Show WICKERSHAM NOT AFRAID TO 10 REPLY Antedated Summary of Glavis Charges Because It Was Right to Do So May 12 The surprise today In the inquiry was the reading re by Secretary Ballinger Ba linger of a letter addressed by Attorney Gen General General General eral Wickersham to a House committee in which he lie made the admission that he antedated the summary of the Glavis charges which he prepared for the President Mr Wickersham says sas he had dis discussed discussed discussed cussed the matter with the President and had supplied him with a mass of af information bearing on the subject but the summary necessarily was made up afterward aad ad properly bore the date late upon which the matter it contained was presented to and considered by the President Coincident with the making public of af this letter a reply was received from Oscar Lawlor assistant to the attorney general for the Interior department also concerned in the preparation of oft t le e letter of September 13 1909 exon exonerating exonerating crating and dismissing Glavis stating he had kept no copy of his memorandum Mr Lawlor says he pre prepared prepared prepared pared a resume at the request of the President and delivered It to the at attorney attorney attorney torney general In compliance with a renewed request by Attorney Brandeis counsel for tor Glavis the committee again called on the attorney general for this memorandum memorandum memorandum Glavis counsel is trying to prove that Lawlor practically an em of the Interior department really tried the case for the President and the attorney general generl gene l subsequent to the Lion tion of the verdict prepared a summary in an effort to justify the Presidents action |