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" eeet hod already dug up cases with audits complete, showing where the government had been defrauded to the anount of ¢£5,009,000 at that time. and I got tnstructtonse to go ahead with the broad tnveeti gation.” Accerding te this "Datly Worker™ article, Senator Jones of Washington, a member of the Senate Countttee, then asked seoaife zho had given Atm the above referred to tnatructions. Seatfe ta quoted es saying "I think $t wae Mre Hoover.” Relative te thie pertien af Scatfe's tesetinony, ag set out in the "Datly Worker,” tt ts potated out thet Scaife allegedly wos ordered to discontinue the investigation of the aircraft industry and wos tastructed to ge on with ao “broad” tavestigation. AS will be explained more fully below, Seatfe actually testified thot he wae ordered to go shead with a “bread” tnvestigatione TRE ORMATION Ik BUREAU FILES? & review of Bureau files reflects that Seatfe was appotnied by the then attorney General, #. M. Daugherty, as a Special Agent of the Bureau of Investtgattoa, Departwent of Justice, on October 4, 1921, anc assigned to the investigation of the aifcraft taduatry. ma > > | Phe files further reflect that during the course of this investigation, Seaife, through the cooperation of the air Cervice Section of tae War Departaent Cloime Board, had ascertained, as of February 22, that certata aircraft nonufacturera had overcharged the US Government on_¥o r J centracts te the amount of approci- mately $25,000,000. ba be Nowhere in the files reutewed at thia time ie there any tndteation that pou aetepped thie investigation. This allegation te evidentiy based upon the above~quoted porttons of Seaife's testimony before the Senate Comnitice to the effect that he, Scatfe, "wae tastructed te begin a bregd investigat A review of the official transcript of the haeariage conducted by mum the Senate Commtttee reveals that Scatfe, in responee to certain ue _guesttons asked by members @f the Senate Committee, testified az we follows: Clegg. ~~ _ - nen yr. Scatfe. "s.s.But when we begin te dig up these aud “Tt wae apparent it was going to be blocked. dnd thts blocking con cer tinuede Not only that, but after I sot tn just about as far alon “—-—gg we ATE NOVerae”