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Senate probe opens West inquiry over water power ties
The Senate public lands committee opens its inquiry into Roy O. West's nomination as interior secretary. It cites West and family holdings in Insull utilities since 1897, questioning his fitness to lead the water power commission amid a pending Cumberland Falls dam permit. Other panels pursue various measures as Boulder Dam debate resumes.
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Nye
West
Senate
House
House Public Buildings Committee
Coolidge
Treasury and Post Office Department
Boulder Dam
Public Lands Committee
Roy O. West
Secretary of Interior
Post Office
Interstate Commerce Committees
Interstate Commerce
Education and Labor Committee
Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Washington
Illinois
Public Utilities
Samuel Insull
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Federal Water Power Commission
Insull
Cumberland Falls
Kentucky