Ohio. many investigations have been outstanding in bringing to light and correcting egregious misconduct within the administration. and in achieving farreaching legislative accomplishments. Examples of the former are the Teapot Dome oil reserve scandal of the Harding era and the income tax administration scandal of the Truman regime. In the latter area. studies of immigration. lobbying. munitions manufacturing. stock exchange operations. conservation. monopoly in industry. the organization of Congress. and the organization of the executive branch. are examplessee Ogg .and Rays Essentials of American Goveinment. eighth edition. 1961. page 199. Among the outstanding achievements which must be credited to congressional inquiries are the discovery of General Wilkinsons part in the Burr conspiracy in 1810. the disclosure of Andrew Jacksons conduct in the Seminole War of 181920. and of the light regard in which he seemed to hold certain restrictions of the Constitution. the unearthing of the Credit Mobilizer scandal of 1872. which jeopardized the political careers of James G. Blaine and Schuyler Colfax. the disclosure of frauds in the star route mail service in 1884. and the resignation of Secretary Ballinger after his sensational controversy with Gifford Pinchot in 1911. which contributed to the disruption of the Taft administration and the split in the Republican Party in 1912. "The Investigative Function of Congress." George B.
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