Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-04-17
Vanderlip Sees Work His Citizens
Investigators In Many Departments
Founder of Citizens Federal Re-
search Bureau Says Organiza-
ton will Produce Evidence for
Earnest" Investigating Com
mittees.
Written Specially for The Leader
By w. H. CLAGFTT
CThru Autocaster Service)

WASHINGTON. D. c.. April 10
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
are questions daily rolling into the
National Capital in increasing volume.
Answering those questions
The Citizens Federal Research Blu
reau claims organization free from all
political or religious connections and
is open to all citizens who care to
join. Its headquarters are Fifteenth
Street, Washington.
The idea back of it is to EXPOSE
corruption in Government Offices"
Frank A. Vanderlip, former Presi-
dent of the National City Bank of
New York, conceived, financed and es-
tab1ished it.
1t hopes to produce evidence which
will arouse public interest and crystal
lze action in driving from office cor
rupt and unscrupulous public officials.
1t hopes to awaken voters to keen
er appreciation of the Importance of
electlng honest officials and appoint
ment of the same kind.
Mr.. Vanderlip is the present owner
behind the Bureau Already he has
felt the cost of such pioneering. Bus
mess associates have turned from him
and as a result he has resigned direc-
torates in numerous corporations thru
out the country.
That he means to continue @unre-
lenting warfare was evident from his
attitude when interviewed at his home
here.
perhaps the first thing to consider
in answering the question as to what
is, the goal of the Citizens Federal Re
search Bureau is what are present cor
ditions in the Federal Government
said Mr.. Vanderlip.
Throughout the war there was an
expenditure of 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 adj
ministration, however, there came {
new element. There was transferred tc
Washington from Columbus, Ohio
some of the men who had lifetime
of unsavory connection with corrupt
State politics. Some of these men were
given public office. Others came If
the train of those officeholders anG
did business on the outside.
1T is the aim of the founders o.
the Citizens Federal Research Bureau
to make it permanent organization
in our national life The need for il
| has been emDhasized
"The Citizens Federal Research
Bureau desires to be competent SCI
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 any
extent in governmental departments
other than those which have been TN
der investigation, Mr.. Vanderlip said
that there are various bureaus where
the need for investigation is extreme
"The Veterans Bureau the Alien
Propreyt Custodian's Bureau the War
Department in respect to sales of war
material, the Shipping Board and the
settlement with the railroads of ac-
counts covering the control period, are
all examples" he added