Evening star. [volume], March 28, 1924, Page 4, Image 4

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DAUGHERTY SCORES:
CUSTODY OF MEANS
Attorney General DaugUerty yes
terday struck back at the. Senate
committee that is investigating his
cilice through one of its star wit
nesses.
When Chairman Brookhart advised |
the Department of Justice that Gas
ton B. Means is to he held here under
I lie committee's subpoena and cannot
he brought to trial in Xetv York
March 31, the Attorney General seiz
ed the opportunity to make public the
correspondence, with the following
comment:
■ This is the price exacted by Means
for his manufactured story that a
•lap gave him SIOO,OOO to give to poor
old Jess Smith."
"The attorneys for the govern
ment," Mr. Daugherty’s announce
ment .said, “in the case against Gas
ton B. ATeans, assigned for trial in
New York on the 31st. have been ad
vised by Senator Brookhart. chair
man of the. committee, that the com
mittee will hold Gaston Aleana in
Washington under subpoena and pre
vent Ins’ being tried in New York on
the 31 si.”
The correspondence given out
hows that Hiram »’. Todd, special
assistant attorney general at New
A orb. wrote Senator Brookhart on
March 17 informing him of the de
lays in Aleans’ trial that have come
about thus far. He inquired of the
committee as to its convenience in
releasing Means to appear, advising
the committee chairman that the
i rial date had been set for March 31
it Means’ suggestion.
Senator Brookhart replied on March
31 to Air. Todd’s letter saying. “I
s-e no possible way to finish with
him (Means* in our committee before
the 31st of Ailarch, and we will hold
him under subpoena until we have
finished."
Air. Todd telegraphed Chairman
Brookhart, March 2i>, as follows:
Hits at Means.
"Am I to understand from your
letter to me of yesterday that not
withstanding the contemptuous con
duct of Gaston H. Means in delaying
his trial, as explained in my letter
tn you of March IT. you intend to
hold him as a witness before your
committee on Alareh 31 and thus ob
struct the I'nited States dislriet eourt
in proceeding with the trial of
Means on that day. as heretofore
ordered by said court, and as you
were fully advised by my letter Os
March 17? Please wire answer im-'
mediately so I may present the mat
ter to the court for appropriate ac
t ion.”
l,ate yesterday Chairman Brook
hart informed Air. Todd, in a tele
cram. that the committee did not
find it possibl* to allow Means to
Have at this time.
"In r< your telegram concerning ap
pearance' of Gaston Means for trial
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; PRESIDENT’S* POSITION
i UNTENABLE, ASSERTS
DAUGHERTY’S LETTER
(Continued from Firs£ Page.)
the persistent and vindictive attempt
to discredit me as Attorney ileneral
is well known. It principally pro
ceeds from two sources —the powerful
individuals and organizations who
sent my successful action, in con
formitv with my sworn duty, to save
this country from violence and an
archy during an industrial crisis tar
more serious than the general public
has over known: second, from those
equally powerful individuals and or
ganizations guilty of graft upon the
government durnig the world war
while the youth of our land was mak
ing the supreme sacrifice for the na
tion. I have to the best of my ability
discharged my sworn duty to prose- |
< ate all such individuals and organi- .
zations, but the task has been beset |
with peculiar difficulty by reason of ~
the fact that the official record in j|
most of these cases was made up by i
men supposedly representing the gov- I
eminent in these transactions, who j
were either knowingly or stupidly .1
parties to the crime.
Charges Ceaaeleas Attack.
This partnership of the rioter a>ul J
Hie war profiteer has ceaselessly
sought to break down the faith of f
the American people in me and in the jj
Department of Justice.
In the high court of impeachment. ;|
their attempt to fasten guilt upon ,
me collapsed in disgrace to its orig- |
inators, and they did not dart* appeal 11
again to-the constitutional court, in |l
the low court of scandal, gossip, ru- ij
mor and innuendo to which appeal is j
now made it will have no betttr sac- ;
cess with the people of this country j
who read and think and believe in ; j
justice and the square deal, but con- i
pled with threats of nimilar treat- i
meat of other public men. it has im- j
pressed politicians who think every- j
thing of personal and party expedien- >
cv and nothing of the principle in- ;
volved. with the necessity of offering 1
me as a sacrifice to propitiate i
vengeful interests which seem my 1
destruction. i
President's Action timely." |
1 cannot escape the conviction. Air. j
President, that your request for my j
iestimation is also most untimely. It. j
comes at a time when the truth is i
vanishing falsehood from the public j
mind, even though I have not as yet
had an opportunity to place upon the
witness stand before the Senate com
mittee a single witness in my defense
or in explanation or rebuttal of the
whispered and gossipy charges against
me. No better evidence of the failure
to substantiate charges of wrongful ac
tion on my part could be offered than
the character of the proceedings by the
Senate committee engaged in conduct
ing the present inquiry. If my ac
cusers had believed me guilty, they
would have been scrupuluously care
ful to select as members of the tri
THE EVENING STAB. WASHINGTON, U. . FRIDAY, MARCH 28. 1924.
bunal men of judicial character, with
open minds, in order that an un
prejudiced verdict might be rendered.
IfJts Methods of Inquiry.
The choice as majority members of
this conuultfiee of men, some of whom
have openly, bitterly and falselv as
sailed me under senatorial Immunity
and who hiul also assailed my admin
istration of the Department of Jus
tice; t:*e designation of a member
of this court as prosecutor who Is the
responsible author of the resolution
against me; the refusal to apply to
fjie proceedings any rule of evidence
o\r to grant to mo the customary
iismediate right of cross-examination
amd early opportunity for rebuttal,
uiid. above all, the character of the
witnesses, including blackmailers,
bootleggers, confessed corruptionists
and discharged and discredited gov
ernment employes, not one of whom
has given testimony that would
he'admitted as evidence in the most
loosely conducted court of the land —
till this proves to fair-minded men
that, in the absence of competent
am? credible testimony, the elements
i in control of this committee seek to
convict by immaterial and malicious
gossip retailed by irresponsible wit
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methods ajid out of th* mouths of
such witnesses, an honest man could
be convicted of any crime.
Cite* Offers to Resign.
1 am aware. Mr. President, that
the suggestion has been made to you
that my retirement from the cabinet
would serve the ends of party ex
pediency. Had 1 believed this, I
would have retired when this con
tention was first raised. Twice since
you became President, and when I
could have dona so without criticism,
I have offered to retire from your
cabinet and you have in each in
stance requested me to remain, be
cause, as you were kind enough to
say, of your entire satisfaction with
the splendid accomplismments of the
Department of Justice under my ad
ministration. After this recent at
tack, and while under fire, 1 stood
my ground because I believe cow
ardice and surrender of principle are
never expedient and that every sacri
fice of justice to clamor is followed
by demands for still greater sacri
fices. From the beginning this at
tack upon me has. in fact, been an
attack upon the administration and
party, which my as
sailants arc seeking to discredit for
partisan purposes. Since the assault
upon me began the purpose to attack ,
every administration official of prom
inence, including the President him
self. has been publcly revealed.
Sees Grave trials.
The American people confront a
crisis in national affairs equal in
gravity to any we have faced in all
our history. Is this to remain a gov
ernment of law and order, of consti
tutional procedure, with its guaran
tees of individual rights and its safe
guards for equal justice to the high
est and the humblest, or is it to be
come a government by slander, by
terrorism and by fear? In the battle
.for my rights as an official and a citi
zen the rights of every citizen of
this republic are involved, for who
of all our millions of people knows
but that be may lie the next to be
come the object of unjust accusation
maintained by lawless inquisition.
In conclusion, Mr. President, please
accept my thanks for your statement
that you do not question my fairness
or integrity, and believe me
Yours verv truly.
(Signed) H. M. DAUGHERTY.
Attorney General.
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