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Show U. S. WILL PRESS I AVIATION CLAIM APHINT,T "N. April 1 4 The gov-! ernment will "proceed In an orderly i way to file and press the payment of" I the Claim of th war ueprinniem against the Lincoln Motors company of Detroit, for approximately 9,llS -00 on aviation contracts, Attorney General Daughcrty announced ThUTS-day. ThUTS-day. after a meeting with private crd- itoVs of the defunct concern, whose I claims also amount to approximated ir.ooo.ooo. Charges that the government s r ise.-, for recoverv on aircraft contracts iron the Lincoln Motor company and the "Wright-Man in Aircraft corporation were withdrawn from United Btatt -attorneys "because of the Influence .exerted h, persons outside the par. -nent of Justice." were made by H. L. caife a former Investigator In the department v. ho recently resigned because, be-cause, he said proper action was not taken to follow up the evidence uncovered. un-covered. 5 8calfe, formerK a major In the air Service, Issued his statement In reply to Attdrne: General Daugherty'i an-nouncement an-nouncement in 1 olumbus Wedncsdaj light that he had rebuked Scalfc toi prematurely giving oui information regarding the Lint Oln Motor compnnv gcalfe declared ;.ir Daughcrt never 'olscusscd the Lincoln case with him but charged that Senators Townaend and Newberry of Michigan, had tein instrumental i ti Influent Ing the attorney attor-ney general to withdraw the Lincoln case from the T'nltcd States attoi n t Detroit after Assistant Attorne: General Crim had refused to do so on |