"Two Outstanding Acts"

The Ohio Bar Association held its annual meeting, invited, among other dignitaries, Harry M. Daugherty, one-time (from 1921 until the oil rumpus) Attorney General. He was obliged to decline, but wrote instead a long letter which since has been given circulation among his friends. Extracts :

"For obvious reasons I hereby take the liberty of calling to your attention two outstanding acts of the Department of Justice during my administration as Attorney General:

"First, the securing of the injunction in the shopcrafts railroad strike, for which my impeachment was attempted by the Radicals and Reds; and, second, my refusal to surrender the confidential files of the Government upon the demand of an unauthorized, Red-controlled, so-called investigation committee of the United States Senate.

"For the performance of the latter duty the radicals and Reds demanded my resignation. ...

"In fact, the very life of the Government depends upon the principles involved in these two official acts. . . .

"Your newspapers and your daily mail warns you of the activities of the Radicals and Reds, and the Department of Justice is again the especial object of their attack. I call upon you to continue, at all times, your loyal support of the Department of Justice and the Attorney General of the United States, whoever he may be."