The Connecticut labor news., 1922-06-02

 way when they took their informatio Every man has his price" is the illegal maxim which seems to inspire the counsel for the war grafters III Warding off the government proseCu- ton which has been impending for several years.
 Efforts to find the price of H. L. Scaife and w. o. Watts and prevent them from using the information they collected while Investigating the war fraud cases for the Department of Justice have failed Daugherty got rid of them, but they have not been discredited, because their rec ords are extraordinary as servants ot the public.
 Daugherty sent Thomas B. Fielder, associated with Daughert y in procur- ing the release from prison of C. w. Morse, to Captain Scaife to talk over the Bosch Magnet Co., case, which Scaife had investigated. This oc- cured on May 5 after Scaife had resigned from the Department of Justice because he was disgusted with the Bosch Magnetic Co. case, which whom the Secretary of War is al legged to have been involved, offered Scaife substantial retainer to go over to the. side of the Bosch Mag neto group. Captain Scaife turned the correspondence over to Congress with the statement that the "impro- prety of the proposal l consider rep rehensible" What next?
 He Refused to Become War Graft
 Millionaire.
 Why was Major w. o. Watts in the black books of the leeches who have been bleeding the U. 5. Treas ury? Why are they trying to get him?
 Because he objected to the sale of some 52,ooo,ooo pounds of sugar at approximately nine cents per pound when the market price was 23H cents a pound.
 Because he protested when S8,- 100000 worth of mosquito bar was sold to a former officer of the War Department for $I,5ooooo without bids and with 10 months time allowed for payment.
 Because he objected to the sale of Old Hickory plant, worth more than $Ioo,oo ,ooo, of which no In ventory was available, to hastily organized corporation for $3,3oo,ooo on time, and his efforts resulted in lCSdl PlOACNNAllSo "liA>lA oA now pending.
 Because he exposed the infamous leather contract whereby the United States Harness Co. was to obtain from the Government approximately $I5o, ,ooo ooo in surplus supplies at from I to 10 per cent. of it's value, a contract executed by Army officers who later resigned to enter the har- ness company, a contract so rank that the President of the United States, when he heard of it, voided it for fraud, and the case is now pending in the courts.
 Because he could now be million aire by following the example of cer- tain Army officers.
 Because he reported to his superior officers all irrregularities which were going on and made records of them, to the discomfort of his superior of fcers in many instances.
 Because, in short, he remained hon est.
 Here Are Samples of Cases Already
 Uncovered.
 Here are samples of the cases al- ready disclosed, all taken from the Congressional Record:
 No.
 Sale of Bosch Magneto to Martin E. Kern, close personal friend of Mitchell Palmer, Alien Property Gus todian, in violation of the trading with the enemy act, since Kern is not an American citizen. Palmer later was Attorney General, and did not prosecute; Secretary of War Weeks is said to have used his influence to prevent prosecution during Daugh- erty's reign in the Department of Justice and his own firm, Hornblower & Weeks, is said to have profted in millions out of the deal.
 No.
 Secretary of War Weeks delayed action on the Wright Martin Aircraft Corporation case after it was in the hands of the U. s. Attorney by with drawing 1t for further hearings in the War Department after Assistant Secretary of War Wainwright pro- tested that the matter had gone out of the jurisdiction of the War De partment and that it was the business of the Department of Justice to prosecute.
 No. 3
 Mitsui & Co.,, a Japanese firm, got millions out of the government to which it was not entitled. This hrm was heavily involved in the aircraft scandal and acted as paymasters for the German secret service before the war. Former Attorney General Wick ersham is said to have got Abraham F. Myers placed in general super, vision of all war fraud cases and all investigations of the Air Service were blocked. Wickersham's firm, Cad walader, Wickersham X Taft, repre- sents Mitsui & Co.
 No. 4
 The Wright Martin Aircraft Cor poration maintained a secret service organization for counter espionage against the government and charged the cost of this organization up to the government. It sold materials 4 +La orovernment for S7O2 S6S OR