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Show Act Not ComplUi With, Pittman Say TfASHTNOTON, July I. Th charge that tha "letter and sprrlt-of sprrlt-of the Pittman silver act of lilt hava not been compiled with by the treasury was renewed today by Senator Pittman. Democrat, Nevada, Ne-vada, author of tha act and member mem-ber of the special senate committee commit-tee Investigating purchase of silver sil-ver by ths government. "It hss not been proven that all of the silver sold to ths department was domestically produced, aa required re-quired under the terms of the sot." Senator Pittman declared in a stats -ment Issued from the office of hla colleague. Senator Oddls, Republican, Republi-can, Nevada, chairman- of th Investigating In-vestigating committee. "The smelting smelt-ing companlss handling tha greater Krt of the silver allowed tha miner cents aa ounce under tha theory that there waa a treatment matal loss of t per cent.. while they deducted de-ducted sn estimated metal loss of only from one-fifth of 1 per cent to t per cent In determining the amount of silver presented by them for sale to tha government at II par ounce." |