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1N OIL LEASE CASE EX-NAVALSECRETARY A WITNESS HOW CONTRACTS WERE MADE WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. A former Secretary or the Navy, Mr. Denby, testified at the Flail and Doheny trial that he took the responsibility of the Elk Hills lease and Pearl Harbour contracts because he was advised that the naval oil lauds of California were being drained by private wells near the rim. Asked by prosecuting counsel who made the contracts, Mr. Denby said: “I did it, whether I wanted to or not.” Mr. Denby declarer that he urged the late President Harding to issue an order transferring the naval reserves to the Interior Department, and solicited the co-operation of the Secretary, Mr. Fall. Mr. Denby said that Fall stated that he had all he could - handle, but would be glad to do what be could.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19720, 10 December 1926, Page 7
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