Smyrna times., 1936-02-06
HASTINGS HITS
SENATE ATTACK
Calls Schwellenbach's Attack
on P. S, DUPONT "Infam-
Gus SANDER
ASSAILS "TERRORISMo

Rising to defend Pierre S. du-
Pont, Senator Hastings (R., DELI
said Thursday that the manufac-
turer paid $4,563 ,988 income tax
for 1929 and contributed $685., ,473
to charity that year. Hastings.
speaking on the floor on the Sem
ate, assailed as an Infamous
SANDER the recent attack which
Senator Schwellenbach ID, Wash.)
made upon DUPONT. The Delaware
Senator said such a vicious at
tack" upon "one of the most dis
tinguished citizens of my State"
was blot" upon Schwellenbahc
record. Schwellenbach, in the
course of a speech denouncing the
American Liberty League as con-
trolled by "rascals and crooks" had
referred to income tax litigation
the Government has aimed at du-
Pont. The Government contends a
securities transaction between du-
Pont and John ]. Raskob, another
Liberty League backer, was not in
good faith. Hastings, implying that
dupont was a victim of Govern
mental terrorism" because he
backed the Liberty League in its
onclaught on the New Deal, said:
This man, who paid more than
Az millions of dollars as an income
tax for 1929; this man, who con-
tributed to charity for that same
year, but slightly less than a mill
/ lion dollars, or total of more than
51a million dollars to his Govern
ment and to charity. is now held up
by the junior Senator from Wash
ington as being guilty of as high
degree Of criminality as has ever
been perpetrated by racketeers
who were finally put in the PEN
| Iitentiary' He refers to Mr.. DUPONT
and his friends as 1eeches, blood
suckers as 'raScalS' and crooks,
and it seems to me that it is not
too much to say that that speech
will ever remain a blot upon the
Senator's record, if not blot upon
the record of this great body itself
.... 1t does one thing, however,
it bears out the prediction of Mr..
Farley Democratic chairman) that
the 1886 campaign is to be the dirt
lest in all history" Hastings said
that on his 1929 tax return, DUPONT
claimed caritable reductions of
STA 1872 but that revenue agents
found a larger sum, 1882 ,473, ac-
tually was deductable. Later, Hast
ings said. the Government reversed
a position of long-standing on GER
tain charitable deductions, and
sought to collect a deficiency tax
Of S164,477 He said that both
sides agreed to wait until the Su-
preme Court decided a similar case
and that the court on November 5,
1884, decided against the Govern
ment However, he continued, "af-
ter the Liberty League had become
somewhat active" in 1885 the In
ternal Revenue Department ques-
toned DUPONT, asking him if the
securities transactions between
him and Raskob were bona fide"
DUPONT said they were. Referring
to the departments question, Hast
ingS said: Here was the implica-
ton of a charge Of fraud. Here
was intimation of terrorism in Gov
ernment." When Hastings conclud-
ed Schwellenbach asked him if he
approved the transaction in late
1929 and early 1880 between Ras-
kob and DUPONT. II do not ap-
prove or disapprove, Hastings re
piled, "but I do condemn any effort
to try a case in the Senate which is
pending in the Board of Tax APP
peals. I do condemn the Senator
for calling DUPONT a crook without
knowing the facts" When Hast
ings said the Washington Senator
wouldn't dare make such state
ments except on the Senate floor"
Schwellenbach said he made them
knowing the facts after full ex-
animation of the records and real
izing the implications of the state
ments. I still believed" he added,
that when the recond is completed
it will show that I was correct"
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