McGrath Defends
Justice Dept. In
Tax Scandal Case
WASHINGTON, (^) — Former
Attorney General J. Howard Mc
Grath Wednesday denied that
anyone in the Justice Department
tried to “sit on” St. Louis tax
scandal cases in 1951.
McGrath told house investiga
tors the department “did all we
could to cooperate’* with U.S.
Judge George H. Moore in carry
ing on a special grand jury probe.!
“There was no reason in the
world for anyone in the Depart
ment of Justice to take an interest
in any St. Louis tux cases.** he
declared.
“Missouri is the home state of
the President and St. Louis is
the home city of the Secretary of
the Treasury but nobody ever
spoke to me about any case in St.
Louis . . . and if anyone says
someone tried to get the depart
ment to sit on St. Louis tax cases,
it just isn’t so.”
McGrath testified before a ju
diciary subcommittee which is in
vestigating the Justice Depart
ment. Judge Moore sent the group
a sworn statement last month
which said in effect that the judge
felt the Justice Department, from
McGrath on down, dragged its
feet on the grand jury inquiry.
Judge Moore related that there
was a delay in getting Justice
Department clearance for the U.S.
District Attorney, the late Drake
Watson, to work with the grand
jury.
He said he finally telephoned
McGrath and that the then At
torney General told him he would
prefer that tax cases go through
“regular channels” — that is, be
presented to a grand jury only
after going through the Treasury
and Justice Departments in Wash
ington.
Judge Moore made it clear, too,
that he believed Ellis N. Slack, a
Justice Department official who
was sent to St. Louis, was instru- |
mental in getting the grand jury ;
to return a preliminary report j
which one juror later character
ized as a “whitewash.” This re- j
port said no wrong-doing had i
been found.
The judge ordered a further in- '
vestigation and the grand jury j
eventually returned a number of !
indictments, one of them against j
James P. Finnegan, district col
lector and close friend of Presi
dent Truman. Finnegan was con
victed of misconduct in office.
His case is on appeal.
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Lebanon President
Resigns Under
Political Pressure
BEIRUT, Lebanon, (/P) — Leba
non’s veteran independence fight
er Bechara el Khoury bowed to
widespread opposition demands
Thursday and resigned the presi
dency he had held since the
French relinquished control of
the country in 1943.
The fight that forced the presi
dent out was led by socialist lead
er Kamal Jumblatt and a deter
mined political opposition which
accused El Khourly and his fam
ily of corruption, scandals, and
failure to institute needed econ
omic reforms.
Who would succeed El Khourly
was uncertain. El Khourly was
the third Arab head of state top
pled by his own people within
two months. Egypt’s King Farouk
was ousted by the military coup
d’etat of Maj. Gen. Mohammed
Naguib on July 26 and Jordon’s
King Talal was deposed by his
parliament Aug. 11.
The upset here reflected the
widespread wave of demands
from the poverty-stricken masses
of the Middle East for political
and economic reforms.
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Eisenhower and Stevenson;
Queried by Ministers
On Use of Intoxicants
GLASGOW, Kentucky, (/P) —
Gen. Eisenhower says he occa
sionally partakes of “a mild al
coholic drink,” but the misuse of
alcohol is of deep concern to him.
The Republican presidential
candidate’s views were contained
in a letter received Wednesday
by the Glasgow Ministerial Assn.
The association also asked Gov.
Stevenson, the Democratic presi
dential candidate, his views on al
cohol. He hasn’t replied.
Eisenhower’s reply, written by
Abbott Washburn, his personal
assistant, said the general believes
in letting states regulate the use
of intoxicants.
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SEARCH STARTED FOR TWO
BROTHERS LOST ON YUKON
FAIRBANKS, (/P)—Search was
started Wednesday on the Yukon
River for two young part native
brothers who were believed to
have drowned over the weekend.
They are Bill and Hugh Thur
mond, who started up the river in
an outboard motorboat Saturday
for a fishing camp seven miles
north of Ruby.
Search was started when they
failed to return and their over
turned boat was found in mid
stream.
Dog-Gone — New Twist
OLYMPIA, </P) — Don Magnu
son, the newspaperman who sur
prised the politicians, reported a
dog-gone new twist in campaign
expenses.
The Seattle reporter said during
his successful campaign for the
Democratic nomination for the
new post of congressman-at-large
that he couldn’t afford sound
trucks and ’ billboards. So he
paraded a pooch with “Vote For
Magnuson” signs.
Friday his campaign cost report
of $615 included two dog blankets.
A marriage license was issued
to William Higgins and Rose Ann
Alexine.
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