Show I I LOADED fOR I Chief Engineer of the Reclamation Reclamation tion Service Arthur P Davis DavisI I Takes His Turn in Belittling Secretary Ballinger Balling r ri 1 i r I March 11 With Ar ArI WASHINGTON B I Davis chief engineer of i I the reclamation service on the I stand the attack upon Secretary tary BalI Bal Ba I linger continued today before the congressional s investigating committee Mr I Davis was called c as a witness by Gifford I Pinchot and was examined by Mr Pin attorneys Although reluctant to testify Mr Davis proved to be bo well fortified with maps mats dates data etc and In many ways was one of the most important witnesses so far introduced by the prosecution He lb contradicted con rn flatly many statements made mauo Dy Liy secretary Ballinger to President Taft revealed reve led In detail various Inter Interviews intervIews Interviews views he had from time to time with Secretary Ballinger and ended the day by declaring that the reclamation ser service service service vice is still in danger of disintegration as a result of Mr Ballingers attitude toward It Mr Davis declared that in language as strong as politeness and proper respect would permit he lie had told Secretary Ballinger himself that this his entire course had tended to of the ser service servIce service vice Referring to a statement by b Mr Bal linger to the President that he had re restored restored restored stored many lands withdrawn by Secre tary Garfield on the strength of recommendations recommendations from the reclamation service as these lands were no longer needed for reclamation purposes Mr Davis declared that all the recommendations made by the reclamation service were in response to direct orders Issued by Mr Ballinger The witness revealed in his testimony that there is quite a feud between the reclamation service and the geological survey It was on reports of the tion service that Secretary Secret ry Garfield acted In his withdrawal of ot power sites Bites Secre tary Ballinger has depended de ended entirely entire upon the geological survey Mr Davis did not hesitate to criticise the survey and declared that the nar narrow narrow row strips which had been withdrawn along streams by the geological survey did not properly protect the power sites I The direct examination had not been concluded when Adjournment was taken until tomorrow morning I |