Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-16
CLEAR WAY FOR
PROSECUTION Of
WAR 'cRAF TERs'
BY EMINENT
HU .Sh/(asSeS a Senate
.o$/Sure Appropriating
100000 for Use in
/5hting for Indictments,
\ EEDY ACTION WAS
ASKED RY nAIIGHERTY
Some Men 'Who Think
They Have Power in the
Nation Will Find Them
selves Behind BarS.n

Washington, May 15.-The house
cleared the road today for what
some members q scribed as IAN
unrelenting prosecution of war
grafters' when it put through and
sent to the senate q bill appropri-
ating 100000 for investigation and
prosecution OF war fraud cases by
the department of justice, and
passed a senate bill for an addi-
tional grand jury in the District of,
Columbia, before which the attor-
ney general may present evidence
in his fight for indictments.
Attorney General Daugherty had
requested speedy action on both
measures. Some men, "who think
they have power in the nation to-
day will find themselves behind the
bars as a result of the activity of
Attorney General Daugherty. de-
clared Chairman Madden. of the
appropriations committee, in urg-
ing him to stand up and give him
what he had asked.
Wants to Get the GraftefS.'
Supporting the chairman. in his
plea Representative Connally. DEM
ocrat, Texas. said he wanted the
government to "get the gratters In
the flesh and not in the imagina-
ton, whether they were democrats
or republicans.
"But before the next cam
paign." said Mr.. Connally, II
hope the department OF justice
will get one man, put him In II
care and exhibit him through
out the country. And over his
cage, rs it is hauled from state
TO state. they ought TO put u
big sign with the WORDS:
Here's that CRATER we caught
out OF 10000 cases
In view of the attorney genera
that the United states
stood to recover $l92,0O0,ooo MI.
Byrns, of Tennessee, insisted that
Director Dawes, of the budget pu-
reau. should have come to congress
long ago to demand funds with
which to get it, since 'the attorney
general had not made the request
Until the other day. :,
AS Joint author of the woodruff
Johnson resolution for the investi-
ration. Representative Woodruff
republican. Michigan, told the
house that his vote for the appfo-
priation measure sin no way al
fected NV determination to press
for action upon the resolution.
The nublic, Mr.. Woodruff said, had
somehow gained tho impression
that attention had been directed on
" to the Boscfi Magfeto and Chem-
cal Foundation cases, while AN IN
vestigation committee, or the de-
partment of Justice, if it operates
will find others just as reprehehsl-
ole."
sharp Exchange.
There was a sharp exchange pc
tween Mr.. Moore, of Virginia, ana
Chairman Campbell. of the fules
committee. VINO, with other repup-
ican and democratic members
voted to give the resolution priVl-
legged status over the chairman
failure to call it up in the house
Representative King. rcpup-
Iican, Illinois, declared II the
department Of justice '1nsti-
tutes genuine campaigns
against war grafters congress
will have to create multitude
of new Jail apartments for
them, Crtiticizing the dis
missaI by the attorney gcnerai
Of w. 0. Watts, a special agent
of the department of justice,
Mr.. King declared. Watts, /
with seventeen years OF serv-
ice i'm the army" refused ITO
approve fraudulent sales ana
then was discharged because
he did his plain duty against
these Irregularities.
"I am surprised and gratified,
ne added, "that Watts got away
from the department with his rec
ords, and I congratulate him.