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Show MAKES STRONG CHARGES Tax Clerk Accused of Favoring Big Corporations. ALBANY N Y . Jan 4. -Frank White, a well-known Albany attorney and lecturer lec-turer on corporations In the Albany Law school, today filed with the State Comptroller. Comp-troller. Otto Kelsey, In writing, a series of formal charges against John G. Merlll. chief corporation tax clerk In the Comp-t Comp-t roller's office. The charges allege ln-e ln-e nipetency. neglect of duty, favoritism and willful misconduct and "gross remissness remiss-ness and inefficiency," all of which, he nl-I nl-I a--. -. hne enabled i orpor.it Ions subject ti ,iki sm nl and taxation through the Comptroller's ofnYc, to i lawful taxation tax-ation nnd "tend to Invite, encouragn and promote dishonesty and corruption In the determination of the amount of taxes 1. led and Imposed by the State"' ChniRes Improper Reductions. Appended to the complaint are twenty-eight twenty-eight separnte specification, alleging Im-proper Im-proper tax reductions made In behalf of rporatlons, among which are named the American Tobacco company, American i itf.ir lompmv Metropolitan pera and I U 1 1 Estate company, New Jersey Steam-bcut Steam-bcut company, American Cycle company, M i nufacturers' Chemical conpnny, National Na-tional Starch company and the National Candy companv |