Evening star., 1933-08-29
TIGHTER TAXlAWS
URGED BY MAL0Y
Speaker at National Bar As
S0ciation Sessions Cites
Morgan Case.
BY the Associated Press.

GRAND RAPIDS. Mich, August 90
A promise Of new legislation that will
halt the manipulation of the income
tax laws to the private and personal
interest of the wealthy" was voiced to-
day by Pat Malloy, Federal Assistant
Attorney General in charge Of tax eva
sion and crime, In an address to q
group Of attorneys here in advance OF
the annual convention Of the American
Bar Association.
Speaking before the mineral section
of the bar association, Malloy declared:
What We must have-what We shall
have, If the forces Of the new revolu-
ton are to function-is q redistribu-
ton of the tax burdens of America"
He pledged that every agency Of the
Government has been conscripted for
that purpose; that every influence 1t
has or can extend will be spent in that
direction"
Refers to Morgan.
He referred to revelations before .
Senate investigating committee that J.
P. Morgan and some Of his associates
had paid no income taxes in recent years,
while the general mass OF the public,
including very low salaried stenograph-
ers. had been paying its support to the
functions of government the years
through"
It do not say am not compelled
to say" he continued, that the last
administration in its dealings with this
particular series of tax matters was
wrong. But do remind you that
perhaps other cases of like character
still exist, and what to do with them Is
a problem that confronts the integrity
and courage of every man.
"Of this you may be assured-the
present Department Of Justice will CO.
operate with the Treasury Department
to work out a way, with the help of
Congress. to halt the manipulation of
the income tax laws to the private and
personal interest of the wealthy, and to
make 1t possible that such evasion as
that which occurred in the Mitchell
case shall not be an easy nor an at
tractive method Of dealing with the
Government" (Charles E. Mitchell,
financier, was acquitted Of having vio-
lated the law In claiming income tax
deductions)
A call for systematic Nationwide
campaign by attorneys to drive from
their profession the unscrupulous and
dishonest practitioner was sounded
by Clarence E. Martin Of Martinsburg
w. Va, president of the American Bar
Association.
Martin charged unprincipled lawyers
have aroused q public distrust of the
profession which finds 'the honest in
tention OF lawyers everywhere chal-
lenged."
public distrust of the profession which
finds "the honest intention Of LAWYERS
everywhere challenged"
The speaker lamented q lack Of CO.
ordinated effort by the American bar
to solve its problems and suggested all
State bar associations agree on q plan
Of action and that they cooperate with
the national association without neces-
sarily afiliating with 1t.
Fears Disintegration.
There is an unconscious movement
toward disintegration Of the bar"
Martin said. "a movement so pro-
nounced that, unless strong and effective
measures are initiated and taken
promptly, the future of the profession,
as a profession, in America, to say the
least, is problematical, If not forlorn .
Referring to the unscrupulous at
torney, Mr.. Martin said:
Into the profession have come men
whose minds turn inwardly; who, II
conscious Of our ideals and ethics, have
chosen to use their professional privi-
lege to make money in any manner
possible; and who are seemingly oblivi-
Gus of the fact the license to practice
law is a privilege with obligations and
duties essentially public in their nature.
"There EXISTS no doubt in the mind
of any honest lawyer that the profess
sion has suffered immeasurably by this
unfortunate condition, because every
constructive effort of any moment on
the part of the bar to obviate and
eliminate this unfortunate condition, in
the interest Of the common veal, has
been openly challenged and opposed by
various interests, thinking lawyers are
convinced there must first come organi-
zation and integration and then, de-
termined action"