The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-04

OaNAAae0 against Mellon. Suddenly he re- ceived an offer from the duPonts to defend Q tax case for them against the government.
 Most of the board of tax ape peals was appointed by MT. Mellon during his record term as secretary of the treasury.
 Three members of the entire board were selected to hear his case: Ernest II. Van Fossan, re- publican appointee of Mellon's; Bolon B. Turner, Roosevelt dern- ocrat; and Trammell, democratic appointee of Melons and the brother of Senator Trammell of Florida.
 Anti-MelIOn
 As the hearings progressed 1t became apparent from their questions that Van Fossan defl- ritely favored Mellon, Turner definitely did not, and that Tram mell, who held the balance, also edged toward the anti-Mellon side.
 But suddenly Trammeli receiv- cd an offer to become counsel for the Almours Securities company of Jacksonville, Fla, owned by the duPonts, in a suit brought by the government to collect $2,061,- O2l of taxes.
 TrammeI informed Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau Of the offer, indicated that he would like to accept it, but that if Morg9nthau thought he should remain to finish the Mellon tax case, he would do 50.
 Morgenthau indicated that the opinion of anyone who had re- ceived such a fiattering offer could not help but be prejudiced on the case he was trying, and told Trammell to go ahead with his duPont plans.
 Tie Stand
 This leaves 6 tie of one-to-one between the two remaining mem bers of the tax appeals board who are trying the Mellon case.
 The case now goes to the full board of twelve members, most of them Mellon appointees. But since the case is extremely voluminous, totaling 10000 pages of testimony and 1000 exhibits, no member of the board who did not sit through the hearings can possibly familiarized himself completely with 1t.
 Betting odds, therefore, are that Uncle Andy will keep his $3,000,- 900.
 Senator COuzens
 Senator Couzens of Michigan, arch- h-inquisitor of Mir. Mellon when he was secretary of the treasury, is much interested in matter. So are other senators.
 Two points interest them. One is the position of MT. Trammell in representing the duPonts in Q tax claim before the board of which he was a member.
 The other is the question of whether MT. Mellon or Frank Hogan, his attorney, induced the duPonts to tempt MT. Trammell away from the board of tax ap- peals.
 This question will be difficult to answer. But while one of the Merry Go Founders was ques- tioning Mir. Trammell about the situation, his telephone rang.
 Hello, Frank" said Mir.
 Trammell. "Yes, Frank, I'm getting out. I'm clearing my desk now"
 The name Hogan was not men, toned.
 Supreme Court Reaction Henry Wallace is keeping a sharp check on correspondence from the hinterland. He wants to know exactly what the public thinks of the supreme court, and of his criticisms of it.
 Out of the first 500 letters re- ceived after the court ordered processing taxes returned, Wall lace found that 70 per cent opposed the court, 30 per cent favored it.
 The letters anne in th4ckest after Wallace had characterized the order as "legalized steal" Here are some excerpts:
 From Kirksviile, Mo. = People around here like your backbone" !"
 From Brooklyn, N. Y. = You took an oath to support the con- stitution of the United States. You should either live up to 1t or resign"
 From Goshen, Ind.-"Keep your tail up, strength to your arm, and God bless you"
 From Rome, GeOrgia-"If you are not satisfied with our form of government, you had better go back to Russia where you belong" i"
 Merry-GO-ROund
 Senator Borah recently issued a blast against "favorite son" can- didates. Shortly afterward the senator's Illinois packers issued 8 press release stressing the fact that he was born on an Illinois farm, land, therefore, is the fav-