Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 April 1952 — Page 18
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Editorial,
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By NEWBOLD MORRIS
As told to Seripps-Hownrd
Stat Writer Murray Davis
Morris Bumps Into Babble
They were sending me all crackpot mail i. In addition I got mimeographed essays
“reports” on how]
NEW YORK, Apr, 9—Monday, Feh. 4, was my first ip, justice Department was run It also was an eye-opener. ~«the sort of things given to high
working day in Washington.
The vicious undercurrents, double-talk, broken promises
school kids. I began to get suspicious. Al
§ i and duplicity of official Washington were all there to receive (ns end of the week I went to
me. . Some became apparent before the day ended. In fact, that morning started with a revelation: A lot of people on the government payroll don't work. It was brought home fo me by a woman standing at the gate as I walked off the railroad platform. She asked to be assigned to me. : Through questioning, I learned she was a clerk in the Justice Department—my department. I asked her the nature of her work. “Well, I've been with them for glx montha and I've worked only a half hour,” she replied. “1 work with three other peopie who don't do any work either.”
‘Give Him Anything’ “T went to the attorney general's office where he introduced me to the chiefs of his divisions. “Give him anything he wants,” Mr. McGrath instructed his chiefs. “Let him see any records ha asks for. Let him sonnel in your office, and have them co-operate with him, ton” Mr. McGrath asked if I'd like fo say something, I did. 1 guess 1 gave further proof]
Morris Agrees To Testify
WASHINGTON, Apr. 9 (UP) «Newbold Morris sald todpy he
“f& ready to back up his charges
that the Truman administration fp afraid of a “real” corruption investigation, i He “willingly” accepted an in: vitation to testify tomorrow he-| fore a House Judiciary BSub-|
- committee which Is Investigafing
Ris backstage feud with former Attorney General J, Howard MeGrath. _ Mr. Morris whicated he might a preview of his congresfore a National Press Club lunch-| eon today.
od no
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that I'm not a good politician; I like to deal with the truth, I told the chiefs that 1 knew that they couldn’t have a merit system in Washington because of pressure on them from Congress, But, I asked, "how can you men work and have any pride In your office with a lot of Incompetents foisted on you by politicians? That's one of the things we are going to change--this pressure
and being saddled with incompe- 7
tents.”
The chiefs brighten.
didn't seem to
“I know why you took them.” 7 “You were afraid:
I continued. you'd lose your appropriations.” There wasn't any applause, Then 1 got to work..
Every few hours,
nothing and all of them entirely unrelated to
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{Charles Murphy, counsel to the (President, 1 told him I couldn't Iproceed the way things were set {up. T told him about the selected, hand-picked complaints and sald {that nobody in his right mind {would send such material to me. i oCharlie,” 1 said, “if I stay in hat office 1 will go cross-eyed ireading that stuff. By July 1, I {will come up and say I haven't [vind anything wrong. 8o I've igot to get out, I guess I'll go {home and I don’t know if I'll be {hack."” | 1 already had told him my plan {tor investigating.and the powers I'd need. He was understanding
{and sympathetic, but he didn't}.
issem to think I could get what] {I wanted, That was Friday, Next day,
Matt Connelly, presidential secretary, phoned me to come hack to Washington Monday night and see the President, alone, in Blair House, Calls on Truman At Blair House the President was In his study going over a stack of material, He said he was looking for something he wanted me fo have, When he
wasn't able to find it quickly, I suggested he send it to me later, and asked: “Why don’t you let me talk for a while?” ; President Truman swiveled
| what T was supposed to be doing. | Ty yi
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2 said that was just what he partment offices ‘would lift this employees because he couldn't be thoroughly that I could ask for| ing treat. Checks torment fast. it's
wanted,
“Mr. President,” IT said, "T have fidence of the people.
had a week here. 1 didn't realize that nobody has thought this thing through. Now I have. “1 must be removed from the Justice Department and have independent status, where you can find 20,000 square feet in‘a commercial building, but I guess you can,
“lI have to have this. As it now stands, three people instead of two are going to look silly. It doesn't make any difference about me, but you are the President and you have expressed your support of this, “McGrath is going to look silly and I am going to look silly if I git in the Justice Department for months, with no machinery to investigate except what Is afforded ‘me by that department.” Everyone So Polite
I told the President how polite
leveryone was, that it wasn't the
kind of co-operation I like, 1 algo told him I had found no one
even interested in what I was out to do, . “In fact, Mr. President” 1
said, “they think I am something like Alice in Wonderland coming down here, They don't know what I'm talking about; maybe 1 don't speak the right language.” For those reasons 1 said that
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