Evening star., 1924-03-01
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SPECIAL ATTORNEY
Will Inquire Into Standard Oil
Rights to Section of Cal
if0rnia Reserve.

President Coolidge, within a very
short time, will announce the ap-
pointment of a special counsel to con-
duct an investigation into the rights
Of the Standard Oil Company to q
section in naval oil reserve known as
No. /, located in California
In. making this known at the White
House it was explained that the
President will appoint lawyer well
versed in land titles and land litiga-
tion, inasmuch as the validity of the
title held by the Standard Oil in
wolves purely n question of construc-
tion of the law.
Former Senator Atlee Pomerene of
Ohio, one of the two special counsel
appointed by the President to prose-
cute the oil lease cases, introduced
to the President today Andrew Squire
of Cleveland, Ohio, a law partner of
Mr.. Pomerene. 1t was explained by
Mr. Pomerene that Mr.. Squire is not
under consideration for the counsel
to Investigate the Standard Oil naval
oil lease.
- May Increase Rates.
AS a result of the investigation
into the tariff schedule on wheat and
wheat products, it is understood from
an official source that President Cool
idge will order an increase in the
rates. This action on the part of the
President will be under the proTi-
sions of the flexible provisions of the
tariff act and to those who are III A
position to know, it was intlmated
today that Mr.. Coolidge will increase
the duty on this commodity to 40
cents, the maximum allowed under
the law.
The report to be sent to the Presi-
dent by the commission probably late
today will show, it is understood, a
difference in the production cost or
wheat In Canada and i'll the United
States, greater than is represented in
the present duty of so cents bushel'
Opposed to Pay Boost.
Those who have talked with the
President on the subject lately are
convinced that he will oppose any
general increase at this time in the
nay of the postal employees. There is
legislation pending in Congress
Hvtich would provide a general IN,
probably more, and President Cool
jdge has EXPRESSED himself as class
ing this proposed legislation WIN
the great batch of appropriation pillS
which he has said would have a diS-
turbing and serious effect on the
country If enacted.
.rhe President, however. is known
to feel that the proposed increase 1or
the postal employees is to a large eN-
tent justified and he would ike 10
approve it on the ground that WORK
ers generally should receive greater
compensation, but he believes II
would be too much of drain on the
public Treasury at this time. He
would like to see inequalities IN the
pay Of postal employees wiped out but
not through a general increase IN
the salaries Of everybody IN the
service : Pence in Mexico.
Indications of the restoration py
President Obregon of orderly condI-
tions in Mexico are seen by oflclaiS
here in the falling off of complaints
from Americans in Mexico OF dlS-
turbances in their vicinity.
The American government, 1t was
said at the White House, has no
means of getting comprehensive
picture of the situation i'll Mexico
that would disclose the extent to
which the revolt has already been
crushed. During the earlier days OF
the revolutionary movement, how
ever, there were frequent complaints
of disorder from American sources
in Mexico and these have not been
repeated recently.