Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-03-04
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Affairs Of Attorney General
Are to Be Probed by Board
Headed by Brookhart Of
Iowa

WASHINGTON, March Head.
ed by Republican insurgent of the
La Toilette group, Senator Brook
hart, of Iowa, a special senate COM
mittee will begin an investigation
Monday of Attorney General Daugh-
erty and his administration of the
department of justice.
The inquiry expected to rival the
oil investigation in its ralnifica-
tons, was ordered Saturday by the
senate in adopting the resolution
! Of Senator Wheeler, Democrat, Mon.
tana. The vote was &C to 1, Sena-
tor Elkins, Republican, West Vir.
| Sln1a, standing alone i'll opposition.
| The choice of Senator Brookhart
| for chairman came in a spectacular
| climax to two days of bitter debate
He was nominated by Senator La
| Toilette, of Wisconsin, leader of the
Republican insurgents, after having
! been selected originally by Senator
| Wheeler.
The regular Republican organiza-
ton abandoned it's effort to retain
control of the committee, and con-
| tented itself with nominating Sena-
| tors Moses, New Hampshire, and
! Jones, Washington, while Senator
Robinson, of Arkansas, the DEM
! ocratic leader, nominated Senators
| Wheeler and Ashurst, Arizona. as
committeeman. No other nomina-
tions were forthcoming after long
and dramatic pause, and the slate,
as agreed upon by Senator Wheeler
after conferences with Senators La
Toilette and Robinson, wenc
| through without a roll CALL Pri-
vately, Republican leaders said they
| regarded it as useless to oppose the
| nsurgent-Democratic coalition.
Daugherty's Lawyers Busy
! After an adoption Of the Wheel.
err resolutions, attorneys for the at
! torney general, Paul Rowland, OF
| Cleveland, and former Senator
George e. Chamberlain, OF Oregon,
sent formal letters to each member
| Of the special committee, requesting
the privilege of being present at
| all hearings, of examining all wit.
| nesses, of presenting independent
| evidence, on having processes is-
sued for witnesses and of presents
| ing oral and written arguments.
They gave assurances of the as
sistance of every agency and fa-
cililty of the department OF justice.
Chairman Brookhart said tonight
that the committee would meet
Monday to draw up plan Of pro.
cedure, and would proceed las
speedily as possible" in it's long
task, which is expected to take
weeks if not months.
"There are masses Of papers to
L. Inn
said Senator Brookhart, sit is hoped
to begin the hearings in a very few
days, probably some time next
week"
While definite procedure is yet to
be determined, members Indicated
there would be no formal complaint.
with detailed specifications, drafted
and filed, as in the house impeach-
ment proceedings year ago against
Mr.. Daugherty, but that various
charges and complaints would 20
taken up as they developed with COM
mittee members and in the hearings.
The first field of inquiry is eXpecteU
to be the department of justice bu-
reau of investigation, headed by WI.
liam J. Burns, in connection with
the activities Of it's agents in severai
parts of the country.
Text of Resolution
Resolved, that committee OF
five senators, consisting Of three OF
the majority and two Of the minor
ity, be authorized and directed to in.
Vestigate circumstances and facts.
and report the same to the senate,
concerning the alleged failure OF
Harry M. Daugherty, attorney gen.
eral of the United States to prose-
cute properly violators of the Sher-
man antitrust act and the Clayton
act against monopolies and unlawful
restrsint Of trade; the alleged neglect
and failure Of said Harry M. Daugh-
erty, attorney general Of the United
States, to arrest and prosecute Al
bert Z. Fall, Harry +. Sinclair, z. L.
Doheny, G. K. Forbes and their co.
conspirators in defrauding the gov.
eminent as well as the alleged neg
'ect and failure Of the said attorney
general to arrest and prosecute many
others for violations Of federal stat
utes, and his alleged failure to pres.
ecute properly, efficiently and
promptly and defend all manner of
civil and criminal actions wherein
the government Of the United States
is Interested as Il party plaintiff or
defendant. And said committee is
further directed to induire into, in.
vestigate and report to the senate the
activities Of the said Harry M.
Daugherty, attorney general, and
any of his assistants in the depart
ment Of justice which would IN any
manner tend to impair their efficien-
cy or influence as representatives OF
the government Of the United
States. The said committee above
referred to and the chairman there
of, shall be selected by the senate Of
the United States"
Virtually unlimited Jurisdiction to
il. cstigate-~afairs relating to Mr..
Daugherty and the department OF
justice is given under the senate
resolution, which as finally adopted,
provides:
The senate, without opposition, ac-
cepted a slate agreed on earlier by
Senators LaFollette and Robinson.
and elected the following. commit
tee:
Brookhart, Iowa, chairman; Jones.
Washington; Moses, New Hampshire.
Republican; Ashurst. Arizona, and
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