Show CABINET MAN DEFENDS SELF Atty General Daugherty Says He Is Attending to Business VAR WA 0 V March arch In 1 H 1 In another long lont statement I tatem nt Tuesday Attorney General Daugherty d di- di dared clard that while the th senate enate com con committee committee part ment investigating his hla depart dopart- department d ment In la I engaged nd with rumors rumor gossip vl-dence vl and nd unreliable hearsay evl- evl evidence dence emanating from tainted soure sources the tho th work of at the government goe goes oe on en and hI time tim an and cn energy rn li is I dIrected to II its Iti accomplishment lh The l he constantly increasing amount or of o business the th e de- department de department of ot justice julIce IB Jo compelled to taK tal take e care car of ot Mr Daugherty said mak makes makei It ll impossible for forthe forth the Iho Ulo attorney noy general ren-ral ral to give muen personal attention to the th various c Investigations llon now beng conducted conduct conduct- od ed d by committees os osIn In ad addition to directing the th policy polley ot of the many matters both bOlh tar large and m small II bf being b handled by his hll associates In the th department he heI heIs hela I Is compelled co d to act personally p r upon each one on of ot the tho th opinions opinion re- re requested re quested of or the attorney general by I the th he president and anil hud heads of ot executive ex- ex opinion departments Th These The opla- opla lone ion In Involve ln olve questions question of or national and frequently result re In fn litigatIon which terminate terminates after a II decision by ky the th supreme m court of or the tho th united States State Stat Dur- Dur DurIng During lr Dur-lr Ing the th past rait to fw few weeks k many of et the Important pori ant opinions opinion during the th- th administration hav have neon eon Written Ilten and other others still till pending S before I the alt att attorney rny rn y general fo fr for decision These Thea opinions opinion affect not nol only the internal affairs of ot the th go got ern Ith meat ment but great business interests ot of the th country Many of or these ore are rotating relating to ques- ques tlona quei-tlona of ot taxation tremendous tre- tre tre aunts sume auro of money and are area It altet with keenest keent Interest Many IanI ot of t them l lv the th problems lm lems affecting the th farming Inter Inter- Inter ut eats of the Iho th country under und r l lei lion greAtly extending the th inn jurl s- s diction I diction of at the th department of ot agri- agri agriculture culture culture The The Th cu cases c of ot lare large Imports importance rt nee ic I involving the th enforcement of f the truit trust anti law law In connection Ith large hSe business enterprises ar are at e be- be beIn being b bInt Int In ing disposed of In regular order u as though no investigations of fany any ny kind were ere pending 1 00 |