SEC'Y WILBUR FLAYS CHARGES OF OIL SCANDAL
Sec'y Wilbur Flays Charges of Oil Scandal Claims Colorado OiJ Lands Not Mishandled by Interior Department; Invites Probe WASHINGTON, D. C—No justification exists for the so-called Colorado oil...
...Senator Nye said...
...In Bddition to the investigation by the department of Justice, it appeared likely that the Senate public lands committee, of which Sen...
...A VKNOMOUS ATTACK A man from Wisconsin told us the other day that the late Robert La Fol-lette never was the boss of the state Republican machine, and that his sons, one in the senate and the other likely to be governor, wouldn't get anywhere going on their own...
...Invites Probe WASHINGTON, D. C—No justification exists for the so-called Colorado oil scandal, according to Secretary of the Interior Wilbur, who has just, issued a statement vigorously denying the charges of Ralph S. Kelley ol the Denver land office that mishandling and irregularities have occurred in the administration of Colorado oil shale lands...
...I have been surprised because of the confidence which I have had that the present administration of the public, domain was doing all that possibly could be done to Insure divorcement from those influences which have looted the public domain in times past...
...Following his statement, in which he characterized the Kelly charges as | 'reckless and false," Secy...
...Hers is the mind and genius which conceived and cemented the alliance between the boow Interests and the office hunters which has ruled Wisconsin for 40 years, and is in undisputed control today...
...I have read with some amazement the account of your resigning from the service and your reasons for your resignation...
...Wilbur called upon the Department of Justice to make a thorough investigation of the Colorado situation, and expressed the hope that it would take pains to ascertain all the facts...
...Kelley, who resigned from his office as chief of the general land office in Denver...
...Colo., published a leller of resignation in which he maintained that the Interior department was guilty of misfeasance in connection with the oil shale properties, which he asserted were used by the department in accordance with political pressure exerted by powerful oil companies...
...In a letter to Kelly asking him to call at his office...
...Reptile...
...Believe it or not.—YnkJjtu* (Wash...
...He says the politician of the dynasty always has been the fond wife and mother...
...Gerald P. Nye is chairman, would also investigate the charges...
Vol. 1 • October 1930 • No. 44
