Evening star., 1951-11-17

lican, of New York, ranking
minority member of the House
Ways and Means Committee. ex-
pressed the opinion that Mr..
Caudle was "only one of many
who will be smoked out"
Representative Byrnes. Repub-
lican, of Wisconsin, a member of
the King subcommittee said he
thought there was ample justi-
fication" for the dismissal of MIR.
Caudle.
Mr.. Caudle was visibly shaken
by the action and had tears in his
eyes when he talked with report
erS at his home.
He said he learned of the Presi-
dents decision from Attorney
General McGrath shortly before
the Kew West announcement. Mr..
McGrath said he had no COM
ment" on the action.
Tax Resumes Under Scrutiny.
Mr. Caudle's own tax returns
and financial dealings have been
under scrutiny by the subcom-
Imittee. His name has figured
publicly in the inquiry to the ex-
tent that he has discussed a trip
he made to Italy last summer as
the guest Of two wine merchants
he was assisting in a private mat
ter, and in oil lease speculations
Mr.. Caudle said last night he
hoped the tax files would be
opened to public inspection if
there was any question in the
public mind about his handling
OF fraud cases recommended to
the department by the Internal
Revenue Bureau.
He said the pressures on him
had been great. and that he had
been forced to make critical deci-
slons in cases which led to the
suicide of some persons.
( With deep emotion, he declared
1 have many friends all over
the United States who have pur-
Sued their cases in my division
But regardless of friendship or
tremendous preSsures, like the
gyroscope on a battleship, l have
steered straight down the course
sending cases to the grand jurv
When every conceivable pressure
had been brought against me not
to do so.
Says He Stuck to Policy.
Members of the House and
Senate have conferred with me
tor more than four years, out
standing businessmen of the Ma
ton have been in to see me, with
out ever veerlng me from my set
policy.
Il have told all that it is not
me they have to contend with. but
the facts which the Bureau of In
ternal Revenue has stated were
against their respective people.
Every person who has walked
INTO my office has asked for some
thing which I could not give him
unless the open facts would de-
serve such a decision.
The public will never know the
force OF these pressures, but not
wlthstanding them, with the close
cooperation of my loyal staff, we
nave steered down the middle of
the road. often bringing hardship
TO many people. Obviously, we
were sorry to impose such hard
snip, but we had no choice in the
matter"
Mr.. Caudle said he now plans
10 enter private law practice in
washington ard Charlotte, N. C.
Friend of High Officials.
A close friend of Supreme Court
Justice Tom Clark and other high
administration figures. Mr.. Caudle
had considered running for Gov
ernor of North Carolina.
He had been in Government
service since 1910. when Presi-
dent Roosevelt appointed him
United States attorney for the
Western District of North Caro-
lima. When Mr.. Clark became
Attorney General in 1945, he
brought Mr.. Caudle into the JUS
tice Department as an Assistant
Attorney General in charge of the
criminal division. He was put in
charge OF the tax division in 1947.
The announcement that the
Treasury was revising the rolls
OF those permitted to practice be-
fore its agencies was made by
Acting Secretary E. H. Foley, jr.
/ The purpose, it was explained, is
to weed out disbarred attorneys,
criminals and other unfit persons.
John L. Graves, chairman of
the Treasury Committee on Prac-
tice, disclosed that the practice
rolls have not been revised in II
years. The last revision, he said,
was in 1894, when the number of
persons permitted to practice be-