Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-04-17
VanderIip Sees Work
for Citizen Committees
ORGANIZATION WILL PRODUCE
EVIDENCE FOR EARNEST" IN
vEsTIGATlNG> COMMITTEES
BY W. H. CLAGETT

What is the Citizens Federal Re,
search bureau?
what is the idea back of it?"
who is responsible for it?''
What does it hope to achieve ?"
These questions are daily rolling
INTO the National Capital In incIeas-
Jug vOlume.
answering those questions
The Citizens FederaI Research Bur
eau CLAIMS organization tree from all
political or renglous connecGlons and
IS open to all Citizens who care to
Join. Its headquarters are Fifteenth
otree, Washington.
The idea back of it is to EXPOSE
corruption in Government Offices"
franz A. Vanderllp. former Fresi-
dent of the National City Bank of
new York, conceived, financed and es
yablished it.
1t hopes TO produce evidence which
will arouse public interest and cry
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corrupt and INSCRIPTIONS public Off
Gals. 1t hopes to awaken voters to
a keener appreciation Of the import
ance of e1ecting honest officials and
appointment of the same kind.
Mr.. Vanderlip is the present owner
behind the Bureau. Already he has
felt the cost of such pioneering. BusL
ness associates have turned from HIM
and as result he has resigned direct
CRATES in numerous corporations
throughout the country.
That he means to continue unrelent
ing warfare was evident from his at
ritude when interviewed at his home
here.
Perhaps the first thing to consider
j answering the question as to what
is the goal of the Citizens Federal
Research Bureau is what are present
conditions in the Federal Government
said Mr.. Vanderlip.
Throughout the war there was an
expenditure of a vast sum of money
made under conditions of great pres
sure and it was inevitable that there
was looseness of control, and in some
cases, corruption.
With the incoming Harding admin
istsss ID, 1lsse1ever, there came i new
element. There were transferred to
Washington from Columbus, Ohio,
some of the men who had had life
time of unsavory connection with cor
rupt State politics. Some of these
men were given public office. Others
came in the train of those officehold
srs and did business on the outside.
It is the aim of the founders Of the
Citizens Federal Research Bureau to
make it a permanent organization in
our national life. The need for it has
sbeen emphasized.
The Citizens Federal Research
Bureau desires to be competent ser
want of Congressional investigating
committees that are thoroughly in
earnest in their work. 1t will and has
been paying high grade investigators
and that does not mean detectives,
but lawyers, expert newspaper men
and others who are capable of under
taking on a high plane this character
Of work..
Asked if corruption prevailed to
my extent in governmental depart
ments other than those which have
been under investigation, Mr.. Wander
lip said that there are various bur-
eaus where the need for investigation
S extreme tThe Veterans Bureau,
he Alien Property Custodian's Bur-
EAU, the War Department, in respect
% sales of war material, the Shipping
Board and the settlement with the
railroads of accounts covering the
control period, are all examples" he
added.