Arizona republican., 1922-05-16
HOUSE PAvES
WAY To BIG
FIGHT ON WAR
PR0F|TEERS
$500, 900 Appropriated For
Investigation And Prose-
cution Of War Fraud
Cases By Daugherty
Republican A. p. Leased Wlrel

WASHINGTON, May 15.-The
house cleared the road today for
what some members described as
IAN unrelenting prosecution of war
grafters' when it put through and
sent to the senate a bill appropriat-
ing S500,000 for investigation and
prosecution of war fraud cases by
the department of justice and passed
a senate bill for an additional grand
jury in the District of Columbia
before the attorney general may pre-
sent evidence in his fight for in
dictments.
Attorney General Daugherty had
requested speedy action on both
measures.
Some men "who think they have
power in the nation today will find
themselves behind the bars" as a
result of the activity of Attorney
General Daugherty. declared Chair
man Madden of the appropriations
committee in urging him to stand up
and give him what he had asked.
Supporting the chairman in his plea,
Representative Connally, Democratic
member from Texas, said he wanted
the government to get the grafters
in the flesh and not in the ifagina
ton. whether they were Democrats
or Republicans.
But before the next campaign, So
said Mr. Connally Il hope the de-
partment of justice will get one
man, put him in a cage, and ex-
hibit him throughout the country
and over his cage, as it is hauled
from state to state, they ought to
put q big sign with the words
Here's that CRATER we caught out
of 10000 cases."
In view of the attorney generals
statement that the United States
stood to recover $192,000,000, Mr..
Byrnes of Tennessee insisted that
Director Dawes of the budget bu-
reau should have come to congress
long ago for funds since the attor-
ney general had not made the re-
quest until the other day.
AS Joint author of the Woodruff
Johnson resolution for the investi-
cation, Representative Woodruff,
Republican. Michigan, told the house
that his vote for the appropriation
measure in no way affected my
determination to press for action
upon the resolution" The public,
MIR. Woodruff said, had somehow
gained the impression that atten-
tion had been directed only to the
Borsch Magnetic and Chemical
tigation committee or the depart
ment of justice, il it operates, will
find others just as reprehensible."
There was a sharp exchange be-
tween Moore of Virginia and Chair
man Campbell of the rules commit
tee, who with other Republican and
Democratic members voted to give
the resolution privileged status over
the chairman's failure TO call it up
in the house.
representative King. Republican,
Illinois, declared if the department
of justice institutes genuine cam
paigns against war grafters, con-
gress will have to create multi
tude of new Jail apartment houses
for them" Criticising the dismissal
by the attorney general of w. o.
Watts, a special agent of the de-
partment of justice, Mr.. King de-
clared Watts, with II years of
service in the army" refused to ap-
prove fraudulent sales and then was
discharged because he did his plain
duty against these irregularities.
Il am surprised and gratified" he
added, that Watts got away from
the department with his records,
and 1 congratulate him."