The daily independent., 1937-05-20
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with personal pleas to vote Tor
the S5,OOO,OOO appropriation.
Note: The Blue Ridge Parkway
will 20 within three miles OF the
farm on which Doughton lives
and past another that he owns.
Unique Accession
IF Secretary Frances Perkins
can put it over the New Deal will
gain a unique accession.
The Labor Department CHIEF Is
Quietly pushing Harper Sibley, ex-
president of the U. S. Chamber
of Commerce, for appointment 10
the vacancy on the Social Secur-
itv Board. The job must be filled
with a Republican, requirement
that Sibley meets.
Behind Miss Perkins support IS
q close friendship with Mrs. Slo-
lev. When the latter'S HUSBAND
was elected head of the Chamber
two years ago, Miss Perkins gave
a big reception for them at her
Georgetown home.
Miss Perkins holds a good hama
of cards in backing Sibley for the
Social Security job.
He and the President are ola
friends and fellow New Workers.
Both are gentlemen farmers ana
graduates of Groton and Harvard
Furthermore, while very wealthy
and big business man, Sibley has
been conciliatory in his attTuoe
toward the Administration. on
number of occasions he was res
ponsible for tempering violent
structures cf the Chamber against
II.
Sibley is So, deeply religious and
very active in the EplScopal
church and charitable organlza-
tions, He has extensive farm
properties in New York, Califor-
MIA, Canada and Montana. He IN
herited a considerable fortune
which he greatly increased. Both
he and Mrs. Sibley have BECOME
very fond of Washington'S OIL
cial and social life.
Tax Evader
Even members Of the U. .:
Board of Tax Appeals, arb!Fers OF
tay controversies that run into
millions annually have troubles
with the income tax collector.
John M. Sternhagen has been a
, member of the Board since It's
creation in 1924. He is very meti-
culous. He believes in paying the
Government everything due 1t, but
/ not one cent more. To this END ne
carries with him a little black
book in which, each day, he re-
cords the precise amount Of his
5 expenditures that 60 for taxes
, such as luxury impoSts, gasoline
taxes. etc.
Under the law it is legal to de-
duct federal taxes from income
, tax returns. So when he made out
; his return. Sternhagen carefully
deducted the nuisance" taxes he
! had paid during the previous year
= A few weeks later, lunchlne
= with an Internal Revenue Bureau
> official. Sternhagen related whaT
= he had done and boasSed OF the
t accuracy of his return. That's
l one return" he said, there wont
f be any comeback on"
His friend said nothing, bu'
1 when he returned to his office he
2 checked the law and found, a.
: he suspected, that the 1-cent pei
! gallon gas tax is not deductlolf
' because it is classed as a manu-
Y facturer's excise tax.
l A few days later he told Stern
5 hagen about The error. The Ta1
l Board member Contended he was
right. but promised to look up the
/ law. He did-and the next day ht
e walked into the office of his In
= ternal Revenue friend and laic
+ down a check for the few cent:
= he had incorrectly deducted.
Merry GO-ROund
/ Charles F. Pace, veteran finan'
i cal officer of the State, has
e unique record in the government
= srevice. In the "a years he ha!
2 held his post he has never hac
t an account challenged or disal'
= lowed. Also, he is doing the work
- of his office with the same num-
ber of employees he had when ap-
pointed in 1918. Pace favorS
pension system for congressional
workers with Is or more years
service. At present this class ot
government employees is excluded
from all pension provisions.
The disclosure that Commits
sioner Basil Manly had been voted
ont of the vice Craftsmanship OF
the Federal Power Commission
after holding the job Shree years
stirred up hot row IN the agen'
CIV. The Commission finally ISSUED
q formal statement denying thai
Manly's deposition was due to in.
ternal dissension. Fellow Tam
manyfSes are telling friends thai
Representative Samuel Dich5te'r
is taking so hard the refusal Of
the House to approve his propoS-
ed Nazi investigation that he is
ready to give up his seat, and has
made quiet overtures to Wigwam
moguls for an appointment to a
New York iudgeShlp.