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Show DELAWARE SOLON ASKS SILVER PROBE WASHINGTON. Aug. 4 (Senator (Sen-ator Townsend R Delaware) proposed pro-posed today an Investigation of the administration's silver purchase program. pro-gram. In a atatament accompanying his demand for an inquiry. Townsend aid It was "necessary In order to get to the bottom of acandaloua charges, soma of which have been widely printed and never denied, but all of which have combined to surround sur-round tha whole silver aituatlon In thia country with a fog of mystery and suspicion." "These chargea and rumors," the senator added, "range from collusive collu-sive relationships between International Interna-tional silver ipeeulators and officials offi-cials ef our government, to open chargea that the treasury department depart-ment permitted holdera of large stocks of silver In this country to escape the 50 per cent tax on speculation specu-lation proflta provided by section t of the silver purchase set of 1934. |