The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-06-03
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Miners Were Prosecuted.

lea 70 know. nave branded these
) ~ Miners We're Prosecuted. e*>
The coal miners were prosecuted,
under the wartime Lever act, in
spite OF : pledges that there would
be .no;Gsuth prosecutions: But here
comes big business, gouging the ma
ton during the war in worse than
bandit style and not a: single prose-
cutfonShas; been got underway. What
about ihis business? Are :, the, rich
immune? -, :, =, -. p
Attorney General Daughertys has
not yet brought a war fraud case
to trial. althoughs.t the names OF the
sratters are on the tongues OF every
American citizen. Since attacks have
been made on him he gives promise
of getting busy. He appointed for
mer Senator Charles S. Thomas of
Colorado: a Democrat and George
p. Hoover of Washington, within a.
week To- be his special assistants in
the belated prosecution of the war
graft cases. A special tribunal cre-
Ated by: Dausherty will review all
cases and 1--WE ed OUT some of them.
Investigators Dismissed.
1t is difficult foc the people to be-
come impressed with rDaugherty's
sincerity He has dismissed men in
his department specifically charged
with the prosecution of the war
fraud cases sand has tried to dis
credit ~thenl$in every way when they
took their information to congress.
Every man has his price, is the
illegal maxim which seems to in
spire the counsel for the war graft
,ers in warding off the government
prosecution which has been impend-
ing for several years. : :
r. Efforts to find the price of H:"L.
Scaife and w. O.~Watts and prevent
them from using the information.
they collected while Investigating
the war fraud cases for the depart
| ment of justice have failed. Daugh-
erty. got rid Of them. but. they have
| not been discredited, because. their
lrecords are, extraordinary as setv-
ants of the p6baic. ess :. H.. :.s..f -.
Daugherty sent Thomas B. Field
er, associated with = Daugherty in
procuring the release from. prison
! Of c. w. Morse, to Captain Scaife
| to talk over the, Bosch Magnetic Co.
case, which Scaife had investigated.
This occurred on May after Scaife
had resigned from the department
! Of, justice because he was disgusted
with conditions there. Fielder, at
! torney for the Bosch Magnetic group,
with whom sthe secretary Of war is-
alleged to have been involved, Of
fered Seattle a substantial retainer to
60 over to-: the side of the Bosch
Magnetic group. Captain Scaife turn
ed the correspondence over; to- con-
Pgress with: the statement that the
."impropriety Of the proposal Leon
slider reprehensible." What next?
! Refused to Become Millionaire.
! Why was Major w. O., Watts in
the black books of the 1eeches who
have been bleeding the U: s.. treas
ury? :, Why are: they trying to get"
him ?r>t zE:.s:' .. 90. X!
| Because he objected to the sale of
some So 200. 900 pounds of sugar at
] approximately - cents per pound
when the market price was 2sh
cents q pound. -: ri .,.s. .< -; g
Because he protested when S.
100000 worth of mosquito bar, was
sold to a. former officer- of the war
department for $780, 900 without
bids and with ten: months time al-
lowed for payment. :5.: !: +: IS: 4. ..:. ;s:...
Because he objected to the sale
Of Old Hickory plant, worth more
than 500, 900, 900, OF which no in
yentory. was available, to a hastily
organized corporation for. s., 500, 900
on time. and his efforts resulted in
bringing legal proceedings whichare
now pending. = :. > .f:.. :
! Because he exposed. e,5infamous
leather contract. whereby the United
States Harness Co.. was to obtain
from the government approximately
I $150,000,000 in surpl':.-S supplies at
(fromS1 to, 10 percent Of its value, q
! contract executed by army officers
who later resigned to enter the. har-
ness company. a contract so rank
that the president Of the United
States. when he. heard of 1t. voided
It, fdr fraud. and: the case Is now
!, pending in the courts.
Because he could now be . mill
lonaire by following the example OF
certain army officers. 81 s5sSs .s1sS .$Ess
4 Because he exported to his supe-
l; rior officers all sirregularitiess which
q were going; on and made recordseof
sstHhem, to. the discomfort OF his supe-
u rfor officers in many instances.
a Because, in short, he remained
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