Show I WARM LETTER 1 BY DAUGHERTY SENT COOLIDGE Ousted Official Terms De- De Demand Demand De Demand mand for His Resignation Resignation Resignation 1 tion Untimely DEFENDS ACTIONS Alludes to C Cowardice ardice and f S Surrender 11 rr end e r Of I Principle WASHINGTON Mach lach 21 U 2 Jelt Coolidge's letter lotter to th general requesting hi his J a was aas written date of ot Marth lI r h 2 27 It tollo follows follona h M l dear Mr r General Gen ral Since mv mY conference Mith nith yol YOI yolI yu I h has hav e 0 examined examine tho pro proposed od re- re reply re reply ply iou ou suggest to the demand that vou OU au furnish the com corn corn- mitte In the tho th depart depart- flient of with fIes nes Cronl that it relating to liti I I gallon sod and to 10 th the tha bureau of ot In In- In I You represent to m me 1 and to the committee e In u letter leller that tl It It Mould not ho 10 o corn com compatible f with the J public inter t to comply wilts the demand and to toI I conclude ou leter with a n ment ment that J I I that po pos tion no nos no's D L n rD L Certainly I the th eU lIe principle that i il ier ts shoud oud not gise gh 10 out ut 1 I maton or documents w ere such course courso would auld ouid be detrimental IC l t Iho the th public jublle Interest and this prin principle f I ciple cililo I la is aul I able to you department lisa such uch nn no intimate relatIon to th the of Justice But lou vou will readily 0 that I Iam unable to tl form Corm an Independent J In this without a B long lone and rate cite In es Ig of at ppe pipers I cannot connot make mae ind nd so 0 I 1 L should be compelled to the tho thoI I pi In such ce cases and rely upon our adIco ad Ico as no attorney R and ard h head l a i of the depart depart- department department ment of ot jUet ju t cc ce Cut tut ou Mill nill see eo so at onn on tN tr the the committee I yo C personal on l conduct and nce h-nce ou haH haie an el ci party the th committee ant Mants nants because of ot a claim that v they sour our personal duct cin-duct duct of ot th the sum A-sum In that thu Iho request of ot the Iho mont corn I Is limited to 0 C les le- still the th will wll III always ways be Le the In tb same earne In low of the fact that the tho th Inquiry re- re reIle re relates le I idles lates to your personal conduct you ate not In lit a 1 position to to 10 me mo or the Iho committee what hal would bo ho advice a asto to 10 the tOte Into eat ot OS MM t n UI I You 11 lie have e a personal t tIn In this lo h I Is ba b nr In Jog made of toe ike conduct of ot out self olf and i our outS office which may moy maybe maybe be In conflict with Ith lout lour our official interest n as mis the attorney generalI general I 1 am em not questioning our fairness or your I J am merely vou OU are I placed place In two positions one soUr r ou-r I ourI personal Interest the th other ether oth r your office of ot attorney general gentrI I indy be In conflict I I How How can cnn I sail satisfy sty a request fOr to action In matters of ot this n ture on the th ground that iou ou no as attorney general generI It ItI when hen ou n as the tle Individual against I whom the Inquire Is ted directed nee I have hate a personal I in It I J do not see sec how you can ibe bo actinic acting for tor yourself In sour our I own defonso defeno In this nitter and andI I at the tho th sane same sam time and on the tho th same D q question acting II as ns my lid adviser 10 us attorn gene al I Iq T sOT OT 01 PREJUDICED These t two IMO a positions are ar and nd cannot be reconciled I am ant suie sume OUI e IOU vou ou will see mee that It II it Isi itI s sI I necessary for lor me moe to hay hae 0 the tho ad a 0 site ot of a ill attorney rIU general n ral Ip 1 order that I may die die- dl charge le the th duties of ot my toy office In inthis Inthis this and othir I feel cerI Kain I tam that you will Mill know how deep deep- deeply deply ly Iy I regret rOBret that this situation has hiis orison It only Illustrates tes the tho th dit- dit which are HO ir certain to re- re recur r cut cur withe with e ever eier or embar- embar mb and nd your Inability to perform the In of at under present prent lon conditions YOel You Mill 11 readily ra understand that It is l I not now m to judge pre the Iho lh hu Issues which rn- rn ro main to bo be de In this In- In In I J recognize that you are ar entitled to a n full tull and fair bearing But as nS there thero I Is no way nY wayby by which you can dh divest et of at the tho th Interest yoo have hv person person- personally personally ally In the th In n I can cnn Ae sea no MB 0 but for ou to 10 o e a as Continued On 1161 ra o Iwo j DAUGHERTY WRITES ARM LETTER TO COOLIDGE AFTER MIER HE RESIGNS CABINET JOB I I Continued Irom Page One attorney general and I am ani there thero- therefore therefore fore compelled to request your re Very Very truly yours CALVIN CALYIN COOLIDGE f I REPLIES The rhe attorney general l repy ritten loda y My Dear Mr I 1 hereby by aCknowledge receIpt or sour lour our letter setter of ot March 27 by the hand band of ot sour our secretary requesting r my I carnation as a attorney gen gen- general general rn eral ot of the tho th United States State put ut of dete enco to 10 your request and nd In compliance nith there there- nith I hereby tender my tion Lion While you do not state ou desir destro m my resignation to be- be become conio be-conio come e I most respectfully t that It become effective Corth Ith yours fours very vry truly H I 1 M 1 DAUGHERTY Attorney General Gener lA OTHER A second letter front from Mr Daugh- Daugh Daugherty erty erty ertS to the president was made public later lat r at the th department of Immediately after sign sign- Ign InS It the tir attorney general left f or r Atlantic City tor for a rest The second letter folio lotions follona Under separate cover I have I just handed you my formal resignation rc lt nation at attorney general nl of ot the United States to take talo t ko effect forth forth- forthwith forthwith I with Now that hat I am no longer loncer longerI longera I l a member of ot 3 our cabinet I feel constrained a as a ate citizen In all kindness to c call call certain to our attention request President Cor or my resignation Is based on 01 grounds rounds which seem to me m Un- Un untenable tena ble As A ou Ill nil perhaps re- re remember member I 1 did not Intend to our feel our adl lee nith Ith retard to corn com with the of the th committee lot foi the th indis- indis Ory of oC the th conui- conui files tiles of oC the Iho th department of oC or parts thereof As I explained to ou my duty Was wa ear for I 1 had frequently been ailed l upon to determine this M H f answer was w ready LC I Informed ou and furnished ou Cu a 1 thereof I IO SET ET FORTH My ty Iy sole nolo purpose in taking the matter up mth nith you was to let tOU ou knothe knon kno the position I nas na corn com compelled pelted to take In the interest ot of o r e public business and for tor the protection of ot the eo gOI nt that thaou IOU Ou mIght be Le in position to advise other departments department If It similar re- re rc were nere made which course hey should pursue Your Your su suggestion that I can JO Oi function as alloe general c nd defend m self against these barges harges jt lt the same time I 1 bele be- be beler lee ler le e Is 1 warranted by the You know that I hate o em- em em 10 Joed ed counsel at m rn own ex- ex ex expense pense enso ense to tale take tali the responsibility r C representing me nr at the th hear hear- hear hearings ings the senate committee In ordeL orde that I could cleote de ot my inie Ime to the public business which h hae e been doing continuously 1 hoe e employed in th the tho depart depart- department department ment hate hale gIven no tIme lime belong belong- In In iii to the gOl to this o called except to furnish data required by the sari sari- sarious tarl-ous tarl arl- arl arlous ous congressional committees The of the department Is la at Its peak In efficiency and ac- ac and arid I am prepared to 10 demonstrate this fact before Thy ny tribunal If it opportunity Is af- af afforded afforded af afforded forded RID FALSE FALSI Your suggestion suc that an at- at attic at tic hc upon a II cabinet officer dis- dis dis disqualified qualified him hini for tor further official Is In a doctrine r Ir 1 li au all the pretended turns turn's against me m are ore false But Dut Buta hether a true tru or false It If a mem mem- member ber hr ur of u the cabinet Is to be in- in ip or disqualified b th the preferment of o charges against him no matter how ho malicious and groundless and he ht Is compelled to give up his responsible post post- position tion and sacrifice his hi honor for tor forthe the tho time being became of such attack no man mon In any official position Is b safe de ate and the most honorable upright and efficient public sonant could b be swept from office and tab government destro Id I'd by clamor I hate hase often advised you that m elimination is part parl of the ho program no now non beIng carried out the origin of the persistent and attempt to me Inc is well known knon knon kno n It principallY proceeds from froni two to sources source The powerful Individuals and organizations who resent my suc- suc suc successful action In conformity with I my s sworn orn dut to save this coun coun- country coun- coun country country try from and anarchY I during an m crisis tar far mole moie s than thon the th general public has ever known second from those thoe equally powerful In- In In Individuals and organizations guilty ot of graft craft gr t upon the government durin during the tho world war nar while the of our land was making the supreme s sacrifice for tor I I have to the th best bent of o mv my ability discharged ed my sworn duty to te prosecute all such and organizations but the task tuk ta k has ha been beset nith Ith difficulty by reason of ot the tact fact that the th of- of official of official I In most of these cases was made mad up by men sup sup- supposedly sup supposedly representing the th goern- goern ment ment In these transactions who either cither knowingly or stupidly parties 10 0 the crime I NO O 0 SUCCESS This ot of tho the and the th war nar profiteer has cease cease- ceaselessly l lessl lessly s ly sought to break down the faith of ot the American In me and In the department of tic jus-tic jus tics In the high court of ot tin tin- Impeachment their attempt to fasten guilt upon me collapsed In die die- dis grace groce to it Its originators and they did not dare dar appeal appal again to the tho constitutional court In the tho th 10 low court of ot scandal gossip ro lp rumor and Innuendo to which appeal Isnow Is II Isnow now mede mad It will have no better botter success II th tho people o of country I no sac ana I I bellel e a In justice Justic and the th deal but coupled nith sith threats of I similar treatment of ot other publio men It has hos impressed politicians who think everything of ot personal I I and pirty perty expediency and nothing oC o the th Involved ln the necessity of offering me m as oS a sacrifice to propitiate the th v tul ns-e-tul ful fui interests which seek sek my dt- dt destruction de destruction UNTIMELY I I cannot escape the cons IC- IC tion Mr President that your re- re r question for tor my resignation Is III also most untimely It comes at ata ata ata a time Ume Urn Yo nhen hen the tho th truth Is anish- anish h lag Ing falsehood from the th public mind en e el en though I have hav not III as asyet asyet yet had an opportunity to place upon the witness stand before the tho te en committee a II single witness In my defense defenso or In e or rebuttal of ot the th whispered and gossl gossip charges charees against mo me m No No better evidence of the he tall fall fail failure ure to substantiate charges chargee of action on my part parI could he offered than the th character ot of the proceedings by the sen senate te committee engaged in conducting the present Inquiry It It my ray accusers accuser had believed me guilty they would have been scrupulously scrupulously careful to select as mom mom- bars bers members mm of ot the tribunal mn mon of ot judi judi- judicial judi- judi judicial judicial cial character with Open mind minds In order that an unprejudiced verdict might ht be b rendered The choice as committee t majority members of ot this commit commit- I tee ot of men m n some of whom have openly bitterly and ond falsely I me under senatorial Immunity and who administration had assailed my tion of ot th the department of ot justice I Ithe the th designation of ot a II member r ot of this court as a prosecutor who Is I the responsIble author of ot the resolution resolution tion against me ne the tho refusal to ap- ap apply apply ap apply ply to the th proceeding proc any rule nil of evidence or to grant Brant to me the customary Immediate right ot of examination cross and early op- op opportunity opportunity op opportunity for tor rebuttal and an above all the th character ot of f the tho th witnesses IncludIng blackmailers bootleggers conf and ond die die- dis discharged charged and dIscredited govern Overn meat ment not n t one OB of whom bps given riven testimony that would be admitted as ae evidence In the mOst loosely conducted court ot of the land all land all this proves to fair fair- minded fair minded men that in th the tha absence of competent and credible testimony the elements element in control of ot this thi com corn committee committee seek to convict by ImmaterIal Immaterial rd ial and malicious os P retailed r alle i by Irresponsible witnesses In such sucha I a tribunal by such methods and out of ot the mouths of ot such uch wit wit- witnesses wit andI nesses neue an on honest man could bo be I convicted of an any crime PARTY EXPEDIENCY NOY I I am aware Mr Mm President that the tho suggestion s has bee been made mad to you that my retirement from the cabinet t would eerie sr serl e tho th ends of party expediency Had I 1 bel bellel ed this I would bar hae hll e retired when this contention was first raIsed TwIce since inc you became JIL and when I could t- t tic lac Ill I'll ic e done iloni don so 0 without criticism I have hav ed to retire from your cabinet and you OU have In each instance requested rel me to remain because a as ou were ere kInd hind enough to say Bay 10 of ot sour our entire satisfaction with the s splendid did n-did did accomplishments of the tha do- do lo nt of ot ju Justice under m my administration ad- ad ministration After ACter this recent at- at tack and while under tire fire fir I stood m in ground beCAuse bec us I believe cn cow cow- cow cow-ardic and surrender of principle are never nerr expedient and that every sacrifice of ot Justice to clamor Is fol- fol followed followed lowd fol-lowd lowed by demands tor for still greater A sacrifices From the th beginning this attack upon me m has In tact fact been an attack attak upon the th adminis adminIs- adminIstration administration and the th Republican party which my assailants nt are ar to discredit tor for partisan purpose Since the th assault upon lIpon me ra began bt anth I tho to attack every T ry nd- nd ad ad I official of ot I nonce felice Including tho the president pr him him- himself himself self has been publicly revealed r T le CRISIS RED DECLARED HERE lEEKE Tho The American people popl confront I a crisIs crl l In national affairs affair equal In gravity to any we w hav hao faced In our history I Is Ie this to remain a government ot of f I law w and order or aI I constitutional procedure Ith aith ItS guarantees of ot individual rights and Its safeguards for tor equal ual Justice to the hight t end and the th humblest or It I oris orI It 11 to become a 0 a government by byI I slander III by terrorism rl in and by tear fear In fearIn the th battle for tor my rights hrs as an official and a citizen n the th rights rl ht of |