The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-18
POLITICS BLAMED BY WlLLEBRANDT
 FOR DRY FAILURE
Was Unhampered By Chief, Woman Attor-
 ney Tells Committee

WASHINGTON, June 17.--As the chief official of the Department of Jus .tice charged with enforcing prohibition, Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, as- sistant Attorney General, submitted defense of the laws administration to- day before the Senate Daugherty in- vestigating committee.
 Many times in the prolonged hear ings witnesses have made charges against the enforcement regime and Mrs. Willebrandt went into details of these accusations.
 The point am making, Mrs. Willie brandt said, lis that many witnesses have given testimony against the De partment Justice when in fact their real grievance lay against another branch of the government"
 Several times she told Senator Wheeler, democrat, Montana, the com mittee prosecutor" to wait minute" when he sought to intervene in her spirited account. Senator Wheeler final. ly broke in.
 "Oh, know that this whisky busi, ness is continually kicked around be- tween the prohibition unit and the De partment of Justice" he said, but the Department of Justice has responsibil- ity which 1t cannot evade and has { $2,000, 900 annual appropriation for de- tacting crime"
 ''Yes, and the prohibition unit is given $13,000,OOO," Mrs. Willebrandt exclaimed.
 4 more spirited phase of Mrs. Willie brandt's examination was entered upon when the names of George Remus, whose Ohio bootlegging operations in N~aIur Al af huge quantities of liquor before he Jess Smith, to whom Remus testified he paid about $250,000 in bribe money were brought in. She said Remus had fought conviction ''clear along the line up to the White House.
 "I'll be frank with you she con. tinued. "A request for a stay of sentence in Remus' behalf was sent to the White House by Senator Reed, democrat, Missouri following a visit to the White House, which Senator Reed made. The department was then asked to make report"
 Senator Jones, republican, Wash. iington, asked if Mrs. Willebrandt un- der Attorney General Daugherty's ad- ministration had ever found herself hampered in seeking to enforce the pro- hibition.
 My hands were never tied in any respect" she asserted. Mir. Daugherty did not interfere. He stood back of me when l got awfully hard pressed"
 Who brought the pressure?" Sen ator Jones, republican, Washington, asked.
 Senators, congressman and attor- neys," she retorted, seeking postpone ment, delays in prosecution. Mir. Daugh- erty stood by me in every instance but one"
 What was the relation of Jess Smith to MT. Daugherty?" Senator Jones queried
 = T thought he was a kind of glori. fled personal servant" Mrs. Willebrandt responded. He bought tickets, carried the Attorney Generals brief cases, had something of the status of valet per haps or personal servant"
 Did Mir. Daugherty ever tell you how he treated him?" Senator Jones asked.
 'Yes, in one instance" Mrs. Willie brandt responded. MT. Daugherty's eyes were bothering him and Mir. Smith brought me memoranda about some Ohio case. This suggested that I do something or other about the matter ! think it was q postponement he wanted, but paid little attention to 1t, Later l spoke to Mir. Daugherty and he said:
 Oh, don't pay any attention to Jess. If I've got any instructions to give you I'll give them myself. There's a telephone on my desk