The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1954-01-02
WESTBROOK PECLER:
U.S.. Tax Dodgers


(Reprinted from the Detroit Tmes)
The who told that Amtorg, the Russian
purchasing corporation allowed to ignore 100000
income deficiency tells leading New Dealer
got away with similar deficiency of $500,000
The report of the field agents simply put to
sleep complex job. involving close relatives
but the big shot of rulers who insisted
apng BILLIONS of dollars worth of Dese copper cable
and oil rehnere. the Soviet for the in
dustrial development
HE WAS FOOLED
This half-wit willing give until hurt the rest of
US Long after the war kept insisting Russia great
democracy with few little vagarie which called for sym-
pathetic understanding.
These included slavelabor camps which he had
on Potemkn of the workers paradise After Korea,
he guessed he had mudged matters but for he
fool about Russia although the tax deficiency indicates
he foolish enough to his fair share of his
folly.
One of the agents who had good long squnt at the
papers burned because there not dime of charity
in all the returns involved
HE NEVER PAID
The conduct of the internal revenue and the whole
treasury was rotten ruthless under Roosevelt and Tru
man.
Another great New Dealer kidded a friend of
mne Republican who has been hiding in various
hooks of the bureaucracy pro-Amercan agent keeping
Reds and other crooks when she remarked that
she had had to borrow money to pay her income tax.
He sad he paid any income tax. Didn't she know
that as employe, she didn't actually have to
pay7
No, she didn't know that How come?
Why he said, just file return but send money and
they can't do anything about it because the of
eminent employe can't be gsrnsheed.
WOULDN'T COLLECT
The treasury could attach the property of delinquent
government employe but wouldn't bother
And this character is of those Harvard law jobs
whose chief performances for the people of the United
States prevent the deportation of Harry Bridges
l telephoned Coleman Andrews, the commissioner of
internal to ask about the $5ooo0o deficiency He
of but his press secretary said he would look
into the records and see.
He called back and he couldn't say anything either
way ssd outrage that law written to protect
taxpayers should be used to shield people who
failed to pay their political position
with their default.
IT'S LEGAL
He said that was the law nevertheless. He would be
guilty of violation if he confirmed the tip which my in
formsnt had given
This informant may be guilty of such violation al
though the information first from retired agent of
the bureau and believe that after they tie loose from the
service they free to blow the whistle.
There was quiet scandal in the service this deal
which by the way, pulled off under Roosevelt. One
agent said it Ratchet job ordered by Roosevelt
make the fellow behave.
JIMMYS RETURN
One of these friends laughed when said the
turns which Jimmy Roosevelt turned to Golfers that
time for public refute the late Avs Johnston story
of hs practices bore the rubber-ssmp field
If returns stamped field they supposed to be
turned field agents for close examination for
curacy and checked against known sources of income
My friends said go back and take another look"
So did and what do you think found?
The 1892 return marked field all right but il ia also
stamped mot investigates The SO and IS returns
stamped mot investigated" but aso stamped reviewed
The "a return is stamped mot Investigated" and 80
and 81 are stamped "held" and nothing else.