Evening star., 1942-08-06
Fish Insists He Held
$4,000 Only 10 Invest
For Gen. TrujiI|o
Consulted Tax Bureau
Before Making 1889
Return, He Declares Also
BY GOULD LINCOLN.

Representative Fish, Repub-
lican, of New York, pre-Pearl
Harbor isolationist, now seeking
denomination in President Roose-
velt's home district, today fatty
declared that he had never been
questioned by any representative
Of the Internal Revenue Bureau
regarding a 5000 credit he re-
ceived from Gen. Rafael L. Tru-
jillo, dictator of the Dominican
Republic, in 1899.
Mr.. Fish discussed over the long
distance telephone, from his ofIice
at Ill Broadway, New York, the
copyrighted account of his dealings
with Gen. Trujillo published in the
Washington Post today.
There are four points," said Mr..
Fish, "in connection with this
matter.
First, no representative of the
Internal Revenue Bureau has ap-
preached me to discuss this credit
of $25, 900.
Second, I was acting merely as
an agent In the matter. In connec-
ton with some oil speculatiors.
Third, there was a total loss of
$12 500, and the other $12,500 I re-
turned to Gen. Trujillo.
Consulted Bureau on Tax Returns.
Fourth, I wrote a letter to the
Internal Revenue Bureau, after con-
sulting two men in that bureau who
informed me there was no reason for
taking up the matter with the bu-
reau, setting forth the details of the
transaction. This was written after
my campaign for denomination got
under way, comparatively recently.
LAS q matter of fact, I consulted
representatives of the bureau about
this credit before I filed my income
tax for 1899 and was told that as I
was merely an agent, I did not have
to include statement Of the credit
In my return"
Secretary of the Treasury Nor
genthau declined comment on the
Fish matter at press conference
today, pointing out that the law
forbade him to discuss income tax
questions relating to an individual.
He said that he did not know"
when asked If the letter referred to
by Mr. Fish had been received at
the Treasury.
Asked by one questioner If Con-
gress could call on him for the in
formation, the Secretary said: IF
the Joint Committee on Taxation
wants to call me up and ask me any
questions they can do So"
Recalls Similar Cases.
The Secretary recalled that a
number of similar cases had arisen
In the past nine years, and that he
consistently had refused to talk
about them until the courts had
acted.
1t developed also today that the
matter was brought to the attention
OF the Treasury by the Justice De-
partment, which for weeks has been
investigating foreign tie-ups with
Americans through the special prop
aganda grand jury here. =
Mr.. Fish said that he had got to
know Gen. Trujillo we'll during a
goodwill visit to the Dominican
Republic before the making of the
credit to him by the general. He
was accompanied on that visit, he
said, by Senator Green, Democrat,
Of Rhode Island, and Representative
Merritt, Democrat, of New York. He
said he had been a guest Of Gen.
Trujillo in Ciudad Trujillo during
his stay there.
This is just part of the smear
campaign which is being staged
against me-" continued Mr.. Fish, 1n
an effort to defeat me for renomina-
ton. 1t will not succeed, and I will
be renominated"
Mr.. Fish was asked if the oil spec
ulation with the credit Of Gen. Tru-
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