Show SURPRISE SPRUNG EARLY IN THE DAY Ballinger Pinchot Inquiry Re Resumed Resumed sLimed After Adjournment of Two Weeks SCHEME E OF MR BRANDEIS BR WANTED D TO GET FIRST CHANCE AT DEFENDANT Washington March The inquiry was AVES resumed today after an adjournment nt of practically two weeks As soon soon s on as a the committee met this morning Attorney Brandeis representing LOUis It K Havis Glavis and others sprang a sur surI I r sa by requesting that Secretary Bat Bal BolInger Linger Inger ha b called as one of ot his witnesses Mr Ill els said sold at first he ho wished to Identify by Mr Ir Ballinger two letters ha he dedred d 11 ti Introduce In evidence at this time Questioned further by members of oC o othe the committee as to his intent Int It he ad admitted he desired to conduct a 0 genera general examination of th tl accused cabinet off official official cial cia 1 for o Mr Ir Ballinger objected to th s and called call el forth from Mr Brandeis th tt remark that from his letters he ho had always supped d Mr Ir Ballinger to be ready to appear when ver and as often as asan asan an nn one connected connect d at the Inquiry desired Rome members of the committee seemed to think Mr Ballinger as ns the person most Interested in u the Inquiry should 1 have op opportunity to make maIm his statement stat ment first in inis Js ls is own way wa and ana an not subject ct himself to toa toa toa a before being exam ln ind d In Iii chief The Th matter was passed cv r to bi b d decided later latr In executive session in Alaska The witness stand was waR occupied during the entire day dar by Stephen Birch manag managing managIng ing director of ot the c indicate in Alaska It It ww Wl sw thought at Mr testimony would be bo largely perfunctory per In character and follow tollow th lines of his recent state m In nt made before the Senate nate committee on territories Members of ot the commit committe te t e however become bome deeply d Interested Interest d In Inthe Inthe inthe the operations op of th Alaskan syndicate and ami they plied th witness with questions from every possible angle Much of the c was Intended to show that the pI p control Alaska Mr Ir Birch stoutly denied this Well he was asked by Representative tive Graham jf if 1 the tho get got control of the coal lands in Alaska what would ouId there ther be left lert Mr M Birch said he did not think this was vas as a i fair question to ask him He ad admitted that the Guggenheim Interests wre w re large la that they the had Invested some already and had contracted for forthe forthe forthe the expenditure of other millions There had Iad been nc nt 0 returns from these invest ments as yet et But the he syndicate had hops I IThe Cunningham Cunninham The Claims As to the Cunningham claims Mr lr Birch produced the option that a commit committee tee of the thc claimants had given to Daniel Guggenheim Gug July 20 O G 1937 He declared this option had been accepted by the Gug Gu Gug g December 7 j of that year ear f he claimants however had never Jived up to t its terms Cunningham Cunnin ham he said In January Januar or February 1908 had contended contend d that th Gu Guggenheims themselves had voided the option by changing their rail railroad railroad railroad road base from Katalla to Cordova and furthermore the option was of no effect bemuse bel use a majority of the claimants had hadn n nver v r ratified it Mr Ir Brandeis sought to show the Mor Morgans Morgana galls gans and Imd Guggenheims with their great power and influence In this country countr must mt hav brought p sue to bear dur during during I ing the thA th lat last two years e ars to get patents granted the tIle Cunningham claimants Mr declared however that he knew of no ho such efforts What could we w have done he pro prot t 1 st d dAir Alt Ali Mr Ir Birch you vou can a answer that fur uI b than I dramatically exclaimed Mr 11 Brandeis Brandis As 41 to his that coal In Alaska v 1 H i worth EO O cents a ton and lInd nd therefore I I the Cunningham l claims represented an actual value ot Mr Birch de declared declared dared It was wan Just as os sensible to say the Icebergs in Alaska were of Inestimable value The Icebergs he said ald would be valuable If It they could bo he brought to mar market market market ket In this country So It was with the tM coal but first the transportation facilities had to be bc provided It was evident today tod y members of ot the are growing Irritable and this irritability extends to counsel There was frequent clashes and both Mr Brandeis and Mr Vertress apologized at the close of ot the session for impatient remarks |