ARGUMENT.

Broad information leads to improved results internationally on all matters under consideration, and from careful study I have concluded that treaties and agreements are inadequate to meet demands in the world's welfare.

Education plays the most important part in blazing the way to future content and international rest. Those of the broadest information have the advantage.

The institute proposed would draw the best-informed instructors from all nations and students of the best mental capacity.

The course of Japan in recent years is a strong illustration of a present demand for wider range of knowledge on the part of emissaries. That nation sends her best youth to foreign universities, and in time appoints them to needed embassies. Her students from American universities are representatives now at Washington, where they are sure to meet the best of the world's diplomats.

The recent Versailles treaty demanded the broadest information, and failed to receive it.

Such an institute would attract students from every part of the world, either by their individual volition or by direction of their respective governments.

These same governments would supply their foremost teachers, writers, and orators as instructors in order that nothing would be lacking to present national affairs in correct clothing.

Graduates would be gradually called for service by their respective countries in mission fields, and in international conferences men would meet qualified for a full understanding of the matters in hand. In January of 1917 the plan was suggested to the Hon. William H. Taft, now Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, at a time when he was active as president of "The League to Enforce Peace." After a personal conference he requested the plan on paper for more mature consideration, and when furnished his answer was as follows:

NEW HAVEN, CONN., January 17, 1916.

MY DEAR: I have your letter of January 10. I have no doubt that if we could have a university melting pot, in which we could introduce the youth of all the nations who might by contact and conference acquire a common knowledge of the attitude of all nations, it would make for the peace of the world. I think that slowly such a result is being brought about. I don't think it practical now to attempt such a thing in the United States, for the reason that we have had difficulty enough in securing any action by Congress in favor of the national university which Washington recommended 100 years ago. The Rhodes scholarships were founded on a theory akin to yours, and while narrower in their scope they were intended to bring English and American minds into a better understahding of each other. I thank you for writing me, and I shall keep the Idea you have in mind, and perhaps use it at some time in one of my numerous lucubrations.

I was glad to see you in Cincinnati.
Sincerely yours,

With best wishes,

"

WM. H. TAFT.

Attention is directed to the second sentence of the above letter particularly, as it is an indorsement of the general idea of education. Later an interview was sought with Henry Ford, who appeared something of a pacifist star, but like all stars Henry was inaccessible, owing to "red tape," and his assistance could not be obtained. Canada and the United States furnish a splendid example of a fair appreciation of each other. No military or pugnacious protuberances ornament the invisible boundary line between, and the citizens of each are untrammeled in commercial and social life, save as to tariffs and the like. All nations should be so related.

The first of 1916 afforded no appropriate time for pushing the plan, but now having "enforced" peace with Germany, the Senate of the United States would approve the outline of the plan suggested, as it will be furthering the civil-service regulations.

I see little hope in treaties or combinations of nations which signify the application of force, which is always the herald of war. The plan submitted is but a general outline with working drawings to be supplied if the general idea is approved in whole or in part. Trusting that the suggestion may be worthy of consideration, I remain,

Mr. SEARS of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to place in the RECORD, without publishing the name of the party who wrote the letter, a letter I received from New York— it is a very short letter-together with the printed circular that we are all receiving asking us to support the Mellon tax plan, and a one-page letter discussing fully the intricacles of the proposed tax plan. I think this should be published because It will materially guide the Ways and Means Committee and they will know just exactly what to do. I am not expressing

any opinion, but it is so short and concise and so completely explains to my constituents, who are sending me these printed forms, that I think it ought to go into the RECORD for the benefit of the Ways and Means Committee.

Mr. BLANTON. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, I want to state to the gentleman from Florida that the tone of the letters I am receiving now has changed. They are telling me now they prefer the Garner plan to the Mellon plan. That change has come within the last few days.

The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Florida asks unanimous consent to extend his remarks by publishing two letters which he has received. Is there objection?

Mr. BEGG. Mr. Speaker, I object.

The SPEAKER. Objection is made.

Mr. SEARS of Florida. I thank my friend from Ohio.
ADJOURNMENT.

Mr. CRAMTON. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn.

The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 5 o'clock and 4 minutes p. m.) the House adjourned until Monday, January 28, 1924. at 12 o'clock noon.

EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.

Under clause 2 of Rule XXIV, executive communications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows: 316. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting letter requesting that an appropriation of $1,351,381.81 to permit of the payment of a judgment rendered by the Court of Claims November 19, 1923, in favor of the New York & Porto Rico Steamship Co. be withdrawn; to the Committee on Appropriations.

317. A letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a report showing proceeds from the "Sale of surplus and obso lete material and equipment during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1923"; to the Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department.

318. A letter from the chairman of the national legislative committee of the American Legion, transmitting finance statement of the American Legion for the year ending June 30, 1923; to the Committee on World War Veterans' Legislation.

319. A letter from the president of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co., transmitting a report of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co, for the year 1923; to the Committee on the District of Columbia.

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC BILLS AND

RESOLUTIONS.

Under clause 2 of Rule XIII,

Mr. LUCE: Committee on the Library. H. J. Res. 107. A joint resolution in relation to a monument to commemorate the services and sacrifices of the women of the United States of America, its insular possessions, and the District of Columbia in the World War; without amendment (Rept. No. 107). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

Mr. ZIHLMAN: Committee on the District of Columbia. H. R. 5855. A bill to fix the salaries of officers and members of the Metropolitan police force and the fire department of the District of Columbia; with amendments (Rept. No. 108). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

Mr. LUCE: Committee on the Library. H. J. Res. 129. A joint resolution authorizing the erection on public grounds in the city of Washington, D. C., of a memorial to the Navy and Marine services to be known as Navy and Marine Memorial Dedicated to Americans Lost at Sea; without amendment (Rept. No. 109). Referred to the House Calendar.

CHANGE OF REFERENCE.

Under clause 2 of Rule XXII, the Committee on Invalid Pensions was discharged from the consideration of the bill (II. R. 4627) granting an increase of pension to John A. Rafter, and the same was referred to the Committee on Pensions.

PUBLIC BILLS, RESOLUTIONS, AND MEMORIALS. Under clause 3 of Rule XXII, bills, resolutions, and memorials were introduced and severally referred as follows:

By Mr. CABLE: A bill (H. R. 6247) to extend the operations of the immigration act of May 19, 1921, with certain amendments thereto; to the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization.

By Mr. DALLINGER (by request): A bill (H. R. 6248) to retire upon application, with additional rank, certain officers

of the United States Army; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. FREE (by request): A bill (H. R. 6249) authorizing and directing the Interstate Commerce Commission to establish a system of mileage books to be issued to commercial travelers at a reduced rate by all railroad companies carrying passengers; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. By Mr. NEWTON of Minnesota: A bill (H. R. 6250) to amend section 1 of an act entitled "An act to amend and consolidate the acts respecting copyright," approved March 4, 1909; to the Committee on Patents.

By Mr. SCHALL: A bill (H. R. 6251) to provide for the appointment of a court reporter by each judge of the United States district court, fixing their salaries and fees, defining | their duties, and repealing all laws and parts of laws inconsistent herewith; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. WELLER: A bill (H. R. 6252) to amend the tariff act of 1922 by reducing the tariff rate on wool; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. STEDMAN: A bill (H. R. 6253) authorizing the erection in the city of Washington of a monument in memory of the faithful colored mammies of the South; to the Committee on the Library.

By Mr. SUTHERLAND: A bill (H. R. 6254) to amend an act entitled "An act to define and punish crimes in the District of Alaska and to provide a code of criminal procedure for the district," approved March 3, 1899, as amended; to the Committee on the Territories.

Also, a bill (H. R. 6255) to amend an act entitled "An act to authorize the incorporated town of Ketchikan, Alaska, to issue its bonds in any sum not to exceed $100,000 for the purpose of constructing a schoolhouse in said town and equipping the same," approved February 7, 1920; to the Committee on the Territories.

By Mr. WILSON of Louisiana: A bill (H. R. 6256) to prevent the pollution by oil of navigable rivers of the United States; to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors.

By Mr. GARBER: A bill (H. R. 6257) to provide for issuance of patents to homestead entrants who served in the war between the German Empire and the United States and were honorably discharged, within three years after application, and relieving them of compliance with requirement of proof as to residence and improvements; to the Committee on the Public Lands.

By Mr. BUTLER: A bill (H. R. 6258) to increase the efficiency of the Navy, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

By Mr. STEPHENS: A bill (H. R. 6259) to continue until June 30, 1925, the Naval Militia as part of the Naval Reserve Force; to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

By Mr. HUDSON: A bill (H. R. 6260) to enlarge, extend, and remodel the post-office building at Flint, Mich., and to acquire additional land therefor; to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.

By Mr. MACLAFFERTY: A bill (H. R. 6261) for the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building thereon at Oakland, Calif., and for other purposes; to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.

By Mr. ROGERS of New Hampshire: Joint resolution (H. J. Res. 155) proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. GARRETT of Tennessee: Joint resolution (H. J. Res. 156) to declare void the lease of the Mammoth Oil Co.; to the Committee on the Public Lands.

Also, joint resolution (II. J. Res. 157) to declare void the lease of the Pan American Petroleum & Transport Co.; to the Committee on the Public Lands.

By Mr. FITZGERALD: Resolution (H. Res. 159) amending the rules of the House of Representatives; to the Committee on Rules.

By Mr. KINDRED: Joint resolution (H. J. Res. 158) prohibiting medical diplomas or certificates of correspondence schools being sent through the United States mails; to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

By the SPEAKER (by request): Memorial of the Legislature of the State of New Jersey, urging that steps be taken to prevent the pollution of coast waters; to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors.

By Mr. THOMAS of Oklahoma: Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Oklahoma, petitioning the Congress of the United States relative to its policy respecting the Officers' Reserve Corps; to the Committee on Appropriations.

PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS. Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, private bills and resolutions were introduced and severally referred as follows:

By Mr. DEAL: A bill (H. R. 6262) for the relief of Beaufort County Lumber Co., of North Carolina; to the Committee on Claims.

By Mr. FISH: A bill (H. R. 6263) authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to erect a monument at Florida, N. Y., to the memory of William H. Seward, and to expend not to exceed $20,000 therefor; to the Committee on the Library.

Also, a bill (H. R. 6264) authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to erect a monument at Cary, N. C., to the memory of Walter H. Page; to the Committee on the Library.

By Mr. FITZGERALD: A bill (H. R. 6265) granting a pension to Jessie Pearson; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. FOSTER: A bill (H. R. 6266) granting a pension to_Hannah R. Bower; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. GARBER: A bill (H. R. 6267) granting a pension to Ella G. Orner; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. GILLETT: A bill (H. R. 6268) for the relief of Francis M. Atherton; to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. HASTINGS: A bill (H. R. 6269) granting a pension to Tenny A. Littlejohn; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions Also, a bill (H. R. 6270) granting a pension to Maranda N. Small; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. HERSEY: A bill (H. R. 6271) granting an increase of pension to Olive R. Milton; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. HOLADAY: A bill (H. R. 6272) granting a pension to Vivian L. Saunders; to the Committee on Pensions. By Mr. JEFFERS: A bill (H. R. 6273) for the relief of T. G. Roberts; to the Committee on Naval Affairs. By Mr. JONES: A bill (H. R. 6274) granting a pension to John Kinchlow; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. LAMPERT: A bill (H. R. 6275) for the relief of Franklin Gum; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. LARSEN of Georgia: A bill (H. R. 6276) to validate the war risk insurance contract issued to Sergt. Captain Lawrence Walker, of Dublin, Ga., and for other purposes; to the Committee on Claims.

By Mr. LILLY: A bill (H. R. 6277) for the relief of Wilbert Harless, of Garretts Bend, W. Va.; to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 6278) for the refund of money erroneously collected from Thomas Griffith, of Peach Creek, W. Va.; to the Committee on Claims.

By Mr. MORGAN: A bill (H. R. 6279) granting an increase of pension to May J. Bunn; to the Committee on Pensions. By Mr. PEAVEY: A bill (H. R. 6280) granting a pension to Oliver H. Premo; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 6281) for the relief of Frank Murray; to the Committee on Claims.

By Mr. SHERWOOD: A bill (H. R. 6282) granting a pension to Catherine Fuller; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. SNELL: A bill (H. R. 6283) granting a pension to William F. Walker; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. SWANK: A bill (H. R. 6284) granting an increase of pension to Henry B. Furbee; to the Committee on Pensions, Also, a bill (H. R. 6285) granting an increase of pension to John J. Spencer; to the Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. TAYLOR of Tennessee: A bill (H. R. 6286) granting a pension to Barbara L. Houston; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. UPSHAW: A bill (H. R. 6287) granting a pension to Mary Robinson; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. VESTAL: A bill (H. R. C288) granting a pension to Julia C. Rosenfeld; to the Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. UNDERHILL: A bill (H. R. 6289) for the relief of Jeannette M. Coburn; to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. YOUNG: A bill (H. R. 6290) for the relief of Gustav A. Lieber; to the Committee on Claims.

to the Bok award prize plan; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

760. By Mr. BURTON: Petition of 200 residents of the city of Cleveland, Ohio, requesting support of the measure now pending in Congress to amend the Volstead Act by permitting the manufacture and sale of beer and light wines; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

761. By Mr. ELLIOTT: Petition of Second National Bank of Richmond, Ind., et al., requesting a reduction of taxes as proposed by Mr. Mellon; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

762. By Mr. FULLER: Petition of the Rockford Wholesale Grocery Co., of Rockford, Ill., protesting against the Johnson bill (H. R. 742), requiring manufacturers' names to appear on all labels on canned goods; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

763. Also, petitions of J. W. Rausch, Frank L. Flood, and sundry other citizens of Grundy and La Salle Counties, Ill., favoring the Kelly bill (H. R. 4123) to reclassify and increase the salaries of post-office employees; to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

764. Also, petitions of Carl L. Haddorff, Henry S. Whipple, L. I. Johnson, John L. DeLong, Gilbert Johnson, Charles J. Johnson, J. I. Liddle, A. Packer, and J. H. Rapp, all of Rockford, Ill.; John E. Alexander, of Mendota, Ill.; and sundry other citizens of Illinois, favoring the Mellon plan for reduction of Federal taxation; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

765. Also, petition of the Wilson Laboratories, of Chicago, opposing repeal or reduction of the tax on alcohol; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

766. Also, petition of the Liquid Carbonic Co., of Chicago, praying for repeal of the tax on sirups and carbonic gas; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

767. By Mr. GALLIVAN: Petition of the Merchant Tailors' Exchange, Boston, Mass., recommending favorable consideration of House bill 5086, which would repeal present law authorizing sale of uniforms by the Government at cost to officers in the Navy, Marine Corps, and others; to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

768. Also, petition of H. W. Johnson, superintendent Beacon Motor Car Co., Boston, Mass., recommending favorable consideration of House bill 4820, which would give credit for service to West Point cadets for four years' training at academy; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

769. Also, petition of Joseph Pollak Tool & Stamping Co. (Inc.), Boston, Mass., recommending restoration of adequate appropriation for Air Mail Service from coast to coast; to the Committee on Appropriations.

770. By Mr. KINDRED: Petition of Richmond Hill Post, No. 212, Richmond Hill, N. Y., favoring the enactment into law of bonus legislation; to the Commitee on Ways and Means.

771. By Mr. LILLY: Papers to accompany House bill 6278, for the relief of Thomas Griffith, of Peach Creek, W. Va.; to the Committee on Claims.

772. By Mr. YOUNG: Petitions of Plerce County Farm Bureau Federation; Earl A. Scea and 30 other citizens of Dickey, N. Dak.; Jacob J. Graber and 30 other citizens of Alsen, N. Dak.; H. C. Bjone and 77 other citizens of Verona, N. Dak.; John Bischof and 60 other citizens of Zeeland, N. Dak., urging the repeal of the drawback and milling-in-bond provision of the Fordney-McCumber Act and the enactment of legislation to establish a Government export agency for wheat along the lines advocated by Secretary Wallace; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

SENATE.

MONDAY, January 28, 1924.

The Chaplain, Rev. J. J. Muir, D. D., offered the following prayer:

Our Father, it is good to look unto Thee for blessing, for Thou art more ready to give than so often we are to receive Thy hand of mercy, We thank Thee for all the good of the past, but present need appeals this morning for present blessing. Look upon us to-day, we beseech of Thee, with the light of Thy countenance. Guide us in all the problems. Be with us in the midst of anxiety and so lead our thoughts and our purposes that they may receive Thy benediction and bless our land abundantly. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The reading clerk proceeded to read the Journal of the proceedings of Thursday last when, on request of Mr. CURTIS and by unanimous consent, the further reading was dispensed with and the Journal was approved.

CALL OF THE ROLL.

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The message also announced that the Speaker of the House had signed the following enrolled bills and they were subsequently signed by the President pro tempore:

S. 160. An act authorizing the State of Georgia to construct a bridge across the Chattahoochee River, between the States of Georgia and Alabama, at or near Fort Gaines, Ga.; and H. R. 5196. An act granting the consent of Congress to the construction of a bridge across the Rio Grande.

THE MUSCLE SHOALS PLANT (H. DOC, NO. 173).

The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary of War, transmitting an additional offer from the Tennessee Electric Power Co. and its associates covering the manufacture of nitrate and fertilizers at Muscle Shoals, Ala., which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and ordered to be printed.

ARSENIC DEPOSITS (S. DOC. NO. 27).

The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in compliance with Senate Resolution 64 (agreed to December 17, 1923, submitted by Mr. HARRIS), a report prepared in the Geological Survey relative to the supply of calcium arsenate, which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and ordered to be printed.

SALE OF OBSOLETE EQUIPMENT ON ALASKA RAILROAD. The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting, in compliance with law, a report showing proceeds from the sale of surplus and obsolete material and equipment for the Alaska Railroad during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1923, which was referred to the Committee on Territories and Insular Possessions.

REPORT OF THE CHESAPEAKE & POTOMAC TELEPHONE CO. The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a com munication from the president of the Chesapeake & Potemac Telephone Co., transmitting, pursuant to law, a report to be substituted for the report submitted on December 29, 1923, covering the year 1923, which was referred to the Committee

on the District of Columbia.

REPORT OF CAPITAL TRACTION CO.

The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate the report of the Capital Traction Co. for the year ended December 31, 1923, which was referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia.

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The presentation of petitions and memorials is in order.

Albert B. Fall, when Secretary of the Interior, negotiated and concluded the Teapot Dome oil deal with the Sinclairs without consultation with the Harding Cabinet. No member of the administration then and now in office, with the exception of Secretary Denby, had any connection with the transaction. It was not submitted to the Cabinet in any form. Many members of the Harding official household heard of the Teapot Dome transaction only when they read about it in the newspapers. When it came to their attention it was a closed incident. Statements to this effect are likely to be brought forward prominently before the Senate subcommittee's Teapot Dom investigation has advanced very far. They are regarded as important by the friends of the Coolidge administration, because they are thought to establish its complete detachment from the scandal. The President and his political supporters are under no illusions as to the gravity of the oil

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affair from the standpoint of the Republican Party this year. They realize that it has put dynamite" in the Democrats' possession. Even though Albert B. Fall is able to clear himself of specific charges of corruption, the Coolidge camp is conscious that the episode has subjected "Republican rule" to a dangerous stigma.

AUTHORIZED BY CONGRESS.

Authority for leasing of Government-owned oil lands was granted by Congress during the closing years of the Wilson administration. Acting under such legislation, John Barton Payne, President Wilson's last Secretary of the Interior, made a number of leases of oil lands, and the practice was continued under the Harding administration while Fall was Secretary. It was, however, at Fall's instigation that the supervision of the Navy Department's oil reserves in California and Wyoming was transferred from the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy to the Secretary of the Interior.

It was not long after the control of the naval oil reserves passed into his hands, a year and a half ago, that Fall negotiated the lease of naval reserve No. 1, the so-called Elk Hill fields, in California, to the Doheny interests, and later of naval reserve No. 3 the so-called Teapot Dome property, in Wyoming, to the Sinclairs.

As the practice of leasing oil lands under the act of Congress had become a "departmental affair" of the Secretary of the Interior, Fall proceeded to deal with the Dohenys and the Sinclairs for the naval oil reserves as a departmental affair." When the Cabinet learned about these deals there was, of course, no breath of suspicion that corruption had occurred.

Some members of the Cabinet were surprised that Fall had not disposed of Teapot Dome and Elk Hill as a result of public bids, but it was their understanding that soundings made by Fall had proved "unsatisfactory" and that the propositions made by the Sinclairs and the Dohenys were in every way profitable for the Government. That was the explanation vouchsafed at the White House to inquirers when the Teapot Dome transaction became a matter of general public knowledge.

COOLIDGE WILL ACT.

The article is as follows:

It can be stated on high authority that the Coolidge administration, like the country at large, has been profoundly shocked by the mere suspicion that has become attached to a one-time Cabinet officer. It is said to be virtually the first case on record-barring an alleged instance in one of the Grant administrations-that a Federal official of the rank of chief of an executive department has been accused, even by innuendo., of corrupt practices. The Coolidge Cabinet is made up of the same men who constituted the Harding Cabinet. These men are keenly alive to the indirect discredit that public opinion to a certain extent already is inclined to cast upon them as a whole. Because this situation has come about, it can be stated unequivocally that President Coolidge will leave no stone unturned to get to the bottom of the Fall-Sinclair-Doheny business. Calvin Coolidge is actuated by two motives in assuming that attitude. In the first place, his whole personal and political make-up is such that he is intolerant of anything remotely savoring of corruption in public office. His closest friends say Coolidge will shrink from nothing to stamp such

corruption out, once discovered. But he is not a panicky person and he is also a lawyer, and the President will do and demand nothing

for which there is not the fullest warrant.

it was said.

The administration is proceeding carefully and is not jumping at conclusions. Criminal prosecutions can not be instituted upon rumors, There must be substantial evidence that can be produced before a grand jury and later produced at a trial. Should such evidence be developed all necessary proceedings will be instituted.

If the Teapot Dome oil lease is found to be irregular, action will be taken to bring about its annulment. No other action could be taken, it was said. In either instance, it was made known at the White House, every proper action will be taken to protect the rights of the United States in its property, and to protect the citizens of the United States against criminal wrongdoing.

President Coolidge, while sitting in the Cabinet meetings in 1921 and 1922, had no intimation that the leasing of the naval reserve lands was in contemplation, it was said yesterday. At none of the Cabinet meetings was the question of leasing the oil lands discussed.

Mr. WALSH of Montana. I read the concluding paragraph of the article:

President Coolidge, while sitting in the Cabinet meetings in 1921 and 1922, had no intimation that the leasing of the naval reserve lands was in contemplation, it was said yesterday. At none of the Cabinet meetings was the question of leasing the oil lands discussed.

Now, Mr. President, solely for the accuracy of history, I read from a letter transmitted by Secretary Fall to the President of the United States, and by him transmitted to the Senate, in explanation of the leases, and particularly of the Teapot Dome