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ma UKKOUN DAILTf JUUKNAL, kjktLand, UKKUUXM WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1920. THOROUGH INQUIRY IS DEMANDED BY UER B0LL1NG Bf Robert J. Bender Caitt Nw SUtt ComcpoadraL t 4 New York. 'Nor. . Back In April, U17. R. W. Boiling, brother of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, epent three month tryinc to land soVne sort, of a Job' In the government presided over by hie brother-in-law, the president. ' He finally was em ployed as a bank examiner at the annual emolument of 12300. . .As he discovered 'then the path of a TThlte House relative seeking; office la laden with difficulties. Since his employ ment as bank examiner the Job of get tlnsr by. has been fraught with much trouble. Today, for instance, he com mands the measurable salary of $5000 rr annum as treasurer of the United Htates ' shipping: board, an Institution which has reached proportions about twice as great as the United States' Steel corporation. - -- Uut while the job fretting vu easlar the dual role of presidential brother-in-law and government office holder be came increasingly difficult and delicate. Kuh was revealed In his testimony Tuesday before the Walsh congressional Committee probing- the shipping- board. There was much about the dellcateness of his position, due primarily to the fact that Boiling is now answering- allega tions that he participated in-a four way "split" on a bribe, alleged to have been given for a contract awarded by the shipping board during; the war. The specific cnargre wu made by Tucker K. Sands, former cashier and vice president of the Commercial Na tional bank of Washington, one - time Boiling's admitted rguardian angel" but more recently his nemesis. Boiling generally, specifically and emphatically denied before the committee any guilt In the matter, direct or indirect. MUCH SOUGHT AFTER I Apart from the seriousness Of the al terations he was called upon to meet, his story was Interesting; largely as a disclosure of the pitfalls before a rela tive of the official family who was un fortunate, and,, perhaps, Indiscreet enough to seek and procure appoint ment to a responsible position in the government. ' He was always "a Boiling, the brother of the president's wife," which was. suf ficient to make him the objective of prying Individuals, some of them friends, the others friends of friends, still, others acquaintances of friends of friends. He no sooner had entered the government than his presence at conferences with senators was sought by his friends. "Doubtless because of the Influence your presence might have upon that senator?" suggested Representative, Kelly at one stage. r . V "I suppose it was," Bplllng replied, v HE STOOD IJC USE 1 . ' He was besought for aid in matters covering many desires from men threat ened with indictment for alleged viola tion of the banking laws, by Individuals seeking airplanes fort exhibit and firms seeking payment on work done for the shipping board. , "Even at luncheon toddy," Boiling tes tified. "I was approached by a man who wanted me to help him get a job." Of medium height, with' dark hair, dark eyes, set rather closely together, dark, bushy eyebrows and a complexion tending to sallow. Boiling sat for hours under' the examination Tuesday. "You tried three months before, you got ' something?" Kelly asked. "Yes." "Saw Tumulty, MeAdoo and others in the government who were in a position to help?" "Not MeAdoo." "And you finally landed a Job that paid. $2300 a year?" "Tea, I believn It was that at the start but it was ra M to $2600 just before I quit" "You were appointed a bank examiner, ever work in a bank?" . "No but I had always been In busi ness In which finance played a part" This led. to specific details "which In troduced Sands into f the testimony. Sands had arranged a loan by which a brokerage house In Washington that Boiling entered was to procure seat on the New York stock exchange. Later Boiling withdrew from the firm. In reply to questions,, he stated that h didn't know and 'never had arranged to find out whether he was jointly liable with his partners in the firm for the loan engineered by Sands.' Sands was a personal ana Intimate friend. Boiling testified. He was "guard Ian ; angel,' financial adviser every thing." I But today. Boiling said, he learns that Sands - M a "guardian angel for all. the troubles I ever had." He had many business dealings with him, '., SAKDS HAS DIFFICUXTIES Boiling went into the shipping board, obtaining an appointment- as assistant treasurer from Raymond Stevens, then, a member of the board, salary $4000 a year later raised to $5000. Then two events occurred, bearing on his present embarrassing situation. Sands has- tes tified that he approached Boiling seek ing a contract in behalf or t.he Downey Shipbuilding company, and offering to split four ways on a $40,000 commission. Boinng denies emphatically that he ever participated in such a transaction: In all events the Downey company secured the contract" Later Sands go't Into trouble with his bank and sought Boiling's' help, the lat ter testified. And sometime thereafter, anonymous letters reached Secretary Tumulty 'and others suggesting' that Boiling was Involved in an alleged four way split on a shipping contract, rec ords of which were on the books ot Sands' bank. - . , URGED INVESTIGATION : "On reeeipt of this letter- or at any. time thereafter, did you mention the anonymous communication or the $40, 000 commission to Sands?" asked Kelly. "No.- replied Boiling. "I thought be or Mrs. Sands was behind It but gave .him the benefit or' me doubt" , !. Persistent questioning as to whyi a matter of $40,000 bribe had not com manded his personal activity, both j in the Interest of himself and the shipping1 board, of which he Is treasurers failed to shake his statement that1 he turned the matter over, to the department of justice, told his superiors of the charges that were whispered about, urged an In vestigation all around, and to this day doesn't know anything about the alleged $40,000. . i The rumors of Boiling's alleged trans action first .appeared in October, 1918. Shortly after, that -the war ended -and Boiling ' being, "crasy, of course, to so to Europe" besought Chairman Hurley of the shipping board and 'waa taken along as an assistant to Hurley when the latter went to Paris on peace -work. BELIEVE IS HOSESTT . j When he returned to this country he was appointed treasurer of the shipping board sometime- later and stilt holds that office. Gossip about the two-year-old alleged transaction came out . into the open recently when Sands made his di rect' charges before the Walsh commit tee. , "I want it investigated . to the very bottom." Boiling said Tuesday. - He said it as -if he meant it and the committee members said they meant to do it. ; As a witness, in behalf of his Own honesty and Integrity Boiling created, a very favorable impression. - - I He made a poor witness In support of contentions that the relative of the: of ficial family should hold government of fice the same as any one else. Ai a witness who might seek to ' impress an Impartial jury that he was a good 'busi ness man and amply fit to hold down the position of treasurer in a great in stitution like the United States shipping board he made -a distinctly bad Impres sion. - vi V stt ; A iilwmfltoififAi llii slinTisim11NiiCTfil 4 r HewMctor Records "for December With the announcement of this list rof new Victor music we offer both an invitation and a suggestion. Ah invitation to every, one to hear these numbers at any Victor dealer's; a suggestion that any of these new Victor Records would be appropriate and acceptable Christmas gifts to anv one who has a Vicitrola, not overlooking the members of your own household. ; i . La Juive-rRacnel! quand du Seigneur la grace tutelalre . . (Rarhel. When the Grace of the Lord Eatrastcd Thee to Me) - Enrico Caruso Tarantella (Chopin) - Piano " Alfred Cortot The Garden of Memory ' Emllio De Gogorxa OiLuna(Oh SiWeryMpon) ! . 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