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Oakland Tribune, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 1951 IV Caudle Branded M'Grath Was Bystander In Dismissal of Caudle 1 no WORK WEATHER WORRIES! Continued From 1 time that Caudle was being dismissed because- his "outside activities" were incompatible with his official duties. McGrath said he had not the "slightest doubt" of the propriety of Caudle's having accepted the $5000 paid him as commission on the sale of a $30,000 airplane to Larry Knohl, associate of two New Yorkers then under indictment on charges of tax fraud. Representative Kean (R-, asked if payment of such a large amount to a government official October of evading income taxes. According to testimony before the committee, numerous efforts were "made to delay the trial.

Department memoranda were read before the committee quoting an "agreement" reached between Caudle and Charles Oliphant, chief counsel of Internal Revenue Bureau, at one time not to prosecute the case. CAUDLE'S RECORD 1 The account of the commission on the airplane sale was only one of the stories the House group developed about Caudle. It has also heard stories of mink coats bought at a discount A Failure by King Dec. ll.Ufr Chairman Calif.) of a House Investigating Com-, mittee yesterday denounced T. Lamar Caudle as a public official guilty" of indiscretions amounting "to a breach of your public trust" while head of the department's tax fraud division.

Caudle, ousted as assistant attorney general, admitted to indiscretions but denied any dishonesty. He sat silent as King told him: "The damage you have done to your government will take a long time to repair." Caudle was fired by President. Truman for his "outside activities." Comjnittee sources hinted at possible existence of a "mastermind" in the bizarre case of an alleged $500,000 tax shakedown attempt against Abraham Teitelbaum, wealthy Chicago lawyer. Nearing the end of its inquiry into Teitelbaum's sensational story told under oath the committee still had to hear from three persons assigned obscure roles in Teitelbaum's shakedown recitation. in a private transaction was "not i unusual." i "through a tax attorney and of a "It never happened before," 35 219 McGrath replied.

Electric model. "It was a unique case?" asked Kean. Fluff-dries clothes soft and sweet fust "Yes," McGrath responded. CHIEF APPROVED IT set the dial! Banishes ropes and pins Dries damp for ironing bone-dry for storage! Takes a big 8-pound load at a time! Automatic temperature control keeps heat "just right" Gas and Electric Models! ,111 The $5000 payment was ap If proved by McGrath when Caudle asked him last September if it was all right to accept it $34.75 delivers cm Caudle trip to Europe last summer as the guest of a wine merchant Capping all that was the sensational story by Abraham Teitel-baum that two men, one of them a frequent associate of Caudle at race tracks and other places, tried to shake down Teitelbaum last jApril for $500,000 under threat: he would have tax troubles. The Caudle friend was Frank Nathan.

As McGrath testified before the investigators, Washington seethed with rumors that (1) President Truman was about to take some dramatic action in the situation, and (2) heads of still more top officials would roll before long. Caudle testified that McGrath your hoins said it would be all right to take the money since Caudle had a large family. balanes paycbls It was handed to Caudle by a W. A. Stonnell, owner of a plane sold to KnohL At that time.

Stassen to See Ike PARIS, Dec. 11. IB Harold Stassen arrived in Paris today hoping to get Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower to say yes or no about seeking the Republican nomination for President He sees the general tomorrow.

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