Show U IL Sm-DOHENY Sm BATTLE BEGUN Name Receivers for Oil Property Involved In Legal Tangle LOS ANGELES ANGELIS March 18 18 The first day In the legal battle between the government 0 of the United States and the tho Doheny In- In Interests in interests over the Elk Ilk Hills naval na al re- re reI re reserve serve erve oil leases closed after t l tao 0 I court sessions which resulted In Inthe Inthe Inthe the appointment of t l two tao 0 receivers to pre preserve er e tho status quo In the I debated territory Rear Hear Admiral Harry If H Roo Roseau eDu was as at the suggestion of Allee Pomerene go counsel president and J 3 C Anderson dent of the Pan-American Pan Petrol Petrol- Petroleum Petroleum eum corn company a defendant Ir 1 the suit was as appointed by the court at atthe atthe the ho atho suggestion of Frederick R P Jel iCel- iCel j logg cl-logg i logg general jeneral counsel for the oil company w OBJECTION Mr lr Pomerene objected mIldly to the appointment of a second I ie- ie le-celver le e- e ceh celer er as unnecessary ary but agi COd to waRe waive hi objection If it the court thought it better to name Mr Anderson This Thia concluded the morning session and at a brief ces- ces ses session ps- ps don sion in the chambers In the after after- afternoon noon noor the court named the two joint ers deterring deferring for tor a few da das s the naming naming- of a depository of th funds they will handl handt handle i GO Government counsel announced that an expert was wag comIng flom Washington to go 0 over oser er the El Elk Hills fills field and determine whether permit would be granted to drillI drill neile I ell to offset drainage from the outside Bald legal decorous court procedure and a generality or of dignified debate character made the first splash here In the madeI stir stir- stirring I ring of the Elk Ilk Hills oil pool In ter contra contract t to the resound resounding In tee ter featured the hearings at al Former Senator Pomerene mMe made H his statement allegIng alleg In pre pressIng ng tones ones there hid Ind been certain TO frauds in granting leases and Irregular and Illegal In awarding a the contract for drilling offset a nells oils ells Ho lie con con- con continued without raisins a lipple on the surface of the hearing to 10 point lout out that the 0 government claims no authority for grantIng the ss s's not for the execution of the con con- con tracts contracts because of lack of author author- ity Ily authority to mal make e them 0 so O G ninni lie Me remarked I a II gesture I that a no competitive e bid bid- bid ding bidding In the naval I leaves i and characterized the agreement for ls storage capac lt It ity capacity In Hawaii as a provision pro where where- by whereby certain rights acre re attempted to be cranked g by the go- go sov 01 to e defendants His statement concluded Mr Pomerene in thc room ds af affidavits Its by Secretary of the Inte- Inte rio Inte-rio rio 01 k and Acting y of othe the avy Roosevelt expressing theIr belief that the present suit necessary Mr Ir Kellogg Helloes arose to It h court and nd the gO government that tue 1118 tt defendant would not avail them them- themselves selves aches of s I technical defense In- In In Involving voluminous anS and other torturous methods W We do donot donot donot not to do tills this lila he solid said Ye Wo feel that In tho the Interests of both the go gov eminent and ourselves the status quo would ue ua ed un- un until Until un until til the matter Is settled Mr fr Pomerene said thai that he and his associate counsel 1 0 Owen Onen en J 3 Rob Rob- Ro Roberts Roberts b- b berts erts would leave today for tor Wash Wash- Washington ington |