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J Lamph former prison guard left I climbs steps at court house for arraignment in gun plot at Utah State State Prison At right handcuffed hand I cuffed to Lamph is defendant in another case Unable to Endure Attacks Hints of Shakedown Clique v WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Dec 5 Frank WO Frank Nathan under oath before before be be- fore congressional investigator Wednesday denounced as a dirty filthy lie a story that he and another man tried to shake down in tax fix a Chicago lawyer for a V WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Dec 5 Combined UP and AP Charles AP-Charles Charles OH- OH resigned Wednesday as chief counsel for the Bureau of Internal Internal Internal In In- Revenue because he said attacks vilification rumor and innuendo are beyond the point of human endurance Oliphant was named Tuesday in second hand testimony before the House subcommittee investigating tax scandals as a member of la a clique of government officials officials offIcials who were said to be looking for soft touches in a supposed income tax shakedown The testimony was given by Abraham former attorney attorney attorney at at- torney for Sc Scarface Al Capone He sai said said Frank Nathan gambler- gambler promoter had told had told him about the alleged clique and had tried to get him to fork over to settle tax troubles Truman Accepts Oliphant announced his resignation resignation resignation nation at a news conference He said President Truman had accepted accepted accepted ac ac- ac- ac it He wrote Mr l Tr TrUman man that he wanted opportunity to defend myself and the confidence you placed in me in appointing me to the office He said the shakedown charge is us fantastic if not contrived to divert prosecution of which I personally personally personally person person- ally recommended on the basis of the facts before me Revenue Commissioner John Johnr r IB B B. Dunlap said it is Mr l Oliphant's Oliphants Oliphants Oliphant's Oliphants Oliphant's Oli Oli- prerogative to resign His letter of resignation speaks for itself Defends Reputation We HW e know of nothing he has bas ever done which was untrue to his public trust Dunlap said or Hor contrary to the governments government's best interests Oliphant turned over to reporters report report- ers his income tax returns forthe forthe for the years 1946 through 1950 and copies of the personal financial statement that he filed with the I bureau recently Nathan who says his main business is making deals sparred for two hours with members members members mem mem- bers of a House Ways and Means l Committee about his finances who has big real estate holdings and has sometimes sometimes sometimes some some- times represented Capone interests interests interests inter inter- ests in legal matters told the subcommittee Tuesday that Nathan Nathan Na Na- than and Bert K Naster a Hollywood Hollywood Holly Holly- wood Fla business man sought I from him They mentioned mentioned mentioned men men- that figure said under threat he would h have ye tax troubles and maybe go to to jail if he did not retain their services Washington Clique said Nathan and I Naster represented themselves as connected with a Washington clique which looked for soft touches At the opening of Wednesdays Wednesday's hearing Chairman King D. D Ca Cal read a statement saying there was no evidence that high government officials took part in inan inan an attempted shakedown Lacking such testimony we assume they did not King said All the officials named have made denials Rep Byrnes R. R Rt R Wis Vis said King spoke for himself and not for the full committee Byrnes said all the evidence was not in King denounced Nathan as an attempted influence peddler and scolded T. T Lamar Caudle year 47 old North Carolinian who was fired from his government post by President Truman last month King said the testimony about Nathans Nathan's activities points up the fact that such persons thrive on any public official who is more interested in high living than in See Page 6 Column 4 W iT w r dUk is F ts r P. P s. s yf y f l r T i v. v Charles Oliphant Quits tax I bureau in legal post protest Tax Bureau Chief Chief Counsel Resigns From Position I cont Continued from Page One I his own and his governments government's reputation 1 1 When Nathan testified that lots of oC people approach him about tax matters he lie volunteered volun volun- vOlun 1 Probably because they knew I I knew Mr 1 Caudle I didn't pay no attention to them I told them to hire a lawyer f I Committee Counsel Adrian DeWind asked Nathan to name some of the people who approached approached approached ap ap- ap- ap him There was a fellow from Jacksonville Jacksonville Jack Jack- sonville Fla Nathan said and lIand fellows around the race tracks who knew I knew Mr 1 Caudle How did they know that They seen me with him Nathan Nathan Nathan Na Na- than replied in a surprised tone In response to questioning Nathan Nathan Na Na- than thai said he didn't know anyone in the Bureau o of Internal Revenue Rev Rev- I except except that he met Charlie Charlie Char lie Oliphant at the Kentucky Derby once Charles Oliphant is chief counsel counsel coun coun- sel of the Bureau of Internal Revenue It was at a bar Nathan said and he hc thought someone just pointed Oliphant but to himI himI him I III never went nowhere with him Nathan added At Louisville with ith him Nathan said were Mr 1 and Mrs 1 Caudle Asked who else was there Na Na- I than replied in an aggrieve aggrieved d tone that he didn't know who all was around there around there was people people peo peo- pIe there I dont don't know Nathan also acknowledged knowing Keith Beaty Charlotte N N. C C. businessman Caudle testified testified testified fied earlier in the hearings that Beaty sold him three cars at discount discount dis dis- dis I count while Beatys Beaty's tax returns I were under investigation In short s testimony testimony testimony mony was that Nathan and Bert K Nester a Hollywood Fla I businessman represented to him in that there was a I clique Washington which looked for soft touches and that they were connected with this clique I He said Nathan and Nester asked him for immediately and within 72 hours to save from income tax taxI I prosecution and possible imprisonment said those named included to him as in the clique Caudle Jess Larson head of the General Services Administration I J |