New-York tribune., 1922-09-18
nter1nyer May
Lead i'm Fight
On DaugEnerty
Keller Calls ON Lawyer to
Aid in the Move for
Impeachment; Unions
Join i'm the Invitation
Noble Pardon to Figure
Strike Writ To Be Only
One of Counts i'm the
Indictment Now Sought

There is possibility that Samuel
untermyer will. lead the fight for the
impeachment of Attorney General
Henry M. Daugherty when the matter
comes before the House Judiciary
Committee. Representative Oscar 4.
Keller, of the 4th District Minnesota,
who introduced the resolution for the
impeachment Of the Attorney General,
passed yesterday with Mr.. Untermyer
at Greystone, his Yonkers home, and
left with a promise from the Lock
wood committees counsel to consider
the question and give his answer to-
day
Although the Injunction obtained
against the striking railroad shopcraft
workers in the Chicago Federal courts
is directly responsible for the intro
duction of the impeachment resolution,
Representative Keller explained that
the charge against Mr.. Daugherty is
not based on this fact alone. The At
torney General, he alleges, has shown
tendency to discriminate in favor Of
big business generally, including some
Of the building trade combines exposed
by the Lockwood committee, and for
this reason 1t was felt that Mr., I'm
termyer would be fitted to direct the
attack.
Manly Accompanies Keller
Mr.. Keller came to New York from
Washington yesterday with Basil NJ.
Manly, director of the Peoples Iepis-
lative Service, Of which Senator La Fol
lette is chairman. Mr.. Manly had been
In correspondence with Mr.. Untermyer
since the latter's return from Europe
early last week, and had advised him
that officials Of the four railroad
brotherhoods, the machinists' union and
the striking shopcrafts workers had
urged Mr.. Untermyer's name. They
went at once to Greystone and there
laid before Mr.. Untermyer mass of
data bearing on the impeachment pro-
ceedings. Mr.. Untermyer assured
them that he would consider the pro-
posal and would telegraph his answer
to Representative Keller at Washing
ton.
Following their visit to Greystone
Representative Keller and Mr., Manly
told newspaper men they were anxious
to get Mr.. Untermyer's service because
of his familiarity with the administers
ton of the Attorney Generals Office
under Mr.. Daugherty, and especially
the cases turned over for Federal pros
ecution as result Of the Lockwood
committees activities
Mr.. Untermyer several times has
charged the Attorney Generals office
with laxity in connection vith the
prosecution Of a score or more cases
which grew out of the investigation
into the building trades. He was par
ticularly incensed when it was learned
that Francis H. Noble, an official Of
the Tile, Crate and Mantel Association
who had pleaded guilty to violating the
Sherman act and had been sentenced
to a four months prison term, had been
pardoned after serving only four
weeks. This prosecution was under
taken in the Federal courts at the in
stigation Of the Lockwood committee.
The pardon to Noble, which was ap-
proved by the Attorney General, is
made one of the counts in the i'm
peachment resolution, Mr.. Keller said.
The impeachment resolution Is now
before the House Committee on Judi.
ciary which will report the result OF
it's findings either in favor Of or against
impeachment.
The failure of peace negotiations be-
tween the New York Central and its
striking shopmen resulted in the hold
ing of two meetings by the strikers
yesterday, at which, it was said, reso-
lutions were adopted upholding the
stand Of the labor leaders and thei1
Interpretation Of the Chicago settle
ment program.