Show COOLIDGE DECIDES ON COURT ACT I SPECIAL COUNSEL mil CASES v Jan 26 President President Coolidge has decided to toW WASHINGTON W employ special counsel drawn from both the Republican and Democratic parties to proceed with court action as a result of evidence adduced at the senate committee hearings on the leases and naval oil losses In a statement issued at midnight the the- president declared that counsel will be instructed to prosecute these cases in the courts so that if there is any guilt it will be punished if there is any civil liability it will be enforced if there is any fraud it will be rev revealed aled and if there are any contracts which are illegal they will be cancelled The The- president determined upon this course after being advised by the department of justice that it was in accordance with prece prece- dents Explaining that the justice department had been observing the evidence unfolded in the senate committee the executive in his statement asserted that every law will be enforced and every right of the people and the government will be protected White House officials in making public the statement said that the special counsel would be appointed just as soon as selections could be made |