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SECRETARY OF THE NAVY DENBY'S resignation was demanded in Congress because he had approved the transfer of the control of the Naval Oil Reserves to the Department of the Interior...
...LATE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR LANE, EX-SECRETARY OF WAR GARRISON, and GEORGE CREEL, former head of the Committee on Public In-formation?all of whom held office during the Wilson Administration?had, according to Mr. Doheny, been subsequently employed directly or indirectly by him or by companies in which he was interested...
SECRETARY OF THE NAVY DENBY announced that he would refuse to resign even if the Senate passed a resolution demanding his resignation, and added: "I am, of course, profoundly convinced of the legality of the action taken by the Navy and Interior Departments, and I am also profoundly convinced that it was for the best interests of the United States...
...Rear Admiral Julian L. Latimer told the House Naval Affairs Committee that Secretary of the Navy Denby, and not former Secretary of the Interior Fall, had originated the plan of transferring the control of the Oil Reserves from the Navy Department to the Department of the Interior. Both Rear Admiral Latimer and Rear Admiral Gregory testified that they believed the leases were advantageous to the Government...
...legally made? The act giving the Secretary of the Navy general powers over the Naval Oil Reserves was passed during the Wilson Administration. Its wording is admittedly loose and subject to dispute. Whether the Secretary of the Navy had power to delegate this control to the Secretary of the Interior, or the President had the power to do so by executive order?as was done before the leases in question were made?is a legal point