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Senator Jones of Washington. “Now, teli us the facie ‘shoving the obstruction, anc so on, and what made it apparent, * / Mr. Scaifee "all right, sire Fhen we got about just age fer aa I have detailed it to you I had tnstructionsa to becin o bread inveatigatton.” Mr. Chamberlain. "4n tnveatigation of what?” Wr. Seatfes. "Of bread -- foede J kad these things coming tn. I had already dug up cases with cudita complete, showing where the Government had been defrauded to the ansunt of $25,000,000 at that time. And I get tnetructtene te go shead with the bread tnvestigation. JI patd absolutely no attention te these inatructions n Senator Jones of Fashtngton. "Who gave you those inatruc. tions? Wr. Scoifes "I think tt woe Mr. Hoover of Hr. Burné's asfice.” The General. "Were they tn writing, those tnetructions?" that was well knewn. But tas 2 ium Cant o. iT eécaif he papers + tT were full of % A review of other testimony by Scatfe, relative to the alleged "bloeking”™ of his investigation efforts, revealed thut he wae inatructed by do Fe Myere in January 1922, who was at thot tin a Special Assistant to the Attorney General tn charge of the Far Frauds Bureau of the iepartment of Justice, to ebtain audits pre. pared by the dtr Service threugh offictal channels rather than by dealing directly wtth dir Service as had been done prior to thkit time. here was considerable tegtineny relative toe this, and {t appears that that was Scaife's principal point of contention relative to the alleged "blocking. Relative te the charge that yeu allowed the evidence ° _wantsh from Bureau files and that Seatfe resigned tn "disguet” after thie became known, the teatineny taken before the Senate Caunittee reveals that at the time af the Committes hearings tn na 2924, certain memoranda and reports prepared by Scaife relotive eco Ate inueatigation of the aircraft tndustry, partieularly one de “"-mebpuary 6, 1922, which was @ General Survey of everckarges mat au the industry, were missing from the ftles. There were tudicat “that these had been missing for some time. Durtag the current