Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-03-31
RESUME PROBE
Of DAUGHERTY
Committee Decides to Go on
Despite Fact Attorney
General Has Resigned

WASHINGTON, March S1.-The
senate Daugherty investigating COM
mittee decided today to continue its
inquiry despite Mr.. Daugherty's re-
tirement to private life.
At the same time committee men,
bers announced they intended to
hold CASTOR B. Means, former De-
partment of Justice investigator. in
attendance under a senate subpoena,
in spite of the issuance today of
bench warrant by the federal &C -rt
at New York ordering Means return
ed there to answer charges of con-
spiracy.
The committees immediate objec-
tive when it resumes hearings to-
morrow will be to clear up the facts
as to the Department of Justices
prosecution of war frauds and anti
trust cases.
When news was received of Judge
Garvin's order in New York for
Means arrest, the committee took
! up the subject in executive session.
This is an apparent attempt on
the part of H. c. Todd. the special
| assistant to the attorney general in
charge of Means prosecution, to
block this investigation said Sena-
tor. 1T is the committees purpose
to keep Means here as a witness and
to retain his services for the COM
mittee. OF course, that prosecution
at New York could be conducted at
any time
Means testified early in the COM
mittee's procedure, telling of money
payments made to Jess Smith in con-
I pppfinD with nprdinr~ "a
A decision on the motion before
/ the committee TO have Nal S. Daugh-
| erty, brother of the former attorney
general, cited TO the senate for con-
tempt, was postponed. The question
may be decided later today.
! At the opening hearing tomorrow
the committee will replace on the
witness stand H. L. Scaife, former
investigator for the government in
war fraud cases.
| President Coolidge, meanwhi,e, ;,
went forward with his survey of the
7 situation with a view to selecting a
! new attorney general. He is des-
cribed as feeling that the new attor-
| ney general must be a man thor
! oughly versed in law, possessed of
! administrative capacity and hold 8
Enthusiastically the public's confidence.
1t is understood however. that he has
not settled upon any individual
among the numeF, us names suggest
ed for the appointment.
The question of contempt proceed
/ ings against NJ. S. Daugherty,
brother of the former attorney gen.
! eral. was before the investigating
committee He failed to re 4
( when called under a subpoena last
week, and previously had refused to
/ open TO the committees agents all
records of the Midland National
Bank of Washington Court House.
| Ohio, of which he is president. He
| submitted a memorandum Saturday
! challenging the committees legal
right to require his presence.
! The committee also had an affi-
davit from A. F. Myers. a special
assistant to the attorney-general
fatty denying testimony given last
week by H. L. Scaife. who at one
time was attached to the Department
of Justice and assigned to investiga-
/ tion of aircraft audits. Myers spe-
! officially challenged Scaife's state
ments that he had blocked" inves-
| tigation "of the Standard Aircraft
| Company, or of any other company,
and that I was appointed to my po-
sition through the influence of Hon,
George w. Wickersham, attorney
for the Standard Aircraft Company. .