The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-10
KEEPING UP
With
THE NE WIS
BY LUDWELL DENNY

H FFORTS of John D. Rookie
~ Teller, Jr, to GUST Chairman
Stewart from Standard Oil of In
diana, and demands of Judge Ed
win B. Parker that industry purge
itself of pirates" were hailed by
national, political and business lead
ers in Washington today as proof
of a public awakening to the oil
scandals.
Herbert Hoover's large presiden-
tial primary vote against the sue
ceSsful machine in Indiana, where
twenty-five State and party Off
Gals have been imprisoned or in
dicted, was cited by his friends as
evidence that this clean up" move
ment is spreading among the rank
and file.
Most of the 1000 delegates to the
United States Chamber of Com
merce convention in Washington
appeared to resent the diScredit
cast upon business ethics by the
deals Of Sinclair, Stewart and other
oil men, and enthusiastically well
coined the action of Rockefeller and
Parker branding business and po-
litical corruption.
There was similar rejoicing in
Congress, where investigating COM
mittees reluctantly weer coming to
believe that their crusade had the
hostility rather than support of the
business world.
Senator Walsh (Dem), Montana,
the Teapot Dome inquisitor, and
Senator Nye Rep0, North Dakota,
chairman Of the Senate oil probe
committee, were the first to COM
mend Rockefeller and Parker.
Rockefeller has accepted Stewards
challenge that their differences over
business ethics be fought out before
the company board. Explaining his
letters, Rockefeller said:
Il have taken the above action be-
cause have lost confidence in
Colonel Stewards leadership, and
believe that the interests of Stand
ard Oil Company of Indiana now
can best be served by his resign
ing. This action should not be con-
strued as prejudgment on my part
as to the issues involved in the legal
proceedings now pending
THE LEGAL proceeding referred
l. to is the Washingto.l trial of
Stewart, May 81. for contempt of
the Senate in refusing to answer
questions of the committee regard
ing his part in the Continental oil
deal.
When sought by the committee
in the winter, Stewart finally was
found at an Havana race track and
was persuaded by Rockefeller to re-
turn.
Stewart would not give the COM
mittee the details of the deal. but
testified that he did not profit per-
sonally from it. Later the COM
mittee, through tracing Continental
bonds to his bank account, discov-
cred that like Sinclair, and the two
fugitives in Europe, Blackmer and
ONeil, he got quarter share of the
50 100000.
Called back to the committee
stand, following jury acquittal of
Sinclair on the criminal conspiracy
Teapot Dome charge, Stewart ad-
mitted receiving the money, but
claimed to have given it secretly to
an employ to keep in trust for his
company.
nISCOUNTING Senator Wat
IL sons hold upon the Indiana
Republican delegation to the ma
tional convention, as a result of the
Tuesday primary, Herbert Hoover's
Washington headquarters praised
the secretary's remarkable show
ing Of popular strength"
ut was predicted freely at the
time of Mr.. Hoover's entry that he
would lose every county in the
State and be defeated by a major
ity of 10000. Instead, he devel-
oped a strength which made the
contest an exceedingly close one,
adding prestige to his candidacy
through the revelation that even
against a favorite son candidate
backed by a powerful organization
which has been years in building,
and supported by the combined OPP
pOSition-he was able to divide al
most evenly the vote of the State"
Senator Norbeck (Rep), South
Dakota, voiced the opinion of Hoo
yer enemies that the Indiana vote
showed he "is not the candidate
approved by agriculture and no
candidate can hope to win this year
without the farmers approval"
Il
The long delayed Mississippi
flood control bill has been amended
to satisfy the President and is eX-
pected to be signed this week.