Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-10-22
DEPARTMENT Of
JUSTICE CHIEF
DEFENDS RECORD
A 7 WASHINGTON
Attorney General Daugher-
ty Gives an Accounting
Of His Stewardship in a
Speech at Canton, 0,
INJUNCTION USED AS
LEAST DRASTIC MEANS
Bureau viii Proceed to
Perform Its Duties as It
Sees Them, Under the
Constitution, He Says,

Canton, O., Oct. 21 (by the AS
sociated Press Making his only
campaign speech to the voters Of
his home state, Attorney General
Daugherty tonight gave an account
ing of his stewardship at Washing
ton, defended his course in the
Chicago injunction proceedings
and in the prosecution of war
frauds and declared that despite
accusation and calumny' the de-
partment OF justice would proceed
10 perform its duties as 1T sees
them under the constitution.
In the strike emergency, the at
torney general said, the federal
government used the injunction as
the least drastic means at hanu
for rescuing the country from the
grin of civil war" He ascribed
some of the blame to "the radical
ism and character" of prominent
labor leaders, and some of 1t to
hard boiled" railway executives,
and asserted that any attorney gen
eral who would not have acted un-
der the circumstances should
be impeached."
Real Purpose OF Attacks.
Declaring the real purpose or
attacks on the departments record
in war frauds investigation was to
force the hand of the government
and prematurely disclose impor-
tant evidence, Mr.. Daugherty sald
such assaults had been inspired
not by the departments inactiv-
ity, but because tender spots had
been touched by the suits already
under way. -.
1--WE would have heard little criti-
cism of the department of justice,
he said, "had it not been discovered
that a case like the Chemical toun-
dation, for instance, Gn which val
uable patents were assigned by pub
lie officials to companies which
they themselves had organized)
was under investigation and the
part played by those involved also
vas being scrutiBiged hy govern
fnent' agents.
"And let me here. without CIV
ing an intimation as to who the
men were, let me suggest that !
have had the unique experience OF
sitting in the department OF JUS
tice and listening to the story OF
a. man formerly connected with
the government and hearing pa
tiently his pleas for certain fairly
legal concessions, when at the
same time, in the city of New
York, another former official, one
of his associates was busily engag-
making connections in order that
the attacks upon the department
OF justice and the government
might be increased, reinforced ana
successfully continued.
Can Give Names.
Il can give the names OF these
parties if ever they lift their voic-
es to dispute this statement, but
unless [ am authorized by them
ia do so. | should like to go
through this investigation without
prematurely mentioning names eX-
cept in the orderly process OF
court proceedings, Their names,
however, will be found in connec-
ton with certain litigation where
In some of the most important
questions and some Of the most
questionable transactions and some
OF the most valuable properties in
the world are in dispute, and the
right and wrong of the transac-
tions connected with the transfer
OF certain property must be de-
termined in a court of Justice
III Difficulties Encountered.
The attorney general recounted
fraud prosecutions in the face OF
scattered evidence which he said
the previous administration did
not avail itself when the time was
opportuue. He said his own ad-
ministratton had gone to work as
soon as it was installed.
''As soon as it became known
how effectually the work was GO
ing on" he continued, the storm
broke. The opposition Of the
crooks was conducted behind
smoke screen OF caIumny, created
for their own escape, and the real
reason for the attack was. in every
instance, withheld. The very men
against whom both civil and crim-
inal proceedings have been brought
were using the ignorant and the
notoriety seeker to make charges
in the open that nothing was being
done by the department of justice.
"The real reason for their activ-
ity was the fact that things werel
being done. What did any mans
reputation, his character. his life
even, amount to il it stood in the
way of their corrupt defense But
we have gone through It all and