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Show WARRANT OUT IN FRAUD CASE Georgia War Contractor Among First to Be Accused I International News Service.! WASHINGTON, lune 3- A warrant for J. A. Phillip's, Republican stale ohalrman of Georgia w.ih sworn out here late today before United states Commissioner Isaac R Hltt. Phillips was being sought tonight. The warrant wa.i obtained ind section .7 of the penal . oil- ...--rini.- conspiracy to defraud the government. I VIK.l St M IIFLD Ol E It is understood that the move to tak. Phillips into custody is the direct di-rect outgrowth Of the grand Jury Investigation In-vestigation begun here this week into war contracts. Phillips' firm. Stevens nnd Phillips executed a number of contracts for th government during the war ami. according to the audit section of the war department, was found som-mouths som-mouths ago to be indebted to the government gov-ernment In the sum of S 1 .H54.u76.04 The case lias been und-r consideration considera-tion for some months nnd !s understood under-stood tO have been among the first presented to the grand jurv Phillips is reputed to be extremely wcalthv He has extensive lumber holdings in Georgia and other southern south-ern states ami business interests in Philadelphia. II m 1 VI BRED POLTI H S His entry into politics has been Comparatively Com-paratively recent. Since the Republican Repub-lican administration came into power he has been recognized as the Republican Repub-lican leader of Georgia. Whether an indictment has been actually ac-tually relumed against Phillips was not learned tonight The warrant was obtained without the formality of presenting pre-senting an indictment If one lias actually ac-tually been found. 00 |