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Show BAIXINGER ADMITS ' HE BROKE RILES WASH l C. TON', May 10 The existence exist-ence of n ruling in the Interior department de-partment which Mr. Balllngor must have violated n appearing before rhi: general land office In behalf of the Cunningham Conl claimants after hl retirement as land coninilNnlomrr, xvas brought out by Attorney Brandels In cross examination of th secreUry of the Interior In the italllnKorPinchot Investigation today. Mr. nrandeis secured an admission from Mr Ilalllns;er today that ho had been barred from appearing before the land ofllce by a similar ruling in another an-other case subsequent to his activity In the Cunningham cases and prior to his becoming secretary of the Interior. In-terior. Mr. Ilalllnger said he had not called call-ed these rulings to the attention of the president to assist him in reaching reach-ing a conclusion on the Glavls charpn because he did not think there was any law to sustain them. The committee decided to grant thi request of Attorney Brandels that Oscar l.auler. asfistant attorney gen-eral gen-eral for the interior department be asked to furnish the original or copies of the memorandum ho prepared for the president last September and which Mr. IJrandels has intimated the president followed In writing his letter let-ter vindicating Uallingcr and dismissing dismiss-ing L. It. Glavls. By unanimous vote the committee refused to ask t.'ie president for similar Information. Attorney Hrandels had almost concluded the cross-examination of Mr. Balllnger when the hearing was adjourned until Thursday, Thurs-day, lie devoted practically the entire clay to the subject of the "clear listing" list-ing" of the Cunningham claims by Commissioner HalJInger, to show extraordinary extra-ordinary haste had been made to rush the claims to patent and that Glavis reiterated protests alone had caused Mr. Dallinger to pause. . During an exchange of amenities between Chairman Nelson nnd Attorney Attor-ney Brondels in the course of a wenvl some afternoon, one of the women spectators rebuked the former because he undertook to discipline rthe inquisitor in-quisitor for "snapping" at members of the commission. "You can Insult witnesses, but you can't insult the committee" said Mr. Nelson heatedly, addressing Mr. Brandels "You can't insult him either" Interrupted In-terrupted the laers feminine defender, defend-er, whose identity was hidden behind a Eolid row of chiintecleer hats. Senator Nelson was too surprised to answer. So was Mr. Brandels and thus harmony was restored. |