The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-21
By RODNEY BUTCHER Democrats Washington
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l bald -headed, tall, middle-aBed feI- low who speaks very softly ana
 seems constantly amazed at all tho | things people try to get away With. His exposures of dishonesty in high places have been making
 headline history for years. The Ballinger-Hearst Mexican document and Teapot Dome scan daIs are among his fields of tri- umps. He Is an able lawyer as | well as a super -sleuth.
 While big oil companies were bollering lOudest about "hot oiP' and the little fellows, Glavis dis covered that they themselves wece buying "hot oil' about half the fair
 price.
 n, but Glavis raised the devil with them. Once he got an indictment against the big Gulf Oil (Mcllou company in Philadelphia for d. legged violation of oil code labor .. provisions. A.a His insistence on examining cer- tain oil contracts also has brought a great roar from an industry which says its records are secret. Giavis got the evidence and tEl- dlctmcnt which convicted Governor Langer of North Dakota of solicit Ing campaign fnDds from federal employees. He b now Investigating similar cases which involve demo. cratic politicians. 2
 The other day q prominent Mas- sachusctts politician foll into the tolls because Glavis proved he had graftcd on CWA - another Glavts field. .., ,,..r ..yn. .r.s..s-. .,t -. ...s-,r.,,ts r-,...z. Halts Raids On st s E. He has saved an enormous sum of PWA funds through expo sures of contracts which were promptly rescinded. Complete re- organizatoin of the PWA Housing
 Division followed his disclosure that promoters we're profitinB greatly through over-valuations.
 Several big conspiracy cases un- dor PWA are still under investi- gation.
 A long procession of PWA and other officials has filed out of the Interior building following Glnvia' Investigations, of their activitieS. Some of these dismissals and "rcs- ignations' attracted public notice. Many didn't.
 Most of the victims were aston ished to learn how much Glavis knew about them. He has ways and mechanical devices. Some of these officials got jobs elsewhere in the government and have been showing poison gas toward Glavis ever since.
 Glavis has had certain rackctecr- ing lobbyists barred fro mthe build. ing one was an associate of the celebrated Bob Jackson, boss Iob- byist and democratic politician.
 Bob, who travel in the very best circles, never says anything very nice about Louis.
 Bares Labor Racket
 More than 600 cases submitted to the attorney general for prosecution have been worked up by Glavis and his men. There are hundreds of NRA codes, but more than SO per cent of all cases of code violation sent to the D. J. arc all code cases--forward by Glayis md Ickes.
 Labor violations of codes have
  Giayis than from anyone else here He exploded the scandal Of the kickbnck racket by which workers on PWA jobs had to pay back large sums of their wages to con- tractors.
 pIasterers' and other unions in cities like San Francisco and Phii' adeiphia have written to thank him for busting up what they said was an ancient form of graft. Many of his staff are lawyers They watch for such plots as con- tract specifications 50 worded af to bar competitive bidding and thus save PWA much money, be- cause bidder who can be sure Oi landing a PWA bid may then boost the price as high AS he likes.
 Haters Are Legion
 Glavis. has investigated every thing from the political Squnbble in the Virgin Islands to the MrA Roosevelt Louis Howe pet sub sistcnce homestead at Rockville W, Va, where a lot of money was wasted. Even certain White House folk were sour about that last one, You can see that, between one thing and another, the man who probably is America's foremost de. tcctive has attracted a lot Of haters.
 Nearly all those haters have DO. litical connections of some kind and many have gone complaining to friends in Congress.
 But Glavis also has friends and admirers, This group, which in. cludes Ickes and Justice Brnndcfs hopes his hawklike eye will be sci
 to watching expenditure of thal | S4,0O0, ,000 1000 asked for next yaar'i relief program.
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