Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-12-23 | Page 1 | Probe Sought in Silver Leak

PROBE SOUGHT IN SILVER LEAK Solons Think President Must Try to Le Learn rR V If and How It Occurred W WASHINGTON N Dec 23 Circum stances indicating leaks in announcement announcement announce announce- ment meat of administration gold and silver ill all ver vcr policies co combined today to persuade persuade per per- suade made some members of ot congress congre that President Roosevelt should order an investigation V Capitol hill would be less agitated agitate about charges of a 1 leak if the administrations administrations administration's admin admin- monetary policies were i in permanent form It generally is agreed that the gold price is to be raised beyond be beyond yond the 3 an ounce at which it la last ast t was set All currency expansionists expansionists expansionists in congress interpret the 64 1 12 cents p per r ounce price established fo for tor silver iii as as only a beginning of the devel deve of Mr Roosevelt's silver pro pro- gram The country has hns become familiar inthe in ln inthe the last two months with the system of ot announcing advances in the gold golt price Any change in the price pIce of siver sUver si sU silver sil- sil ver would be made in almost identical form The silver price may be raised raise or lowered by changing the seignior seignior- age rate at the treasury Under th the thel proclamation issued Thursday the rate rat is 50 per cent It is against leaks in future announcements announcements an an- that Senator Thomas ThomasD D D. Okla and others desire pro pro- lection Neither house would be eager cage to Lo launch an independent lion tion but an an Inquiry by President would Roosevelt be welcomed A leak in the thc gold price was reported a fortnight ago go It developed yesterday that several senators had suspicions that the silver proclamation was prematurely available available avail avail- able ible in some form to brokers am and through them to speculators