Show n Ann ic F A CLOUD llOuD IS CAST x ON N Secretary Redfield Said to Have Paid Too Much For Real Estate Br fly Senke Washington Feb 28 The 8 The Inte Integrity rity or of OOH cabinet a member or of f President Wilsons Wilson's is seriously reflected upon in a 1 report unanimously adopted b by the House committee on tho the District of Columbia today and reported to the House b by Chairman Benjamin Johnson The report charges Secretary of ot Commerce Redfield with having paid vaid an unwarranted price for land bought for the bureau of or standards and deThe declares de- de dares clares that he made false statements in fn a letter to the speaker or of the louse In which ho undertook to explain the tho tran I on The Time land In question comprised comprise 1070 acres res The Tho purchase price paid h bj by the department or of Jf commerce was or approximately acre horn aIn Mr Johnson tal said aid that at f shortly shorn horth an anhorn before the tho t told the purchase the owners had assessors they would Jl 1 an acre tere to for l' l it it He attacker attacked take Secretary Redfield for approving an and accepting r responsibility for tor a deal involving in- in such a large sum of ot money chi whiCh ICh h was made lly by subordinates wIthout without with with- out There can can be no DO question the says sas report that Mr tr Redfield paid the where land from than 37 he be should to more any any- anywhere for have paid Still lie be says he ho would do o tho the s same thing B again aln Judging the future by the r which marked the transaction in question the committee cannot take issue with him Upon his I willingness action to repeat such a a. a trans trans- |