Show SUPREME COURT GRANTS HEARING fARING fOR DOHENY O Agrees to Review Lower Court Decisions Which Cancelled All Leases WILL ILL PASS ON M HARDING ORDER f. f Sensational Case Cas Involving Involving Involving ing Former Fonner Secretary Fall Once More Opened WASHINGTON March 22 AP The The supreme court agreed today to review lower court decisions canceling canceling canceling can can- celing the oil leases and contracts which Edward L. L Doheny negotiated ed d with Albert B. B Fa Fall Fail as secretary tary of the Interior Involved In the case are the Elk ElkHill ElkHill Hill naval oil reserves In California Califor Califor- nia and the contract between Doheny's Doheny's Doheny's Do- Do henys heny's companies and the government govern J ment by which the oil magnate magna e has constructed huge oil reserve tanks for the navy at the Hawaiian naval base at Pearl Harbor While agreeing on cancellation the district court and the circuit court in California disagreed on the question of ot compensation for the storage tanks The di district court allowed but the circuit lt court overruled that decision Besides this question the su supreme supreme supreme su- su preme court Is Is expected to go into all phases of ot the case and particularly particularly particularly that as to the legality of the executive Execute order issued by Harding In effect transferring Ju Jurisdiction ju- ju Ion over the naval oil reserves from the navy to the interior de de- de The civil actions action at issue grew out of ot the sensational senate Investigation in investigation investigation in- in two years ears ago Into the leases made by Fall with both Doheny Doheny Doheny Do Do- heny and Harry 1 F Fj Sinclair the latter latter latter lat lat- lat lat- ter Involving the Teapot Dome naval na oil cu reserve In Wyoming S e S |