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Show SEEN SEENand SEENancI and HEAR HEARQrouncftie HEARaround HARD HARDaround [ around Qrouncft/ie Qrouncft ie QrouncftieNATIONAL the theNATIONAL / , NATIONAL NA1IONAL CAPITAL CAPITALBy FAMOUS By By WASHINGTON Cai CaiCarter CarterE Carter CORRESPONDENT FieldfAMOUS Field FieldFAMOUS E : Ex , ashlngton "nshlngton nshlngton "nshlngtonTlle tilashington-The tilashington The " -Tlle Tlle - Tlio Passimaquoddy PaeS'lmnquoddv Passomaquodiv PaeS'lmnquod PaeSlmnquod Passomaquod ; ' dv ( iv tidal Po\\ Po power PoCr poser \ Cr and nnd riorlda rJorlda rlorida shIp shIpc'ln'11 shipcivil shipciml c'ln'11 cln11 civil ' ' projects h'1\ h'1 h1 has hive h'1e ' \ e a won a reprlt reprieve reprievefrom reprievefrom > ve vefrom from the congressional congrcsslonnl deith de'1th de1th depth ' fl- fl - flterse sen sentence en- en enfence - tence fence terse . . . ItS It ft w \ \ is \S S the fir first < ; t sign stgn of ot Pres PresSdenthl Presdentin Prcsidentlil Sdenthl ) dentin ) maneuvering to get the .lp- .lp ap- ap .lppro'al approval . ap approval - proval pro\'al pro 'al al \ ' of congre congre&s congres congress & s for tor the two proj projects projects projects ects dumped on Capital C'lpltnl Clpltnl ' 11m hill hills s doorstep door door- doorI doorMep doorstep - I step Mep h list hit < : t Jinuiry J'1nu'1ry J1nu1ry ' ' by the President Presidentand . , and ncatpd ucatpd ueated so cavalierly cl\lllerly cl lllerly casalterly : \ : by Mr Sir.Roosevelt SirRoosevelt . . noose\ noose Rooses nooseelt \ elt eft c\ c ever cer e'er eer \ ' er since"hetllCr since sinceWhether 11 " Whether "hetllCr hetllCr hether It Is the reil re'11 re11 real ' breath breatb ot of otlife oflife oflife life or a n mere reprieve reprJee reprJe\ reprJe \ e will sill \ m depend dependupon dependupon dependupon upon ciltlcs CIItJCS of ot the two projects projects'fhc projectsThey projectsThey 'fhc\ 'fhc fhc They 'fhccan ' \ " ' can talk the resolution resoluUon to tode'1til todeilh todcith deilh de'1til de1til ' If theJsh they the } ) \ wish \\Jsh Jsh slsh \ , . unle&s unles unle.s unless & : . all a11 nopeof nopeof nope iof of adjournment ndjournment Is thrown tin tIll own to the thewIndq thewlnds thewind wIndq wlnds " lucldentilly InC'Ident'lY InCIdentlY Iucidentally ' ' ) ] there Is nnthfng nnthIng noth nnth IIng fng Ing ( the Ole lie Republicans In the semIte senate semItewould senatewould senatewould would rather talk about thin th'in ' Quod Quoddy Quoddy 1y dy < and the Florida cinal C'1nal C1nal canal ' They Theyknow Theyknow Theyknow know they are arc on safe snfe ground-that ground that groundthatthe ground - thatthe the country regards both projects projeds asa asa as a waste of or public pnbl1c money-anq money anq money-and and money - and th'1t th1t that th'1tpublic thatpublic thitpublic ' public reaction was so strong strongagaInst strongagainst strongagainst agaInst them tllcm that even the over overwhelmlngly overwhelmingly overwhelmlngly whelmlngly whelmingly Democratic house houce : and andsenate andsenate andsenate senate hid h\d h d h'rd hrd ' ' \ to vote them do\\ do doIf dosnIf down don dosn downIf \ \ n If the resolution just Introduced Introducedby Introducedby by Senator Joseph T Robinson Is Ispassed Ispassed Ispassed passed , . there Is \ very sery ery little Httle doubt as asto asto asto to whatIll what will \\Ill Ill sill ' \ hippen hRppea h tppen < it It : provides providesthat providesthat providesthat that a board of three engineers Is Isto isto Iso to ( be appointed to study each proj project project projcct ect , and to report to the Presidenton PresIdent on June 20 or before , . this year yenr . . If Iftlley Ifthey Ifthey tlley they reP.9rt reP9rt report . the projects to be "justi justi "Justi- "just- "just just "justtied "Justified "justified " ! - fied tied , , " the th President , . under the resolution reso reso- resolutIon resolution - lution , . would then have ha\c ha c hate \ the approv approv- approval approval approval - - al of congress ' to allot aot ] ten mllJion million mllJiondoUnrs milliondollars milliondollars doUnrs dollars for the Florida canal and andnine andnine andnine nine million mIJUon dollars doJars ] for Quoddy out outof outof 0'utof 0utof ' of work worl relief rcUef fundsAU fundsAll funds fundsAll All AU the ' members of the tIle board are areto areto areto to be engineers who sho ' \ ho hive h'l\"e h'l hl "e e ' \ " not In any any'W11Y anyway anvway 'W11Y W11Y way ' been connectednth connected \ with \nth nth either eitherproject eitherproject citherproject project . . . They ' \ would ould be dppointed appointed dppointedby appointedby rfppointedby by th the ( ' President and receive S50 50 O a ad'iV adiv adiv d'iV diV ' plus expenses e'PCnses ePCnses ' for each day of ofseITice ofservice ofservice ofserviceCauses seITice service serviceCauses Causes SurpriseCritics Surprise SurpriseCritics Critics of the project proje-ct proje ct - were sere ' \ ere sur- sur surprIsed surprised sur surprised - - prised at the resolution . , , though it ithas ithas ithas has been intimated at the White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse WhiteHouse House tint th'1t th1t that ' some new plan'would planwould planllwould plan ' would beworked be beworked "orked orked worked " out for Quoddy . There Tbere had hadbeen hadbeen hadbeen been no such hint about the Florl Florida Floridacanal Floridacanil a acan'll can'll canll canal ' . Senator Duncin Dunc'ln Duncln Duncan ' U UU . rietcher rletcher of ofFlorida ofFlorida ofFlorida Florida his h'1s h1s ' been witenng w'ltermg wltermg ' the theWhite theWhite theWhite White House IJouse as well weU as the senate senateoffice senateoffice senateoffice office buildings building \ with Ith Itli his tears in be- be behalf behalf be behalf - - half of the cinal c'1nal c1nal canal ' , , while whne Gov LouIs Louts LouIsJ LoutsJ LouisJ J . . Brann has bcpn been be n tilLing t'1l1.Ing t1l1.Ing t1l1Ing talking ' . grlmlv grimly grlmlvto grimlyto grimlvto to the President and Jimes J'unes Junes ' A rar rarleJ rarle Farlei leJ le } aboutbat about , what \bat bat shat \ " would "ould ould happen 1D m m3liine's 1DlI'lIne's inlliine's inlliines lI'lIne's lIlInes 3liine's 3liines ' ' ' September election elcctiOn if Quod Quoddy Quoddy Quoddy dy ' \ were sere ere simply dropped 0\ 0 0erboard oserboard oserboardby overboardby \ erboard erboardby by the administritionDemocratic adminlstntion admlnlstr'1t1on admlnlstr1t1on administrition adminlstntionDemocratic ' Democratic senators in New Is'ew Isew ' Bng Eng Bngland England England land " were ere inclined to think that thnt the themo'e themove themove mo\'e mo 'e e move \ ' to revive both projects was wasjust wasjust wasjust just a political poHticnl gesture , . aimed at atplensmg atpleasing atpleasing plensmg pleasing Fletcher rIetc1ler rletcher and getting gettlDg Drann Brann DrannIn BrannIn BrannIn In a good humorIt humor humorIt It " was "as as pointed volnted out , howe\ howe however howeer howeser \ er , that thatthe thatthe thatthe the Maine'oters Maineoters Maine , ' voters oters wcie were wel e rather prac practical practidal practical tical tidal , , . and that If the resolution resulutlon "ere ere sere "erenllo sereallowed " wereallowed nlloed allowed nllo\\ nllo \ \ ed to die because not enough enoughWhIte enoughWhite enoughWhite WhIte House Douse steam was turneJ on onthey onthey onthey they just might resent ItAnother itAnother it itAnother Another possibility of couise COU1se course 1 is isthat Isthat < ; that theengmeel the the- - cngmceis engmeel engineer " ' , , if told b bv ) } the thePresIdent thePresident thePresident PresIdent before he appoints them themthat themthat themthat that theJ they the } are nre not to \ worry sorry orry about aboutple'1sIn aboutpleistnd aboutpleisinj ple'1sIn ple1sIn pleistnd ' ; anybody , but shall shaU repOl report reporttheir repoittheir t ttbelr tbelr their own o"n on " convictions comictlons con'ictions conictions ' , , ma ) } bilug bliug tiling In Inan inan Inan an adverse tderse ttdserse td\ td : \ erse report , . thus agreemg agreeing agreemgwIth agreeingwith agreeingwith wIth all a11 the previous pre\1ous pre 1ous preuous \ studies macJc made macJcof madeof madeof of Quodd ) } An adverse ade.rce ntexse ad\ ad \ e.rce erce . : report report"ould reportcould reportwould "ould ould could " provide ample justlficatlOn justification justificationfor justlficatlOnfor for not going ahe'1dThis aheidThis aheid ahe'1d ahe1d aheidThis ' This view is held beld bv by those sen'l senl seni sen'ltors senitors semtors ' tors \ who ho have thought for some somemonths somemonths somemonths months now tint th\t th t ' \ the Piesident Plesldent President hidtinalls h hd hid hidfinally \d d \ d1nal1 1\nal1\ 1 nal1 tinalls 1nal1been \ \ been convinced COD\'Inced COD 'Inced Inced \ ' by Ilirold ll'1rold ll1rold IInrold ' L LIckes LIckes LIckes Ickes and nnd others that Quoddv Quodllv Quoddy was wasa wasa wasa a pure \ ' waste 'taste taste \ aste of mone money ) ' , . and that thatMr thatMr thatMr Mr . Roosevelt's Roosevelts Roose\elt's Roose elt's elts Rooseselt's Rooseselts \ ' reference of th the thewhole thewhole ( ' "hole hole whole " matter to congress congrec.s congrecs . had just justbeen justbeen justbeen been a wav way out . . . Espccnily Dspecl\l1y Dspecl l1y Especially ' \ . , they theypoint the ; ) point pomt out , . as he did not 151 is ' isk ! . an } ) ad admInistration administration administration mInistration support of the proj prof profects projects projects ects when wben they tbey were un under er consld consid consldera consideration conslderatlon era eration Hon . Tax Lawyers BusyWashington's Busy BusyWashington's Washington's Washingtons ' long arra array arrav ) of tax taxlawyers taxlawyers taxlawyers lawyers , . the men who fight to keep keeptax keeptax beeptax tax PD pavers payers ) ers from being bemg forced to pay paywhat pa ; ) iwhat what the bureau of internil intern'll internll internal ' re\ re reenue revenue revenueInsists revenueInsists \ enue enueInsists Insists upon taking ta1.lng ta1lng . , almo almost , t regard regardless regardless regardless less of the liw hw Inv and the precedent precedenthave , . ha\ ha hae hale \ e been booked almost solidly solidlyfrom solidlyfrom solidlyfrom from now on In many Inst.1Dce.s Inst1Dce.s Inst1Dces instances Inst.1Dce.stheir instancestheir Instancestheir , . . their services s.rvlces srvlces ( . are to stirt 5t'1rt 5t1rt start ' " with "lth lth the thepascage thepassage thepassage pascage passage ; : of or the present tix h"t ht taC " bIllIncidentally billIncidentally bill billIncidentally Incidentally they are .lre lre . advising adsislog ad\ ad adIsin \ Isin . ; cli- cli ch- ch cheats cli clients clients - ents eats to postpone any move towar towarl towarlreorganization towardreorganization j jreorganization reorganization . Numerous Incidents incidentsuhete Incidentsivheie uhete \ \ hel e reorganizations , . mergers or orI orother orother orother I other forms of change in tlie the cor corporate corporate corporate porate structure \ were sere ere desired ha\ ha hae hale habeen halebeen havebeen \ e been put oH off until after the pass passage passageiof passage age ageiof . of f tlie the tix t'1X t1X tit ' billDependcn billDependence bill billDependence Dependence Dependcn .e e < . on the tax hwyers lawyers hwyersstrl1s lawyersstrlkcs liwyersstrikes strl1s strlkcs , ( some of these tbece ; : vciy VeIY vety la\\ers la ers lawers laersas lawersas lawyersas \ ) } as rather r.1ther r1ther . imusing amusing 1mu ' lng at the moment momentTwo . . T\\o T o Ts'o Tso \ \ ' of tlie the most successful told toldthis toldthis toldthis this correspondent correspondcnt tint th'1t th1t tbnt ' they could couldnot couldnot couldnot not mike m\he m he ' \ out the foggiest fogIest . ; idci lllc\ lllc Idea lllcot ' \ ot of of'shat ofwhat 'shat shat \ ' \ hat nnny m'1ny m1ny many ' of the provisions proIsion'3 pro'isions proisions pro\ pro \ ' Ision'3 Ision3 ' meinBut mem mc\n mc n mein memBut ' \ But ut at pt piesent present esent no one has thp the thps.lghtest thesaglrtest tlipSlightest s.lghtest slghtest saglrtest . Idea what shat \ hat th the t1iLs tts t l is bill blU sill sillbe \ willbe \ In Inbe be like llle , w \ vvlicn hen lien it becomes liw hw lisv . The Thesen'lte Thesenate Thesemte sen'lte senlte senate ' is working worhmg on it it . . That's Thats 'lhat.s lhat.s lhats chat's chats ' . ' ' all allam allan'one allanvone am an'one anone ' one hno"sAH knowsAll knows hno\\"s hno "s s knowsAll \ " All AH of oC \ which hlcb piles pllcs on top of one oneof oneof oneof of the most annoying problem problems problemsbusiness problem'sbusiness problemsbusiness ' ) ' busIness h is to contend with-the with the withthenttltu withtheattitude with - tlieattitude nttltu attitude e of the Intern il 11 ii re\ re revenue reenne resenue \ enne le- le le11 legd le-pil le pil - - gd 11 ' depirtment deputment department , . headed hi b3 Hobert Robert RobertH RobertU H . Jackson Jnchson "II-ro "II II ro 11-m 11 m "II II " - in , , " be he began . . . 'We We * ' We knew hnew the thei theboard theboard theboard i board of ot tax appeals did not pn pay payany paiany ) any attention to the rulings by this thiscourt thiscourt thiscourt court , . but we did not ] , . know .now now It was wasalso wasalso wasalso also Ignoring decisions of the Su Sa Supreme Sapreme Suprcme preme court . . " Every D\ery D ery \ lawyer In n Washington Washingtonhno Washingtonknows Washingtonknows hno knows " s that there Is violent vlotent dis- dis disagreement disagreement dis disagreement - - agreement In policy poIley bet between " een the theluners thelawyers thelawvers lu\ners lu ners lawyers \ of at the Department of Jus JustIceo Justice Justice'and Justiceand ' tIceo tIceoand tice and tliose Ulose those of the bureiu bure'1u bure1u ' of In Intern'11 internil Inlermi tern'11 tern11 ternil ' rc\ rc revenue rcenue resenue \ enue As pointed pOlDted out In Ina ina Ina a recent dispatch . Jickson's Jicksons J'1cl.son's J1cl.sons J1clsons ' . ' pollcy policy pollcyIs policyIs policyIs Is to litigate , . not to compromise . . . r One Important case caee ; recently was wasI wasdecided wasdecided wasdecided I decided agilnst against ag'1in ag1in ' t the government governmentLawyers governmentLawyers overnment overnmentL:1vycrs L:1\vycrs L:1 L1 vycrs Lawyers : \ who wbo had bad several dltTerent different dltTerentcnses differentcases differentcases cnses cases precisely on nil nn all fours , , so far faras farns faras as ns they could see , . were franly frankly franlyInformed franklyinformed franklyinformed , ] Informed that the go\crnment go crnment government gocrnmentwould governmentwould governmentwould \ would not appeii appe'll appell appeal ' , but that It would wouldnot wouldnot wouldnot not regard tlie the cise C'1se C1se else ' as a precedent I IWhich I IWhich Which amounted , . as Washington Washingtontax tax lawyers see It , to a concessIon concessIonby concessionby by the bureau burenu of Internil Intern'11 Intern11 Internal ' re\enue re enue resenue reenuethat resenuethat revenuethat \ that If they had to take the case caseIn caseIn caseIn In question que.t1on quet1on : . op up to the Supreme Supremecourt Supremecourt Supremecourt court the government will wm lose loseag loseagain loseagiln again ag tIn Ne\Crtheles Ne Crtheles Nevertheless Nesertheless \ . , despite this thisobvious thisobvious thisobvious obvious belief belle ! on their part pnrt . , thcy they thcywould theywould theywould would nob DO no compromise exstlng existing exstlngcases existingcases existingcases ] cases of a simllir slmIhr nature They In- In Insisted Insisted In Insisted - sisted upon making ' every c1ahn claim c1ahnnnt claimant clalhaant nnt ant fight In the courtsThIs courtsThis courts courtsThis This Is fine business for the tac tax tacl'lW taxl'tw3ers taxIiw : l'lW llW |