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as citations to appear for contempt OF

as citations to appear for contempt OF
court.
Walsh interrupted the reading once
TO observe that the correspondence
made 10 reference to stock transfer
Don't YOU think that little pc
culiar?" the Senator asked.
Il don't know ANYTHING about that,
Stewart replied. with his first snow
of heat. Il am here to say on my
oath that that Is the truth"
Very well. we accept that walsh
said.
At another point when Walsh asked
the meaning OF one letter. Stewart said
That's plain English 1t needs no
Interpretation"
Walsh went on with the reading. The
oil operator could not recall all OF the
letters and kilograms. but some OF them
he did.
Asked why the correspondence was
not i'm his files he said he had brought
all his correspondence to Washington IN
response to a subpoenae. in the criminal
oil cases.
And I'm here to tell you that MT
Schubert doesn't keep my files or nave
anything to do with them" Stewart
said
Schubert had just finished rather
hard period on the stand. during which
his lack of knowledge OF some OF Stew
arts activities had come in for sarcastic
comment.
Il don't know what became OF the
files: whether / left them here or what.
I've talked to Mr. Roberts and Mr..
Pomerene especial Government oil
counsen and they have made a search
for them. but they have not been
found" Stewart continued.
Walsh disclosed that the letters and
kilograms he read we're obtained from
the files of the Midwest Refining Co
Stewart said that in November, 1921,
he went to New York and talked with
Humphreys.
He said he was going to meet some
gentlemen at the Vanderbilt Hotel and
was not In a position to give the Oil to
the Standard of Indiana.
Describes Conference.
Il went over to Mr., Blackmer's room
During the conferences there were
Humphreys and his son. and his attor-
ney. Senator Thomas: President Dawes
OF the Pure Oil. Blackmer. O'Nel and
Sinclair. I don't know that Osler vas
there the first time. but he came IN the
second day"
Osler was president OF the CONT
mental Trading Co. He also Is now in
Europe. as well as Blackmer and James
e O'Neii.
After got In the room I was told
oy Riackmer that there was no chance
of the Standard Oil OF Indiana getting
the oil as Humphreys wanted to give
oil % companies having pipe lines down
there and II We wanted that oil that
was the direction we would have TO go.
I was told by Humphreys that II We
wanted the oil We would have TO paw
sl.75 and that II we didn't want It,.
others did"
Stewart said he knew somebody would
maze money. but he did not care how
much they made.
4 knew / was getting oil for IFS
when oil was selling for So. We wanted
that oil and / made the contract. !
took copies TO the board OF directors
and tcld them 1t was perfectly apparent
somebody was making IS cents a bar
.-el. ! told them that II that was ma
;erial not 10 take the contracts.
The stockholders made lot OF
money out OF that transaction. 1t turn
ed out TO be profitable" Stewart went
on.
Il am not a director of the Sinclair
IfuUt. II lat 6tio euii
anteed the contract TO show our faith
In this matter II was like guaranteeing
a note after 1t had been paid II pro-
vided the oil be In the tanks and tested
for quality, for 20 DAYS before We had
TO pay anything for 1t.
Besides that I'll be frank TO say for
years had known II S. Osler He was a
director of n bank at Toronto. He also
had been vel known In business in this
country.