Show EVERY WANT SUPPLIED BY THIS PAGE LILLEY lILL V REPLIES TO TOON CONGRESSMAN ON R BOUTELL WA WATER lER UBY URY Conn June 2 Con Con Congressman gt gressman George L. L Lilley whose resolutiOn resolution tion and charges in connection with the tho called co-called submarine boat scan scandal al resulting result resulting in ing last week in a n severe scoring coring of or the congressman by tho the Boutell in committee today gave ave a statement on tho subject Incorporated in tho the state- state moat meat are arc letters which declare that two weeks before the report o of the committee com corn denouncing Mr Lilley was made marIe Mr Boutell expressed admiration for or Lilley and endeavored to effect an agreement t whereby the tho matter under investigation might be compromised The letter in which wInch this allegation is is made is signed F W. W er M.D. M.D. M.D. M. M D. D and was addressed to Mrs Lilley after tho the doctor ba had called upon Mr Boutell to explain that Congressman physical condition necessitated his leaving tho the cit city The Tho letter adds that when tho the proposition of a corn com compromise om promise was carri carried d to Mr Lilley by Dr E. E W. W the con congressman replied that he would rather die than withdraw the charges which ho he know were honest and square In concluding his statement Congressman Lilley says 1 A A sug suggestion estion that a member of the house has been annoyed by importunities tics ties of the Electric Boat company company's 8 representative 8 cannot rightfully be construed as a char charge o against the tho member mem ber tA A request that the tho committee ascertain ascertain as as- certain in by Impartial investigation t whether improper practices on the part of the Electric Boat company bad influenced influenced congressional action is not nott in my jud judgment ont a charge a against members members of tho the house I believed and still believe that the Electric c Boat company has hai received excessive profit in the sale of submarine boats to the United States government That belief has been strengthened by the testimony given iven at atthe the tho committee by a responsible person that he ho would take a contract for or the cOn construction of submarines at the th price which I mentioned as giving liberal profit to the contractor Whether r the tho conclusion of the committee in this particular were justified or not I leave to the public to jud judge e. e |