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Show FALLS NAME IS AGAINJN FRONT INVESTIGATORS ANXIOUS TO KNOW AMOUNT PAID U. S. ON HIS EARNINGS Subpoenas Are Issued for all Mentioned Mention-ed in Wire Between Washington Washing-ton Publisher and His Employees Washington, Subpoenas for all persons mentioned in the telegrams exchanged between Edward B. McLean, Mc-Lean, publisher of the Washington Post, and his employes were issued late Friday by the oil committee. Some of those mentioned have not yet been identified, but if they can be they will summoned. Persons summoned include Francis Fran-cis II. McAdoo of New York, son of William G. McAdoo; Francis H. Homer, a Baltimore lawyer, and J. W. Zevely, personal counsel for Harry F. Sinclair. Washington, The senate has as-k-ed that the income tax returns of a number of individuals and corporations corpor-ations prominently connected with the oil inquiry be thrown open to inspection in-spection by the oil committee. Those named include Harry F. Sinclair and the oil companies with which he is connected, E. L. Do-heny Do-heny and E. L. Doheny Jr., and the Doheny oil corporation, Albert B. Fall, former secretary of the interior, inte-rior, and the Security Investment company. The resolution on the subject offered of-fered by Senator McKellar, Dcmca-crat, Dcmca-crat, Tennessee, and adopted without with-out debate, "respectfully requests" President Coolidge to exercise the authority given under the revenue law to him to turn the reports over to the committee. On the senate floor, Chairman Lenroot was challenged later by-Senator by-Senator Hcflin, Democrat, Alabama, to summon William Boyce Thompson, a New York banker, for questioning about a loan of $3,500,000, which the Alabama sene.tor said Thompson obtained ob-tained in 1020 on a "dummy" note for u.;e in the Republican presidential campaign. "William Boyce Thompson is a stockholder and director in the Sinclair Sin-clair oil companies,' Senator Hcflin said, "and Sinclair stock was used as collateral for that 'dummy' note." |