Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-02
Bases Accusation on Presi-
dents Refusal to Re-
move Daugherty
HOOVER RAPED
Senator Pays Re-
spects to Members of
Present Cabinet

LOS ANGELES, March / (R) -
President Coolidge was charged with
lnisfeasance in office for inactivity
in connection with the senate investi-
cation of naval oil leases, by Senator
Reed, of Missouri, in speech today
at Long Beach, near here.
During scathing denunciation of
the republican administration, the
Missouri democratic presidential can
didate, dramatically raised his hand
and in measured words declared:
Il charge President Coolidge with
misfeasance in office
He had just complained that Mr..
Coolidge had failed to assist the SEN
ate in its investigation of the naval
oil reserve leases and had neglected
to remove Attorney General Daugh-
erty at that to me, in response to
request of the senate.
"The president failed to act" he
said, when he should have acted,
aid failure to do your duty when
called upon is as bad as acting wrong
ly when you should act rightful1y"
Senator Reed then turned his fire
on Secretaries Hoover and Mellon, as
well as Harry Daugherty
He went to Long Beach few hours
after he had signed papers formally
declaring his candidacy in the Cali
fornia primaries May 1. He found
there a crowd that packed to overflow
ing the auditorium. many listening
from the outside while he spoke.
The senator was frequently inter-
rupted with applause and when he
had finished the crowd milled around
for a chance to shake his hand.
Referring to the commerce secre-
tary as Hoover late of England, y
Senator Reed declared that as food
administrator during the war, Hoover
had arbitrarily, illegally and almost
feloniously" fixed the price of grain
He said that the farmers had been
forced to "sell at the Hoover level"
and buy at the world level"
He condemned Secretary Mellon for
his support of William S. Ware, in
the corrupt Pennsylvania senatorial
election" He characterized as "blas-
that the payment of $40 for watchers
in the Pennsylvania primaries was
"as rightfully spent as money given
to the church." He said Mr. Mellon
had been appointed illegally because
of statute that prohibits the selec-
tions of members of the cabinet those
who are engaged in trade and COM
merce, and added that the secretary
has been interested in "about every
thing from aluminium to fine whisky"
Senator Reed centered his attack
on President Coolidge, charging that
the president had packed federal
boards and commissions with those
who would do his bidding"
when we came TO these naval oil
reserve leases" he continued, 1--WE
had no more power than you have
the government had grand juries,
courts, the secret service and de-
partment of justice, but Mr.. Coolidge
would not turn them over to aid us.
He kept this arch criminal Harry
Daugherty at the head of the depart
ment of justice.
"Oh yes, he finally dismissed him,
but for some trivial reason and then
gave him certificate of good be-
havior, it's the last certificate of that
kind that Harry Daugnerty will ever
get.
And the republican party in Ohio
sent Daugherty as one of its dele
gates to the 1924 republican conven-
ton. Through it all Mr. Coolidge
was as silent and almost as offensive
as Boston oyster roasting on the
beach in August.
Calvin Coolidge has done the bid
ding of the selfish interests every
moment of his public life."