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Show mm Minority Decision Aade Public and Ordered Filed MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. ft "That Richard A. Balllnger has not been true to the trust reprised In hlru as secretary of the interior; that ho Id not deserving of public confidence and that he should be asked bv the proper authorities to resign his office." The loieolnK up the flndlnp of the four Democratic members of the nalllner-Plncho; congressional Investigating committee made public today. The Republican members Issued no report. An Independent report waa ken out by Mr. Madlsi n. the Insurgent RepuMlcnn from Kansas, which rle. dare also that Mr Pallinger "shoubl not be retained, that he n an unfaithful un-faithful trustee, of the public Interest, an eue.Tiy of conservation, and that the rhai'JCs of Clifford Plnchot should be sustained." These findings will be printed and led with congress. The decision of thr four Democrat members and Mr. Madison to make the reports public followed an unit sual session. Three Republican members. mem-bers. Senator Sutherland of Uth and Representatives McCall of Massachusetts Massachu-setts and Denny of Mlchlpan, refused to attend the meeting. Finally the chairman' of the committee himself. Senator Nelson of Minnesota, left the committee room and failed to return. Chairman Nelson gave notice a meeting would be held in Chicago next Tuesday The pemocratlc mem-hers mem-hers adjourned to meet in Washington Washing-ton on December 3 Representative Ollle M. James ol Kentucky, one of the Democratic members, announced all of the Democrats Dem-ocrats would refuse to attend the meeting of which Senator Nelson had plven notice. The Republicans will then he in the same position that the Democratic members and Mr. Madison Madi-son found themselves today. Summarized, the Democratic find-inps find-inps are that the evidence shows- "That there was no conspiracy again Mr. Palllnt;er "That Glfiord Plnchot and R. Glavis were faithful trustees of the people's Interests. "'I hat Ballinper's conduct on certain cer-tain occasions was intended to and did have the effect of deceiving tho president. 'That Mr. P.allinper's action in having hav-ing 'clear listed' the so-called Cun-nlneham Cun-nlneham Alaskan coal lands ami ordering or-dering them patented, showed bad faith. "That he advocated a bill to validate vali-date Alaskan coal claims alleped to be fraudulent. "That his arllon In acting as attorney attor-ney In cases pending In the land office of-fice while he was commissioner, was reprehensible "Thut he helned to force the Cunningham Cun-ningham coal claims to n hearing before be-fore the government was ready to proceed. "That he encouraped Insubordination Insubordina-tion in the leclamation service and condoned improper official couduct In that connection." |