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It didn't cost much—the show staged by the Department of Justice, initiated by Harry M. Daugherty, as U. S. Attorney General, a year ago —only about $100,000, or less than the income tax paid by many a citizen of a country which can afford diversion. But it was a bad show. The "crook" failed to do his stuff. The hero's friends looked dilapidated. The audience was not permitted to hiss the hero because that role was played by the U.S.

The last act disclosed Burton K....

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