Evening star., 1925-05-27

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Secretary Fall. Edward l.. Deheny and
his son, Il. l.. Doheny, jr. BY the
failure TO reindict young Doheny the
prosecution admits the utter lack of
any justification for the original in
dictment against him.
Says Charges Are Repeated.
so far as Z. l.. Doheny. sr., and
Mr. Fall are concerned, this indict
ment merely repeats the charges
mace last year in an indictment re-
Gently thrown out of court by the
decision of Chief Justice Mccoy. The
proceedings which resulted in this
new Indictment are most extraordi-
nary when the following facts are
kept In mind by the public:
l. Inc contracts and leases be-
tween the Pan american Petroleum
companies and the Government were
signed by Edwin DENLY, Secretary
or the Navy Every step in the ne
EQUATIONS of these contracts was di-
rected by, reported TO and approved
by Secretary DENLY. No one has
ever charged any act of wrongdoing
against Mr.. DENLY. Yet Mfr. DENNY
was not called as a witness before
the grand jury.
That body was deprived of the evi
dence of the chief officer of the Gov.
ernment who made the contracts now
under attack. The public unquestion.
ably will ask why?
Absence Is Questioned.
-. The entire plan of the oil re.
serve contracts and leases between
the Government and Mr.. Dohenv's
companies was conceived by Admiral
J. *. Robson, who was then and is
now the chief engineer of the United
states Navy He acted as the right
mana man OF the Secretary of the
Navy In all of the negotiations. He
represented the Government. He
KNOWS more than any other man. in
or out of the Government service
ABOUT the facts in this case. He was
not Caiied as a witness before the
grand jury and that body was de.
prived of hearing the truth. which he
could have testified to. Why?
.. The testimony produced by the
government in the trial of the civil
sult at Los Angeles showed that Sec
retary Fall did not handle the award.
ing OF the Doheny contracts and
leases, but that, so far as the De.
partment of the Interior was concern
ca, that matter was practically en-.
tlrely In charge of DIR. II. Foster Rain
then and now the Government direc,
TOR OF the Bureau of Mines. DIR. Rain
knows more than any Government
ofhoial in the Interior Department
ABOUT the making of the contracts now
under attack. DIR. Balm was not called
as witness before the grand iurv
although he is now high Govern.
ment official and no charge has ever
peeh mace against his integrity or his
loyalty to the Government Why was
he not called?
Gregory Not Called.
- The contracts for the construc.
ton of Pearl Harbor were carried ont
under the direction of Admiral r. r
Gregory, then and now chief of the
Bureau of Yards and Docks of the
Navy. Admiral Gregory was called as
a witness by the Government in the
civil suit at Los Angeles, but it is
quite evident that his testimony so
clearly disproved the Government 3
contention that the prosecution did
not give the grand jury here the
benefit of his testimony. Admira I
Gregory was not called as a witness.
Why?
SO. The acceptance of the Dohenv
bid for the Pearl Harbor contract
which resulted in the leasing Of one
of the California naval reserves to
tAc IdH-AIIloFlCdn Co., was recon-
mended by Mr.. A w. Ambrose. chief
petroleum technologist of the Govern.
ment's Bureau of Mines. Mr.. AM
brose was not called as a witness be-
fore the grand jury.
sc. The legality of the contracts
and leases was passed upon for Sec
retary DENLY by the Navy's chief
legal officer, Admiral Julian L. Lati.
mer, judge advocate general of the
Navy. Admiral I.atimer was kept
away from the witness stand in the
grand jury proceedings just ended
Finally, Col. Theodore Roosevelt,
then Assistant Secretary of the Navy,
had a gread deal to do with the mat
ters leading up to the making of the
Doheny contracts, but Col. Roosevelt
was not produced as witness before
the grand jury.
Hits at Prosecution.
.'I bring these facts before the public
because the people Of this country
are entitled to know that in these
oil case proceedings the prosecution
has found it necessary eliberately to