| Show WASTE araste ADMITTED 11 y bionti of hard work in ill which it had bad the of 0 the tile administrative 0 dep congre as 1 uncovered instance instances of extravagance in the tho cpr 0 of f the war the pointed cr to toai actual rat t 1 it with nn an effort to bo be charitable in lit criticizing the acts of i j co ordinate braith of tile govern ment members ot of lusi to make the charpe charge ot din dis honesty while this highly important werk of investigation was konig on oil the dc de virt meni ridiculed tho the proceed ings in pa and the demo derno cianic charged charf fed congress avith with if its duty whilo while wasting londi in was lampooned insult cd ed and denounced now however comei adminis confirmation of the made by the legislative commit tees on april 21 2 attorney general palmer issued a statement dc de blaring lann that the united states lost millions on oil war contracts acta and that huit would be brought to recover the money 8 says ays ali hh questionable vo voucher ical erm unearthed lied in III oile otte clasi of contracts alone have regul resulted ted in the withholding withhold ini of payments by the government amounting approximately 01 vouchers vou cheri would seem to to imply some wrt of negligence or conti commance nance on the pirt ot some howe goern government ment employee however that ina ilia be ile the maate ment of the at attorney torne th tint thit it tr G re ire than four millions of dollars of fraudulent transaction transactions have been uncovered in fit one jus ass of contracts 4 I 1 a confirmation of the charges cit arges made mon by cons that there had leen been waste if not graft of public funds after dentin p the musti teel and calling abuse limit upon member ot of the leg icsis dative bia blanch et 0 tho tile the executive branch now flow lies to the accuracy of the charges made in lit view of tho the inactivity ot or the executive branch all and its failure to bann prosecutions prosecution i until the con gre Krea atonal ional disclosures ind hid made further delay impossible the people of tile country cannot fail to conclude coni lude that there was no intention of justice th those the e who were responsible for the malfeasance in lit office the people of tho tile nation arc are indebted to the tile various numbers of con congress gresi who hae liae labond it so liard hard at tit the ime nitice of their own comfort and convenience in order to protect tho the public curtit it there is an old tint ott are nil mi grateful but blit it I 1 is i to be hoped that tax payers will not fail fall to show their appreciation of the efforts of the men moll who hilli hunted ted don boull the lie drafters Kr wr nd ind forced the department of justice from its lethargy let harpy |
