The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-11-29


decisions involving important
Negro leaders that could have
far-reaching political impact
AS the government 5 chi c f
\ prosecutor. he must d ( c d q
whether 10 prosecute enc Of the
highest Negro state officials in
the country for failing to file i'll
come tax returns.
\ The Internal Revenue Service
las forwarded its recommended
tons to the Justice Department
after its agents completed a six
month investigation of this tax
case.
The Attorney General must
\ soon pass Oh whether to permit
/ Democratic National Committee
officials to work closely with
/ Negro leader. known by the FBI
to be linked with a Soviet agent.
in a massive drive to register
Negro voters throughout the
country.
This second case. which in
wolves evidence obtained by tap
ping telephones. puts the Attor
ney General on the spot since
the Negro leader has been in
close contact with both he
White House and the Justice De-
partment in the past
If a break in relations with
the Negro leader is decided on.
the latter could throw a mon
key wrench into the W hit IL
House S plans to register more
than one million Negro voters
by next years presidential cleo
ton
However, if this close associa-
ton isn't ended, the administra-
ton faces public disclosures Of
this individuals Red ties in the
midst Of the coming congress
sional debate On civil rights leg
islation.
The immediate effect Of such
a blast on passage of the civil
rights bill is Conjectural.
THE INVESTIGATION - Two
members Of the Senate Finance
Committee, which is now cOnSld-
ering the bllllon-dollar tax-cut-
ting bill. have quietly made in
qlrles Of Internal Revenue
Service authorities concerning
the status Of the tax investiga-
ton.
Senator Harry Byrd, Diva.
chairman, and Senator John Viii
liams. Del. ranking Republican
committeeman, have asked for
full details after receiving IN
quiries from other II tors
about the case.
They also are demanding to
know the Justice Department s
policy on prosecuting taxpayers
in official positions who have
failed to file income tax returns.
In a Senate speech recently,
Senator Williams named a for
mer high-ranking State Depart
ment official. who was allowed
to resign and enter private bust
ness after it was discovered that
he had not filed returns for more
than four years There was no
prosecution Of the official
FOR THE RECORD Despite
those earlier denials, the De
Tense Department now comedies
that a mysterious explosion in
the Antarctic last August could
have been a secret nuclear blast
The story Of the explosion.
first reported IN this column,
was originally denied by the adj
mlnistratlon and later passed off
as a possible natural phenome-
non.
III q November II letter to
Representative James Weaver.
R-Pa.. Colonel William H. Elem
ing III the office Of Defense Sec
rotary Mcnamara wrote that
ia signal that could have been
produced by a 500-klloton M
clear explosion was recorded on
one detection system" on August
; in the Antarctic.
This explosion equallcd 100000
tons of TINT, or nearly . times
the force Of the Hiroshima
atomic bomb dropped during
World War II Russia and the
U. S arc the only nuclear pow
ers active in the Antarctic. and
10 VI S tests were conducted
in the area.
Significantly, the explosion
was detected Nv U S. monitor
me devices two days before the
U S and Russia signed the nj
clear test ban treaty in Moscow,
but never announced BY the adj
nlnlstratlon This column ac-
count Of the explosion was pub
llshed during the Senate debate
on the nuclear test ban.
BEHIND THE SCENES
State Department security off
Gers have told Senate Commit
tee that one Of the party girls
involved ID the Robert Baker az
far vas ordered to leave the