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Teapot Dome deposition details conflict over navy leases
Testimony in the Teapot Dome case reveals Roosevelt opposed parts of the internal order and describes navy plans to store 45 million barrels of oil at a cost of 67.5 million dollars. Depositions show prior officials shifting, resignations, and congressional pressure as senators questioned leasing actions and the role of Fall and Sinclair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gol. Roosevelt
Navy Department
Navy
Department
Teapot Dome
Roosevelt
J. W. Lacey
Defense Counsel
Edwin 5
Booth
John F. Shafroth
H. A. Stuart
N. M. Tabor
Denver
Samuel D. Nicholson
Colorado
Joseph W. Clark
Leadville
Colo
Patrick Sullivan
Casper
Wye
Peter Q. Neiss
Great Falls
Mont
Las
Fall
Three Rivers
N. M
E B. C. Finney
Sinclair
Finney
Toronto
Canada
H. S. Osler
Continental Trading Company
H. M. Blackner
Jas. E. O'Neil
J. E. Benton
First National Bank of
el Paso
Texas
Reserve
Senate
Naval Air Pool
Mammoth Oil Company
J. B. Hendrick
Wyoming
Hendrick
Interior Department
Kendrick
William A. Anderson
Albert B. Fall
Leslie D. Miller
Cheyenne
Senator Kendrick
Department of the Interior
W. A. Anderson
Mammoth Company
Il. Foster Bain
Bureau of Mines
Navy Air Field
Hocky Mountain Oi and Gas Producers’ Association
Osler
J3rition Osler
Margaret Ferdust
Louis Samuels
Morleys H. Hruels
N. J. Strickland
Harold J. Toston
Albert D. Fill
Interior
P. Sinclair
New York
Continental Company
United States
Trumphreys Texas Company
Humphreys Mexico Company
Associated Press
Appelate Court of Ontario
Owen J. Roberts
Ontario
Mer. Roberts
Harry F. Sinclair
Albert
Secretary of the Interior