The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-20


the district attorney to issue ;
told that no complaint is to BIZ
The district attorney says
ing. The special agent reports
all the facts to Attorney Gen
eral Daugherty and to William
J. Burns, head of the bureau of
Investigations.
The crime goes UNPUBLISHED
and this special agent receives
orders that he shall not inves-
tigate the misdeeds of district
attorneys henceforth.
Ex-Operativs Squeals
This is a cross section of the testi-
mony of Captain Baldwin Of the
Texas Rangers, formerly a special
agent of Daugherty and Burns in
Texas. Baldwin appeared March Is,
before Senator Wheeler's Committee
and astounded his audience by the di-
rect simplicity and evident sincerity
of his account of lawlessness on the
part of the law-enforcing division of
the Federal Government.
This lawlessness was not confined
to Daugherty's regime. Attorney
General Palmer in February, 1921,
sent out an order forbidding special
agents to give any attention to viola
tons Of the Federal prohibition stat
ute.
This in itself was a violation of
Palmer's sworn duty as a public Off
cial. Daugherty has never revoked
this order. The gag order issued by
Daugherty to the special agents, for
bidding them to report upon viola
tions of law by district attorneys
and United States marshals, was cal
culated to create an ideal atmo-
sphere in which whiskey rings might
operate.
Dry Agent Sells Stills.
Captain Baldwin testified to hav-
ing captured prohibition agent in
the act of selling stills captured from
one set of criminals to another set.
After a long discussion with Attor-
ney General Daugherty's brother-in-
law, who is a United States marshal,
and with the Federal district attor-
ney Immediately concerned, these
administration officials reluctantly
agreed that there was no way to
avoid the filing of a complaint
against the faithless prohibition
agent.
They reached this decision after
consulting the postmaster, the collec-
tor of customs, and other Republican
job-holders. However, the criminal
was never indicted, the grand jury
which met later on, declined to hear
the testimony of Baldwin's witness
es. The district attorney still holds
Office.
Whaeked Up With Daugherty
Rivaling the Baldwin testimony in
its direct bearing upon corruption
in the Department of Justice was the
testimony of Tex Richards partner
in the promotion of the Dempsey
Carpenter fight films. This man
swore that so per cent of the net
proceeds Of showing the prize film
outside of the State Of New Jersey
were handed over, as a result of a
written contract, to friends of Daugh-
erty and of E. B. Mclean, and that
this deal was made because interstate
shipment of the film was Illegal. The
promoters gave up half their profits
in return for protection.
How President Coolidge can retain
Daugherty for another week, in view
Of the damning evidence Of misuse
by Daugherty and his friends of the
powers of the Department Of Justice
is a mystery to every other hard
boiled politician in Washington. Par
ty managers who are veterans in the
game Of defying public opinion throw
up their hands when they hear the
testimony against Daugherty. They
do not understand why President
Coolidge imagines that he can gain
anything, even convention delegates,
thru permitting Daugherty to stay
in office.
One of the SURPRISES Of the investi-
CATION thus far is the lack Of de-
fensive attitude shown by Senators
Moses Of New Hampshire and Jones
Of Washington. They appeared to
have given up any thought Of maxi
ing out a case for the administration.
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