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downfall ¢9 an ordinary citizen. Bt I suld rather he subject to al} thie exnense,; this trouble, ¢his annoyance , this humiliat ion, nerhans this. aiezrace, than for one moment $0 clorze ay lipe when I thoush* I sught to sneak. If you went tc ure your creat office for any vurpore of this Kind, acein I invite you to 2 ahead. of covree, vor would not want to be wrt in the attitute of using the ~owsr of your ereat offtce ta srosecute a teck= nicel violatirn af law, where 19 motive or any attemnt to injure any seresn or violate any law vse shown, unlese yo: nroreritc? ali neople who were likertse similarly mit! In other words, I 25 not beliere ysu would 24 in the ateitite of ~rawe ge tng ne, @e snow in waivence ¢sat tne epe cerfeck]y grrarent ¢. : "One Lad riwewd tye ea le = ceoyd O DD see ce errr a : "g91lictited a chanced or belteved honeetiy any poary x re ane} SF oe, + pe aes ry » Hoo penny for that I ever meetly somtrisnted sy any ersn to my SEN ion. It te not chars- ed or delleved that 1 contealed ax the Facte connect ed wita the financtal. ¢neratione or any other operations ner~ tainines to cv onmz-aien. The technical charge would be that chile receiving a salary from the United Statea I had know- sedze sat an>th Ler Dereon rreneivine A gfehlary from the Fuited States had sade a eantrioution te the orimary camraign. “nere I wars the candidate to be benefited. It ts not gharred fhat the contribution was need for any unlawful ourpose or wnat it wae gent searet, or that the »erzon makin; hs oon tribution had any ulterior sotive in making i¢. ar) 99 vip ae = jet ged a i; ee ne ¥oar office desires to ‘progecnt @ cares of thia-xisd you have a stuvendous.job on your hands. You will have to orosecute oractically every slective Feders! official inthe United States, and that will inolude President Zoover cea ae sier. I mresume that in Presidént Hoover's eamraion sang - thournanas st versons made contributions in his behalf who Frere drawing eslaries from the United States. In most of s@ cares vernans President Hoover had no knowledge: of ae msiing of such contrite tong” ang in that respect alone’ iy ROL case might differ from mine, "tat dn many casea he did have knorledge. For: Anetance, She records will Siecizse that gets TO