The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-06
Net Closing Around At- torney General-White
 House Officials Act
KENYON MENTIONED AS LIKELY CHOICE
Decision Follows Long Secret Senate Conference And
 Visit By BOrah
CHICAGO DISCLOSURES
 BASIS FOR COMPLAINT
PrObers Hear Crim-Ohioon Disqualified, Is Belief Held
 By Many Opponents

MIAMI, Fla. March 5.-Attor-
 ney General Daugherty left Miami
 at 1925 o'clock tonight for Wash
 ingt0n, without making statement
 on dispatches from Washington that
 his immediate retirement from the
 cabinet is impending. Those close
 to the Attorney General said that
 there twas nothing new in the dis
 patches" to the cabinet member,
 and that he would not make
 statement or talk for publication
 on the latest developments in the
 case. The Attorney General has
 had reservations since yesterday.
 WASHINGTON, March 5.-(B. Associated Press. )-The question of At torney General Daugherty's immediat retirement from the cabinet is agaii receiving serious consideration.
 The situation today suddenly deve. oped to a point where the selection ol a successor was taken under adyisemeEs at the White House.
 Those under consideration for tb post include William $. Kenyon, forme senator and now justice of the Eight United States circuit court of appeals Frank S. Dietrich, federal district jude of Idaho. and Curtis D. Wilbur, chfe justice of the supreme court of Call fornia.
 Steps have been taken indirectly to ascertain from each of the three men named whether he would accept if az pointed. but no definite selection he been made.
 One of the factors which have agai brought the question to an acute issu was the situation resulting from di; closures in the recent Veterans burea grand jury investigation at Chicago.
 A Senate committee conferred behin closed doors for nearly three hours wit. John W. H. Grim, who conducted tha Chicago inquiry.
 Some of these disclosures, aceordiD to information laid before Presidei Coolidge, relate to matters over whit Mir. Daugherty has had at least techn cal Jurisdiction as head of the depar ment of justice and in which person close to him were said to be inyQlyed
 PFObers Hear Griia Coincidentl with the renewal of rr ports that President Coolidge was again giving attention to the question of rr moving MT. Daugherty from office, ti Senate investigating committee eo' ferred behind closed doors for near three hours with John w. H. Crir special federal counsel in charge of u veterans bureau criminal investigatio before the Chicago grand jury.
 A further development today was ai other conference between Preside,. Coolidge and Senator BOrah of Idaho, prominent in the recent movement among republican leaders for the re- moval of Mir. Daugherty. Senats Borah refused to discuss the subjes of his White House call, but it was be- lieved to be in connection with fr newed consideration of the,- cabins status of Mir. DaughertE, II
 Several important leads' and tb names of departments of justice off cials and others believed to have il formation of interest to the committe. were said by members to have been di.- closed during Mir Crim's long talk with the senators. After conferring with tn entire Senate committee, Mir. Grim ha a long conference alone with Senate Moses of New Hampshire, prominent N administration affairs. who earlier the day had talked with Mir. Coolidgt
 Much evidence given in the Chicag grand jury room, which has not yf been made public, is said to be in th possession of President Coolidge, afs all of it that is pertinent will be ar4 piled in his reconsideration of the queh- tion of MT. Daughterty's continuance is the cabinet. Another factor to be cor sidered is whether Mir. Daugherty, LII der fire in the Senate investigation an engrossed with that fight, will be abi tI function as Attorney General up {. the requirement. of that office.
 Committee Still Active
 The Senate committee still hopes r. open it's hearings early next week, but Chairman Brookhart and Senator Wheeler. democrat, Montana, author t' the resolution of inquiry, said toda there might be delay of one or two day, Senator. Wheeler is daily engaged wit many callers and is receiving complaint and information wkich are taxing h. time heavily.
 Committee procedure was discusse' further at today's meeting with Nil Grim, and it is still the present pla, to first take np the charges that the Attorney General has been negligent il enforcing the antitrust laws.
 With Attorney General Daugherty' affairs before both the White Hous and the Senate. the House today als took hand by adopting resolution calling upon the department of justic for information about the war fraud prosecution. One resolution by Repre- sentative Connally, democrat, Texas called for the names and compensation of special attorneys engaged in the war fraud section and paid from the $500. GOO fund appropriated annually for tn, last two years. Another resolution b, Representative Howard. democrat, Ne braska. called for similar information regarding the numbers prosecuted il the fraud cases and the settlement. made with and without prosecutions.