San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-28
WHEELER AND BROOKHART

Former Attorney-General Daugherty
has issued series of statements in
which he has delivered some telling
blows at Senators Wheeler and Brook
hart, the presiding geniuses of the COM
mittee which has been Investigating
Mr.. Daugherty for the last few weeks
In one of his statements Mr.. Daugh-
erty points out that both Wheeler and
Brookhart went to Russia to "investi-
gate" the affairs of soviet Russia. Both
returned to America converted to the
ideals and principles of the soviets and
both have urged that the United States
officially recognize Russia.
Mr.. Daugherty has also declared that
the files of the Department of Justice,
which both Wheeler and Brookhart de-
manded he should surrender to the Gin
vestigation" committee. are full of proof
Of the activities of the Russian COM
munists directed against the institu-
tons of the United States. In effect,
he declares that both Senators Brook
hart and Wheeler are instruments in the
hands of the soviets which are directing
subtle attack against America and its
standards and theories of government
If anybody were to conduct an in
vestigation of these two senators along
the line and according to the methods
they have used in conducting their in
vestigations, all that would be necessary
would be to declare them guilty in ad-
vance of any inquiry and then throw
them out of the Senate. They have
beer free with their declarations of guilt
before witnesses for the defense have
been heard and their methods have been
disgustingly unfair from the start.
However, fortunately for the two sena-
tors, the great mass of the American
people is more fond of justice than they
have ever shown themselves to be and
is more disposed to show fair play than
they have ever been. 1t is therefore not
in order to declare these two senators
guilty of aiding Russia in its attacks
upon our republican form of government,
although there is natural temptation
to treat them in the same manner in
which they have treated others whose
guilt was no more proved than theirs
has been. 1t is however, entirely proper
to point out that both men have been
sympathetic with the Russian govern
ment and then to show what sort of An
affair this same Russian government is
1t will be recalled that, a short time
ago. Russia sent delegation to Eng.
land for the purpose of negotiating sonC
sort of a treaty with Great Britain, anc
especially to adjust the claims and coun
ter claims the two nations have agains
each other.
The meeting between the two nations
was opened by Premier Macdonald il
a speech in which he warned the Rus
slams not to attempt any soviet propa
ganda while they were in England.
It is now openly admitted in Rus
STA that the conference will have no tan
gible results. but it is the intention O
Russia to draw out the negotiations t,
as great length as possible, maxim,
use of every opportunity to stress III
peaceful aims" of the soviets.
The leading communists-Zinoviefi
Kameneff, Trotsky and others-continu
to assure their audiences that they will
hoodwink the British bourgeose an,
its leader, Macdonald. Zinovieff ha
addressed a message to British com