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and inspected? Is 1t not a fact that
Agent H. f. Crawford of the Bureau Of
Investigation followed these bags of
mail belonging to Congressman Wood
ruff to the post Office in Washington and
inspected their contents?
us Is not fact that one of the high
est paid agents in the Bureau of In
vestigation is Recellar r. Gray, a ne
gro. who has been In your employ for a
number OF years as a valet and chauf-
feur for your family, and that this negro
was ordered by you to trail these Con-
gressmen and myself? l ask you to af-
firm or deny that the reports of these
agents will show that they were in the
House Office Building and that they
mention the names OF these Congress
men In accordance with my own.
rs 1t not fact that a memorandum
was prepared in the Department of JUS
tice urging my arrest. and Is 1t not a
fact that you were officially advised that
I had committed no violation of law?
lis it not fact that the Bureau Of
Investigation has been employed for
the private use of certain Government
officials and In attempts to discredit
those who have endeavored to furnish
the Department of Justice evidence on
which to base prosecutions against in
fluential persons and politicians who
have been caught In the meshes Of the
law?
WHO is Jess Smith and what are his
functions at the Department of Justice?
Is 1t not true that he has no official
position In the Government service;
that he has never taken an oath of Of
flee; and Is 1t not fact that he has
access to the files of the Department
of Justice that he maintains an office
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ment stenographers for personal dicta-
tion, and that he uses other facilities
of the Government which are paid for
out Of public funds?
1.-THE speech of Congressman Wood
ruff is now a public document and II
you fail to specifically answer the al
legations therein contained. together
with the foregoing questions. your
failure as a public official is admitted
and you should Immediately resign your
high trust"
No action was taken in the House
to-day or by the Rules Committee look
ing to a vote by the House on the rule
to authorize an investigation by that
body Of the Department of Justice.
Senator Caraway renewed his attack
on the Attorney-G General In the Senate
for his connection with the Morse par
don case. He read an interview printed
In Columbus paper In 1912 in which
Mr. Daugherty is quoted as saying that
the credit for getting Morse out Of
prison was due to his efforts.
"In view of these facts" added Sena-
tor Caraway, II think the Attorney
General owes an apology TO the Senator
from Indiana (Mr. Watson) for mis-
leading him to believe he had no con-
nection with the case whatever"
Daugherty Defends Course.
The Attorney-General in his formal
statement said:
There is little of interest to be said
in regard to the articles appearing In
the newspapers regarding the discussion
in the Senate and elsewhere, constitut-
ing an attack upon the Administration
and naturally an attack upon the De-
partment Of Justice. This may be ex-
pected from time to time. The Morse
case of years ago was fully discussed
in the newspapers wnen I was candi-
date for United States Senator in Ohio
AT that time President Taft and
Mr. Wickersham wrote signed letters,
which Immediately stopped discussion
and conclusively answered all charges
that were made or that ever would be