Imperial Valley press., 1921-07-11
Colonel Goff of the Assistant Cabinet"
Z HE Harding administration
has brought great changes
to Washington. "Reorgan-
iZatiOn" has heen traNnl-


iZation" has been travel
Ing through the departments with n
quick step, and the changes of per-
sonnel have been quietly effected in
places where the policy of the work
is more or less established. But
there has been considerable of a
turnover in the office of the Attor-
ney General, and the public has
shown live interest in the changes
that have been made. Doubtless
the early opposition to the nominal
: tion of Attorney General Daugherty
was in measure due to the fact
. that Mr.. Daugherty and President
Harding We're known to disapprOve
! certain policies that had prevailed
for 4 long time in the Department
Of Justice. Obviously the natural
F., order of events has brought about
/ big changes in the methods as well
as the personnel of the Department
Of Justice, and unbiased observers
. of affairs in Washington believe
that most of these changes have i'm
proved the character of the service
rendered to the country by this
Grcat branch of the government.
Attorney General Daugherty has
frequently been described by news
paper writer's as a strong, positive
and aggressive character. He has
shown that he recognizes the tre-
mendous tasks of his department as
beyond the powers of any one man
To shoulder, and he has surrounded
himself with lawyers and other as
SiStants who are capable of reliev-
ing him of many of the ior tasks
of his department.
Colonel Guy d. Goff, assistant to
the Attorney General, is often re-
ferred TO in Washington as Mr..
Daugherty's claw. partner" They
are cpnspicuously fitted "to team" it
together, as each is literally the
complement of the other. Colonel
| Goff is denial in the flesh of the
libel that public service kills indi
vidual initiative. He was IL United
: States District Attorney from Wis
conSin under the Taft administra-
{ tion, the principal assistant to Gen
eral Crnwder during the war and
, ip0n its conclusion he was made
! the general counsel of the United
/ States Shipping Board to represent
! he 'Great Lakes" President Will
, son afterwards appointed him as
one Of the members Of the board.
At the beginning of tile present adj
mnstration he became assistant
to the Attorney General"
Rumor has 1t that Colonel Goff
declined proposition to engage
in the practice of law in New York
City under an arrangement which
would have yielded him $4,000 Il
year and accepted instead the $4,000
lpOst which he now holds. "A year
ago | would have swan the Atlantic
for $4,000" he explained, "but now
| do not need the money" And be-
cause he does not need the money
lie is able to give his time and tai
ent to the public service and in CON
sequence occupies the position of
assistant TO the Attorney General,
}where he throws into his work the
same energy and skill which caused
him to be regarded as a $4,000 man
in the business and legal world.
Roosevelt, Root and many great
men entertained the same view Of
life and its duties and seized its OPP
portunities to give their energies
and their brains to the public serv-
ice. Colonel Goff is among those
whom Leigh Hunt, in "Abou Ben
Adhem," describes as lone who
loves his fellowmen." No one ever
asks whether Goff will make good.
1t is accepted that "Goff always
makes good" 1t was he who wrote
the opinions for the War Depart
ment relating to the conscientious
objectors and his pen defined the in
tent and meaning of the law relat-
/ ing to the use Of wine in the Can
| tonments for sacramental purposes,
and he also prepared the rules and
regulations under which the selec-
tive draft act was enforced He