The New York herald., 1922-05-05
Scaife Asserts Cabinet
Member Failed to Prose-
cute Dry Law Cases.
MORSE CHARGE ANSWERED
Daugherty Replies to Cara
way and Sees Plot to Dis
credit His Department.
Special Dispatch 10 THE NEW York HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington, ID, C.. May Z.

Special Dispatch 10 THE NEW York HERALD
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington, ID. C.. May 4.
II. L. Scaife, formerly an agent OF
the Department of Justice. in an open
letter tonight charged that Attorney
General Daugherty had assigned men
to shadow Representatives Woodruff
(Mich.) and Johnson (S. d.. and that
he had had an agent follow and in
spect two bags Of mail belonging to
Representative Woodruff.
There were further charges that Mr..
Daugherty had failed to file prosecu-
tons against "malefactors of great
wealth" and violators Of the Federal
prohibition law. The letter was made
public by Representative Woodruff,
who threatened Daugherty with i'm
peachment in the House for laxity in
bringing prosecutions.
Mr.. Daugherty is accused OF failure
to file civil suits in the cases of the
Wright Martin Aircraft Corporation
the American Electric Products Com
pany, the Dayton Wright Company.
the American Bosch Magnetic Com
pany, the Standard Aircraft Company,
the Chemical Foundation Company
and other cases in which audits of
accounts between the companies and
the Government have been made.
The charges were contained in let
ter sent to. the Attorney General. IT
asked a. number of questions and ex-
plantations. each query being In the
nature of an indictment against the
Attorney General for his conduct In
office.
Earlier in the day the Attorney
General replied to statements by Sen
ator Caraway CDem., Ark.) relative to
the release of Charles w. Morse from
Atlanta in 1912. Mr.. Daugherty hinted
at the early exposure Of certain un-
named individuals whom he suspects
are engineering attacks upon his office.
Some Questions Asked.
Among other questions put to the
were these:
'Is IL not a fact that you have per-
sonally granted hearings to alleged
malefactors of great wealth to deter
mine whether or not their cases are 70
be handled by the courts. and are SINH
lar hearings granted to all classes Of
citizens?
"Is II not a fact that number OF In
vestigators have been removed or sus-
pended from time to time by Mr.. Rush
l.. Holland Assistant tAttorney-General,
after they mad filed reports that the
Government was being defrauded? VIII
you deny. Mr. Attorney-General. that
requests for the removai or suspension
of any of these men came from persons
outside of the Department of Justice?
lis IL not fact that tho war fraud
cases aSld investigations are now being
handled largely by young men who
were within the draft age and obtained
exemption from military service? Will
you deny. Mr.. Attorney General, that
some of these young men have stated
that it was not the policy of the De-
partment to prosecute war fraud cases
lis il not n fact that mel. connected
with the Department of Justice are
charged with whisky frauds and are
still on the Governments payroll?
Asks About shadowinG.
rs It not a fact that after Congress
men Johnson and Woodruff addressed
their colleagues in Congress on April II.
1922. you Immediately assigned Agents
Recellar r. Gray (colored). James Con-
molly. II. F. Crawford and A. G. Rays1or
OF the Bureau of Investigation to
shadow these Congressman and myself.
and is II not a fact that you brought
various agents of the Bureau OF 1nvesti-
CATION from out of town to Washington
and employed them for the same pur-
pose?
"Is Il not a fact that you had two
bags Of mail belonging to Congressman
Roy O. Woodruff shadowed followed
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