The Story of Teapot DomeRepublic Publishing Company, 1924 - 197 halaman CONTEMPORARY REACTION TO A GOVERNMENT SCANDAL INVOLVING U.S. OIL RESERVES. |
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Halaman 16 - That the Secretary of the Navy is directed to take possession of all properties within the naval petroleum reserves as are or may become subject to the control and use by the United States for naval purposes, and on which there are no pending claims or applications for permits or leases under the provisions of an act of Congress approved February 25, 1920, entitled 'An act to provide for the mining of coal, phosphate, oil, oil shale, gas, and sodium on the public domain...
Halaman 195 - I think it is only fair to say in this connection that the policy which has been adopted by the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of the Interior...
Halaman 16 - An act to provide for the mining of coal, phosphate, oil, oil shale, gas, and sodium on the public domain.' or pending applications for United States patent under any law. to conserve, develop, use, and operate the same in his discretion, directly or by contract, lease, or otherwise, and to use, store, exchange, or sell the oil and gas products thereof, and those from all royalty oil from lands in the Naval Reserves, for the benefit of the United States...
Halaman 178 - Poor Denby," says Mark Sullivan, "was hounded. —Our Times, Vol. 6, p. 340. But ME Ravage refuses to pity him. "Mr. Denby," he says, "is neither a martyr nor a scoundrel. He was dismissed, not because he corruptly betrayed his trust, not because an aroused people demanded a scapegoat, but purely and simply on his record. His record demonstrated him to be ludicrously unfit for the post. The man merited neither tears nor prosecution."— The Story of Teapot Dome, p.
Halaman 17 - And provided further, That such sums as have been or may be turned into the Treasury of the United States from royalties on lands within the naval petroleum reserves prior to July 1, 1921, not to exceed $500,000, are hereby made available for this purpose until July 1, 1922...
Halaman 148 - The gentleman from whom I obtained it and who furnished me the cash was the Hon. Edward B. McLean, of Washington, DC...
Halaman 170 - Out of all this has come the suggestion repeatedly that the opinion of the Attorney General be obtained as to the legality of the contract. I realize the objections to asking such an opinion, but I have thought it proper to let you know the difficulties that are being raised here, so that you might reconsider the matter and decide as to whether you might not properly ask the Attorney General to put in writing what I have understood was...
Halaman 195 - I quote the following from a letter written by the President of the United States to the President of the Senate, dated June 7, 1922, accompanying the report of Mr.
Halaman 178 - Of all the motley army of witnesses assembled by the Senate Committee, none presented such a pitiable spectacle. He seemed a butterfly on the wheel. He was bewildered, helpless, pathetic, dumb. His ignorance, his weak memory, his irresponsibility, his feeble grasp of facts and their significance, his gullibility, and withal his cocky self-assurance would have discredited a junior cleric.— "The Story of Teapot Dome,
Halaman 154 - ... didn't it? Mr. DOHENY.— Yes. The CHAIRMAN.— And you felt very badly about that? Mr. DOHENY.— Yes. The CHAIRMAN.— In fact, you testified before the committee, did you not, as follows, repeating practically what you have said to-day (reading) : I have known Secretary Fall since 1886. We mined in the same camp, studied law in the same judicial district, and began practicing at about the same time. I knew him as a judge on the bench and as Senator and as Secretary of the Interior, and I want...