Salt Lake Telegram | 1951-12-15 | Page 1 | Tax Testimony Bound for Probe by Jury

I I Tax T Testimony I Bound for Probe by Jury V WASHINGTON Dec 15 AlIt Al fl flit it now is up to a federal grand jury to sift fact from fiction in inthe inthe the he amazing and conflicting stories stones stories sto sto- ries nes studding a House investigation tion of federal tax scandals This was apparent Saturday as members of a House Ways and Means leans subcommittee wearied by lengthy hearings highlighted by everything from II mink coats to half dollar half milion dollar s s 's h a k e e- e downs temporarily closed up shop for the holidays i A federal grand jury is due soon to pick up where the com corn committee committee left off And President Truman may announce announce announce an an- Saturday a broad program program program pro pro- gram to eliminate government wrongdoers wrongdoers-a a program he returned returned returned re re- re- re turned to Washington from vacation vacation vacation vaca vaca- tion to develop in the wake of the tax scandals Chairman King D. D D Cal ordered ordered ordered or or- dered the transcript of testimony sent to the Justice Department i last week He did so after Abraham Abraham Abraham Abra Abra- ham Chicago attorney attorney attorney attorI I ney named Bert K Naster and Frank Nathan two as engineers of a purported shakedown attempt on the claim the they could fix his tax troubles Both Nathan and Naster denounced denounced denounced de de- de- de story as aslies aslies aslies lies and Nathan charged he was he victim of a frame Attorney General Generall McGrath has ordered the story with all its conflicts sent conflicts sent to a District of Columbia grand jury to decide whether prosecutions for perjury are warranted