The New York herald., 1922-06-02

well Informed, / think. has suggested
that there should not be any investiga-
tlon that Congress may desire to make.
PERSONALLY am glad the committee
on rules rescinded its former action.
The time for Congressional investigation
has passed. The time for legal inquiry
by legal officers of the Government has
arrived. Congressional investigation
could serve no purpose other than mud
dying the waters / am not surprised
that gentlemen whose names would
figure in Grand Jury investigations pre-
Ter Congressional inquiry"
Representative Moore (va) attacked
Representative Campbell. declaring he
resembled Bunyans character. Mr. Face
both-ways. AT this everybody laughed.
Woodruff Not "surprised."
Representative Woodruff. author OF
the resolution, received unanimous con-
sent to speak out of order.
II cannot say" said he. that l was
very much surprised this morning when
the gentleman from Kansas pulled from
his pocket something that / first antici-
pated was my resolution and proceeded
to read. In his discussion of this ques-
tion he has very carefully overlooked
and ignored everything that has been
said in the House upon the subject of
the way the Department of Justice has
handled the war fraud cases. The
promise of the Attorney-General to
promptly handle the war fraud cases is
precisely the same promise that the same
Attorney-General made TO the country
one long year ago"
Mr.. Woodruff .-aid he approved the
appointment of Representative c. Frank
Reavis tNeb.) and Mr.. McCulloch as
assistants to the Attorney General
But the members must always re-
member he added. that the Attorney
General, who for fourteen long months
has brought not one war CRATER TO
the bar of justice in the reorganization
OF his office. retains himself at all
times the right to say who shall and
who shall not be prosecuted.
II want to serve notice upon every
member of this House tina. IL any
member of the Attorney-General's de-
partment does not get the results he
now states he will get. If the Depart
ment o1 Justice does not operate IN
these cases. you will find me here when
Congress meets again. And / want to
say to you gentlemen who will have
an opportunity to go back home and
talk TO your people that you will come
here and sing different song from
that which some of you have been sing
ing to-day"
Daugherty Leaves Capital.
While all this was going on Mr..
Daugherty was announcing that he
would 20 into 'semi-retrement'' for
the present so he could devote all his
time to the prosecution Of the var
graft cases. with which he will have
full charge. The regular work of the
~. - s-f,. - 49,
= IDS of Guy d. Goff. Assistant At
lorney General
Mr.. Daugherty left Washington to-
night for Chicago to deliver an address
before the Illinois Bar Association and.
incidentally. to confer with Francis e
McGovern. formerly Governor of Wis
consin. whom he desires to employ as
one of the Department Justice staff
to conduct certain phases OF the prose-
cutions. 1t Is expected. also, that they
will have further conference with
Charles S. Dineen, former Governor OF
Illinois, whose services also are sought.
II never have made the threat that
the Government would send a single man
to prison or that a single dollar would
be recovered from those charged with
profiteering during the war;" Mr.. Daugh-
erty declared, in outlining the work he
has undertaken to direct. I'VE cannot
make threats and conduct business in
an orderly fashion.
but we will! do everything within
our power so that Justice may pre-
vail. We are not indulging, in times
like these, in great promises.
You may be sure in the end 1t will
be found the interferences with our
work are due to reasons other than
those frequently given to the public.
Such charges as have been made werXz
to be expected. We are not surprised,
nor discouraged"