The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-19
.DR. ANDREW AGAIN
 ATTACKS M'VEAGH Asks President to Publish
 Other Letters TWO ARE STILL SILENT Reticence of Murray and McClung Is II.
TWO ARE STILL SILENT
Reticence of Murray and McClung Is Significant, He Thinks-Kram In- dorsed Andrews Letters Be-
 fore They Were Sent

Gloucester, Mass. July 1s.-Dr. Piatt Andrew, who recently resigned the of fee of assistant Secretary of the Treas ury. issued a statement tonight in which he returned again to the charges asainst Secretary of the. Treasury Mac i Voaeh contained in his letter of resig nation. He called on President Taft
 to make public a certain description of conditions in the treasury depart ment,' written. he says. by a high de- partment official ID weeks before his resignation was submitted. pr. An drew returned today from a week s cruise along the Maine coast. His statement followed the reading of news dispatches from Washington with in that time in which references were made to certain letters from treasury officials regarding the controversy with l Secretary MacVeagh.
 Has Not Seen Letters
 l These letters, Dr. Andrew has not seen he said. but he expressed ut most confidence that they do not deny a single statement of mine as to Sec retary MacVeagh's temperamental in-
 hrmities and as to the consequent dif-
 heulty in carrying on properly the bus
 mess of the treasury department"
 T am certain that none of the per
 sons named by me In my letters of resignation have contradicted any ma
 terial statements made therein,' he
 said. If any person has done so, 1t
 would only tend to illustrate the weak
 ness of human nature under pressure. "
 If any person has done 90. it would only tend to illustrate the weakness of l human nature under pressure. It Is sig
 nifieant that the two most important or 1 icals of the treasury department, Law renee o. Murray, comptroller of the cur rency and Lee McClung, treasurer of the | United States, still remain silent. This is | significant, not only of their opinions, but also of their character and courage. T note that MT. Ralph, director of the ! bureau of engraving and printing, Is quoted as having preferred allegiance to Secretary MacVeagh. It should be said that MT. Ralph had carefully read and affirmed both of my letters in the ex- act form in which they were issued, in- cluding the statement that MT. Ralph on several occasions had been with diff culty dissuaded from his intention to re- sign his office, due to no other reason than his lamentably unsatisfactory rela- tions with MT. MacVeagh.
 Kram Read Letter
 "Mr Kram, auditor of the postoffice de- partment, Is also cited as having written of his cordial relations with the Secretary It should likewise be said in this connec- ton that MT. Kram read ard approved my letters in their final form. including this paragraph:
 T recall instances of great discourage rnent on the uart of Mir. Krarl and on the part of his predecessor. Mir Chance. not only because of lack of support and announcement on the part or MT. Mac Veagh, in their efforts toward increasing the efficiency of the services, but also because of his continual postponement of decisions about recommendations which they had made and his uniustified com plaints about any active procedure, even in small matters, without authorization Continuing MT. Andrew said he had not wished to engage'in further controversy on the subject of his resignation from the treasury department, but added
 "As President Taft has made certain letters public, in all fairness to myself, the President ought now to make public a description of conditions in the treasury department which was written by one of the highest officials in tie department weeks before my letters. ThiE letter ann ply and specially confirms every state inent I have made. This description was presented to the White House in April and the President possessed a copy of it Although 1t was not intended for publica- tion, I hope the President will ask the official in question to authorize its pub
 ication and so make the record com plete."
 MT Andrew said he himself has a copy of the description.