The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-04

The obnoxious provision Is only or
benefit 10 the criminal class.

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The Secret Service division ~ -.
/ Treasury Department is a dfvisio,, 80
the SecretaTy's office, and the an,
ployes OF that division are paid undar
me authority Of the legislative. exec
utlFe and judicial bill as persons ia
/ the Secret Service division Of the
/ treasury Department, but the para
Biaph which 1T IS proposed to moor
/ poFale IL the sundry civil bin of fhlq
year makes II quite doubtful whetber
under the terms OF this act. am nor
mltted TO detail these eroIoves. i'm
( ttuulhe me chief and the assistant
lIlIeL on the division. 10 any Other
bIducn under my Jurisdiction As fbfs
would be IN direct cOndfcf u-iFb 80
/ ZION 100 OF the Revised Statutes aD5
would seriously obstruct the prone
S S,Sl-,I CT or the affairs OF the depart
men lot when am held Responsible
wish to convey TO you nv raEDaetf,,f
but none the less emphatic nr,faet
I asdlhsl any such abridgment Of thu
( LtgnIs delegated to the Secretary or
/ the treasury ey existing law
Du7ng the tOTty-three years that the
secret Service division has existed i'm
the treasury Department and mora
particularly within the Iasf tv-art,-
years, IT has been considered nv -7a
Secretary OF the Treasury as one Of fI,s
most essential and helpful divisions of
his office Prior 10 the orea p{zsffo,7
OF the Department of ComT9errs ana
labor the field Of activity covered nv
I. inc treasury Department was encr-
nous. with important interests of 4
complex and diversified cha "a Ger. i,,+f
mately related 20 the public welfare i1,
almost every branch OF national activity
and usefulness ~
It's Jurisdiction.
II then had jurisdiction over the I'm
migration Service and the enforcement
of the Chinese exclusion act. II then
had, and stiH has those great indus
trial plants. the Bureau OF Engraving
and Printing and the mints OF the
United States. as we'll as assay OFFICES
established for the convenience Of the
public. Il has thousands Of EMPLOYEES
handling money and precious metals.
and like every other large employer,
. finds that its confidence Is sometimes
abused by dishonest employees.
In all ofenses OF this character che
secretary or the Treasury has called
upon the Secret Service division for am
/ investigation. and iuasmuCh as the ap-
preparation for Suppressiug counterfeit
. lnB, IS available Tor 10 other purpose.
the expense OF these 1nVesti cations has
/ been charged against the contingent or
other available funds of the bureaus i'm
/ which the offenSe has been committed.
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wide range. but, IN order that YOU NAV
understand the character of work which
the Secretary of the Treasury has here
tOfOTe accomplished under the author
ity of section Ice Of the Revised Stat
utes, j Will refer only 90 a few Concrete
instances of this description.
An investigation OF the ink contracts
of the Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing a few months ago disclosed what
appeared to be conspiracy between the
/ ink expert OF the bureau and certain
manufacturer of inks, by which the
Government was paying four times the
legitimate price for its black ink The
result of this investigation was the in
diCtmenT OF the ink expert and the man
ufacturer and a new contract uDon "A
more nearly legitimate basis. with a
resultant saving to the Government OF
/ fully 100000 q year.
Much Utilized.
In the Customs Service the Secret
Service division has been utilized to
great advantage i'm cases where the
customs agents were handicapped by
being too we'll known. At Seattle ii Sc
cret Service agent broke mp an opium
smuggling gang that had been opera
ting for years i'm defiance of law, and
made the largest seizure Of opium, one
| ton, recorded in the department and
1 convicted the Smugglers.
In the Rosenthal silk frauds I'm New
York the Secret Service division was Of
great assistance. securing the evidence