Show l ki lr I S Suggesting II fF f es till bT b T a New C I V E Evil V i l rp T THE liE United States Senate is not n agreed as ns to 0 its authority to 0 inquire into senatorial campaign 1 expenses ex cx before the linal election No o doubt douht the question question ques- ques tion lion will he hc threshed out in ill due course C of 1 rUle limb as t the hc complications ons inC are considered by th elections cletion committee committee com com- and l subsequently by hy members of or t the he Senate tc Meanwhile it j is announced the department or lice tice is proceeding with wills its ls investigations in of s senatorial campaign expenditures in New Cf York Illinois Michigan Jr Michi chi chi- gan Ohio and West Virginia Virg It Il is interesting interesting- to note that thai the tile investigations are re brought ht to the thc attention ion of the Senate on a re resolution authorizing an in esti of the tho expenditures lit in the I Michigan lichi an primaries Michigan is is a iv enter renter of political speculation as fiS a result of presidential favor or displayed in this particular contest Naturally the public will wonder what effect the new activity w will have on the thc final contest in that slide sUile Without questioning tinnin the thc authority of 1 hc department department depart depart- ment of or justice tice to conduct th these c esli investigations we see sec seea seca a dan dangerous erous precedent in the tile impending in esti investigation The fie po power poC C l' l undertaken 11 by hy tins this department if abused ld constitutes a political club that money cannot buy huy Un Cn- Unless less es 5 the investigations arc are made made sweeping and partisanship partisanship partisan partisan- ship is eliminated the till people are I likely to face ace two evils ils where only one e existed before The Tile slacker rails raids Conducted as as' t in iu New v York are arc evidence that the lite department de de- department e- e of justice rc is not nut infallible Hearing Bearing this ibis in ill mind 11 we C would l c caution in investigators I to eliminate 1 hip from froni their work If 11 I r the Ow probe proposed el cd fur for Michigan i is warranted the tile light I I must be he turned to other stales slates I If f these thee investigations in are fire to 10 be he con conducted in in the interest of the nation u and the people the they must not riot single Ie out any tiny state stale any party Jart or an any candidate In Iii Michigan an an the candidacy of Henry Ford has been heen advanced nd beyond the purchase price of fir the dollar by hy executive indorsement 1 If r I Michigan lj higan old and a few other stales slate arc are singled out not for official probes then it must appeal that appear that official in interference interference in- in I in slate state elections i is in being unduly extended a i fd Hun prisoners advised that t they her will not nol be e exchanged ex cx- X- X changed must feel as ns the small boy bov who learns Icarus that thai the school is on fire l I 1 If hon honest t is oo g-oo good for the lie soul we e should I notice nolice a marked as draftees return th their ir questionnaires v sus z Geor George c Cr Creel cI evidently il has found the market marked e deck deckwith deckwith with wiLh which German Germany took t the lie jackpot Events on the west front indicate that the allies have thrown n I L into it the thc ho German fight i ht Pi I That Austrian pence peace note was c evidently a R discord I |