662 Presidential Addresses 



the greatest effect the due penalties for such viola- 

 tions of law, and to this end may be furnished with 

 sufficient instrumentalities and competent legal as- 

 sistance for the investigations and trials which will 

 be necessary at many different points of the country, 

 I urge upon the Congress the necessity of making the 

 said appropriation available for immediate use for 

 all such purposes, to be expended under the direction 

 of the Attorney-General. 



Steps have been taken by the State Department 

 looking to the making of bribery an extraditable 

 offence with foreign powers. The need of more 

 effective treaties covering this crime is manifest. 

 The exposures and prosecutions of official corrup- 

 tion in St. Louis, Mo., and other cities and States 

 have resulted in a number of givers and takers of 

 bribes becoming fugitives in foreign lands. Brib- 

 ery has not been included in extradition treaties here- 

 tofore, as the necessity for it has not arisen. While 

 there may have been as much official corruption in 

 former years, there has been more developed and 

 brought to light in the immediate past than in the 

 preceding century of our country's history. It 

 should be the policy of the United States to leave 

 no place on earth where a corrupt man fleeing from 

 this country can rest in peace. There is no reason 

 why bribery should not be included in all treaties 

 as extraditable. The recent amended treaty with 

 Mexico, whereby this crime was put in the list of 

 extraditable offences, has established a salutary prec- 

 edent in this regard. Under this treaty the State 



