Evening star., 1935-03-05
SENATE DECISION
ON FARLEY PROBE
EXPECTED TODAY
Post Office Committee to
Decide Action on Long
Resolution.
POSTMASTER GENERAL
DENIES ALL CHARGES
Louisianan Asked by Senators to
Name Witnesses and Reveal
Evidence.
BY ]. A, OLEARY.

The Senate Post Office Committee
may decide this afternoon what action
it will take on the resolution of Sena-
tor Long, Louisiana Democrat, seek
ing an investigation of Postmaster
General Farley, who late yeste, day
filed with the committee lengthy
denial of the various charges in the
Long resolution.
After day in which developments
came thick and fast in the Long
Farley controversy. the Post Office
Committee adjourned to meet at 2
O'Clock today. wheE. Chairman Nc
Kellar said, it is hoped q decision
will be reached.
The committee sent letter to Long
last night, asking him to submit by
noon TODAY "the names of witnesses
whom you propose to call and the sub
stance of the evidence which you
propose 20 elicit from each"
Senator Long said today 1t would
take little time" to prepare the
information the Senate Post Office
Committee had asked him to submit
today.
II probably will get that up to-
night or tomorrow, Long added
Subcommittee Named.
Another step taken late yesterday
was appointment of a subcommittee
to examine overnight the stack of
data from the P. w. A. files. sub
mitted to the Senate yesterday after
hy Conrotorx, in,
to a Senate resolution. This reso-
luton, sponsored by Long, asked for
any records relating to concerns men,
toned by Long in his charges against
Farley in the Senate 1t also asked
for any data which may have re-
lated to Mr. Farley "or any concern
with which Mr.. Farley has been or
is now identified
In a letter Of tranSmittal accom-
panying the data, Secretary Ickes
stated he had never made or caused
to be made any investigation of Post
master General Farley" The COM
mittee designated Senators Bailey,
Democrat, of North Carolina: Byrnes,
Democrat. of South Carolina. and
Barbour. Republican, of New Jersey,
to report today on the substance of
data in the Ickes report
In his letter to the Senate COM
mittee. made public last night. the
Postmaster General replied in detail
to the various charges in Senator
Longs resolution. He summed up his
answer by saying he wanted to deny
the base insinuation of the Senator
from Louisiana that I have at any
time used the power and prestige of
my Office for personal financial gain
or private interest"
Resolution Quoted.
Farley's letter began as follows:
THE resolution states that whereas
it has been reported that James A.
Farley. acting as Postmaster General
and in various other capacities for
the United States Government has
conducted a private business for the
selling of materials to persons engaged
in doing public construction work for
the United States Government, and
that in some instances concerns buy
ing materials from the said concerns
in which the said James A. Farley is
interested have received contracts
through as many as three low bidders
being disqualified
Il have conducted no private busi-
ness since have occupied the posi-
ton of Postmaster General of the
United States Prior to March 4,
1888, resigned as president and di-
rector of the General Builders Supply
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