FALSE CHARGES
BRIBERY ALLEGATIONS AMERICAN SENATORS NAMED United. Press AssoclatloD—By Electric (Tele •;. ; .erapti—Copyright-. ■.:,-. ... j'i ■' ' WASHINGTON, 10th January. A sensation has'been caused here by the, announcement, that a Senate Committee has been secretly investigating documents here and abroad pretending to show that Senators Borah and Norris received 100,000 dollars each from the Soviet Ambassador in •'Paris, and that Senators Borah, Norris, La Folette, and Heflin also received 1,215,000 dol-. lars from the Mesican. Government, The committee to-day rendered &■ unanimous declaration that the charges were absolutely false and* the - documents an utter forgery. While documents relative to the. Mexican matter had been under invosti-. gation for over a year, the Russian aspect came as a complete surprise, and the Senate report' indicated the existence of an elaborate system of dissemination of such forged documents. The chairman of the committee, Senator Reedj described the system as a "nefarious traffic," adding that the whole matter would be amusing if it "did not trifle with the reputation of distinguished Americans, reputations that it is to the interest of all America to hold above suspicion."
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 9, 11 January 1929, Page 7
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179FALSE CHARGES Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 9, 11 January 1929, Page 7
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