The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-15
CAPT. OIL is.
AMAZED over
MEANS STORY
Astounding Tale Of Government
Graft Is Told
Especial to The Daily worker)
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In the most astounding story
ever told a congressional COM
mittee, CASTOR B. Means, for
mer Department of Justice
agent, today barred before the
Senate's Daugherty investigat-
ing committee the details of
alleged secret Investigations Of
cabinet members and congress-
men, collections Of huge sums
of money and other cIandestine
activities which, he said, were
directed by Jess Smith, Daugh-
erty's intimate friend, from an
Office in the department.
100000 Bride From Jap.
Means story formed an
amazing sequel to the sketchy
details of similar IDEALS" al
ready outlined by Roxie Stin-
son, Smiths divorced wife.
With breath-taking rapidity Means
made these revelations" and
"charges:"
THAT he had collected $780,
900 from "A Jap from the Mitsui
Company" in connection with the
Standard Aircraft Company case
which was before the Department Of
Justice for prosecution, and that he
turned the money over to Jess Smith.
The Aircraft case was afterward
transferred to the war department.
Miss Stinson yesterday told how
Smith one time had rs $1,000 bilIs.)
Harding Trails Mellon.
2.-That the late President Hard
ing had ordered him to investigate
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon af-
tier reports reached Harding that
Mellon had entered arrangements for
the issuance of certain permits"
3.-That he had investigated Sena-
tors LaFollette Of Wisconsin, Cara
way of Arkansas, Bruce of Maryland
at the request of Jess Smith and Sem
ator LaFollette, after he had intro
duced his resolution for investigation
of the Teapot Dome lease.
4.-That he had once been sus-
pended as a department agent after
"a cabinet officer" had protested that
he was ''too active in Investigating
oil matters in Mexico"
5.-That he was assigned to in
vestigate sale of models of United
States airplanes to the Japanese gov
eminent.
Means said his attorney, Col. Fell
der, warned him yesterday not to 20
on the witness stand because "the
powers that were after me were
omnipotent and if l went on the stand
| would be indicted on any number
of things. Sidney Bieber, Of Wash
ington, came and told me ! should
not hurt the attorney general nor
the republican party"
Dempsey Fight Graft.
Means said he handled money
~'paid over for showing the Dempsey
Carpenter fight films" and turned
this money over to Jess Smith. Roxie
Stinson told the committee yesterday
Smith told her he was $500 in the
fight film deal"
President Harding and Secretary
Hughes, he said, were present at a
showing of the film at E. B. McLean's
house in Washington.
what under cover investigation
did you make for President Harding
in New York;"
Leading up from investigations
we had made in Washington that Sec
rotary Mellon had gone into an agree
ment to furnish certain permits. We
did not catch him that time. He
slipped thru our fingers"
who paid your"
"Jess Smith. Sometimes Under
wood"
81 had Miss Laura Jacobsen inves-
tigating Senator Caraway, Arkansas"
"At whose direction?"
Jess Smiths"
"At the time he was attacking the
Attorney General?"
Eyes, and President Harding"
Means said that Everybody was in
vestigating at some time or other"
do financial interests have candi-
dates for president investigator"
"Yes, they want to know what they
are up to-"
WAS the purpose Of the investiga-
ton of Senator LaFollette to stop the
senate investigation Of Teapot
Dome7"
Burglsrized Office.
"They wanted to know what he
had"
What do you mean by going thru
Senator LaFollctte's object"
Find out what mail comes in, what
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