The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-03
'DELAYLAID TO WEEKS IN AIR CASE Secretary Promised To
 Halt Prosecution, Scaife Says $5,267,O ,OOO PAYMENT
 SAID TO BE LOST Ex-Agent Of Daugherty's Department Hint At
 Indictment INDIAN LAND FRAUD COMES UP TODAY ifl0l Igs.s 5. N s5 'a sss5sas 4 \ 's ste - --- Democrats Come In For Men
 ton In Even Hand
 Policy Of Witness
INDIAN LAND FRAUD
 COMES UP TODAY

WASHINGTON, April Z. Further details of charges that the department of justice had unduly delayed war fraud prosecutions were heard by the Senate Daugherty committee today from H. L. Scaife, a former investigator for the department who was called to the, stand for the third time.
 ,ss Scaife, the only witness before the committee today. testified to some ex. tent from records of the House commit tee which in 1922 considered impeach- ment chargse against Harry M, Daugh- erty. Z Weeks Named Reiterating and extending previous allegation that the Wright Martin Air craft corporation received an, "overpay mentv of $5,267, 900 on war contracts and had not been prosecuted, Scaife declared that former Attorney General Ipaugherty, Secretary Weeks, Charles Hayden, chairman of the Wright-Mar- tin board, and Guy D. Golf, former as ] sistant Attorney General, should all be Indicted by a grand jury" for inac- 4 ton in the matter.
 Senator Wheeler, democrat, Montana, E the committee prosecutor, rohtended ! that such voluntarily remarks "had no < place in the committee record but did Snot press his objection when Senator 3 Moses, republican, New Hampshire, ob- Served that the testimony shad already I gone oyer the wires
 Invisible Government" N The witness contended that machina- 1tions ''of what I call the invisible gov efmenty had been disclosed by some of Xhis investigations and told of what he &said were .fruitless efforts on his part $to have the department of justice in. ivestigatc any aircraft disasters.
 Protesting a desire to hold an even 3hand in political matters, Scaifo said Mn explaining the Wright Martin con tracts that Thomas l.. Ghadbourn. an ntforney "and sa large eontributQras tp
 defnocrafic campaign funds, had 0i' taimed for this E0fp0F4fi6n c0stspEui rontract during the war. The law yers fee was added to the contract costs by the company, he said, npius n profit" Later audits by the air serv-
 ce in. 1921, disclosed the "oyerpay-
 ment," the witness asserted, and re suited in the preparation of government buits to obtain the return of money spent under the contract for cigars,
 dinners, laundry, secret service and for
 Insufficient allowances in the salvage bf materials and tools. --.
 Charles Hayden and Secretary Weeks
 exchanged several letters, Scaife said, in
 bne of which Mir. Weeks agreed to ask 4 the department of justice for tenn
 oorary delay in the Wright Martin case. ' From that time, he added. the depart- |nert switched the case from attorney
 3o attorney" and waited until wit
 lesses were scattered and men were but of the service" Although repre-
 eiitatives of the department had prom
 sSd to bring the case to trial within
 lifee weeksn after the failure of the
 House impeachment proceedings against
 Ir. Daugherty, no action had ever
 Jeen taken, he asserted. # The committee tomorrow plans to
 Inquire further into allegations that
 Oklahoma Indian land frauds had also
 ailed of prosecution by the depart
 nent of justice.