Show WAR AR FRAUD I CONTRACTS I UNI UNCOVERED OVERE I I II Payments Stopped by Order I of Palmer on Agreements Which Are Small Part of I I I Deals Involving Millions l I II I W ASHINGTON April 23 I ney ncr General Palmer announced I I today that est in investigation gation by bj the dej deI de- de j I of justice of allege fraudulent fraud- fraud i Went war contracts had t uncovered t 1 I transactions involving millions 0 of dollars and that through civil civi and criminal prosecutions now comI completed com corn I or under way large sums would be saved ed for the government Questionable vouchers une unearthed in one class of ot contracts alone alono have re resulted resulted re- re In the withholding of oC payments aments by the government amounting amounting- to approximately ap ap- ap- ap pr proximately the department department department depart depart- ment declared In a statement These contracts have haye been under investigation tion for months and they affect a very restricted area Reports to the the- thede department department de de- I de-I indicate that as a result of indictments already returned against fifteen defendants In the Northern Z Pacific Pa Pa- division at Seattle about will be bo recovered from shipbuilders ers era an and former representatives of ot the United States shipping board emergency emergency emer emer- gency ency fleet corporation in that section Similar cases In the tho same district In InvolvIng Involving involving In- In approximately will be presented to grand juries within the thene ne next t few days The Tho bureau of oC investigation of oC the department now has before it fifteen large fraud cases In which special Investigations in investigations investigations In- In have been ordered All of ot these involve lar largo large o sums One of ot them which is now being prepared for tor presentation presentation pre pre- to the grand Jury In Ohio Involves |