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...Government's special investigator, Newbold Morris, was fired by the Government's regular investigator, Attorney General Howard McGrath, who in turn was fired by the Government's chief, Harry Truman. The President's announcement that he would not run again removed from his shoulders the political (if not moral) responsibility for cleaning up the Government...
...would be unfair and very misleading to identify this condition with Mr. McGrath personally. He merely exemplifies it. What is this condition? It is the condition of coming apart at the seams, and of becoming generally unraveled and disheveled and at sixes & sevens, which always exists when a government is in the hands of a party that has outlived its mandate and has spent its power. The scandals themselves are disgraceful, but they appear to be-it sounds awful to say it-merely the normal scandals of a falling regime...
Tension at the Airport. Attorney General Howard McGrath at first seemed to go along, though reluctantly, with the idea of the questionnaire. But he refused to give Morris unrestricted access to departmental files or tax return data...
From then on, McGrath's opposition to Morris hardened quickly. Reportedly, he spoke up against the questionnaire at a Cabinet meeting; he was supported by other officials, and the President took the matter under advisement. Then last week McGrath told a House subcommittee that he had not yet decided whether to answer the questionnaire addressed to him. Asked if he would appoint Morris now if he had the chance again, he bluntly replied: "I would...
...days later, at the capital's airport waiting for the arrival of Queen Juliana, McGrath was seen in tense debate with Harry Truman and Presidential Aide Joseph Short. Snatches of talk were overheard...