The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-18
.UNTERMYER TAXES
 ANOTHER FLING AT
 ATTORNEY GENERAL
Declares Daugherty Is Domi- mated by Politics and by Morgan Interests Wont
 Fight Electric Co.
By Associated Press

New York, June 17.-Samuel Unter-
 myer took another fling at Attorney
 General Daugherty today in state ment issued as he stepped aboard the Majestic for a vacation in Eu- rope.
 In connection with the Attorney Generals announced program for prosecuting war fraud cases, the
 counsel for the Lockwood committee charged that because the Morgan influence is too strong to withstand,
 Mir. Daugherty simply will not
 budges toward prosecuting the Gen
 eral Electric company for the monop-
 oly that committee alleges it holds
 over the electric light bulb business
 of the nation.
 If Attorney General Daugherty shows as much organizing ability
 and desires to punish powerful war fraud offenders as I have expe- rienced in the 25 or more anti-trust
 cases in which we have vainly tried to get action from him for more than a year, we shall soon have plenty of horn footing and other l forms of publicity and camouflage
 under cover of which a few little | fellows may be crucified and every really influential offender will slide
 out under cover of the noise." said MT. Untermyer.
 Daueherty Past Master "Mr. Daugherty Is a grand past master in that art. I have had and am still having my experience with in action, In the perfection of his skill in protecting one big interest ] the fruit of long experience as a lobbyist commend to it's study his performances in the General Electric case in which I have for six months been vainly trying to get the prose- oution.
 "The cases are exceedingly plain and simple. They could be prepared in two weeks by the average law clerk, but the Morgan influence is too strong to withstand and he
 simply will not budge. have of fered to take charge without ex-
 pense to the government. but when ever that is suggested he gets hard
 of hearing. He won't act and he
 won't permit anyone else to act to
 break this criminal monopoly.
 At no time in the history of that
 exalted office within my memory,
 not even in the 'palmy' days when
 Palmer was trading everything in
 sight for delegates. has 1t so been
 dominated by politics or character
 ized by inefficiency. If MT. Daugh-
 erty really wanted a drastic and
 fearless exposure of the war frauds
 contracts, he would have welcomed
 an investigation by committee of
 Congress of his own party.
 Thoroughly Discredite
 Before the thing is over. the
 whole business will be so thoroughly
 discredited that there will be pub lie investigation anyhow. I wonder how long the people are going to put up with Nthat type of official in exalted position7"
 MT. Untermyer declared the coun- try was being gouged of $150,000,- 900 annually in excessive fire and casualty insurance premiums. He was hopeful of smashing insurance company lobbies, and of obtaining regulatory legislation.
 Now that we have. as a result of hot fight, forced the regulation of review of their rates by courts and have restored the competition of the mutual companies which they had eliminated by crooked legislation. we shall get substantial relief" the statement continued. q expect an average of 200 per cent reduction in rates all over the country"
 MT. Untermyer will be abroad until September.