Evening star., 1926-04-19
BLANTON DEMANDS IMPEACHMENT
OF FENNING in FORMAL CHARGE

deceive Congress, when In the pre-.
pared typewriter statement he sent
to Representative Martin n. Madden
and requested it's insertion in the
Record on Friday. April is, 1925, he
intimated that Gen. Frank T. Hines,
director of the Veterans Bureau.
erred when he certified that said Fen
ming received 10 per centum of the
estate and annual income of his
wards, said Fenning, intimating that
his commission was only per cent in
most insta noes.
Il charge that said Frederick A.
FeDning made a deliberate attempt TO
deceive Congress when in his said
prepared statement he falsely stated
that the $1OA .O7O25 fees and commits.
sions which the auditor of the SUI
preme Court Of the District Of Column
bia had certified had been allowed to
said Fennine includes the fun
mount or commission and counsel
fees In cases going back to the year
1909 because as matter OF fact
many fees and commissions received
by the said Fenning do not appear in
sa Id auditors certificate. and said
a auditOr certities officially that since we
entered the World War In 1917 the
fees and commissions allowed by the
a uditor to said Frederick A. Fenning
amounted to $SS.544.46 thus showing
that OF the said $10s,-
O7O25 allowed said Fenning In fees
q nd commissions. only $1O.525 was al.
lowed prior to April s, 1917.
S533.855 From Veterans, lie Says.
Il charge that since our brave ex-
service men have returned from
France wounded and shell shocked
in the World War, said Frederick A.
Fenning. as guardian and committee
for wards of our Veterans Bureau,
has received from said United states
Veterans Bureau the enormous sum
of $733, ,S55.S7 compensation and in
surance due them, and that he has
deposited same In his own bank, the
National Savings and Trust Co., of
which he is a director. and owns
stock in same. and that he receives
substantial benefits from such de-
posits by receiving increase diNi-
dends on his stock.
Il charge that the said Frederick
A. Fenning in making loans of his
wards money. as the law requires
him to do, he has received discounts,
or commissions, or brokerage fees,
additional to- the interest carried in
the notes or obliga tions. and that
when making for said Fenning a loan
of SIS 900, said National Savings and
Trust Co. received a commission.
which benefited said Fenning either
or indirectly
Charges Court Was Deceived.
Il charge that the said Frederick A.
F enning has deceived the Supreme
Court OF the District of Columbia by
having the different justices thereof
allow him to deduct from the annual
income OF his wards the annual pre-
MUM paid TO the bonding company
for his fiduciary bond, and not disclOs
ing to such court that he Is the sOli-
citor for such bonding company, and
as shch receives from said bonding
company commission Of from 15 to
20 per centum on such annual pre-
MUM, and | charge that said F'reder
ick A. Fenning now holds a solicitors
license issued by the Department of
Insurance for the District of Columbia
in the following companies, to wit:
The Massachusetts Bonding and Insur-
ance Co. of Boston. Mass; the United
States Fidelity and Guaranty Co. OF
Md, and the Great Ameri-
az such solicitor he Is authorized to
receive commissions, rebates and com
peuSation on business he causes to be
given to such companies. And /
charge that he Is guilty Of moral turpi-
tude In being solicitor for said com
pa MES, as such interest conflicts with
his duties az Commissioner of the Dis
trict Of Columbia, and his action In
passing on an important insurance bill
Of about 100 pages, which his said
have been opposing in
many respects.
Il charge that the said Frederick A
Fenning Is attorney for the Medical
Society of the District Of Columbia
and Is paid an annual fee by them
and that such employment has inter
fered with his duties as Commissioner,
in that he has opposed and refused to
favUrably report a bill sought to be
pa Ssed by the chirOpractors and
which bill his clients are opposing.
Doctors Also Accused.
'T charge that the said Frederick A.
Fenning, as attorney for the said
Medical Society of the District of Co
umbia, In disregard of his duties as
said commissioner, has melted, aided
and abetted the doctors employed in
ST. EliZabeth's Hospital. who by law
are required to devote all Of their time
10 such institution, to engage I'm pri.
vate practice here in the District of
Columbia; that as attorney for said
Medical Society he has melted, aided
a nd abetted certain Of the doctors EN-
ployed In the United States Veterans
Bureau and who are by law required
to give all of their time to said bu-
reau. to engage In private practice
here In the District Of Columbia. such
doctors using the equipment Of the
government In their said private prac-
lice, and that the said Frederick A.
Fenning has knowingly permitted the
District sllenist DIR. Percy Hickiing,
who receives a salary Of IS, 300 for all
Df his time, to sell his testimony to
lawyers both In the District and out
side Of 1t.
Undertaken Cited Ia Charges.
~ charge that Frederick A. Fen.
ming, attorney for and financially in.
terested In the underta king business
OF Joseph Gawler's Sons, Inc. and
that during the past % years has
caused many bodies from St. Eliza
beth's Hospital to be turned over to
said undertaken for burial, a number
of them being wards OF said Fen.
ming. and that in the lunacy case of
Walter Garland Allan, No. 1918. the
said Frederick A. Fenning on March
"a, 1928, paid to said undertaken the
sum OF $101.S1 for burial expenses,
which amount was the total residue
of his wards estate after taking from
same his own fees and commissions
a nd at such time said Fennlng knew
that for charge of only $50 Under
taker Tabler furnishes everything
necessary and conducts decent
funerals for wards Of the United
States Veterans Bureau. and
charge further that through confed-
era ton with his said brother in law,
Coroner j. Ramsay NevIkA and his
emplONe. kiu Franklin. sid Eenning