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continued from First rage.
Organization" he said. "they Wouldn't
need me at Chicago as a special at
torney."
with a district attorney and seven :
teen assistants at Chicago he ex-
planned, Il found that in the fiscal
year 1922 they tried twenty-five jury
cases.
That meant inefficient administra-
tion?" asked Chairman Brookhart.
That meant utter demorafization,'
Mr. Grim returned. II tried to rem
Improvement since. 1t took good
long time to get change"
Explains Lack of Progress.
The chairman asked why progress
had been so slow, and the witness re-
piled that members of Congress and
of the political organization. and,
finally, the President, had to be con-
sidered.
The fact is, the former United
States attorney at Chicago was per-
fectly satisfactory to the political
regimer' suggested Senator Wheeler.
That may be SO, but l don't know
thing to do with the office of United
States attorney but to get it out of
politics and above this turmoil. The
burden of new criminal laws has null
tiplied officials, and yet to enforce the
law you must have simple processes.
where the light of publicity and the
fixing of responsibility is possible"
Mr.. Grim suggested that in the in
terest of simplicity there should be
two assistant attorneys general one
to handle criminal and one civil cases
through the district attorneys. There
are too many assistant attorneys gen.
eral now" he declared.
Would Hold Heads Rexponsible.
Get the two division heads, hold
them responsible for results he
said. land if they don't get them,
let them go"
Under the present system, Mr.. Grim
said. every important case that
comes up in the United States is
taken away from the district attor-
ney."
1T comes down here. to be handled
by men 1000 or 5000 miles away
from the scene of the action" he
continued. IF you would take the
money that is being spent in Wash
ington on special attorneys and give
it to the district attorneys, you'd pay
dividends.
Il was in the bureau of investi-
cation. I've watched it grow up. I
think you'd be better off If you would
do away with nine-tenths of it Its
evils are SO apparent that it's not
function of it is for some rascal to
find out what the government is
doing"
There isn't any merit in it. In
the old days the United States Dis
trict Attorney used to go out and
special assistant to the Attorney
General is jumping into his auto at
pm to go play golf. while an agent
is supposed to be looking up his evil
dence. That's true in too many in
stances"
Hits Special Agents.
Grim suggested fifty or seventy
five high-class specialists in accounts,
needed.
But when you get these special
agents. picked up anywhere, armed
with a commission of the United
States government" he said, they
make an alliance with somebody over
in the Treasury Department and
you've got a den Of inquity in the
making, situation tha paralyzes
nho ooAiioA oIZcS I.
Chairman Brookhart suggested that
Attorney General Stone was cutting
down the espionage system"
I'D cut it down nine-tenths right
now" Grim replied
Chairman Brookhart asked about the
departments interest in red propa-
ganda.
"Oh. back in 1921. there were some
OF these fellows interested in reds
who talked to me for week or ten
days." Grim said. 1T would come up
again every once in a while, but in all
the red agitation they never brought
me evidence"
Who is theyT asked Paul How
land, counsel for former Attorney Gem
eral Daugherty.
Societies, institutions" Grim replied,
who would bring me a report Of some
wild talk of individuals whom they
wanted ARRESTED"
Know about the Wall street bomb
case? asked the chairman.
II don't know anything about the
cause Of that?" Grim replied.
Senator Brookhart asked if the ex-