I WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1052
nERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
Senator Bridges Called
To Explain Part In Huge
Wartime Liquor Tax Deal
By It. I.. UVINC1HTON
WAfllllNCriON W Br n. Tlrlrtai" a
rf New Hampshire, Itrpulilli-an
Prnms Irnder, will unprur lirlorr
lloima tX sirandal luvrllfiitora
Thurndny to rxplnlii till lulrreal In
tlir i" veil million ilnl'nr tax caae
of Baltimore liquor denier.
Rep. Klnir (D.-Cnllf.), chairman
of lloune wbvi unci Mrani eiib
rominlllre InvtOgntltiK llin Inter
nal Rrvrnur nurrati, minonnrJ
thnt Ilrld'irit hud rnl word llit lit
wrntrd lo Ms heard.
Klnir aald Brldnfn "expriifd
drr.lrf to Uc licurd a noon at
possible."
The lux rn.se In Hint ol llyinan
Harvey Klein.
Klein, HnlthiKirr liquor Import
er, win llin initial Hume III
rilaputc In which Krn. Ilrldiicn mid
Henry i J he Dutchman) Clriinewiild
MyHerloug imin iirnund Wnnhlnir
Icn, were rrvealrtf lo have tuken
in active IntcrcM.
Core of the dbpnte, ntlll unnel.
tied, In Klrln'n (Ive-inllllon-plua
iirolll uit a $1.01)0 Invealment In
Imported Citnndlnn whisky during
1944-4U.
Klfln declared the profit "capl
tnl gain" IIiuIIIiik tnxra to 5S per
rent compared with up to 05 per
irnt levied rrulnrly on Income
rv.ten lie Mild llin Interest In
aerie of trix-excmpt furclcn tor
pomllnns. Klein testified lie paid II. 200.000
In tax, only lo luce the Jeopardy
tax aaseamients lutnllUK mure than
teven millions,
Kim told newnnen Brldr
would lie a-.krd Inlormallv to tell
the committee why he Interceded
with tax olllclala on Klrln'n be
half over a two-year period extend
ing to Julv. 1031
Confident!! Internal nevrmie re-
rnrdn, produced by the commmrr.
houed that nrlduei on at least
five occasions telephoned or con
lerred will) olllclal about the
cafe.
The committee alfo found:
1, H'lniconc not Identified of
fered lo nettle Klrln'n cbmi on pay
ment of an additional one million
dollar In taxea. 'Ililn wnn on top
of 11,200,000 already paid. Kleln'a
Inwyeri were unaware of the olfer.
2. Orunewnld wnn an active In-
tercen!onll for Klein lenn tlinil 20
dnyn alter the Kovernment laid the
Jeopardy lax assessment against
lllm.
'"Hie Dutchman," according to
Bureau recordii, wan personally
eelnn former Internal Revenue
Commlanloner drome Bchoeneman
and Charlrn Ollphinit, resinned (ten
frnl counsel, about I hr Klein cane
before Manfti 2.1, 1948. 'Hie Jeo
pardy assessinenl wan levied 20
daya earlier.
Child Deal
Leads To Jail
HOUSTON, Tex. Wl A Houston
liulolirr who mild lie wanted
pood home for hln dauuhter waa
jailed ot rananena, lex,, Tiieniia
and "'In rued with try Urn to aell
the lot into adoption,
c... rtlUnll...w itn ......
by two probation oltlcern who
posed an wanting to anopi z-year-old
Hharon nibnlknr. 'Iliey aald
the fiilhrr wnn wlllina lo lake
tlioo and a new automobile for the
child.
"t w.mled to net out of Houston
and wanted mv (tin lo have a
home," Rlbnlkar told a reporter
"I owo board and room and want
ed to rmy her doctor bills."
Itlbnlkar and the child's mother,
Mm. Aline Rlbnlkar, were oi
vi,r,e,l In 1US1 III Plttsbumh. Pa.
the father nnld. He added that he
itnrt his second wife were sep'
rated.
Yale, which forcaoea aprlni loot-
bull nrnctlce thin year, ban re-
placed uoiK'ite ana niurn on
hclieouie wnn uonncciicui nuu
fnyette.
It had to be good
Have you
to get where it is!
tried it?
Tax Burden
Cuts Business
WARIIINQTON Ml- Federal
laxea hit the American buyer ao
hard lasl werk. me u. . unimnrr
of Commerce reported Wedneeday.
that "retailers In almost every
line of buMnrsi are reporting
aharply dropping sales."
Never has there been auch a
drain on the American economy,
the chamber added.
Dr. George Cllne Smith, director
n the chamber's government eco
nomy program, aald that during
five diva March 11-21-the treas
ury took In nearly 5,300.000,OQO
doilsrs.
That waa "more than alt the
taxes collected durlni Die enure
year of 1940," he added.
Smith aald service trades,
amusement and hotels were com
plaining of a sharp drop In busi
ness and "theae Immediate effeclr,
can be expected to rellert them
selves In manufacturing and oilier
. Indnalrles aa well.",, .,, .
I "The alluatlon wilt probably im-'
prove somewhat before long." Ills
statement aald, "But neneral
dampening effect of continued high
taxes can be expected to last until
aharp reductions are made In fed
eral spending and taxes."
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