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The Brunswick News
Brunswick, Glynn County, Georgia
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In the U.S. Senate, Kentucky Democrat Senator Stanley assailed President Harding and Attorney General Daugherty over the president's remarks on cabinet criticism and Daugherty's Chicago speech on filling 24 new judgeships, accusing Harding of trying to muzzle the press.
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Both Harding and Attorney General Daugherty are Assailed in Senate.
CHARGED WITH TRYING TO MUZZLE THE PRESS
Kentucky Senator's Remarks Predicated Attorney General's Chicago Address as to Policy He Followed in Filling Twenty-four Judgeships.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, June 3.--President Harding and Attorney General Daugherty were assailed today in the senate by Senator Stanley, Democrat, of Kentucky, in connection with statements credited yesterday to the president with the senate attack on Secretary Hoover, and to assertions made by the attorney general in his Chicago address yesterday as to the policy to be followed in filling twenty-four judgeships, created under a bill recently passed by the senate and house.
Senator Stanley, interpreting the president's remarks on the basis of some newspaper accounts to refer to criticism of all cabinet officers, including Daugherty, said that President Harding was attempting to "stifle, if not muzzle the press."
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June 3
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Senator Stanley, Democrat of Kentucky, assailed President Harding and Attorney General Daugherty in the Senate over the president's statements on criticism of cabinet officers including an attack on Secretary Hoover, and Daugherty's Chicago address on policy for filling twenty-four new judgeships created by recent legislation. Stanley accused Harding of attempting to stifle or muzzle the press based on newspaper interpretations.