Show Round Merry M Rou erry-Co-Rou nd Mark Mull MarkBy MarkBy By DREW PEARSON end and ROBERT ALLEN I V WASHINGTON Andrew WASHINGTON Andrew W. W Mellon greatest secretary of the treasury since Alexander Hamilton Hamilton Hamilton Hamil Hamil- ton has just received a his tax evasion suit Charles M. M Trammell a member of the board of tax appeals trying Mellons Mellon's case has mysteriously mysteriously mysteriously resigned Trammell appeared to be siding against Mel Mel- rel- rel Ion lon Suddenly he received an offer from the Du DuPonts DuPonts Ponts Fonts to defend a tax case for them against the government Most of the board of tax appeals was appointed appoint appoint- ed by Mr Mellon during his record ecord term as secretary secretary sec see of the treasury Three members of ot the entire board were selected selected se to hear his case Ernest H. H Van Fossan Republican appointee of Mellons Mellon's Bolon B. B Turner Turner Turner Tur Tur- ner Roosevelt Democrat and Trammell Trammel Democratic Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic appointee of Mellons Mellon's and the brother of f Senator Trammell of Florida Mellon Anti As the hearings bearings progressed it became apparent apparent apparent ent from their questions that Van Fossan definitely definitely definitely def def- favored Mellon ellon Turner definitely did not and that Trammell who held the balance palance also edged toward the Mellon anti-Mellon side But suddenly Trammell received an offer to become counsel for the Securities c corn com company m- m pany of Jacksonville Fla FIa owned by the Du Ponts Fonts in a suit brought by the he government to collect of ot t taxes faxes axes Trammell informed Secretary of the Treasury of the offer indicated that he would like to accept it but that if thought he should remain to finish the Mellon tax case he would do so indicated that the opinion of anyone anyone any anyone one who had received such a flattering offer could not help but be prejudiced on the case he was trying and told Trammell to go ahead with his Du Pont plans Tie Tic Stand This leaves a tie of to one-to-one between the two remaining members members' of the tax appeals board who are trying the Mellon case f The case now goes to the full board of 12 members members members mem mem- bers most of them Mellon appointees But since the case is extremely voluminous totaling pages of testimony and 1000 exhibits no member of the board who did not sit through the hear hearings n s scan can possibly familiarize himself completely with it I Betting odds therefore are that Uncle Andy will keep his Supreme Court Reaction Henry Wallace is keeping a sharp check heck on correspondence from the hinterland He wants to know exactly what the public thinks of the s su supreme supreme su- su preme court and of his criticism of it Out of the first letters received after the court ordered processing taxes returned Wallace Vallace found that 7 70 per cent opposed the co court t- t 30 percent per cent favored it The letters came jn in thickest after Wallace had characterized the order as a legalized steal Here are some excerpts From Kirksville Mo People People around here like your backbone From Brooklyn N. N Y You You ou took an oath to support the Constitution of the United States You should either cither live up to it or resign From Goshen Ind Keep Keep your tail up strength to your arm and md God bless you From Rome Ga HIt If yo you are are not satisfied with our form of government you had better go to Russia where you belong Round Merry I Senator Borah r recently issued a blast against favorite son candidacies Shortly afterward the these se senators senator's ator's Illinois backers issued a a press release stressing the fact that he was born on an Illinois farm and therefore is the favorite son of the gr great at state Tucked into the deficiency approprIatIon appropriation appropriation bill is a term granting New Mexico's Senator Dennis Chavez to cover expenses in contesting the election of the late Senator Bronson Bronson Bronson Bron- Bron son Cutting Cuttin Cuttings Cutting's family submitted no bill for his defense expenditures even declined the usual senate appropriation to deceased members members' families Ralph W. W Morrison new federal re reserve reserve re re-I serve sery board member was presented with a handsome handsome handsome hand hand- some plaque bearing the inscription Empire Builder by the Texas Manufacturers' Manufacturers association a a unique honor for a new deal appointee Several loans to will vill soon be announced an announced an- an n- n by the resettlement administration Not included among them hem however will be a request made by Culbert Olson lieutenant of E EPIC P I C chief chief- Upton tn Sinclair for a nine-county nine cooperative project in California bt 1 1936 13 3 6 by United Futuro S lac |