The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-22
'GOvERNMEN 7
is CORRUPT,
ANDERLIP
Banker, Sued For Libel, Hits
wholesale Dishonesty"
Especial to The Daily worisr)

Corruption has attacked the
government at It's heart"
charges Frank L. VanderIip in
a statement following the
$500, 900 libel action brought
against him by Louis H. Brush
and Roy d. Moore, purchasers
of the late President Harding's
Marion Star.
The former head of the
National City Bank called for
a thoro house cleaning of the
! Washington government. He
pointed his finger at the fact
that there had been no court
proceedings against the man
agement of the Alien Property
Administration and he de-
nounced the failure to prose
cute the wholesale dishon-
! esty" of the veterans bureau.
Welcomes Court Proceedings.
"The courts are an effective means
to bring out facts. / therefore well
come This court proceeding" Wander
lips statement begins. II hope that
it is the forerunner Of other court
! proceedings. There is nothing this
country needs SO much at the mo-
ment as some court proceedings ini-
tiated by grand juries and pressed by
incorruptible prosecuting attorneys.
twenty-five months ago, in April,
1922, the senate by unanimous resolu-
ton, called for the facts in the Tea
pot Dome leases. That resolution
was so framed that the red flag of
suspicion was run up. For weeks no
answer at all was received and none
was urgently pressed for, and there
after, until quite recently, the search
| for the facts was made without
vigor. What were the newspapers
doing for % months? What was
Senator Walsh doing? 1t looks as
if somebody had been asleep at the
switch, or perhaps asphyxiated at
the switch. At least no court pro-
ceedings have yet resulted from the
Teapot Dome situation.
"Wholesale Dishonesty"
"Nor have there been, so far as I
am aware, any court proceedings ini-
tiated as result Of the criminal mis-
management of the veterans bureau.
The wholesale dishonesty there is not
a matter of rumor, it is a matter
of official record in the committee
proceedings and the proceedings Of
congress and Mr.. Forbes and his
friends have as yet encountered no
court proceedings.
"There have been no court proceed
ings nor even a thoro investigation
of the alien property administration.
There are other directions in which
court proceedings would be admir-
able.
Congress today is spending its
time solemniy and partisanly debat-
ing an income tax measure. It is
like discussing the size of a faucet
you would put in a barrel leaking
between half the slaves. If we can
have honest administration of the
taxes that are collected, the rate Of
income tax will take care Of itself.
Worse Than Foreign Foe.
"If this country were invaded by
an alien foe and were young man
/ believe I would offer myself fsr
its defense. II has been attacked
by something more dangerous than
a military invasion by foreign foe.
corruption has attacked the gov
eminent at its heart.
81 believe that the facts are not
fully presented to the country and
even when presented are not being
acted upon"
|
Vanderlip Sued for 100000.
NEW YORK, Feb. 21.-Louis II.
Brush and Roy d, Moore, owners of
the Marion, Ohio, Star, have brought
suit for 100000 against Frank A.
Vanderlip, New York financier and
former president Of the National
City Bank, charging his speech Of
February IL, in which he declared
the Marion Star was purcs.aNu3 from
President Harding at figure twice
its value, impugned not only their
own character, but the character Of
Tho late y,rocfdar<