The Washington times., 1924-04-17
VANDERBILT SAYS
|. He HAS HIRED
HENEY
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Banker Tells City Club Of
Philadelphia About His
Cleanup Bureaus.


( PHILADELPHIA, April IT,
Frank A. Vanderlip, former presi.
dent OF the National City Bank OF
New York, who IL engaged in a
/ cleanup" campaign In the Govern.
address before the City Club OF
Philadelphia told why he has organ
lied an extensive research bureau
to expose official corruption In
washington.
VanderIip explained To the city
Club that, while the actual sugges.
ton that Francis J. Heney, tha cele.
brated prosecutor Of criminals be
brought from California to assist
the Couxens Senate COMMITTEES In
vestigating the United States Treas.
ury Department came from Gov.
Clifford Pinchot Of Pennsylvania, he
himself has caused Heney to come
to Washington, engaging Heney by
long distance telephone and guaran-
teeing his fee.
Answers Question.
Vanderlip said the question had
been asked Of him by thousands OF
people, ''Why are you attempting
to clean UP Washington? What are
your motives?'
He said in his speech today: at
Is because / have six children of
my own. 1t IL because I have re.
spect for your children, for all chill.
dren. ]" can leave my own children
money-probably more than will be
good for them. 1t acutely con.
cerned my life for many years to
be able to do that.
Now / have come to the desire
to leave them something more than
mere money. To leave them a
country fit to live in, a country SAFE
to live In, a country where, after
they have bene educated to honor.
able usefulness, they can get their
equitable and just deserts for the
service they may render to society.
q country in which they will not
have to be either cormorants on
the one hand or sycophants ON the
other:
when I hear the national an.
them, I think not of the power and
riches of the country. but Of the
children Of the United States. and
l want to change one word in that
anthem. q want 1t to run not MY
Country, It's OF Thee but to sub
st1tute the word for in place of
the word 'of'-'My Country, ~"Tis
for Thee for the children. For
the millions Of children, clean, am.
bilious, hopeful, honest, who are
entitled to inherit pure govern
ment from US sitting right here
listening to me, and from those in
Washington"
AS to the employment Of Francis
j. Heney, Vanderlip said: "Goyer.
nor Pinchot is entitled to the credit.
and think it Is wholly creditable,
for first suggesting to Senator
Couzens the employment Of Heney.
1.-THE Senator did not know
Heney. His committee was far
from ready to employ such a pros.
ecutor. Senator Couzens was not
well, and there was no action. I
strongly felt the need of someone
who would make an orderly pres.
entation and would be qualified to
carry on the examination. NV
office got Heney on the long dis.
lance telephone in Los Angeles,
asked him his terms for a confer
ence with me, and I told him to
take the next train. When he ar.
rived, the Citizens Research Blu.
reau, of which I am the chairman.
had a number Of cases ready for
his examination. He found some
Of them fully documented and pre-,
pared.
He studied those cases and was
then introduced to Senator Couzens.
Couzens signified his willingness to
take on Heney and personally nay
him, IL a majority Of the commit
tee could be brought to an agree.
ment. A majority Of the commit
tee did agree.