the
IihSlnuatlonS the senator from Ala
bama would leave with the Senate"
cannot think of anything more
&c eit plcable, Senator Hetiin replied,
than "a partisan senator leaving his
committee room without telling any
member except another partisan and
gong into the room of the criminal
charged. under indictment, and talk
ing to him about what he ought to
say or ought not to say and then not
senator stated yesterday he had told
one or two. l ask the senator what
senator he told?"
shortly after Mr.. McLean's testi-
mony; Senator Lenroot replied. "I
stated to the senator from Montana
(Senator Walsh) that Senator Fall
mad lied to the senator from Utah
Mr. Smoot) and myself as he had
to the committee. a week or ten
days ago L told this whole story, as
from Washington (Mr. DID. another
democrat on the committee"
Dill Reply Differs.
IF the senator from Wisconsin told
me the whole story as he told it here,
L did not so understand it," inter-
rupted Senator Dill. II never knew
and l never had any idea there had
been any meeting between Senator
Fail, the senator from Utah and the
senator from Wisconsin,"
rs there any other witness the
senator would like to put up?" asked
Senator Heflin.
Receiving no reply he asked Sem
ator Walsh about the matter.
Il would not undertake." said Sem
ator Walsh, "to say that the senator
from Wisconsin did not say to me
just exactly what he said he said. 1
do recall that the senator from Utah
told me, after I got back from
Florida, that Senator Fall had told
him that he had got the money from
Mclean"
Did he say anything about calling
on him at Wardman Park" inquired
Senator Hefin.
Visit Was Implied.
NO, he did not" was the response.
"Of course, the statement that he
did make necessarily implied that he
had met Senator Fall somewhere"
Senator Lenroot later told the SEN
ate that he had visited Fall to urge
that he come before the Senate and
tell the whole truth about the mat
ter, and that he did that as a matter
of duty. He declared that there was
nothing improper about it, and called
upon Senator Walsh to bear witness
II cannot see any improperly in
that visit at ALL" returned Senator
Walsh. Neither of the senators in
dulged the suspicion about this
whole transa ction with which I was
impressed from the very beginning.