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Show HARDING ASKS FOR CHEMICAL PATENT PROBE President Takes Unexpected Unexpect-ed Action on Former Alien Property WASHINGTON. July 1. Instructions Instruc-tions were issued today by President Harding that a demand be made on the Chemical Foundation, Inc.. for immediate im-mediate return to the government of all patents, trade marks, copyrights, contracts, and other properly transferred trans-ferred to it by alien property oustodlan of the Wilson adminisralon. The instructions, in-structions, contained In a letter written writ-ten by Mr Harding to Thomas W. Miller, Mil-ler, alien property custodian, which as inadi piibb a: the White Mouse were wholly unexpeced although the Chemical Foundation has been under the fire of Republican members of congress on several occasions. En addition to the Instructions that a demand be made for return of the assignment! made by the alien property proper-ty custodian's office, under the previous prev-ious administration, the president or-dered or-dered Mr Miller to take anv action ad-Vised ad-Vised or approved by the attorney general gen-eral to protect fully the rights of interests in-terests of the United states government govern-ment or any oi its agencies. in the properties turned over to the chemical chemi-cal foundation |