Evening star., 1952-09-18
CaudIe Testifies
Tom Clark Killed
40PACase
Says He Reversed
Order to Prosecute
Client Of Hoey
By George Beveridqe

BY George beveridge
T. Lamar Caudle declared today
that Tom Clark, as head of the
Justice Departments criminal di-
vision in 1914. reversed orders to-
prosecute an OPA case in which
the defense attorney was Senator
elect Clyde r. Hoey of North Caro-
lima.
Mr.. Caudle. a North Carolina
Omitted States) attorney at the
time, discussed the case in testi-
mony before House subcommit-
tee investigating the Justice De-
partment.
A central figure in last years
tax-scandal hearings, Mr.. Caudle
faced Questioning on his activi-
ties as the Governments former
chief criminal and tax prosecutor
and on the outside activities"
which brought his dismissal from
the Justice Department last No
vember 16.
Succeeded Tom Clark.
Subcommittee Counsel Robert
A. Collier led Mr.. Caudle chrono-
logically through his 1910 ap-
pointment as a United States at
torney to the time he was named
head of the Justice Department S
criminal division to succeed Mr..
Clark in 1945. Mr.. Clark, now a
Supreme Court justice, moved up
in 1945 to become Attorney Gen
eral
There were these other develop
ments as the drawing 48-year-old
North Carolinian opened his two
day testimony.
l. Subcommittee Chairm a n
Chelf confirmed that Mr.. Caudle
testified in closed session that he
was subjected to more than nor
NAL pressure" from the White
House in his handling of tax cases.
2. Mr.. Caudle said he knew
during his period with the Justice
Department, he was being used
by people who invited him to nu-
merous parties and later made
business calls to his office.
Mr.. Caudle said the OPA case
involved T. C. Coke, q Wadesbore
IN. Co. lumber dealer accused OF
selling lumber above OPA ceilings
Tells of Call From Hoey.
After being ordered by the JUS
tice Department to present the
case to a grand jury, Mr.. Caudle
said, he advised Mr.. Coxe's lawyer
that he was going to take the
action. Almost Immediately, M
said, he received a call from Mr.
Hoey, who told Mr.. Caudle that
he intended to confer with JUS
tice Department officials on the
matter. Mr.. Hoey had won the
Democratic primary for Senator
that year but had not taken of.
flee.
A few days later, Mr.. Caudle
said, Mr.. Clark advised him that
after a conference with Mr.. Hoe,
he had concluded there were moi
sufficient facts to present the
case.
HE told me not to present the
case unless I was advised to the
CONTRARY and I never heard about
it after that" the witness de.
clared.
Asked if OPA agents had con.
sidered the case to be a good one
Mr.. Caudle say, Eyes sir, they
sure did"
Disqualified Himself.
In 1948, after he took command
Of the tax division. Mr.. Caudle
said, the Internal Revenue Bureau
sent to him a $297 900 tax evasion
case against Mr.. Coke. Mr.. Caudl.
said he Immediately disqualified
himself from handling it, but thai
the prosecution never was ordered
Under questioning, Mr.. Caudls
also said Mr.. Clark "took upstair.
with him at least four or f1v.
mean and notorious cases when HI
left the Criminal Division to be.
come Attorney General.
One of these was the Amerasis
case, in which numerous stoler
Government documents wer'
found in the Office of the now
defunct magazine, Amerasia. Mr.
Caudle said the case thereafter
was handled directly by Mr.. Clark
| Mr.. Caudle said he blamed par
Of the trouble he has had on hi
willingness to accept invitation
to "too many of the parties at
tended by higher-ups Of officia
Washington.
"Oftentimes, I wondered why
got invitations to these things. !
seems like the whole department
would be invited sometimes.
did these people ever com
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