The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-18
Show Department of Justice Mere
Tool of the Burns Dick AgeI

Tor me TO write and tell you
it all means. The Governor +
bit of an idea from his last
here, but it has grown immep
since then.
All Reports to D. Of J.
Meetings have been held 8
weekly, and altho have not /
an attendant at these meeting
vet, they expect to build all VI
the one plan which was expla
to the Governor on his visit h
viz: that the Los Angeles o.
will put the under cover invest
tors to work, and copies Of all
ports are to be supplied to the
partment Of Justice, or, in fact
the Governor personally. The
partment Of Justice is to hav,
man who is fully versed on rad
situations in Los Angeles, and
Governor is to handle the rad
situation after we have obtaiI
the information.
$40 A Day.
This is situation on whicl
have written the New York OF
many letters. / have not been
ting my share Of the work, owl
to the fact that ours is a $40
diem rate, while other agencies
taking this work for SO, Sc, and
low as SIS day; and again mi
admit that we have the cheap
bunch Of Skates" calling the
selves business men in Southe
California that l, or any other b
man, has ever, come in contact vii
but they have become educated a
realize that the lower rates tn
have been obtaining have been COZ
ing them ten times more than
really looked to them, as the
agencies who are doing the cheap
class of work have realized that
less they cause trouble they cou
not keep their work going.
Merchants and Manufacturers.
We have, even gone so far tn;
the M. & M. have been told TIL,
they must take their UNDERGONE
service out Of the district. II hs
practically come to a stage wher
the Merchants and Manufacturer
Association will be ruined and pu
out of business if they do not pa
attention to what we have to SAY
In fact, l wrote a letter to the Gov
ernor about one month after he LEI
Los Angeles, showing where MI
Hayes Rice, head of the Manufac
urers' Association was automatica'
ly dropped from the committees o
which he was serving for the inter
ests Of the business people, OWN
to his having raised an argument o
trying to start trouble after tn
Governor had delivered a talk.
"Cause Trouble"
mo need Of my going into ID
tails Of the 'brotherly love- held b
the M. & M. against the Burns d.
tective Agency, but we have sti
done our work in an upright maj
ner, and the business men reali;
that the NJ. & NJ. have mad to eau,
trouble in order to keep themseIv,
going and to have something to +
port on.
81 held a lengthy conference vii
Mr.. Isadore B. Dockweiler toda,
He is a personal friend Of the Co
ernor's and is chairman of I'll
Democratic State Committee.
McAdoO and Burns.
"The outlook for the next Pres
Dental campaign is Harding on I'll
Republican ticket, and, most likel,
Hiram johnson on the Progressiv
ticket. If such be the case. It
going to be a very tight race b
tween McAdoo and Harding, wit
McAdoo a slight favorite.
"Mr. Dockweiler informed n,
that should the Democrats win tn
election and McAdoo be electe
President he would personally dc
mand Of McAdoo that the Governo
again be placed in charge of tn
Department of Justice. There
absolutely no question that shoul
Harding be reelected the Governo
would, again, stay where he is.
"Yours very truly, G.. p. PROSS.
("The Governor" of course,
William j. Burns).
"a large amount Of additional da
is in possession of the Industri
Workers of the World and is expect
to be made public within few days