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. 7 wow | con JES: LE - . April 85, 1924. J am sompelled te eal] your sttention te a antter ef official weoord iz the Department, whieh mot enly strikes at my official stané- fing but is a direst stigua upon my persemal ebaracter and ome which any respecteble man is enlled upon to resent. . With regard te the inquiry being made by the so-called Gommittee ef the Senate into the disappearance ef liquors stered by the Department ef dustice in the Security Storage Company warehouse and the statement centained in the report ef Examiner Harry C. Cex for Maresh £2, 2922, te the effest that I had advised John F. Clark te say that be, Glark, knew nothing about the disappearance ef the liquer and that bb had fer- gotten the same in the event he should be questioned about his knowledge ef the dispositien ef the maid liquor, I wish at this time to brand this Gtatement eof Examiner Cex as a deliberate and malicions lis. As you knew, the only eennection that I have had with the im of Gis tatter } | . : | taorcugh investigation of ty that pending the conclusion of the investigation it was inadvisable for any persons having intimate knowledge of the disposition ef the ligusr te discuss the aame with outside parties. Clark stated te me that be né @lready made a Statement of the antteny giving in substance the formation he had given ms, to Assistant Atternay General Holland and Er. d. D. Harris, General Agent ef the Departusnt, several days prior te his interview with me. Mnf I been indifferent te the responsibilities ef ay effics, it would have been preposterous fer me to have given to Clark the advice shat Examiner Osx attribates to me in view of the fact that Clark had al- realy made a statement upon the matter and , further, also in view of the a a a nen aedeiesetnetttneieee apenas tiemeteemiaran neem neat . aoe me arm eee ee ee |