THREE INQUIRIES.
OCEAN MAIL SCANDALS Interesting Developments Hinted At in U.S.A. REPORTS MADE TO PRESIDENT. United T.A.-Electric Telegraph-Copyright) (Received 1 p.m.) NEW YORK, February 21. The Associated Press Washington correspondent slates that the findmgs of the three separate investigations into the operation and circumstances surrounding the letting of ocean mail contracts will be placed in the hands of President Roosevelt. The third investigating agency , made its presence known to-day when the secretary, Sir. Roper, disclosed that the Department of Commerce had conducted ah inquiry and filed a preliminary report with the President. Previously a Senate committee had made such a study, and for months the Post OH'iee Department had been quietly investigating. Mr. Roper, though declining to comment on the details of the inquiry, predicted that "an interesting programme" would result.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 45, 22 February 1934, Page 7
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