Show I COMMITTEES COMMITTEE'S POSITION IS UNfORTUNATE So C Chairman airman Nelson Insists Ballinger People Must Have Lawyer WASHINGTON Feb 2 Acting upon the sU suggestion estion of Senator X Nelson lson chairman of the Ballin Pinchot Ballinger-Pinchot hot Con Congressional on gressional in investigating committee o that thai the the other side should be represented by by an attorney who would take upon I himself the task of cross cross examining tb the witnesses it was was announced today that at atthe the future hearings of the commit tee H. H H. H Schwartz chief of th the 1 field eld service or Fred Dennett co commis cormis commissioner mis of the land office would be rep represented resented by counsel At the close of the tIle inesti investigating atin committees committee's session Monday 1 afternoon Senator Nelson Kelson said the er cross ss examina tion of Louis R. R Glavis had proceeded feebly because of the tho lack back of coun sel sd As s s a matter of fact the cross nation consisted lar largely eh of questions asked by the Democratic Democratic- members ot of the com committee and designed to arc en the he political phases of the mony had bad previously given Glavis and aud tho those e interested with h him are represented before the committee by bJ three lawyers who wIio have spent sev crab eral weeks preparing for the hearing on end who know the history of the case bv by hea heart Committee Committee Unfamiliar With Situation Few members of the investigating C committee have hae shown any iny familiarity whatever with tJ the the- s sand and and- Senator eson himself referred to th the situa stua tin tion tinaa as aa r Tb rrb The matter r. r it was was called to the attention of Attorney General Vi to see see- if some tive th of the department of justice mi might 11 not ot act as counsel for the government departments which h. h are under tion It was pointed out dut that the only way the committee could get et at the facts was to have the case ease presented in iii orderly fashion from both sides and that it was unfair to the tile committee e to te place upon thorn them the entire burden of ol cross examination to test the ity of the witness The attorney general took the matter mattex up with several members of the cabinet y So Sc retry Ballinger still de d to Vo en engage a e counsel in his own behalf saying saying- he had nothing to con con- ceal cea The Tho result of the cabinet conference was to recommend that some one should be represented bv b counsel and either Mr Schwartz or Mr rr Dennett probably the former wi will en engage a e a lawyer May Delay Proceedings This action may mar delay eJay the further proceedings of the committee however for it will require some t time for an attorney to acquaint himself with the I a ease case |