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Show j oo GALLED FALSE Attorney General Palmer Asks Retraction From Lawyer I Investigators WASHINGTON. June A. Describing Describ-ing as uttorly false charges contained in a report of lawyers to the National Nation-al Popular Government league relative to the treatment of arrested aliens by the department of justice. Attorney" General Palmer today called on Felix Frankfurter, of Cambridge. Mass.. one of the signers of the report, to retract them. "These charges." said a telegram from Mr. Palmer to Mr. Frankfurter, "had as their only foundation state- I rests which were palpably false upon their face and the allegations of which as you know, were denied by the responsible re-sponsible sworn officers of the government gov-ernment whose conduct these aliens sought to impeach. Some of the fallens themselves have since denied jthe very statements which your eom-jmlttec eom-jmlttec filed. Your apparent willlng-,ncss willlng-,ncss to bcllevp these statements indi-i indi-i cate some other desire on your part than just administration of the law. "I produced hefore the-committee on rules of congress conclusive proof of the falsity of thepe charges. Confronted Con-fronted by Wo proof you owe it to yourself an w-il as to the department of Justice to publicly retract them. |