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Show DATA IS VERY HARD TO GET Comptroller of Currency Refuses to Answer By Taft's Order Washington, Jnn. S. Affairs of the national banks, pnitleulnrlv their : ! .m and securities for loans, were Ipifoio the houso moiiev trust com i ni'Moe fot invoitlgntlon today. The i otnmlltvo has endeavored In vnln to -.cure Infoimntlou on the sulncii I through tho ofllco of tho comptroller ' oi tho currency. Piesldeut Taft, ait I nig on the opinion of Attotnej Oen r.il WIcko'Hhnni, declined to dlreu (lie comptroller to furnish such Information. In-formation. Comptroller Lawrence O. Murray .i the principal witness today Annuel I'ntrrmyer, counsel for tho nniliteo, said that without the In- - mntlon which ho desired to bo- , utro through tho comptroller's ollUe it would bo Impobslhlo to conclude the Investigation. With tho present comptroller In a position where ho will not supply tl Information, tho commltteo contemplates con-templates asking tho new congress which will convene March 4 to nuth-orUo nuth-orUo a continuation of the Invcstlgn t!on through the special session 1 hen tho committee plnim to go to tho now administration nnd nsk the comptroller to furnish the desired Information. In-formation. Tho committee expects to place on the stand tomorrow Qcorpe W, Baker, Bak-er, of the First National hank ol New York, who, according to Mr, Unter-myer, Unter-myer, -with J. P. Morgan nnd James Btlliman, makes up the triumvirate of most powerful masters ol nuance in the team try. |
