Evening star., 1951-12-05
Nathan Is AssaiIed
'AsInfIuenceP PeddIer'
By Chairman King
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Dy chairman Ming
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eral Caudle maintained a con-
slant and public social and busi-
ness relationship with Nathan.
Even if Mr.. Caudle was too
blind or too self-interested to see
the dangers of his association
with Nathan. he was warned by
close associates in the Govern
ment of that danger. Instead of
needing those warnings. Mr..
Caudle simply contrived that
these associates should also be
publicly seen with Mr.. Nathan.
Rather than taking firms steps to
remove Mr.. Nathan's abilities to
fabricate plausible stories Of in
f1uence in high places, he con-
trived to give Nathan's claim of
power an appearance of firm
foundation"
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Then Mr.. King reviewed some
Of Nathan's methods of operation
and said:
This is an object lesson in vi
cious influence seeking. It points
up the fact that such persons
thrive on any public official who
is more interested in high living
than In his own and his Govern
ment'S reputation"
Nathan often said "I don't re-
member" and "I don't know, I
really DON'T" when Adrian w. De
Wind. the subcommittee's counsel,
questioned him about his activities
and his financial affairs.
Base for Court Test Indicated.
At one point, Mr.. Black indi-
Gated he was laying the founda-
tion for court test Of the COM
mittee's inquiry by asking that
provisions of the Congressional
Reorganization Act be placed in
the committee record to define the
subcommittee jurisdiction. At
another point the witness was di-
rected to produce by noon tomor-
row and submit to the subcom-
mittee a list of those persons to
whom he says he owes between
100000 and $4,000.
MIR. DeWind asked Nathan
what were his yearly bills at the
Hotel Mayflower. where he stayed
most of the time he was in Wash
ington.
Il don't know" he replied, and
then explained that he made Just
"a rough guess" on what to charge
off on his income tax return for
expenses and entertainment.
Nathan emerged as a central
figure after the testimony yes
terday of what Mr.. Teitelbaum
described as IAN attempted shake
down."
Mr.. Teitelbaum, balding, ro-
tund and fast-speaking individual
who frankly acknowledged that he
had represented members of the
Capone gangster family at times,
testified that he was told by the
two men who approached him onI
the tax case that they had con-
nectionS with a Washington
Clique" looking around the coun-
try for soft touches" such as he.
He said that he was told mem
bers of the combine" as he re-
ferred to it at one time, were Jess
Larson, head of the Governments
General Services Administration;
Mr.. Oliphant, a "Mr. Nunan. u
and a "Mr. Schoeneman." He
added that Mr.. Master mentioned
the name of Theron Lamar
Caudle. too."
Officials Enter Denials. |
Denials from the officials whose
names were mentioned came fast
after Mr.. Teitelbaum's testimony
added new sensations to the scam
dal-marked investigation of the
Governments tax collecting sys-
tenn.
Mr.. Larson was given an op-
portunity to testify as the sub
committee held an unusual night
He swore that he never
belonged to such a clique as de-
scribed In the Teitelbaum testi-
mony and called on the House
investigating subcommittee Gin
the name of Almighty God to stop
such hearsay from running the
of public men,
Mr.. Oliphant described the
testimony by saying, "it's ridicu-
lous."
Joseph Nunan, former commits
sioner of Internal Revenue, said:
II know of no such clique and
am positive there was none"
George J. Schoeneman, former
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
who retired last summer for rea-