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We Must Not Secede.

We recognize the opportunities FOR
plea surable controversy and the pos
slhilities of eventual success in the
political enterprise suggested in the
subjoined letter. but THE SrN. out OF
pure humanitar!anism. declines to IN
list at this time in the contemplated
crusade:
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: on
behalf of the New Amsterdam League
| wish TO congratulate you upon the
article A Good Mich Cow in YOU
excellent paper.
But why the Interrogation OF help
l~essness and despair at its end?
THE SuN and the New Amsterdam
League can create a new State II they
both keep p~egging at II.
FRANCIS p HULL,
Secretary.
NEW York. New Amsterdam, Febru-
airy 10"
To dwell in New Amsterdam under
the enlightened and liberal rule OF
it, interesting population presents an
attractive and fascinating prospect.
But man does not live for himself
alone. and we whose good fortune II
is TO have u habitations below
WestcheSter county must consider the
needs and limitations Of those who
are not as happily situated.
Without New York city what would
become Of up-Statef Accustomed for
many years to draw its material sus-
enance from the stores Of our good
natured citizens. trained for genera
tons to relieve It's normal indlgna-
ton and reformatory aspirations on
tie that binds the city 10 the rural
community would leave a large and
III trained settlement without means
" support or foreign outlet for its
surplus virtue. The dire extremity
~ self-support would impinge upon
a people utterly unprepared to at
tack alone the harsh realities of life
the principal issue of It's politics
would be removed from us possession
it's most profitable and alluring occu
patton would he subtracted from II,
No man Of heart can contemplate these
fearful consequences with equanimlty
or consent to use his influence to
bring them about.
Heavy as IS the burden imposed or
us we must bear II for the sake OF
those dependent on Us. The state
of New Amsterdam. which would add
the forty-ninth and most brilliant stai
to the flag. must remain a dream
for we must not shirk u TASK oil
desert those who have learned 10 lool
to us 10 pay for their good thing
Of this life.
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To TIL. EDITOR OF THE SvN-Sir; In
the interest OF fair play and deceucy
will you permit me 20 state IN Counec-
,ion with the credit line OF the article
IN to-day's SUN entitled "Kr!egsbrauch'
that General Won Bernhard! never wrote
"A hook entitled britain as Germany's
Nassal" and that i is nothing hut a
bold faced forgery n a total misrep-
reservation of the truth"
Bernhard wrote Il book tho title OF
which Ctranslated) IL "Our Future
t"Cnsere Xukunft"D, "a Warning 10 the
German People" As a fair minded edl-
tor you must readily corce.ye " the
depth OF d~epravity 20 which a person
has fallen who will translate "1nsere
XukuNft' into "'Britain as Gcrmany's
Nassal,' by Friedrich Won Bernhard
Needless to add that a man who will
forge n title Wi, pervert the meaning OF
the entire work a READER.
New YORK. February ~.
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The measure cannot pass the House
of the new Congress-.

The measure cannot pass the House
Of the new Congress.
The Sixtythird Congress sat con
tinuously. in two sessions. from April
I, 1913, to October "a. 1914. or 5GI
days in all. After n breathing spell
Of about n month its members. In
Guiding a notable number Of lame
ducks, gathered for their final session.
Had the ship purchase bill not been
demanded by the white House the
members would have put the aprro-
priatlon bills through and dispersed
in fairly good order. Because Of the
Intervention of the Executive II may
he necessary to provide money for
some departments by resolution ex-
tending the allowances In the laws
for this year. and when the Repre-
sentatives and Senators quit they will
do so with the majority in both
houses shot to pieces and the minor
lty in n condition highly satisfactory
to the individuals who compose It.
Dropping the ship purchase bill will
not heal the wounds it's violent ad-
voCRtes inflicted. Those will remain
open. with Republicans solicitous al
ways to salt them. Not only a meas
ure. but a majority and n leadership
have zone to wreck with II. and the
effects Of the useless and unneces
sary struggle preclpitated on It will
be felt by the Democratic party for
years to come.
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Armed Merchantmen.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Str:
There Is no international crime in
armed merchant ships. II is an Old
story. When | first came from India
IN 1876 in the good ship owen Glen
dbwrr. she carried twenty-four guns,
twelve on deck and twelve in the hold
A. nm alarm Of a supposed pirate 70
suspicious looking craft that appeared
M we neared - Helena, the twelve
guns I'm the hold we're brought on deck,
We were not, attacked. \ fleet of East
lrdiamen without ~ convoy once beat
of a French squadron Of mcn-of-war.
regret that ! cannot recall tho names
~ the commodOres on both sides or
the details Of n memorable fight.
Some persons Will no Doubt be
%peppercd before British commerce IL
ruined by Teuton untersecbotes,
W. l.. n. O'GRApY.
New YORK, February 10.
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THE PUREST ENGLISH"
Is II TO BE Found In Sir Walter
SCOTS "Iyanhoe"?

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Str' Re
ferrlng to the letters concerning the
modern book written in the purest Eng
lish. I have always understood that the
laurels went TO Sir Walter Scott for his
'lvanhoe.'
There was a good deal OF grumhling
among English authors over Walter
Scott being made A baronet. as they said
he had not written anything without
bringing in Scottish id!om and the Scots
dialect. which, after all, is only a modi-
Tod old English and pure Anglo-Saxon.
Hearing of this grumhlinE he took up
the challenge and justified the honor
that had been bestowed upon him by
writing "lvanhoe.' which | have al
WAYS understood contains neither n
scottish idiom nor a word of Scots.
and for pure English Is tho hest in the
language CHARLES BILLING
NEW YORK. February Ia.
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AN ALIBT FOR SWINTON.
His Gran mntIcal Dictum Was IncOr-
rcctly Applied.

To THE EpfToR OF THE SUN-Str: A
correspondent In Virginia undertakes to
prove that President Wilson's express
sion 1T am brought" Is good form, anE
he refers to Swinton as his authority
Hut his reference In CARRIED and mis-
leading while at the same time calcu-
lated to injure your d who may
be Influenced thereby.
Swinton Is speaking OF the two verbs
ask and teach which are excep-
lions and which taxi two direct objects
for example. Murray taught the boy
grammar" ''the teacher asked John a
question" Here grammar" and "ques-
ton retain their accusstive form TN
Latin) In the sentences the boy was
taught grammar" and John was asked
a question:" and the grammarian says
that while this latter form is a regular
though rare construction tspeaklng only
OF the two verbs ASK and ~"teach')
It's use with any other verbs. such as
buy bring" carry" deny" &C. is
irregular and ldiomatic and contrary 70
the general analogies OF language.
He then gives examples with the
verbs Offer and refuse" "tNey were
offered their lives they were refused
admittance," with the comment that such
transition TO the passive voice has in
sensibly come about and presents the
anomaly Of converting an indirect OBJ
ject into a subject. 1t is true in n note
swinton observes that such a form can
not be prescribed for 1t has the author
itv OF usage, both popular and literary.
Now, when we consider the intrinsic
~signiiicatlon OF the verbs "oner' and
refuse and the like In the examples
quoted and similar ones, we can under
stand how such transition easily oc'
CURED they were offered their lives
the offer was made to them they were
refused admittance." the refusal was
made to them. But II am brought
could we say the bringing was made to
me? and liz II not a far cry from they
we're refused admittance" to Il an
brought many original IDEAS?
In citing Sw!nton as an authority foi
che was refused" o correspondent
thus concludes that he also approves
The expression II am brought" DC
not deny the former Is good usage, but
affirm the latter 10 not by n means
a popular or literary form and Is no
indorsed even by inference by Swinton
They are not comparable. j. p. 5.
BROOKLYN, February 10.
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To II EDITOR OF TIE SuS-Sir. Your
readers are nothing n not critical. Me
thusellh' recalls memories Of the old
time stages that used to rumble up and
down broadway and Fifth avenue. and
we'll do | remember them. But in plead
ing for the term stage" instead OF
bus" he speaks Of the horse drawn
stage coach" Yet II he is as ancient
as | am he must know that a stage
coach wac one OF the still more elderly
vehicles, in the coach form. swinging
on big leather springs, used on houuc-
ing COUNTRY roads for journeys. and
rarely II ever seen in town. stage
yes stage coach no INQUIRER.
MoNTCLAIR, y J., February ~.
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Uncle Sans POcketbOok.

The daily statement OF the Treas
ury for February 10 shows q genera
fund of $3.50. s60.65S. This looks i'm
presslve, but an examination of the
balance sheet yields some curious
results.
Secretary MCApoo draws the state
ment down to n net balance In the
general fund Of 1889. $50, Now let
MS see what this balance looks lik"
when the column of assets Is ana
lyzed. At once attention Is struck by
The following items;
Subsidiary silver coin. ......s25,4o6ii
Fractional currency......... ~
Minor coin. ,............. 2'3'o,AlA
Silver bullion. .............. 3,5O5,344
TOTAL 's3l'"o''ssS
The foregoing can only be called as.
sets by courtesy. Certainly they are
not listed for serious consideration as
the means for taking mp Government
debts. Again the column of assets
Includes:
standard silver dollars. .. $50, 7o0,ss3
Silver certificates, .......... 1918, iG5
Total 'S4o,2l''JiN
Since the gold standard act Of 1900
the gold parity of various forms Of
money recognized in the United
States has not been called into ques-
ton. Nevertheless the Treasury could
not very well afford, on account Of
The possibly unsettling consequences,
10 admit a condition which compelled
il to tender silver in payment OF It,
obligations. Accordingly the alleged
net balance of Si7,3So SEQ In the
Treasury general fund, when set
against the assets hardly available IN
II pinch to take up Government debt,
becomes nm actual deficit of lust
S9i.l3G775.
Gold coin, gold certificates and Legal
tenders in the general fund cOnstl,
tute only n little more than me third
Of the total. That the credit of the
Government Is good for almost any
amount goes without saying, hut this
is not tn the point Of the Urea sury'.
exhibit ~ actual conditions.
II the excess " ordinary dishurso
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Secretary WALcoTT of the Smith
sonian Institution predicts that III
%aeroplanes develop in the next ten
years as in the past decade they will
be used for mail carrying where there
are no railroads. where there are no
bridges and where mountain ranges
are to be crossed" Ten years is all
too long a time to allow for the con
summation. A beginning could he
made tomorrow and a satisfactory
service put in operation inside 81
twelve months.
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SHALL THE WOMEN DECIDED
A Plan for the Recording Of Their
Wish as to Votes.

To THE EDITOR or THE SrN-Str: I
do no, know how votes for women
would or will work out. and I do not
believe any one knows
The question. To vote or not TO vote.
seems TO me peculiarly n that women
should decide for themselves.
Women cannot In the contested states
express their wishes by casting a bal
lot next November. but no man, or al
any ate no married man, doubts the
competence NJ a woman to express TO
him her thoughts and wishes on any
matter OF interest to her.
why should not each married man
find out wha' his wife wants In this
matter and vote accordingly?
Each unmarried man can md out the
wishes OF some woman. relative or
friend. and express II IN the same man
ner.
| leave possible extensions OF his
idea to TIE SvS and 10 It's thousands
Of Intelligent readers.
RoprRr 6. CoLLYgR.
NV YoeK. February 10.
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CAUSE OF INEFFICIENCY.
l. Lack 81 Home Religious and Moral
Training Responsible?

T. THE EDITOR or THE SvS-Str: IN
efficiency, in my opinion, has It's cause
in lack Of moral and religious training
in home and school.
The majority OF employees are more
Interested in their weekly wag" than in
their work. The result Is slackness and
inefticiency.
The desire for efficiency ought TO be
more encouraged by employers. for al
though is roots are in character. prid"
in good work and pleasure derived from
praise will do much TO further IL. one
il appalled, az the lack OF efficiency In
household workers, shop assistants and
others whose aim seems To he 20 GET
as much pay for as little work as posi-
HE. II that little were we'll done en-
plovers would AVE much 20 be thank
n, for and less 10 complain OF
r. L.
NEW LONDON, Conn, February 10.
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RRooKLYN. February 10.
Prosperity.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str: Yes
terday a friend who supplies trained ami
mas to various amusement enterprises
showed ME n photograph Of a monkey
ard a donkey whose services cost a
certain spectacular production $3.50 n
week. At this rate the trick monkey
and his partner the Jackass are making
"A darn i sight norc money in the show
business than my partner and ! can
make in these psychological times IN
the real estate business,
Would our present Administration
point to the earnings Of our dumb
friends. particularly OF the Jackass. as
another proof OF general prosperity?
WALTER BAKER.
NEW YORK. February IS.
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After the Wreck, Good News.

The best news that has come ont Of
Washington in nearly two years is
contained in the announcement that
the President will not call the sixty
fourth Congress in extra session i'm
mediately after the expiration on
March 4 OF the SiXty-third. Mr.. VIII
sons decision that it is 'expedient"
to put the "blame' for the non pa ssag
Of the ship purchase Hill on the Re
pubiicans Is ii counsel Of necessity,
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NO TAX ON LEGACIES
AS INCOME CT HEIRS
Payment Of requests Assumed
to Be Distribution Of
Principal.
DUTIES or EXECUTOR

THE SrN will answer anv IN.
du!ries bearing on the Federal In.
come tax While the Information r.,.
vided will he correct 10 tho n.s,
OF TIE SUNS belief. no spcr,
bility for the interpretations can Boz
assumed by this newspaper The
column OF answers. which VIII an.
pear daily, is meant merely Tor the
convenience Of THE SvN's readers
II Ia In charge Of Babson's Statistical
Organization.
Inquiries should he addressed 10
THE Sun Federal Income TaX DO.
partment. They must b. hr.o,
clearly written and bear the IN.
quirer's full name and address
Initials only will be used In tho
answers.
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The Employers Part.

To THE EpIToR OF " SvS-Sir. With
some notable exceptions, employers do
not appreciate efficiency.
The two things that count mos, in
rus ness lie nowadays are push and
pull" The man with a large idea ~
mis- own merits. who is not afraid -
praise himself, will get along 50 Will
the man who has a rood friend In the
business.
Employers a no time, as n rule,
70 note whether an employee is ell
cIent or otherwise. As long as he COM
plies with the rules and regulations and
makes no serious break his position IA
secure and he stands Just as good a
chance Of Advancement as y ne stayed
awake nights thinking up methods ~
Increasing his efficiency,
SAD EXPERIENCE.
RRooKIYN, February 10.
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Cut Short.

Attracted by Miss jess ne sped
To spend the day with her on we'd,
peeming 4 dangerous to deter.
lie went and called on her on Thur,
Then dreadlng tivGls he was spry
Enough to head them or On Fri.
And not content With even that
lie Chevled her Rhou, All Sat
Thpn as she tried MS pain to shun.
He Joined her after church on sun
Now having thus his rrct,!rSt dons.
lie wrote and asked her hand on Mon
Her answer. which arrived on Tue.
Was brief and to the point "Sh iddooF"
0voRGE n Mopewoop.
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.Sls.sls,seS

Denunciat1on Of the Republican
pa rty for wasteful management Of
public was one OF the prime
issues Of the 1912 Presidential cam
paign. On It's own bookkeeping the
Wilson Administration has broken
every promise Of thrift that II made
to gain office. On the fnce OF his own
returns Secretary McApoo needs to
devote his entire attention to the
serious business which awaits him
in the Treasury.
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To TIM EpiroR NJ Tur SuN-Sir As a
very rro1t admirer Of me discrelitei 60
Srcucer, | am sratiHct hy the letter OF
"T e. W" For myself helng a mere
American, ! venture q ask the superior
william Davidson: nv what right Is the
revered name ~ Darwin associated with
the brutal ferocity" to which Nj. David
son refers ", II RrxPoRp.
Snw NoRK, February 10.
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To TIP FnIroR OF THr SvN--Sir. Going
into YounG's to-day I noticed an unu-u-
ally large crowd OF men in the lobby.
Tho air was thick with talk.
7 asked ~ the clerk rs this the
Democratic rarty?"
lie replied mo. A convention o.
gas engineers"
And I snld 1.-THE same thing"
BosToN. February 10. B~osrONrsr.
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Colonel Goethalp IN Scribner's Nonfhlv
for March hegins his story Of the Panama
Canal, It Is accompanied by striking Pic
lures, n c. Boulger writes about King
Albert OF Belgium, and George B Me
Clellan, II q DWIGHT and !. + ]. Archl-
bald discuss various aspects 81 the Euro.
pcan war, =, pem!ng has an essay on old
age, John Galsworthy's serial 10 con
,inued there are short stories by A. c.
Gordon, +. Parsons, katharine II, Brown
and l.. D.. Wi!lis and Ave poems.
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General Complaint of the Postal Service

To rHE EDITOR oF TUn suN-Sir' What
George Arnold Eennett says Of the New
York Post Onicr IL. fear, only too true
NJ many throughout the country The
service here IL particularly rotten,
shall we ever have an Administrations
which VIII dare TO nut men In office who
are really fitted for tho work instead Of
Judging them by their ability to control
votes | NJ. W,
BERliS, y H., February ~
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As the late FRANK JAMES kept 10
the end his promise TO the Governor
Of Missouri never TO write a book
about the career of the James boys
as outlaws. or TO permit such a book
TO be written, the world now knows
that II has read a vast deal more
fiction than tru n In stories Of the
remarkable adventures u the James
Younger gang.
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when ex-Secretary OF War LaCan
NJ. DICKINsON a " that our land forces
are NOV further removed than s'cr
from pelng ericlent on account oi the
highly complicated character of mod
crn warfare" he states "A Truth tiat
army men privately admit but hate to
talk about.
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There ought TO be concern about
the ability OF Mr.. HARLAND b. HOWE
4 81. Johnsbury. VI, to hold the scales
of Justice even. He has been APP
pointed to the bench of the United
states District Court by President
WILSON.
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Watchful Waiting.

To III EnITOR OF TIE SvN-Sir: This
nation is wakefu,ly watching FOR the
dawn of prosperity born OF the sacrifice
OF the business of politics 10 political
business. JoHS NJ. GiBBs.
NEWARK, y. J., February 10.
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The Milford. Pa. Tag list" published
by the w. c. T. u. has brought cut
a peculiar phase in human nature.
Some of the victims Of publicity who
are intensely indlg aant because a lib-
erty has been taken with their names
are known 10 he proud Of their ability
TO carry their LIQUOR.
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President NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER's
paciicist young gentlemen must look
with deep disapproval on the students
Of Cornell, who are to be formed into
two regiments 81 1000 each and in
struCted in the manual Of arms,
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Time.

To TIM FnIroR ~ TUE SrN-Sr, con
slider the hest definition yet g!vcn Of
time to We the duration ~ nnite things,
the measure or change and movement In
perishahls conditions y y J.
NEW NoRK. February 10
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To TIIE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir, WIN
our wonderful and efficient postal au-
tnortIes explain why letters addressed 10
Mr. John Doe. NaVa! Proving Grounds,
~Iudianhead, Maryland" are repeatedly
mlssent to Indianapolis, Ind?
Don FRANCIS.
NEW YoRK, February 10.
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London ONCE. Bingham House. / Arun-
del street. Strand.
Paris once. 6 Rue he Ia Michodiere, on
Rue du Qustre septembre.
Washington ONCE. Hibbs Building
BROOKLYN once. los Livingston street.
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Representative BARTHoLDT Gus
the newspapers Of "utter!ng vile
calumnies upon the fatherland.' Mr..
BARTHoLDT himself has said some
pretty harsh things about the United
states of America.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-20

~ our friends rho td,or US ,rih manu-
scv1pts and Illustrations for publication rtsh
10 haze rejected articles returned tier must
u siI cases send stamps for thar purpose.
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Published daily. Including sunday, by the
sun Printing and Publishing Association at
ITO Nassau street. In the Borough OF Man
haitian. New York President and Treas
urer, william c. Rcick. 10 Nassau street
Vice-Presldent. Edward r. Mitchell, l1o
Nassau street. Secretary. c. f. Luston, i7o
Nassau street.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-20

Rose correspondence Lyons Rspusiican
Trtycr Garlic OF Rochester passed sun.
day with his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. CHARLIE.
Garlic.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-20

dler in getting $3.50 from a ~
passenger, a liubukcn steamship agent
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Nonresident Allen Partners.
ga. OWN you please ouligh,en M.
on the following question concerning N.
income tax returns
A. II. g and Il are partners IN n h4s!7o..
conducted mere. a ana ure nom.
,Se e'f business. The p ,-.asr IN ~ .- ',
dividend from securities held abroad In
asmuch as the law roads income tax 10 be
paid on revenue derived from bushes.
conducted and capital invested In the
United States, are these partners required
to pay assessment on the dividend re-.
have never seen any dsnntte intorna.
ton on this point and IN view Of tbs fst
aliens are exempt from taVa,ion. / am
forced to the conclusion some provision
must be made 20 meet the above men.
toned case. Hence the reason why I ava,'
myself of your wide and varied knowledge.
OF these matters.
Answer-we should think that the
dividends would have TO he included In
the income return OF all the partner.
T D. 2loe. dated December %. 1914
reads: The income OF on-resdont
aliens subject TO the normal tax OF |
per cent shall consist Of the tota, gains.
profits and income derived from all prop.
erty owned and from every business
trade or profession carried on within
the United states ito be designated "a
gross income) less deductions sycc.acally
enumerated sc. The law docs NOT DIS
tinguish as to the source Of tie income
In any event there would ~ course be
no question but that 6. u II woIg have
to include such income In their returns
Return Of n observation-disclosures Return.
.S-R l.. PA d."i on Aur' g. i,'i
leaving a Wi. ami "pp'!n'.ns ~ 'Ar 'o'
heirs. two 81 whom tra iutnt. ~a
shares of The later are trustee! ."