Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-24
.FENN|NC DECISION
DELAYED FOR WEEK
Report of Subcommittee Will
Be Made Up at Next Meet
ing, Dyer Announces.

The possibilities of getting a deci
sion on the charges pending before
the Impeachment subcommittee oil
the House judiciary committee
against District Commissioner Fred
erick A. Fenning before another week
appeared slight today after the sub
committee had been in executive ses-
sion for about two hours and a half
It was indicated, at the conclusion OF
the meeting, by Representative Dyer
of Missouri. chairman of the i'm
peachment subcommittee, that the
full committee would be left with
the responsibility of reporting to the
House what. If anything. should be
done about the Blanton charges.
Mr.. Dyer said that the subcom =
mittee spent the entire morning IN
going over the evidence in conJunc-
ton with the charges which were
filed by Representative Blanton OF
Texas. Each charge was taken up
in order and the evidence adouceu
rela ting to that charge was discussed
in connection with it. He pointed
out. however that no decision was
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ton with the case.
will Make Detailed Report.
He said that the subcommittee
would prepare a report for the Iui'
committee. This report will take up
each charge separately, inform the
full committee what evidence there
was in support of the charge and note
the pages in the printed record where
the members of the full committee
might find 1t and study 1t. II the SUD-
committee considers that there was
no evidence in substantiation OF any
of the charges. he said, 1t Will so state
in its report to the full committee.
Mr.. Dyer indicated that before the
subcommittee meets again each of the
members will draw up his opinion
along these lines-that is, by taking
up each charge and giving an opinion
as to the weight of the evidence IN
connection with each. These indi'
yidual drafts will be worked into a
composite whole at the next meeting
of the subcommittee, the date of
which was not determined upon TO-
day.
will Pass on Law.
This subcommittee report, in add
tion TO laying before the full com
mittee the charges and what 1t con
siders the supporting evident, Will
contain a statement of what the SUB
committee considers the law in the
case. which it will substantiate with
full citations of ruling decisions which
the members believe are applicable tc
the case which it is considering.
In indicating that it will be another
week before the subcommittee con
yenes again, Mr.. Dyer pointed OUT
that this was contingent upon the
adjournment of Congress. If 1t de-
yelops later in the week that Con
eress will adjourn soon, he said tha'
he would Immediately call meeting
of the subcommittee and prepare the
report, following it with a request OF
the chairman of the full committee
that it be called into immediate SEES
sion for a consideration of the Fen
ming case. Mr.. Dyer indicated that
a report will be given to the House
before final adjournment. Then, he
said. the House would have an op
portunity to take the matter up as 1t
saw fit and act accordingly.
Rankin Urges Action.
When the House convened today
Representative Rankin, Democrat, OF
Mississippi, who as a member of the
veterans committee took an active
part in the Fenning hearings, urged
that the House must not adjourn
without disposing of the Fenning case
He said he would use all the influ'
ence that he could muster to prevent
such an adjournment.
Representative Hersey, Republican
of Maine, a member of the judiciary
committee, censured Representative
Rankin's utterances, pointing out that
the judiciary committee now has the
matter before it in executive session
and that the members are pledged
not to divulge any information con
corning the forthcoming report until
the committee has acted upon it. He
said that any speech in the House
at this time on the subject is i'm