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DEMANDS
TAX PROBE OF
R00SEVELTS
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Anna Boettiger, son and daughter
Of the President; John L. Lewis,
labor chief; Harry L. Hopkins,
WPA director, and Ben Smith,
New York financier and heavy con-
tributor to the Democratic cam.
paign fund.
Probe Invited
AS Fish concluded, Morgenthau
stepped to the witness stand, say.
ing:
II invite the committee to en-.
anime the returns Of myself, my
wife and my father" =
Plainly irritated by the injection
of his name into the inquiry, Nor
genthau spoke in determined tones
as he invited investigation.
Fish, refusing to reveal the source
Of his information except in one
instance, said he had been told
that James Roosevelt had eStab-
lished Q foreign corporation in the
Bahama Islands. He said he was
told that Henry Morgenthau, ST.,
had established a foreign corpora
ton to reduce taxes.
During his testimony, Fish
charged the Treasury with smear
ing" Republican campaign contri.
butors and passing over Demo
Gratis.
mo Objections"
Just before the committee ad-
journed until Tuesday, Represent
alive Treadway (R.) Of MaSsachu-
sets asked whether the committee
would accept Morgenthau's prof
fer OF tax returns. Said Chairman
Doughton CD of North Carolina:
II am sure there will be no OBJ.
lection by any members Of the
committee, but we should con-
slider that in executive session"
Senator Harrison CD of Missis-
sippi told reporters after the hear
ing:
"If Representative Fish be-
heVeS that the case presented by
him Of Mrs. Roosevelt, who took
81 per radio lecture 50 that q
charitable institution might get
$4,000 per lecture, Is comparable
to the nefariOus cases heretofore
presented to the committee,
then Mr.. Fish has had a brain
Storm"
Going into detail regarding the
Morgenthaus, Fish said:
~ have been informed that in
at least one instance in this trad.
ing back and forth MOrgenthau
sold the stock to his wife for 10
cents q share and later bought
it back at $50 q share"
Fish asSailed the statement of
President Roosevelt in his message
to Congress that the loopholes he
sought to close are Of recent date.
He said:
Everyone knows they have
been used for years and he
makes it appear that Congress
is at fault"
He repeated his request for ex.
animation Of tax returns Of James
Roosevelt and Anna Boettiger. He
had previously said he would ask
for examination of the return Of
Elliott Roosevelt, son of the Presi-
dent.
'But know nothing about
Elliott Roosevelt and it Is not
important" said Fish, passing
over his name.
Points to Funds
Regarding Lewis, Fish pointed
to the United Mine Workers con-
tributions to the 1886 Demo
cratic campaign fund and said:
II don't know what the law
is. Corporations cannot con-
tribute. The question Is should
unions be permitted to con-
tribute"
Fish also called for the tax
return of Ben Smith. described
as q contributor to the Demo
cratic campaign fund. He de-
manded investigation Of the tax
returns either of the Democratic
National Committee or the cor
poration selling books, auto.
graphed by the President to raise
campaign funds. He said:
"1f they are sold for profit
then it is a matter for the COM
mittee to find out whether tax
has been paid"
He added that, in any event, the
corrupt practices act has been VIC.
lated.
Refers To Broadcast
Fish reserved the right to give
out Statments to the press despite
the fact that the committee had
barred reference to Mr.. Roosevelt
in his testimony. Questioned by
Representative Vinson, Fish said
that Mikes F. LaSker got $1,000
for each of Mrs. Roosevelt's broad.
casts and that Miss Nancy Cook
got $500. He declined to reveal
the source of his information.
The consideration in the con-
tract made by LaSker, Fish added,
was that Mrs. Roosevelt would get
merely 81 for each broadcast.
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