The Connecticut labor news., 1924-03-08
THE PRESIDENT TO MR. MLEAN

Things developed fast and furious this week in the Oil Scandal at Washington, the crowning sensation of which the dragging in of President Calvin Cool dges into the inquiry through telegrams he sent to Publisher Mclean of the Washington Post friend of Fall and his ange' financially in the up of the $1OOOOO loan Not President Coolidges most bit ter political enemy will for the moment suggest that the presidents hands also smeared with the oil lease graft money but certainly from the tenor of the telegrams and following explanations from the White House that did not explain very much must certainly appear that the president considerably interested Ill the gomgs on
 On the heels of the linking of the presidents name with the telegrams came sudden order to Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty recuperatng m Florida to return to Washington and this promptly taken as assurance that Mr. Coolidge had finally weakened to the demands of Daugherys opponents and was to re- quest his retirement from the cabmet load too bg for the administration carry. Prompt action in that line to the administration political face this writing the country anxiousy awaiting Just such decision will relieve the attorney general of his duties. Meantime congressional committee of senators is waiting for Daugherty to show up and If the pres- dent doesn't fire him then in all lkhood the senate will impeach him if the dispatches from Washington any criterion These dispatches cannot be said either to be basic they broadcased by the very interests most friendly to Daugherty and his crowd
 The entire has become the most displaceful ep sode in American history and leading the general pub lie to ask if there any really honest among lawmakers. Aside from the officials already cast into odum the oil scandal two members of congress have also been accused of taking brbes i'll the Veterans bureau affairs and from the amount of sush being dug by the several probes under way only God knows where the end is and He perhaps won't tell. -.
 A week ago with great glee the opponents of William Gibbs McAdoo chortlng throughout the country he had been retained private lawyer by the Doheny oil and declared that he therefore barred as candidate for the presidency His fee large it admitted and perhaps out of proportion to the services rendered but had nothing to do with official business of the government but grasped upon as means to eliminate him.
 Now comes the leading and undoubtedly probable can ddate for the Republican nomination. Calvin Coolidge president mixed with Mclean just about as the lat being ubpoenaed to appear before the probers He asks him bluntly with whom he should confer and tells him to advise the presidents executive secretary s. Bascom Slemp, who very frequently III Florda for he testified before the committee, but for other purposes it develops. Mr. Secretary was dining and perhaps wning with Mr. Mclean, MT. Fall and the others the president wasn't far out of touch with the situation, especially it has been disclosed that White House attaches were running the wires to Mclean.
 Perhaps the best part of the weeks doings the implication of that arch foe of Labor, William Burns, head of the secret Burns apparently play the game for the grafters and through his conden tal secretary keeping them informed of the dongs of his department, rather the non-domgs for 1t IS claimed by the senate committee that Burns nor his agents assisted them b The protege of the attor ney general Burns certainly made good so far as his boss and his crowds concerned and with the ex- pected retirement of Mr. Daugherty his hat should be handed him at the time and he shown the way It's been long time coming to such gentlemen as MT. Burns, master mind of detective fiction great department of justice Perhaps Daugherty get him
 job with anti-unon interests again but the opinion pre- vas in financial circles that Burns about done there aIso much of his evidence in past having been discredited.
 The whole thing summarized looks like as if what the country needs is general cleanout at Washington. Populations have gone like straws in gale during the last few months and meantime Congress ags because turmoil such that nobody get down to business Although in session three months not constructive law has been passed, not the tax bill which going to relieve the countrybefore the next eectionhaving been completed.
 There's something rotten behind it all and it isn't in