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nounced by Representative
Frederick N. ZihIman Of
Maryland, chairman.
The subcommittee Is conn
posed Of Representative
Clarence ]. Mcleod Of Mich
igan; Ernest w. Gibson Of
Vermont; Frank r. Reid Of
Illinois; Robert G. Houston
of Delaware; Ralph Gilbert
of Kentucky; William G.
Hammer Of North Carolina,
and Joseph Whitehead Of
Virginia.
Dyer Tries 10 Sidestep
Efforts to sidestep responsibility
for calling up the Impeachment re-
port were apparent when the House
convened. Representative L. c..
Dyer OF Missouri. chairman OF the
impeachment committee, who sub
mitted the bajoFity report, said the
responsibility rested with the chair-
man, Representa- George 8. Ora.
ham Of Pennsylvania.
The responsibility is off my
shoulders. and has been transferred
20 the House. Graham said.
Speaker Nicholas Longw0rth de-
clared that 1T is up to the Judici-
airy Committee.
Regardless of whether or not the
Judiciary Committee leaders act,
the minority members plan to force
action at the first possible oppor-
tunity.
In addition to the three minority
reports submitted at midnight last
night, signed by five members,
four independent minority views
were submitted TO the House today
by Representative Royal H. Weller
OF New York. Andrew j. Montague
of Virginia, Henry st. George
Tucker of Virginia, and Earl c.
Kitchener Of Michigan.
All AssaiI fleming
Commissioners Fenning was at.
tackled severely in all four reports.
although the members were divided
as to the question of inpeachabil.
fty.
Montague attacked the Commits.
sioner for Jack of professional
ethics which he declared demon
strated unfitnees for public trust.
Weller claims Fenning is i'm
peachable and the House should
follow this course.
representative Tucker while hold
Ing that fleming is not Improbable
declares he is unfit for office and
should be removed.
Kitchener submitted a long argu.
ment on the question of impeach.
ment, sustaining the committees re-
port that fleming is not Federal
officer. He disagreed with the ma.
jority findings regarding questions
Of moral unfitness.
Views Of then minority Of the
committee are expressed in three
documents, one Of them the indi-
yidual opinion of Representative
Samuel c. Major of Missouri, who
holds that Fenning is unimpeach-
able but calls upon the President
in no uncertain terms to remove
the Commissioner Immediately.
The second opinion deals with
the facts in the case and the third
with the law.
Denounced IN Report
The minority report on the facts
IL signed by Representatives Fred
II. Dominick of South Carolina, and
Zebulon Weaver of North Carolina.
1t holds "that positive action by
the House is imperative and we
therefore recommend his impeach.
ment and removal from office and
that proceedings be instituted at
once by the proper authorities to
remove him from his present posi-
ton as guardian for those unfortui
nate wards and have all their
estates audited; also to recover back
TO them funds which be has wrong.
fully collected from them; and that
the Department. of Justice be di
rected to institute proper proceed
ings to punish him for his unlaY
full misconduct"
The report on the law. signed
by Representatives Hatton w. Sum
mers of Texas, and William B
Bowling of Alabama, contains ar
exhaustive argument showing thai
Commissioner Fenning is subject t
Achment, bitter condemnation