The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-10
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WARREN
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Nominee for Attorney General
Defended in Senate by
CurnFnins
Nv WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON,
International News Service.

a strong defense Of Charles B.
Warren, nominated a Attorney
General. was' made in the Senate
today BY senator Cunnrnins tRep.l
of Iowa
AssaiIing Democratic and pro
gressiye critics Of Warren, cpn-
minis started the Administration
final drive to secure early con-
firmation of the appointment
which has been hanging fire In
the Senate for weeks.
Lauds Legal Requirements.
Cummins highly praised Warren's
legal qualifications which were at
tackled so bitterly last week by
Senator Walsh Dem.) of Montana.
warren's personal record, Cum
minis said, was beyond reproach.
ST think we ought to allow the
President a free hand in selecting
his official family" said Cummins.
1.-THE President has surrounded him
self with men of the highest char
acter and Warren is well equipped
to enter the Cabinet.
Warren has bee ntwice con-
firmed by the Senate for high and
responsible office.
1.-THE Senator from Montana
Walsh) has said he would not OPP
pose Warren had he been noIn1-
mated for a foreign embassy or Sec
rotary Of State.
1.-THE objection, then, is not
against any infirmaties Of mind,
heart or character Of Warren. The
objection is that Warren would not
faithfully execute the law; that he
is unfit by experience and associa-
ton to enforce the so-called anti
trust law. The implication is that
Warren, faithful to one client.
would not be faithful to another
the United States; that he would
not defend the United States as
diligently as his clients heretofore.
Sure of His Honesty.
II dissent from that. AS the
honest man he Is, Warren will
diligently and faithfully execute the
laws Of the United States.
1T is said that Warren Is not
a fit person to become attorney gen
eral because from 1902 to 1906 he
acted as counsel for certain persons
connected with the American Sugar
Refining Company in the purchase
Of a large amount of the common
stock OF beet-sugar corporations in
Michigan, and that in 1905 he par
ticipated in the organization OF the
Michigan Sugar Corporation, for
which he became counsel and after
wards president: and that the
American Sugar Company with the
Michigan Sugar Company and with
certain individual defendants, Of
which Warren was one for some
six or seven years thereafter prose
cuted by the government as con
spiracy in restraint of trade and
commerce under the antitrust law,
and that, therefore, Warren Is not
a proper person to be attorney gen.
eral,' said CumminsA
my objection is that Warren
acted for years as the business
agent of the Sugar trust" inter
posed Walsh.
Connections Explained.
when the Michigan Sugar Com
pany was organized in 1905, War
ren's employment by the American
Sugar Refining Company had
ceased, and he has never had any
connection with the company since
that time" returned Cummins.
II have known Warren for
twenty years, and my estimate Ct
that man is that he is an accom-
plished. cultured, honest awyer and
gentleman" Cummins said. Ellis
public service has been brilliant and
successful and it is my Judgment
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