The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-30

political cases now before
 Dewey has been hammerlng home the promise that he would clean up washington and t 80 happens that some new political cases have just come up.
 They involve alleged violations of the Corrupt Practices Act, which requires that al political parties file Q list of their con. trlbutions ct regular intervals, and that no contributions Do TO. cetved from corporations.
 Just Q few days ago, the Sen. ate Campaign Investigating Com. mittee uneRrthed the fact that Roosevelt-hRting American Dem. ocratio National Committee, whose high-sounding name k not to be confused with the regular Demo. cratic National Committee, had received contributions from three corporations-Advanc Aluminium Casting company of Chlcagoi R. B. Walker Co.,, of Mobile, Ala, and the Potash company OG Amer. lca, Carlsbad, N. Mex.
 NO REPORT ON
 CONTRIBUTORS
 It was also revealed that the American Democratic Committee had kept secret the names of some contributors and hRd filed no report on contributors for tho public to scrutlnige. Among 0theFs, . sI,4S2 contribution from Gen. eral Robert E. Wood, head of Sears, ROebuck and organiser Of the America First Committee, was kept secret.
 What the Justice Department does about this remains to be seen. Meanwhile, however, 1t has not acted in certain other political cases, one being that of Con. gressnian Eugene Cox of Georgia, Democratic, who was shown to have received S2,B00 in compen- sation for getting new wave length for Q radio station in AL bany, Ga.
 This column is now In possession of certain hitherto unpublished official documents In the Con. gressman Cox Case,
 One document, . report signed by Wendell Berge, then assistant attorney general in charge of the Criminal Division, categorically recommended that criminal action be taken against Congressman COX for violating Section 203, Title i8 of the U. s. Code, which pro- vides that Q Congressman cannot receive payment for representing anyone before government agenck.
 STOCK CERTIFICATES FOR CONFIRMATION
 Assistant Attorney General Berge recommended to his superb ors as follows:
 ''The case Is quite complete now; we are prepared for, and I recommend, immediate .presen- tatiOn to the Grand Jury in Washington"
 Bergc reported:
 Receipt by registered mall of compensation In Washing ton fin the shape of q certificate for 25 shares of stock In the Herald BrOadcasting company of the par value of $100 per share is likewise established"
 "venue, in my opinion, con- sequentiy lies in Washington, although there Is a wash trans- action involving the exchange of S2,5OO checks between Cox and the radio station in Georgia, which the defense may argue demonstrates payment was made in Georgia"
 Berge also transmitted to his superiors a long report prepared by an assistant, Raoul Berger, giving the detailed evidence against Congressman Cox. Among other things, it stated:
 PROSECUTION NEVER MADE
 "The documentary evidence leaves no doubt that Cox cii- ents regarded him as their legal representative. that they believed Cox compelled the Federal Communications COm- nancially in a position to do & vrsnse1d eveurn fl4ona 0va fssagaassfnasatkVr tf