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Evening star., 1935-10-27

| First, the review and determination
of cases involving permit bonds issued
during prohibition, the terms of which
were preached.
| Second, cases involving vehicular
bonds similarly preached.
Third, reviews and assessments oi
liability for internal liquor revenue, OF
so-called true taxes, involved in cases
of reported violations pending at the
time of repeal.
Fourth, all offers in compromise oi
liability for violation of the present
liquor laws and all petitions under
these laws, when referred to Federal
district attorneys anywhere in the
United States or its possessions, are
also initially reviewed and recon-
mended for acceptance or rejection by
the unit.
That is Mr.. Lawrence's own terse
summation of what his unit in the
Department of Justice purports to do
After all the facts are known the tax
cases are certified to the commits
sioner of internal revenue. Then the
money collections begin. Money talks
here plainly above whisper, for the
unit considers money offers in COM
promise of claims for taxes.
1t all sounds thoroughly technical,
and it is; but it means. in plain
ordinary language that when Uncle
Sam gets the goods on one of his
offending nephews, be he a beer baron
or a slot machine man, that brother
has the privilege of stepping up to
the counter and paying in good cash
Or losing whatever physical proper
ties ne may possess.
In the case of an AL Capone, who
IS in the jail-house, and who has no
visable means of support. the record
merely stands. Uncle Sam has al
ready taken his toll from AL and his
ilk-and all the old gentleman can
do in this case is to soak AL $120, 900,
hoping that an inquisitive revenue
collector will find hidden safety box
Even at that, with the loss ot
phantom moneys, JUNGLE Sam has a
prosperous business in the taxes and
penalties unit. In the past year the
81 100000 mark was reached-and
there is another million or two ir
the offing.
IN EXPLAINING why Capone and
the boys behind the bars can still
be touched, to pay cash if they have
it, Mr.. Lawrence, the administrator
says:
"Capone was convicted in a Grim.
inal procedure for income tax eva.
sion. The recent proceeding of this
unit was a civil one to collect liquor
taxes"
Under criminal action a man must
pay or 60 to jail. Under civil &C.
ton a man in or out Of jail seems
10 be immune If he has no money.
The newly formed unit works ir
close cooperation with the criminal
division of the Department of Justice
and the Alcohol Tax Unit of the
Treasury Department. So there is very
little going on in the country that Mr.
Lawrence and his outfit does moi
know. They keep track Of liquor taz
Evening star., 1935-10-27
DANCING.

prof and Mrs. Acber's studio, 1877 10th
Il, NV Class and dancing Fridays, $3.50 TO
I 40 n M with Berryman's Orchestra. Pri-
vate lessons by appt. Met. ALSO. EST. lSOo.
Evening star., 1935-10-27

That the innocent bystander as
as we'll as the bootlegger sometimes got
it in the neck during prohibition is
evidenced by the fact that there were
seizures of baby carriages, go-carts
and bicycles. In fact. II all prop
critics were kept Uncle Sam would
have about the grandest assortment Of
miscellaneous goods on the market.
The warehouses of the land would
be filled with every conceivable OBJ
ject-from beer mugs to fancy demi-
johns, English pickle jars and rare
wine cruets-all seized by the prohi-
bition forces of old.
While outlaws come to grips with
Evening star., 1935-10-27

the finest samples of bourbon, straight
whisky, Scotch and other specimens
of spiritus frumenti There they
were. bonded, and kept away from the
convivalists.
While the roisterers could not SAM
pie this aged-in-the-wood product.
some of It was released for medicinal
and industrial purposes. along with
the non-beverage activities. This
brought about the various classes of
permit bonds required by Uncle Sam
Uses of alcohol. whiskies and wine
we're shunted into various channels:
Cosmetics. hair tonics, paints. oils and
even food. Culinary permits entitled
Evening star., 1935-10-27

the taxes and penalties unit. in the
natural course Of their illegal ways,
some highly respected citizens also
find their names docketed in Wash
ington. This for the reason that the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue was
given authority by Congress, when
prohibition became effective, to re-
quire bonds in support of the provi-
sions of 7.ermits to manufacture, sell.
purchase or transport liquors for nom
beverage purposes.
All the old drinking men will re-
member that when prohibition became
effective there we're in the various
warehouses of the country some Of
Evening star., 1935-10-27

~ EATH and taxes, they say, are
always with us; or just
around the corner. So. to
make life a little bit more
hazardous for certain gentry. Uncle
Sam has added another factor to the
eternal twins-and this he calls pen
alties.
Penalties. added to certain liquor
taxes, have netted your Uncle Samuel
a cool million dollars since repeal.
This neat sum is collected from the
old-fashioned bootleggers who recently
went out of business and from others
who still remain in the game.
In wing of the huge Department
of Justice Building. Joseph Lawrence,
the Attorney Generals administrator
in charge of taxes and penalties, runs
this million-dollar business While
most agencies operate at cost to the
Government, this one pays its own
way.
The Taxes and Penalties Unit of
the Department of Justice recently
got its baptism in the news columns
by certifying an assessment of $780,
600 in back taxes against AL Capone,
now resident guest in Attorney Gen.
eral Cummings de luxe island retreat,
Alcatraz-that clustered little rendez-
vous off the Golden Gate, where a
man may be in the world, but not of
the world.
1t seems that in his days as a beer
baron in Chicago Capone had some
$4,000 barrels of amber-colored fluid
which he hoped to sell to the trade.
Instead the Federal agents swooped
down on AIS places in Cicero. ILL.,, and
packed away II truck loads Of this
beverage. That was a lot of beer-in
a dry country. So much beer that if
the barrels were all lined together,
end to end. they would stretch out
over road IL miles long. That is the
way Mr.. Lawrence likes to look at this
array of beer barrels. Taking it out
of the wood and putting it into liquid
form. glass for glass, this same amount
of beer would give each quaff, if not
q liter, to some 100000 beer drinkers
Anyway, that is lot of beer going
down the hatch. When it was flow
ing along in old prohibition days
Uncle Sam never got penny of tax
from the beer barons or anybody else
Now, paradoxically as it may seem
Uncle Sam is reaching back into the
files and bringing the tax dodgers to
the bar of justice. And the old gentle
man is doing this by the newly set-up
agency, the Taxes and Penalties Ad-
ministration.
NOR does this agency concern itself
solely with the dead past. 1t
grapples with the immediate present
and pulls settlements out Of the
pockets of those who would otherwise
60 scot free. Also, it adds its penal
ties for liquor tax evasion by the Illicit
operators of today.
AS Joseph Lawrence explains
the work of his unit, 1t Is mainly con-
cerned with four phases of govern
mental activity:
Evening star., 1935-10-27
By John Jay DAILY.

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make life a little bit more
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-12-19
RADIO CALLED
AID T0FARMER

What the stock ticker is to the
broker, the radio has become to
the farmer; an essential tnstru,
ment in the conduct Of his bust,
ness, according to a survey by
The Radio Institute Of the Audi
BILE Arts.
BY completely revolutioniZing
marketing ethods for the
farmer the radio has saved him
millions Of dollars annually, it is
stated. The survey adds:
by broad cast ing price
quotations and weather condi-
tionS several times daily, the
radio keeps the farmer in init
mate touch with prices and
weather conditions. He knows
both what his produce is worth
and the national condition of
the market"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-12-19
RFCHELPSR0AD
TO BORROW At
LOWER RATE

Uncle Sans hand was extended
to the Great Northern railroad
yesterday to help the road borrow
money at a lower rate.
Jesse Jones, chairman of the Re.
construction Finance Corporation,
made public a letter in which
RFC agreed to take any amount
unsold to the public Of a 500, Oo0-
900 issue of 1O-year Great North.
ern railway bonds, provided the
interest rate is / per cent.
He informed w. P. Kenney,
president Of the railroad that RFC
directors felt the road would be
paying entirely too much for the
money" under a proposal Of pri-
vate bankers to underwrite the
issue for a fee Of approximately
$l,O00,000 with the interest rate
at per cent.
Jones letter to Kenney said:
1--WE appreciate your efforts
and those Of your bankers to
provide this money without
coming to the Government, but
feel that in offering to pay such
a high rate you will be hurting
all railroad financing and un-
necessarily penaliZing your own
security holders.
-Four per cent is q fair yield,
a good rate in this market, and
we think you should not pc re-
quired to pay more. We have
no desire to SuppIant your
bankers, hut would Ike to CO.
operate with them and the rail.
roads to the end that railroad
financing can be done at much
less cost to the roads,"
The corporation would not be
in bonds bearing the
higher rate approved by the roads
bankers. the letter made clear.
At a press conference, Jones in.
sisted the policy did not involve
"compulsion" on the bankers to
shave interest charges, adding that
I'VE are just trying to help the
get its money at a fair
rate"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-12-19
GILBERT WARNS
OF DEFLATI0N

NEW YORK, Dec. 19.-S. Parker
Gilbert, partner in J. P. Morgan
& Co., yesterday warned that to
halt the rise in excess reserves
without warning would retard re.
covery and start a new period OF
deflation.
Stating that most Of the increase
in excess reserves resulted from
net gold imports this year Of over
1900 million dollars, Gilbert said:
"These foreign holdings have
= potential call on our reserves
and If and when political con-
ditiOns in Europe become more
settled and the foreign ex-
changes return to some kind Of
stability, there may be q sub
Stantial return flow Of gold to
Europe"
The Morgan partner questioned
the wisdom in these circumstances
of raising reserve requirements,
suggesting the volume Of excess re-
serves may shrink from natural
causes. He added:
THE present high figure is
in a very real sense a protec-
ton against unnecessary de-
flation If, for example, there
should be a large outflow Of
gold"
Continued heavy deficits Of the
Federal Government Is one in.
flationary influence outside the
Federal Reserve system, Gilbert
said, adding:
1T cannot be denied that
Government deficits and deficit
financing involve q kind Of in
flation, in the sense that they
tend to increase the total
volume Of bank deposits and
thus the general fund of money
available to the community to
spend, without any correspond.
ing increase in wealth."
He added that it was un-
reasonable to expect Federal
Reserve restrictive measures to
check the danger Of initiation
from governmental sources.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-12-19
Money Markets

NEW YORK. Dec. 10 G.N.s).-Call
money was renewed at y Of l per cent
on the Stock Exchange today and at
IL per cent on the Curb Exchange. Out
side rates were also unchanged at the
recent advanced rate of \ Of per
cent.
Times rates were firm at a flat rate
of / per cent on maturities up to s
months.
Commercial paper continued to be
active with rates unchanged at y OF l
per cent.
Bankers acceptance rates were no.
minal and unchanged at Il to S-lS per
cent for 30 so and 90 days, SIS to u
per cent for 100 days and y to sis per
cent for $50 and $50 days.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-12-19
S Stockholders
Fewer for
q. M.

The total number Of General
Motors common and preferred
stockholders for the fourth quar-.
ter Of 1888 was 337,21s compared
with 345,0o for the third quarter
Of 1888 and with 350,164 for the
fourth quarter Of 1884.
There were 317,500 holders OF
common stock and 1918 Of pre-
ferred stock, against 325, 430 COM
mon stockholders and 1854 pre-
ferred for the third quarter Of
1885.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-12-19
FOREIGN BONDS
WORK LOWER

NEW YORK, Dec. 10 GN.SJ
The bond market turned ire
gularly lower today in early
dealings. Italians led the foreign
list downwards with a break OF
from 8 to 4 points, virtually
wiping oYt gains of yesterday,
while domestic corporation issues
turned down only fractionally.
New York Central sold down a
point. Southern Pacific 4l2s of
81, Chicago Milwaukee & st.
Paul issues and Nickel Plate liens
sustained slighter losses.
Steels were again lower with
American Rolling Mills 4As OF
rs dipping almost a point and
Wickwire Steel issues declining
fractionally.
U S. Government liens were
again rather lightly traded. On
the whole the list worked slightly
higher with gains ranging to 2-32
point but the Treasury 414s OF
'47!52 dipped 2-32. Federal Farm
and Home Owners Loan issues
were steady and slightly higher
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-12-19
GRAINS MIXED
AND DULL

HICAG Dec. 10 G.N.S).
Grains were irregular in dull early
dealings today. Foreign markets,
which have provided the principal
stimulus to prove movements re-
Gently, reacted following a strong
opening. and created an uncer-
tain feeling in the market here.
Near mid-session wheat here
was "a to PC off, corn unchanged
to VIC up, oats 70 to Vac up. May
wheat sold at 9SAc, down Vac
from yesterday.
Liverpool wheat was 70 to u
pence off in late dealings. Buenos
Aires was "a to Zee off at noon.
Winnipeg started unchanged to
Ac off.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-12-19
Chicago Produce

CHICAGO, Dec. 10 G,N.sD-Butter-
$500 tubs easy: old cars g. new 3. Ex-
tras, 32ts standards. 32i3: extra frsts,
S2t; firsts 31631%; seconds, 80; spe-
cials, 3S635Ia.
EgEs-4,752 cases: steady; old cars
none; new :. Current receipts. "a; fresh
extra firsts less than cars, rs: fresh
firsts. less than cars, 81; dirties 20;
checks, IS.
cheese - Twins. 17%G1s; single
daisies, 1S14 6lSA; longhorns, lSh o
lS%.
Live Poultry-Turkeys and young
toms. "a: old toms, %; hens, 126lsi9 :;
ROSTERS. 1411; ducks, 1492l; geese. lac
II; chickens. 1906.
Potatoes-3S cars: on track 100; U. s.
shipments $50; Idaho RussetS Burbanks
S1s5; No. .. $40; Wisconsin Round
White. $191.l21a Michigan Rural Rus
sets. S1.l0: Minnea polls and North Da-
kota early Ohio, 1925; Colorado Nc
Clures $40.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-12-19
FARM INCOME
ESTIMATE UP

Continued gains in industrial
activity in recent months have
resulted in increased demand for
farm products, in turn raising
estimates for farm income, the
Department Of Agriculture reports.
The departments crop report
ing board raised Secretary Wal.
lace'S previous estimate Of 1885
gross farm income by $4,000
600.
Wallace, who had predicted
1885 farm income at $1,000, 000,-
900 in his annual report to the
President a week ago, expressed
surprise when the board put the
figure at $s,1l0,o00,000. SThese
figures, which include AAA rental
and benefit payments, compare
with $7,266, 900 900 in 1894.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-12-19

crate; demand light; market weak. vir.
| ginia, bushel baskets, 70@S5c.
Sweet Potatoes-ons South Carolina
arrived; ] unbroken car on track. Sup
plies moderate; demand light; market
steady. North Carolina, bushel baskets
Puerto Ricans best, 75c, fair condition.
| 500 5c; bushel hampers Jersey type
U. s. No. /: Maryland, Anne Arundel
county, 81; New Jersey, S1.25; Delaware,
6ushel crates Jersey type, U. 8. No. l.,
Tomatoes-No carlot arrivals; 1 un.
broken car on track. Supplies light; de-
mand light; market steady. Florida.
lug boxes. ripes and turning wrapped,
Mixed Vegetables-One Texas arrived;
broken and I unbroken cars on track.
Lima Beans-Supplies moderate; de-
mand light; market steady. Cuba, bushsl
$3.50.
Green Beans-No carlot arrivals: /
broken car on track, Supplies moder-
ate; demand light; market steady.
Flor bushei hampers Green Flat
squash-suppliss very light; demand
light market steady. Florida, bushel
hampers. white wrapped, $3.50.
Egg Plant-supplies very light; de-
mand light; market steady. Florida, III
bushel crates, fair to ordinary condition,
S1.5O92
Peppers-supplies light; demand light;
market steady. Cuba, Ia bushsl crates,
ucumbers-supplies light; demand
light; market steady. Florida, bushel
baskets. choice, 50.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. light; demand
light; market steady. Florida, pony
Okra-Supplies light; demand light;
$500
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. moderate de-
mand light; market steady. Mary
land and Pennsylvania, 8-pound bas-
kets, 25975c, according to grade.
CaulifIOwer-No carlot arrivals; 2
broken and l unbroken cars on track
supplies moderate; demand slow; mar
ket dull. California, crates. tI.75
BroccOIi-No carlot arrivals; / broken
crates. 81.
lettuce crates, punched, 11.s5; Penn
sylvania, bushel baskets, topped,
OrangeS-ons Florida arrived;
broken and 2 unbroken cars on track.
?, s25O08; California, 63.5Oa8 .75, &C
cording to size.
Grapefrult-Florida. boxes, No. l,
$3.50 @?.75, No. ?, &2e59 $50, accord
ing 10 size. Few special marks higher.
LemOns-California, boxes, No. l,
&7d7.5O. few IS; No. 2, $69S.5O.
TanEerines-One Florida arrived;
broken car on track. Florida, AS
bushel boxes, S1.25G175, according
to grade and size.
Pears-No carlot arrivals: un-
broken car on track. Washington,
boxes, Bosses, $29225.
KRle-Virginia, bushel ba skets Aoc.
Collards-virginia, bushel baskets,
IS q 4oc.
TurnipS-Nearby sections. bushel
baskets soc.
Parsnips-P i1s-b ushsl
baskets, +0c.
Kumquats-Florida. sa1Oc per quart.
Beets-Texas, "a crates, &l.65.
Mixed Citrus-One Florida arrived
/ broken car on track.
L. c. L. Express Arrivals
F1Orida-42 Tugs avocados; 10 bushel
baskets cucumbers; I2 bushel baskets
okra; 20 bushel baskets SQUASH SIS
bushel baskets snap beans; 36 3o-pound
Tugs tomatoes
Ohio-5 crates asparagus; $50 10
pound Tugs dollhouse tomatoes.
New York state-l2 crates brussels
sprouts.
Pennsylvania-1s4 S-pound baskets
mushrooms
VirEinia-5 barrels watercresS
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-12-19
j.. 5. STILL BUYS
NEW SILVER
international News Service

Secretary Of the Treasury
Morgenthau today reported that
the Treasury is continuing to
buy silver, and that the recently
adopted policy of purchasing in
many places, rather than in the
London market alone, was also
being continued.
Morgenthau, at the same time,
revealed that the Treasury Is
buying virtually the complete
newly.mined production of sill
yer from Mexico. He did not
attribute any specific Importance
to the fact that the silver price
was fixed in the New York mar
ket yesterday several hours
prior to any price-fixing in Lon
don. He declared:
II have bought silver every
day this week. I have bought
it in many places"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-12-19
STOCKS STEADY
AFTER EARLY
DECLINE
BY LESLIE GOULD

NEW YORK, Dec. 10 IN.S0.
The stock market steadied today
after early unsettlement in re.
Spouse to the shakeup in the Brit.
ish cabinet and the threat this
contained to the Laval ministry.
A break in gold currencies
added to the nervousness but no
important liquidation in stocks de-
veloped and this treasured specu-
lative sentiment.
Rails and steels were the heavi-
est at the start. Bethlehem lost a
point and Union Pacific was down
over a point. Part of the losses
were cut down later.
Silver Shares Stronger
Silvers were stronger despite
the critical situation in the metal.
P. S. Smelling rose around a point.
Coppers firmed up after an open.
ing decline.
Aviations were strongest as a
group. Douglas rose to a new
high. United Aircraft was in
large demand. The beginning Of
the Army awards for combat
planes was the influence.
Utilities were unsettled by steady
pressure on Consolidated Gas,
which sold under the 80 level for
the first time in many years.
Motor Changes Small
Only fractionally changes
ruled in the motor shares where
early selling found good sup.
port. Accessories were firm with
Bendix higher.
A. o, Smith ran up 3 points
more after yesterdays rise. Radio
quoted down after the sport of
the last two days. Standard of
Indiana hit a new high in the
oils. Liquors were sluggish and
rubbers inclined to sag.
Cotton was quiet. A tumble
in the gold currencieS developed
in foreign exchanges.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-12-19
Pittsburgh Produce

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 10 sO.-tAll
poultry, butter and eggs are wholesale
prices to dealers. Supplies limitedD
Poultry steady. Heavy hens, 1890;
Leshorn hens 1905: heavy springers
pounds and over, 1890; under 4
pounds. 1761S: LeEhorn sprinEsrs Is
OILS; young turkey hens 236?5: zoos
tiers, l26ll young ducks ls1l5; old
ducks lsAiS: geese, 1871; young
toms. 23f2S; old toms, 2on21.
Butter unsettled. 90 score 33%; 80
score, IS; IS score, 3?k standard, 35&
Eggs unsettled. Nearby current re-
ceipts, H6d27; extra firsts csh q 20 ;
white extras 51a32.
Tomatoes weaker. Florida, sxs pack.
S2.25 $50; SKI pack. seas. Ohio hot
house s-lb. baskets. mediums, $l.5O9
l.s5; large and small. Sl.25 6I.35.
Cabbage steady. New York Danish
type bO-lb. sacks $50 soc; bulk. per bu-
baskets 5od55c Texas domestic Round
type 4n-lb. crates. 6l.25Tl.3S: so-lb.
crates, $3.50. Virginia Savoy type, IN
bushel hampers. Is assoc.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-12-19
Bids and Proposals

IF os5 Sealed o96P5:s:
vii! BE- received at Room 500 District
and then publicly opened for construction.
etc. OF Building-C. Adult Unit. at site
Of Tuberculosis sanatoria, near Glenn
Dale, Prince ,GeorgeS County. Maryland.
anu full information for bidders is given
in the drawings specifications. and in
other CONTRACT papers which may be 4 OBJ.
upon deposit of certified check payable
sum OF Fifty DOLLARS $50 .00l to in.
sure Sso ,Srs. n C00G ss more
and specifications and contract papers will
be furnished TO any one II general con.
tractor No proposal will be accepted un'
than five per cent 49, Of the amount
of the bid In the form Of a certified check
made payable to- the Collector, Of Taxes.
proved surety company. Security for the
be ' in = the form Of . sursty bond in a
e contract sum price. labor bona in '0; an
amount equal to the largest estimated
aggregate payroll for any one month Is
Of s50S0 ana soooS s sso the
quired. The work called for by this pro-
VIII an agreement dated December 10,
District Of Columbia and the Federal
Emergency Administrator Of Public Works
and 10 subject to the construction regulA.
tions and labor provisions of Bulletin No
2 of the Federal Emergency AdministrS-
ton Of Public Works dealing with Non
Fedora projects. revised March /: 1885
District Of Columbis 10 Edgar B Young,
$50 Indiana Avenue. n, W. The Commits.
sioners reserve the right to reject any or
all proposals and to waive informaitties
as they deem BEST for the interest Of the
District of Columbia. Final award of
contract is subject to approval of the
P PSfgfa worms SNS e b,ddsF nav Wi3bdra%
his proposal for . period OF thirty (3ol
days after the date for the opening
tha: not less than the minimum wage
rates prescribed by the Federal Emer-
Eency Administration Of Public .wo ks
Hsssn 90 eolq on XiIsn Dan suItan
Commissioners, D. c.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-12-19
Cotton Goods

ness continued characteristic of the cot
ton goods markets today, although a
moderate demand for odd lots for i'm
mediate shipment, developed. The
total volume involved in these orders
however. was virtually negligible. Prices
continued strong in all constructions, all
though q few buyers were again sound
ing out the market for indications of
weakening. The sharp decline OF raw
cotton quotations in the last two weeks
and the lack of sales would in most in
stances make for sharply reduced prices
in goods but in the last six months,
mills have been showing an unusual IN
anmit yin holding prices despite tenn
porarily adverse conditions.