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| the Supreme Court in practically
| every case for which he is acting as
| guardian or committee 10 per cent of
! the principal of the personal estate
and on the annual income OF the es-
| tate. as provided in section iI25 of
the Code OF Laws for the District"
! Mr.. Bianton put INTO the Record
| thc list of - ;n&aue wards OF Com
| missioner Fenning a. furnished by the
| Veterans bureau.
| Nov, remember" said Mr.. Blanton
! that Director Hines said that. re-
| specting each Of these rs cases the
| court here allows Mr.. Commissioners
| Fennins, attorney in the Evans Build.
| ing, 10 per cent of the principal o. the
| estate, and also 10 per cent Of the an
| nual income. Verify, Mr.. Commits
| Sioner Fenning has Il bonanza. All
| he has TO do is to clip his coupons.
, He receives from the Veterans Blu
! reau the estate of each one of these
| 7j wards, and he clips off 10 per cent
of same for himself and then off OF
their income, their compensation paid
| monthly by the government and all
other income he clips off of that each
month 10 per cent for himself
Predicts His Removal
MIR. Blanton then emphatic de-
clared to the House that Chairman
Madden OF the House appropriations
committee always means what he
says" and that on last Thursday MIR.
Madden SAID that if Commissioner
t'enning was having himself appoint
ed guardian for soldiers who had lost
their minds. and was collecting fees
fl1n 'hn tn hn
out of office
My prediction is." said Mr. Blan-
ton, that Mr.. Madden will have him
put out of office"
Mr. Blanton explained that the
whereabouts of 16 men in the list of
wards is yet to be determined, and
put into the record the names Of 16
wards of Commissioner Fenning
whose place of confinement he has
been unable to ascertain. DR.. White
reports that they are not in ST. Eliza
beth's.
Mr.. Blanton also called upon DR..
White to prepare for him a list of
all wards of Commissioner Fenning
in that institution. on which the
names of these 6 do not appear. The
Veterans Bureau is now tracing
Them to find out their whereabouts
are in some other insane asylum out
side of Washington.
Mr.. Blanton then put into the
record report Of the grand jury
on October 5. 1925, condemnine st.
Elizabeth's Hospital and describing
Howard Hall. where William Green
was murdered. This grand jury. he
explained, returned a true bill of in
dictment against two men for the
murder of William Green in Howard
Hall at ST. E,lizabeth's Is months
previous.
MIR. Blanton also put into the
record q letter from a soldier. John
A. Savage. 1917 New York avenue.
which was published in the o. f.
Library Critic on February "a, 1926.
in further censure of conditions at
ST. Eliza beth's Hospital.
Says White Loves Money.
Telling the House that DR.. White
loves money himself" Mr.. Blanton
continued his attack made last De-
cember against DIR. White for re-
ceiving $3.50 a day for two weeks for
expert testimony ito save the neckS
OF Leopold and Loeb.
Both believe in making money, on
The side continued Mr. Blanton.
Very naturally DR.. White sympa-
thiZes with Commissioner Fenning.
Nj. Elanton then quoted statement
in Yesterdays Star in which Dr.
White was reported as having
frankly come out with praise Tor
Mr. Fenning."
Most likely in return Commissioner
Fenning will praise DR.. White for
being able to separate the rich Leo
polds and Loebs from $3.50 per day
for IA days" said Mr.. Blanton, land
for the manner if which he has been
running Howard Hall. upon which
the grand jury commented.
DIR. William A. White and Commits
sioner Fenning are close personal
friends; they have been working to-
gether for years. DR.. j. Ramsey
hewitt. coroner of Washington, is a
brother-in-law of Commissioner Fen
ming; they have married sisters; so
when patients die in st. Elizabeth's.
DR.. White doesn't expect any report
that may be made by the coroner to
reflect upon him. Up to November
4. 1925. Commissioner Jennings broth
er, Carl Fenning, was employed In
the Patent Office at $500 per year.
but resigned on November a, 1928, to
accept a position as an assistant to
the Attorney General of the United
States, with compensation to be de-
termined by the Attorney General, not
to exceed $500 per annum. but Carl
Fenning has drawn $775 per month
ever since he began work in Novem
ber In other words. on November 4,
1925, Carl Fenning was drawing $467
per month in the Patent Office, and
he moved that day to the Attorney
Generals Office and has since drawn
S775 per month. And he is in q key
position in the particular department
where, when any suits are filed
against the United States respecting
the Veterans Bureau, he can report to
the Commissioner
Listed as Fenning Wards.
EynJai ininC to tho House "iust how