A RESOLUTION TO EXTEND THE INVESTIGATION OF OIL RESERVE LEASES AND THE CONTINENTAL TRADING CONTENTS Page E. C. Finney, First Assistant Secretary of the Interior, testimony of.. Section 18. Regulation concerning oil and gas leases, etc_ Section 19. Regulation concerning oil and gas leases, etc. Section 20. Regulation concerning oil and gas leases, etc. Section 21. Regulation concerning oil and gas leases, etc. Section 22. Regulation concerning oil and gas leases, etc. Report of A. B. Bouton, March 1, 1920, re interest of Midwest Refin- Letter, A. B. Bouton, to Clay Tallman, November 15, 1920- Report, A. B. Bouton and R. C. Bell, fraud and the Midwest interests List of leases in Salt Creek oil field, Wyoming, March 15, 1928- Memorandum of facts connected with early history of Salt Creek field, E. C. Finney, First Assistant Secretary of the Interior, testimony of- Report of R. C. Bell and A. B. Bouton (undated) entitled memo- randum-leasing Salt Creek oil field__ Memorandum-leasing Salt Creek oil field, by R. C. Bell, dated Letter, Clay Tallman to Midwest Oil Co., Salt Creek Producers' Letter, Clyde C. Dawson (Dawson & Wright, attorneys), Denver, E. C. Finney, First Assistant Secretary of the Interior, testimony of.. Crocker v. United States, 74 U. S., p. 240, extract__. Stenographic report of conference of December 18, 1920, before the Secretary of the Interior, in the matter of applications for oil and gas leases or permits under act of February 25, 1920 (Public 146), by Midwest Oil Co., Wyoming Associated Oil Corporation, et al. Memorandum on devolution of stock of the Midwest Oil Co... Certified list of preferred and common stockholders of Midwest Oil Memorandum "Payne" to Mr. Mahaffie, January 7, 1921. Letter Dines, Dines & Holme to Clay Tallman, January 12, 1921- Memorandum of May 12, 1928 "Salt Creek oil field-holdings of the so-called midwest corporations Memorandum, H. W. MacFarren to Mr. Finney, December 8, 1921- Report H. W. MacFarren dated Cheyenne, Wyo., October 19, 1920- Payne, Hon. John Barton, former Secretary of the Interior, testimony of __ Robert C. Bell, former special assistant to the Attorney General, Detroit Lake, Minn., testimony of.......... Bill of complaint, United States of America v. Midwest Refining Co. et al. (In the District Court of the United States for the District SALT CREEK OIL FIELD, WYOMING FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1928 UNITED STATES SENATE, COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC LANDS AND SURVEYS, The committee met, pursuant to call, at 10 o'clock a. m., in room 301, Senate Office Building, Hon. Gerald P. Nye presiding. Present: Senators Nye (chairman), Cutting, Kendrick, and Walsh of Montana. The CHAIRMAN. The committee has under consideration this morning Senate Resolution 202, submitted by Senator Norris, of Nebraska, on April 19, 1928, calling for investigation as to the occupation, leasing of, and contracts for oil and oil lands in the Salt Creek (Wyo.), field. I direct the reporter to incorporate the resolution in the record at this point. (The resolution (S. Res. 202) is as follows:) Resolved, That the Committee on Public Lands and Surveys, or any subcommittee thereof, in addition to the authority conferred upon it by Senate Resolution 282, in the Sixty-seventh Congress, and Senate Resolution 101, in the Seventieth Congress, be, and it is hereby, authorized and directed to make a full and complete investigation as to the occupation, leasing of, and contracts for oil and oil lands in the Salt Creek field in the State of Wyoming, and any other adjacent Government oil lands, for the purpose of ascertaining whether said occupation, leases, or contracts, or any of them, were illegal or fraudulent, and whether the assigning of any such leases or contracts, or the operation under said leases or contracts, has given to any individual, agency, association, partnership, or corporation a monopoly in the production or distribution of oil, or whether the said leases or contracts or assignment of leases or contracts, or operation thereof has tended toward the creation, or organization of any monopoly, in the production or distribution of oil; and to ascertain and report to the Senate whether said occupation, leases, or contracts, or any of them, are illegal or fraudulent and could or should be annulled or canceled by the United States Government; and, if the said leases or contracts or the assignment of any of said leases or contracts or the operation thereof has been illegal or fraudulent, or has resulted in a monopoly or tended toward a monopoly, to report to the Senate what, if any, legislation should be enacted by Congress for the purpose of curing such evils. The authority conferred upon said committee by said Senate Resolution 282, in the Sixty-seventh Congress, and Senate Resolution 101, in the Seventieth Congress, is hereby extended and continued for the purpose of the additional investigation herein provided for, to the same extent and as fully as though the said resolutions were incorporated herein. The said committee or subcommittee is hereby authorized to sit, act, and perform its duties at such times and places as it deems necessary or proper; to require by subpoena or otherwise the attendance of witnesses; to require the production of books, papers, documents, and other evidence; and to employ counsel, experts, and other assistants. The cost of stenographic service to 1 |