Arizona republican., 1913-04-17
WILLIS 1. MOORE

ures as he may deem necessary with such other employees of the weather bureau as may have been unduly active in employing the public ser vice for private ends.
 The letter of Secretary Houston directing Moore's removal was not made public.
 Unofficially it was said at the White House that the campaign to make Moore secretary of agriculture had been extensive. members of con- SreSS in various parts of the country having been canvaSsed, and a letter writing campaign had been con- ducted among the weather bureau employees.
 Professor Moore had been the target of an attack in congress- A few days ago a resolution was intro dnced calling on the secretary of agriculture to advise congress re garding appropriations for official travelling expenses of the weather bureau. what amount in a lump sum the salaries Of the weather bureau had been expended in promotions of the weather bureau employees last January and February. and for com- parative figures for the preceding four years.
 The resolution asked for information on what journeys were performed by Chas. T. Burns under official orders and under what instructions between July l, 1912 and February 2S last and also it called for data regarding the Irregularities and other matters printed at the government expense and used ta, the chief of the weather bureau in the campaign for the secretary of agricul- ture during the last fiscal year"
 The house committee on expenditures of the agricultural department planned
 last year an exhaustive investigation into the weather bureau but were pre- vented from making it on account of other special matters. Representative
 Moss of Indiana and the democratic members of the committee did take up the special charges filed against Pro- lessor Moore by Jas. Berry, a former employe of weather bureau which re-
 lated to the misuse of the contingent funds. The committee, Moss said to- day, never found enough in these charges to press them for further in
 quiry. It is proposed however to con- duct a thorough investigation in the bureau as soon as the committee or ganized which probably will not be
 until the regular session next winter. Professor Moore issued a state
 rnent tonight declaring that the same influences that attempted to dis
 grace and remove Dr. Harvey W. Wiley were responsible for his re- moval, and branding as 'infamOusly false" the intimation that he had ooerced the employees of the weather bureau in supporting him for the secretaryship of agriculture or that public money had been expended in his candidacy.
 As an aspirant for the secretary ship of agriculture" the statement says. T announced that I would, if appointed. revoke the benzoate of soda decision, and abolish the Rem sen board or any other extra judicial body of the department thought to have been designed for the purpose of minimizing the effectiveness Of the pure food and meat inspection laws or rather aiding in their effi- Cient enforcement and would re- strain the activities of solicitors for office and use reasonable preroga tiVes to reorganiZe the department T was not selected and of course have no complaint on that ground But Secretary Houston almost inn l rediately upon entering office de- manded that I forward to the pre- c;d u.if having set foot in the office of the weather bureau, and without honor 1 ing my request to see such charges | that might have been filed against l me. or to permit me to face my ac- cusers or to be present in person or l by proxy to examine the witnesses whom they summoned against me Literally. third degree methods l were applied to my friends in the weather bureau and under such pen | alties that they dared not speak tc me, and then a report was made | to the president which had for it's object the driving me in disgrace | from the service where I had haC | an honorable career of over a third I of "a century.
 | T brand as infamOuSly false tht 1 intimation that any man in the weather bureau has been coerced
 into supporting me for the secretary 1 ship or that a man was promoted | for serving me or that one dollar oi public money was expended on mA | candidacy. worked for the place 1 and spent my own money. so die | many of my friends. Is this 2 | crime under the new dispensation o
 things? I shall welcome gladly any
 investigation to which the press i: admitted