Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-05-12
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iWashihgf fsns May 81 sIn "a detailsd
statement concerning the prosecu-
ton Of ,war<fraud cases, prepared at
the request of the president. and
transmitted today ito the house, Attor-
ney General Daugherty declared that
examination so far completed dis
closed in ~each instance sufficient in
lication thatsa crime has been com
'mitted to warrant submitting them 20
grand jury"
Presented on the eve of the repub-
lican caucus called to consider leg
islative program including o repub-
lican resolution for, investigation of
charges or 1a&fty in prosecutions by
the :departfnetit of justice, the attor-
neys generals letter provoked a.p~r-
tjsan row, in which Representative
Garrett, the democratic leader, broad
ly 'ihtimated that I 1t was intended to
smother the proposed investigation. ,
Representative Mondeil, the repu6-
lican leader, to whom Mr.; Daughsrty's
letter was sent by the president, did
not indicate IN reply to IA question on
the floor as to, wbethertthe resolution
already given privileged status by the
rules committee, never would be heard
from again ] iuIfgF "Sti lRE
Impeachment Talked.
Taking issue with h~the attorney gen.
eral, Representative Woodruff, repub-
lican, Michigan, declared the former
was requested six months ago to ap-
peal to congress for half million dol
lars to clear UP his wartime docket,
and that he never acted until republic
cans had assailed the department in
the house. Mr. Woodruff reiterated
, that unless the attorney. general all
lowed the courts to decide the pending
case against the Lincoln Motor COM
peny, "os rs rrarits.. I viii move his.
Impeachment in the house of repre-
senfativestss'SS% Z, ~ ~ "
!, The Michigan. representative as
. seytedS. THAT pa, republican. congress
could not face the country in an
election unless it clears up war fraud
cases which smell to high heaven"
Charging that little or nothing had
been done by the former administra-
ton to, bring war. robberies to light,
Mr.. DaughertS wrote. the president
the country would soon have reason
to know that 'inHlential personages
In the government who had knowledge
of these tfans actions and were in a
position StU make disclosure were per-
sonally interested in concealing them"
The department, he said, was hand
ling upward of 200 war contract cases,
land if,reeoveries were obtained in ali,
the total would reach s1OO,OOO,OOO.
I "A Terrible Thing"
ut was terrible thing" the attor-
ney general said, to charge a citizen
with robbing his own government,
and for that reason he had insisted
upon painstaking investigation of
all cases INVOLVING charges of crini-
nality:"t1t was regrettable, too, he de-
ciared, that public attention Should
have been, so strongly focused on
the eve of their prosecution"
?; Given a special fund of s50O.0OO,
and with the passage of pending bills
, for 2S additional judges and an ad-
aitionali grand jury in the District of
Columbia, Mr.. Daugherty said the
work Of clearing the dockets would be
accelerated. Two cases of "the first
magnitude were ready for prompt
submission. he said, adding. however,
that investigation. sshowed others
lurking in the shadows" and involved
in the unlawful transaction, and THAI
principals and different groups of ir..
dividuals in other parts of the cour
try might be soon indicted.
Passing the Buck"
Mr.. Daugherty reiterated what he
said recently concerning the case of
the Lincoln Motor company involving
alleged irregularities in connection
with the adjustment. of a contract
with that company for the manufat-
ture of Liberty mot prs.',, -
At the conclusion of the reading Mr..
MOndell said that the attorney gem