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Show JL II CONTROVERSY OVER I EXECUTIVE WIS m fljjj WASHINGTON, June 2 A contrc-,jg contrc-,jg j veray oer the oxecutivo right to wlth-2 wlth-2 I hold confidential papers from a Cottle Cott-le gresslonal probing committee was pre-H pre-H j clpitated In the capital today by the jte refusal of Secretary of Slate Knox, on I Instructions by President Tatt, to H ': placo beforo the house committee on V expenditures any books showing the IV A record of the payifient for the portrait 17 of former Secretary of State Day. lift Tho comittee is beeking to find llr what became of the 51 COO balance of wj the $2,450 voucher drawn for the pay-JLfJ pay-JLfJ ment of the portrait. Artist Rosen-Si Rosen-Si ' thai recehod only $850 for this work, I I : and the $1,600 is unaccounted for. t Sccrotary of State Knox said he was ' directed to complete his Investigation ' ; Into what became of tho money and I to report the facts to the president, I Chairman Hamlin of Missouri j" ' threatened to tako the matter to the U floor of the house A colloquy be- Q' tweon Hamlin and the secretary flnal- Jg? 1 resulted In tho suggoatlon that the chairman might bo allowed personally J to Inspect tho particular record. TblB ij. - course probably will be followed. |