The Washington times., 1930-01-27
SEN. WHEELER.
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simply took them out Of the Dis.
trict of Columbia district and sent
Herbert to the State of Montana
to enforce the prohibition law in
my own home State.
ut semes that this is extremely
unfair to the people 70 Montana
and that the administration
wants to punish them for eIectlng
two Democratic Senators.
Will Force Exposure
II serve notice now to the
prohibition unit that unless thev
take Mr.. Herbert, against whom
these charges have been filed. out
Of the prohibition department N
the State of Montana, l am 20.
ing to call for an Investigation
into the activities and call on the
Department of Justice to make
public the evidence they have COZ.
lected with reference to these two
men.
L think it might be we'll also
for the Wickersham crime com.
mission to call before it some OF
the Republican national COM
mitteemen from the United
States and ascertain how it is
that these prohibition officers are
appointed ard by whom they are
recommended.
1T seems OF me that the real
fault with prohibition enforce
ment lies with the politicians be-
cause, Notwithstanding the fact
that it is heralded throughout the
country that we have civil
service now, and that the men
must pass a civil service eXamina-
ton before they are entitled to
appointment, everybody on this
floor knows that no man can get
position with the prohibition
unit unless he has the backing of
the leading Republican politicians.
The people of Montana are
entitled to have someone sent to
their State to honestly and fear
leSSly enforce the law.
Don't Want Carpetbaggers
"I don't know whether or not
the Republican national commit
teeman of my State insisted that
Mr.. Herbert be sent out to Mon
tana, but l do know that the
rank and file of both the Repub-
licans and Democrats don't want
any carpetbaggerS from Washing
ton or any other State sent to
Montana to enforce the law.
There are a lot of honest men
ard women in my State who are
capable of enforcing the law, who
know conditions in the State, and
who, if appointed to this position,
would honestly and faithfully en-
force the prohibition law.
Il feel that this is a serious
case where the Department Of
Justice has brought information
of a serious breach of his faith
to the prohibition unit, which
amounts to evidence disclosing
corruption-and the only thing
the prohibition unit does is to
take the man out of the District
of Columbia and send him to
Montana"
Denounced BY Borah
THE first I ever heard of MI.
Herbert" Senator Borah declared,
was when an investigation Of
ficer of the Department of JUS
tice came to my office a few
weeks ago and undertook to ncr-
rate to me the record of malfais-
ance and corruption.
He stated further that he had
submitted these facts to Com
missioner Doran. 1 assumed, Of
course, that the two gentlemen
would be dismissed. I am un-
able to state the name of this
agent, because he called at my
office later and told my secre-
tary that he had been trans
ferred also.
Il know nothing about him
except what came to me from
the Department of Justice. II
the facts as this agent gave
them to me were true, then this
man has no business in Mon.
tana, Idaho, or anywhere else
outside of the penitentiary
The facts are in the hands
OF the Department of Justice as
l. L