Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-28

Crosby for Commissioner, Senator
Blease said:
"I hope that the President will not
let these little committees, many of
whom pay no taxes In the District and
many Of whom have no business except
to attend to somebody else's business,
threatening him to cause him to change
his course in reference to the appoint
ment referred to-"
Referring again to the complaints
Med BY the public printer regarding law
enforcement, Senator Blease continued:
Now, Mr.. President, ! want to warn
Mr.. Carter. the public printer. I feel
that 1t is my duty to do so because of
certain very threatening letters which
! nave received, some of them very. very
pad letters. ! have even been told that
was going to commit suicide. I want
10 warn Mr.. Carter that he may COM
NIT suicide like Jess Smith did, and
Senator Brandegee, and poor Scrivener.
and Mrs. Mcpherson, and poor old
Montgomery, and others in this CITY
who have been found to have commit
TED suicide by the grand jury of the
District Of Columbia"
Senator Blease said that II what he
mas stated in the Senate and what the
public printer has referred To Is NOT
true. he wondered why there CONTINUES
to be published so many news itencs
Washington" u
Terms Pratt Unworthy.
referring to Maj. Pratt, Senator
6ieaSe declared in his speech TODAY:
tnere ever was an unworthy serv-
AM. one who ought to be kicked ont
VINO ought long ago to have been kicked
ouC, as l can show by positive, absolute
proof, 1t is this man Pratt"
senator BleaSe asserted that "Mr
CaIeer charges In his letter what I
CHargeo mere two months aeo-that
when these officers start to MAKE . raiS
SOMEBODY posts the blind tiger soroe-
Dooy posts the dope seller. and before
t uIe ralolng squad reaches that place
Sney nave hidden everything. I do mot
nnoW Mr. Carter. I have never seen hin,
IN my LIE, but am glad he has the
MANHOOD to call attention to this feet
az" a. II ne wants the proof will furnish
IT, ~ VIII not call on him at aI1.n
"a, AIIer telling Of the evidence he couId
IIurnlsn, Senator Blease added the fol-
:, Il will show that the prss,d.r4 :.
the United States OUGHT to k iclr DO. o.
out OF his job before some r..oTe 1917
are murdered. and $4,000 Is naiS Sp to
moe lG under the floor of a dive on
pennsylvania avenue within the shs 5or .
OF the Capitol" VIC '1iaoo"
Addresses Letter to Gamer.
In sending to the Senate District
commlttee the correspondence relafinU
70 MS complaints regarding local Law
enforcement, Public Printer Carter All.
dressed 10 Chairman Capper a letter
OF transm1ttal, in which he said:
am taking the liberty of trans
mltting herewith copies of correspond
ence which have had relative to the
activities Of gamblers in the vicinity of
tne Government Printing once. ano
the complaints which I have made in
regard thereto to the superintendent of
the Metropolitan Police Department
Lne commissioners of the District and
non. Robert @. Simmons, chairman of
the District of Columbia subcommittee
OF the committee on appropriations
Believing that this matter might be OF
some interest to you and your com
mittee, am taking the liberty OF
submitting the complete record for
such consideration as you may feel dis
posed to give it.
MY interest in the matter comes
from the fact that the prevalence of
gambling and bootlegging in the vicin-
1ty OF the Government Printing once
has seriously affected some of its en-
pioyes Tor a number of years, and
that as yet there appears to be no pros
poets OF relief from such an unfortu-
nate condition"