GRAVE SCANDAL.
AMERICAN OIL GRAFT. PROMINENT MEN INVOLVED. (87 CA3LE—?HESS ASSOCIATION —CCPTrUGHI-) (AUSTSALIAS AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) "WASHINGTON, January 27. The oil htnds investigation is developing into the gravest scandal in tie history of American politics, and an announcement has been made by President Coolidge that he will form a legal committee from the Republican and Democratic Parties to take over the Senate Committee's evidence and the prosecution of alt persons concerned in malfeasance. The case reveals the existence of an unusual situation. Tho evidence developed before the Senate Committee now involves a former Secretary of the Interior, Senator A. B. Fall, with Sir Denby, Mr Dauglierty, and Mr Theodore Iloosevelt, who is Assistant Secretary to the Navy. President Coolidge hints that serious corruption exists, and the testimony given by Mr Fall conflicts with that of others, especially concerning certain large loans granted by various individuals who obtained oil land leases.
The Democrats aro openly gleeful over the situation, and it is widely assumed that the scandal spells death for Republican aspirations at the coming presidential election.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 17983, 29 January 1924, Page 7
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