Evening star., 1922-05-10
SEES S10l,OD0,O(ID
RECOVERED BY U. S.
Daugherty, Making mo ApoI-
ogy," Discusses War Con-
tract Prosecutions.

Attorney General Daugherty, de-
claring that the record of the De-
partment of Justice in connection
with war contract cases calls for no
apology and none is Intended set
forth in a statement prepared at the
request of President Harding and
read yesterday to the House by
Representative MondelL republican,
Wyoming. that recoveries in pending
cases might total $100.O00.000 if the
government Were successful. He
asked. in order to support the work
OF the department, that legislation
pending in Congress be enacted TO
the District of Columbia and to add
tWenty-three federal judges to the
bench. The Attorney General also
asked for special fund of 100000.
Ordered Careful Investigations.
Mr. Daugherty said it was "a ter
rlble thing to charge citizen with
robblnS his own government, and
for that reason he had insisted on
the most painstaking investigation
criminality." He asserted that it
was ''regrettable that public atten-
ton should have been so strongly
focused on these cases on the eve of
their prosecution
Presented just before the convening
OF republican caucus called to con-
slider legislative program. including
Il republican resolution for investiga-
ton OF charges of alleged laNity in
prosecutions by the Department of
Justice, the Attorney Generals letter
provoked partisan row. in which
Representative Garrett. the demo-
cratic leader, broadly intimated that
it was intended to smother the pro-
posed investigation.
Representative Mondell. the repub-
iican leader. to whom Mr.. Daugherty's S
letter was sent by the President. did
not indicate in reply to a question on
the floor as to whether it meant the
resolution, already given privileged
status by the rules committee, never
would be heard from again.
Republican in Criticism.
Taking issue with the Attorney
General, Representative Woodruff. re-
publican, Michigan, declared the for
mer was requested six months ago to
appeal to Congress for half a million
dollars to clear up his wartime
docket. and that he never acted until
republicans had assailed the depart
ment in the House.
At the conclusion of the reading Mr.
Mondell said the Attorney Generals
wishes would be complied with TO
the end that all who defrauded the
government will be brought to
Justice
In his statement to the President
Mr.. Daughterty charged that little
former administration to bring war
iohheries to light. Mr.. Daugherty
wrote that the country would soon
have reason to know that influential
personages in the government who
had knowledge of these transactions
Il
closures were personally interested
in them
Two cases of the first magnitude"
were ready for prompt submission. he
said. adding. however. that investi-
CATION showed others lurking in the
shadows and involved in the unlaw-
ful transaction. and that principals
and different groups of individual
in other parts of the country might
be soon indicted
Reftcrates Former Statement.
Mr.. Daugherty reiterated what he
said recently concerning the case OF
the Lincoln Motor Company, involv-
ing alleged irregularities in con-
nection with the adjustment of a
manufacture of Liberty motors
Tracing the various stages of the
litigation. Mr.. Daugherty said that
after hearing counsel for the receiv-
er and others interested he had con-
Guided that the matter should be
submitted to judicial determination
"and accordingly the government
claim was filed within the time al
lowed"
In this connection the Attorney
General sent to the President a let
ter from Federal Judge Arthur J.
Tuttle of the eastern district of
Michigan, referring to the recent
newspaper notoriety' and saying
Representative Woodruff was ZEN
tirely mistaken in making criticism
of the Attorney General and the De-
partment of Justice 'in anything
which has happened or failed to hap
pen up to this time in protecting the
governments interests"
AID PROMISED DAUGHERTY.