Show SENATOR BORAH SPRINGS SURPRISE CHARGES S THAT DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAD ATTEMPTED TO TOS INFLUENCE JUDGES S I Charges Made by Idaho Senator Were Brought Out by Report From prom Attorney Attorney ney G General In Response to Senate Resolution Washington The Thc The flat charge that department of or justice agents had Investigated investigated In in- n- n federal Judges to influence their actions in cases In which the tho government was vas inter interested sted was made In the senate seriate Thursday by Se Senator ator Borah of Idaho and indorsed partially partial partial- ly IY at least by S Senator N Norris Senator Borah's charge was brought out by a report from Attorney General 1 responding to a senate resolution asking whether whether- federal agents were Investigating judges The resolution reflected some sentiment aroused in the case of Federal Judge Speer of Georgia whose court had hid been Inv Investigated and who had attacked attacked at at- tacked the department of or justice In a public speech The attorney general replied that an any report leport that the federal federal fed fed- eral department of of justice ustice u tice was maintaining maintaining main main- taming a system of espionage of judges was entirely without fo f tion Mr Borah responded with his charge I 1 know this is s a very serious charge said he but ut I am so reliably informed that I make the statement that within the last four or five years special agents have carried on such investigations with a view to Influencing Influencing ing lag judges |