Show BALLINGER IS NOT WORTHY UN WASHINGTON ASHINGTON w May 27 2 With the tho attorneys on ono one sIde elfe scoring Secre Secretary Secretary tary Urr Ballinger as na a n man unfit to be beat beat beat at the tho head bead of ot the Interior department and with tho the leading attorney on the theother theother theother other side defending him and denouncing denouncing denouncIng ing his bis hl accusers whom he termed the tho Pinchot group the Bal Dal Investigating commis commission clon sion listened to summing up arguments ments menns by b counsel today The arguments ments monte probably will wm b be concluded to tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow morrow Attorneys Brandeis and Pepper told tho the committee they the had produced evi evidence evidence dence deuce which they said established that Ballinger was not nol and rose reso resolute I lute In resisting tho aggressiveness I of or special interests and that tb l his I course courso had M been teen characterized ch by a n alack alack lack of fidelity to the tho public interest Attorney Vertrees reply was that Mr Ballinger was na as much of or a con conservationist as any anyone one In n a proper sense sonae but he did not belong to the Pinchot brand of ot thirty third degree ts who have gone to seed on conservation Sneers at lt Garfield Policy Sneering at what hal he said paid were term termed termed ed d O policies which Ballinger pad had neon been charged with overturning Mr Vertrees said eald he believed this controversy which has haR degenerated Into something Infamous originated In to an n honest difference of opinion Former Secretary r Garfield and nn d for former former mer Forester Pinchot came me In for formost formost formost most severe Hovore castigation from Attorney ney ne who did not not hesitate to denounce them born as fr disappointed men mon who bo sought Bought revenge upon the new news secretary s Charges Duplicity Ho declared dc Garfield and Pinchot hol used the water ate power pr er sites Bites In ques question lion tion as a a i mere pretext and sham and that they practiced l duplicity In tho the course courso they the had adopted adopt cd Them two l wo officiate officials IR saki Mr Vertrees regarded themselves as nR faithful Garfield had not seen Been nay any nn necessity for the withdrawal of the th lands Innels In connection with power sites alteR during the tho ninny many months he had been hern secre BerC secretary secretary tary of the tho Interior he said But Bui ho he added gesticulating and looking around the committee table when whon the news ne camo came that the cherish cherished ed fd hopes hopeR of his life lire were dashed to pieces and he was not to continue continuo In office he ho finds findo time to do that which ho he had bad not done rono before Reviews Legal Aspect Contrasting Con tho the purposes of Secre Secretary tary Garfield as one who believed ho had hod a 11 right to do anything he Was ns not forbidden to do by hy tho law ion with Secretary Ballinger whom he pictured tA as being helu guided by hy the tho law Mr entered Into a careful review of tho the legal aspect of or the tho water waler power pow or sites matter maUor I At considerable length Mr lr Vertrees i discussed tho the subject of conservation In Tn a just juat and proper sense ho he said mid wo we are all and andas andas as 19 such there thero IP le no more sound Round than Mr Ballinger Now I T am nm not talking about These mon men who h hare gone bone to lo heed Bond In men of or the tho Pinchot brand degree con conservationists like lUo lI o some somo people run running running ning off orr with a II fake and a fancy AB As Mr Vertrees was wan about to take lake up tho question of the tho Cunningham claims It was waB suggested that ho should continue the th subject at nt eoR session lon to |