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Show 1 t The Paper That Dares To Take jr i Taxes '1 and Tragedy By Robert M. Bartell WASHINGTON, D.C. (Liberty Lobby News Service) Its certain theres r f ' f ' been a tragedy, made apparent by a mans death. But his family then learned for the first time of his dispute with the Internal Revenue Ser- V vice (IRS). Both events deserve to be called "unsolved. James P. Tucker, Jr., managing editor of Liberty . ; Lobbys SPOTLIGHT paper, testified May news12 be- fore the Oversight Subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee, chaired by Sam Gibbons (D-Fla- .). Tucker pushed for proper into these investigations matters and urged the subcommittee to draft a code of conduct for IRS personnel, which would include civil liability and even criminal 1 penalties. On March 4, 1976, William R. Smiley, a Salem, Va. railroad worker with a part-tim- e recreation vehicle had lunch at home agency, as usual, discussed a camper with a friend, was briefly visited by two men, then within minutes was reported dead by gunshot. Local authorities list it as suicide. Searching his belongings afterward, Mrs. Smiley and her daughter, Lela, were shocked to find papers indicating that IRS had demanded $28,000 and that payments totaling $9000 had been made. Within days the IRS confiscated all the vehicles including the family car, and sold them for cash. A lien was placed on the family home. The Smileys were immediately low on cash, because money Mr. Smiley counted at lunchtime was missing. Tuckers personal investigation continued to uncover peculiarities: n ; A June 12, 1977 The Utah Independent Page Stand Police Mrs. assured Smiley that an autopsy would be routinely performed. None was. Minutes before the "suicide, Mrs. Smiley and the friend observed Smiley displaying his usual friendly disposition. The first outsider to arrive was former auxiliary policeman Donald Jones. He reported the body "propped in an unusual position, and Smileys pistol at the opposite end of the trailer. Police never found the bullet. The after-lunc- h friend was Dave Miller, a police detective for Roanoke Countv. Minutes later, he heard of the death on his police radio. He recalled thftt when he had been leaving Smiley, two men were approaching, and later learned they were IRS agents. The police report said they claim to have come to place a lien on Smileys property. Surely they were the last to see him alive. Finally, Smileys hands after lunch had become discolored, and so badly bruised his wedding ring could not be fitted on for burial. Tuckers year of investigating found the IRS "stonewalling on explaining what the two agents did that day. He has long been incensed at IRS tactics amounting to deception and even terrorism. He offered the House subcommittee the files on IRS abuse of civil liberties which Lobby Liberty has been accumulating through its history. It is convinced that a "tax rebellion has been recently generated partly by so many citizens learning of IRS 23-ye- ar abuses. In December Tucker requested to testify, and was ignored for months. Once, a committee staff member said he couldnt testify because the incident he was to describe "hadnt happened. But thanks to the insistence of Congressmen Bafalis, Crane, Martin and Waggonner, his testimony is now on the record. Reader's com menla are welcome. Please pass along any points of view to Liberty Lobby. Dept. 527, 300 Independence Ave., S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003. what the Communsts strive for here and insist upon in nations under their rule, knowing that criticism Non-criticis- m is will destroy them. NON-PARTISA- I. V N The Conservative Caucus. Inc. UTAH 2ND CONGRESSIONAL JUNE UPSTAIRS. (USE 11,4:00 BEESLEY DISTRICT P.M. MUSIC CENTER IRON STAIRWAY IN REAR) SALT LAKE CITY . V FOR FURTHER INFO. CALL: Ruth Stephens Or Erma Christensen 467-33- 266-63- 36 62 FOR SALG NEW CHANNELS ANGLES. FLATS, and SQUARE TUBING Also USED "Bizarre DISCLOSURE The Senate Washington: Intelligence Committee voted to recommend to the Senate that the total budget figure for the nations intelligence agencies be disclosed. was one Senator Jake Garn (R-U- t) of eight on the 17 member committee who voted against the recommendation. I am upset by this action, said Senator Gam. I think it is irresponsible and dangerous to the security of the United States. There is no public demand, there is no compelling reason to disclose our intelligence budget. No one is really asking for it. In fact, I believe the majority of the American public would say to Keep your mouths congress, closed and dont endanger our national security! There are some who argue that disclosing one figure will not harm our security. 1 happen to think that its possible it will and if we are going to err in national defense, we err on the side of caution. Even if we think disclosure might harm the national defense, we should not do it. Beyond that, I think it is just the camel's nose in the tent. Those who seek this budget figure are those who would misuse it. would aid and abet our enemies and they will demand further breakdowns in the budget figure. They will want department budgets and the pressure will only increase. When this comes to the floor on the Senate, I am going to fight in every way that I can to see that the Senate votes not to disclose the national intelligence budget. One thing that money alone cannot buy is the wag of a dogs tail. . PROFITABLE ADVERTISING is our business. You ought to make it yours. O JOHN T. WILLIAMS Advertising Manager THE UTAH SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH PHONE 484-351- 1 BUYERS OF SCRAP IRON AND METAL INDEPENDENT O 57 East Oakland Avenue Sait Lake City, Utah 841 15 3 Phone (801) 466-191- is the way Marvin Eisenstadt describes the tests that prompted the FDA's move to ban saccharin. Eisenstadt is executive vice president of the Cumberland Packing Corp. of Brooklyn, N.Y., which for almost two decades has packaged saccharin under the Sweet 'n Low label. The product also contained cyclamate until that was outlawed in 1969. The executive is critical not only of the rat tests, carried out in Canada, but also of the Delaney clause of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. The clause requires removal from the market of any substance found to cause cancer in any animal or in man. rat-feedi- PM and PLATE WASATCH METAL & SALVAGE 205 WmI 33rd Sowh Saccharin tests bizarre and faulty, marketer holds o 65 SO. WEST TEMPLE 5 ng Law seen needed nitrosamine, a known carcinogen. Also, sodium saccharin was used in the tests, and sodium could have been the culprit. Many tests fail Other bits of contradictory evidence cited by Eisenstadt: In over 30 other tests, saccharin failed to produce animal tumors. In one test, the animals fed saccharin actually outlived the controls. In another, the saccharin content in the test diet was increased from 5 to 7Vi when it proved impossible to reproduce the Canadian results. How do other countries view the matter? Canada, which decided to ban saccharin at about the same time the FDA made its move, has now reversed it- that proviso is necessary to protect the public from proven carcinogens affecting humans, he maintains, it should be modified to allow for spe- self. Instead it will allow the sweetener to be sold in pharmacies, without a prescription, as a table-to- p cial visited Canada to review the tests told newspaper While situations. Suppose, he suggests, that saccharin could be shown to prevent cancer in man. Under the Delaney clause it would still have to be banned if rats fed the sweetener developed malignancies. Actually, he notes, studies conducted with diabetics who used saccharin over a period of many years show no increase in bladder tumors. Also, says Eisenstadt, studies at Johns Hopkins University show that people with bladder tumors are unaffected by saccharin. Attacking the very basis of the Canadian tests, Eisenstadt quotes Dr. Frederick Coulston of Albany Medical College, who holds that rats are a poor choice for such tests be- cause they spontaneously develop bladder tumors. "Perhaps it's the animal that is at fault, and not the product," he suggests. After all, saccharin has not been found to produce tumors in primates, hamsters, or mice. Moreover, it is not metabolized, and there' is no known carcin- ogen that olized. is not metab- Scrutinizing the tests further, Eisenstadt remarks that no rats died of cancer, no females developed bladder tumors, and two controls developed the tumors. His conclusion: The feed mav have contained sweetener. A British scientist who reporters that the studies were conducted by "quacks," says Eisenstadt. So Britain has not been panicked by these tests, nor has any other country. What's not suspect? commissioner Herbert L. Ley Jr., Former FDA according to Eisenstadt, has stated that present testing methods are so sophisticated that perhaps they could show sugar, salt, and pepper to be carcinogenic. Eisenstadt has taken the cue. He has asked the Wisconsin Alumni Re- search Foundation to examine the possibility of g testing these for potential. "We don't want to ban sugar or salt or pepper," he says, "but we do want to demonstrate that they could be shown to be carcinogenic by these bizarre animal feeding tests." People have a strong natural craving for something that is sweet, as proved by Army tests, Eisenstadt notes. Therefore, if people on sugar-fre- e diets can't buy saccharin, they'll get it somehow. "There will be a black market," he warns. "People will get rich. And who usually gets rich in such cases? Organized crime." cancer-producin- Copyright 1977 by Litton Industries, Inc. Published by Medical Economics Company, a Litton division at Oradell, N.j. 07649. All rights reserved. (May 1, 1977 pg 20) time we respected human rights, equal rights, civil rights, in the shop and on the job, for all employees. -- J. Kesner Kahn Its |