Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-15
Clarifying of Law Suggested
As Outcome of Mellon Fight

without question. is necessary in the
office of Secretary of the Treasury
more necessary now than at any time
in the history of the country" The
Kalamazoo Gazette independently holds
that surely the American people do
not want the fiscal affairs Of their Gov
eminent intrusted regularly to men
who are wholly unSchooled in the tasks
of financial administrations. If given
a strict Interpretation, the law invoked
against Mr. Mellon would bar the very
kind of men most needed as Secretaries
of the Treasury"
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Chairman Norris" suggests the
Dayton Daily News independent Dem
ocratic), stood by President Hoover'S
recent declaration that since disrespect
for one law leads to disrespect for all,
all laws must be respected and en-
forced alike. Norris and a minority
beside held that obsolete and foolish as
the law is, it must be enforced. as Mr..
Hoover says, and that Mr.. Mellon, ac-
cordingly, must go. They are over
ruled. Not to Cypress Mr.. Mellon, the
law goes to grass. 1t is a setback for
Mr.. Hoover and his demands for law
enforcement. yet somehow the nullif1ca-
tionists' conduct appears to common
mans common sense"
ness that we should have Mr.. Mellon or
a man with his policies" suggests the
Milwaukee Journal independently with
the advice that he lis surely a sounder
selection for Secretary of the Treasury
than some mediocre man, holding Of
flee. perhaps, in some subsidiary of one
OF Melons big companies"
The Savannah Press Democratic),
however, recalling the attempt of Pres
ident Grant to appoint A. T. Stewart,
dry goods king" to this Office states:
1T was obvious in the case of Mr..
Stewart that even if he turned over his
business interests to trustees, he still
would not be eligible to the position.
The fact that Andrew Mellon has re-
signed his numerous positions as direc-
tor which he once occupied would not
make him an impartial financier."
Condemnation of those who have
raised this point against the Secretary
is voiced by various papers. The Fort
Worth Record Telegram CDemocratic)
says: 1T is very late in the day to
bring in an Anticipated statute-if any
that a purely political expediency may
have a peg upon which to hang" The
Haverhill Gazette independently as
sertS that 1.-The most that the oppo-
nents of Mellon have demonstrated Is
the unreaSonableneSs of their basis of
opposition" The Huntington Adver-
tiser (Democratic) suggests that "f
that were a rule TO be applied gener-
ally to oficeholders, there would not be
a corporars guard left TO run govern
ment anywhere"
"A campaign Of Sniping" is seen by
the Seattle Daily Times independent
Republican,. which explains that in its
opinion 1.-The vindictiveness OF Norris
and his clique is due TO Mr.. Melons
opposition TO their destructive ideas"
The Schenectady Gazette independent
Democratic) remarks We may not
agree with some things the Secretary
has done, or has failed to do, but at
least We can condemn attacks on him
that are based on petty technicalities."
The Tulsa World independently con-
cludes that "the ideal Secretary of the
Treasury We take it, is secured by the
process of stripping him down to the
standard Of the criminal lawyers ideal
juror"