Evening star., 1926-11-29

lunch Mr.. Roberts resumed the read
ing of Doheny's testimony before the
Senate committee. He drew obJec-
tions from defense counsel when he
sought to read a statement made by
Senator Walsh regarding an inter-
view the Montana Senator had had
with Secretary Of the Navy Denby
on the matter of the OIL leases. The
court overruled the objection.
In this statement Senator Walsh
brought out that Secretary DENLY
had told him he knew nothing about
the leases beyond the fact that he
had signed them. Walsh stated also
that DENLY had failed to remember
that there was a third lease or even
that this lease had covered the en-
tire reserves.
Government counsel then went into
the intimate details Of the loan
transaction to strengthen its conten-
ton by Doheny's testimony that the
loan made to Fall was the 500, 900
in cash drawn from the bank account
of young Doheny. Mr.. Roberts
brought out the fact that Doheny
had testified that he expected to en-
ploy Fall after the latter had left
the Department Of the Interior and
was going to pay him sufficient sal
ary so that Fall could repay the
100000 loan in five or six years.
Planned to Employ Fall.
In this connection the testimony
showed that Doheny was asked con-
corning his expectations about the
repayment Of the loan.
Doheny had told the committee
that he expected that if Fall did not
repay it that he had intended en-
ploying him in connection with some
Of his Mexican enterprises and pay
him a. salary so that he would be
able to make repayments in five or
six years.
Questioned regarding his opinion OF
the facts disclosed In Falls letter to
the committee Doheny had testified
that he did not believe the dis
closures of his loan to Fall would re-
fleet on the latter as much as the
disclosures that Fall had admitted
getting the loan from Mr.. Mclean.
Explains His Silence.
Asked why. If that was so, he did
not tell the committee about the loan
when he first testified, Doheny had
replied that he thought that was
Falls business, nor was 1t pertinent to
any question that had been asked
him. He said that his reasons for
telling the committee about the loan
was that he feared there would be
misundersta nding about it. He had
asked Fall to tell about it before, he
said.
Questioned regarding Falls letter to
the committee in which the Secretary
had declared he had obtained the loan
from Mclean, Doheny said he was in
California at the time.
"Why did you not advise the COM
mittee this was not correct" he had
been asked.
Doheny had testified he thought it
would be better to await develop
ments. Asked If he had not appre-
ciated the great danger in delaying
his statement, Doheny replied that Il
think l came forward rather prompt
ly." This is January and the confer
ence in Florida lat which Mclean told
Fall he would have to tell the truth
to the committee) occurred during the
holidays.
In reply to questions as to whether
he knew the committee had been de
ceived Doheny had stated that he did
not regard it his business to identify
the money loaned to Fall. He said he
had discussed with Fall the matter OF
money needed to buy the ranch and
that Fall had told him he thought he
could obtain it from some other
source.
Following a brief resume of the
Doheny holdings in the Pan-American
Co. the testimony returned to a visit
paid to the White House by Mr.. and
Mrs. Doheny about the time that
negotiations for the leases were in
progress. Doheny testified that the
call was purely social one, others
being present, and that he had no
conversation with the President re-
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