Show The Salt Lake Tribune Monday May I9G9 5 Forms Acknowledges Fee From Financier Family Insists Money Was Returned Continued From Page One Chase was ever tried He won acquittal March 1 1805 The magazine noted thit Fortas had written that "there has been no impropriety or anything approaching it" in his dealings with the Wolfson Family Foundation and that the associate justcie had abstained when the Supreme Court rejected Wolfson's appeal for a heating in April However the article by William Lam- would be forthcoming The associate juslice whose promotion to be chief justice was blocked by the Senate last year came to his chambers in the Supreme Court Building to Write out the statement One of the things the Justice Department would have to consider Ivould be whether any law was invdved and if so whether any action could be taken Article II of the Constitution states that "the president vice president and all civil officers of the United States shall be removed from office on impeachment for and conviction of treason bribery or other high crimes and 1966 bert said that on Jan three months after Frrtas had taken his oath as a judge a check for $20000 was drawn to him on the Jacksonville Fla bank account of the nonprofit Wolfson Foundation and deposited in Fortas' per- sonal bank account Nominated by Johnson Fortas was nominated to be Chief Justice by President Lyndon B Johnson last year but his name was withdrawn when the Senate balked at confirming him The Life magazine account of the 1966 events said that when the Supreme Court Pon er of Intpeachnient The Senate has the sole power to try of impeachment which only the House can bring Only one member of Associate Justice Samuel the court cases By Hank Ketcham the :vienace Denzil 77"""'"IPMr"771711121 ' e - D 4 ' try' 0"-od ''' ' ' k In August 1966 a federal grand jury began taking testimony on Securities and Exchange (SEC) charges against Wolfson and several of his assiates Indictments were returned in New York City in September and October of that year On Dec 22 1966 Life reported Fortas drew a check for $20000 from his personal account payable to the foundation "thus paying back the Inoney he had received from the Wolfson Foundation more than 11 months earlier" The Fortas letter to Life declining an interview obKsrved that his former law t clergy" Fortas then recounted his visit to the horse farm and the foundation meeting but added: "I did not of course participate in any of Mr Ilyolfson's business or legal affairs during that visit nor have I done so at any time since I retired from Or' NI N rill otlit 4 0 '')' '4 0 3 ) -- IIII 5K v 0 'nnnony‘ lb' 011 "10 irt:kk i (lei: ' k U Cv ::1110"1116 ' iall'01"PlsrotZ 1041'11- 'S - ' 11 4 ' 4111 ft ” fli I i twir t'':!':4 6:: '"In1Cne 0 I ' J dal' ' I ----- -- - -- Vi riO ! 4801-060144- Ytilc'Vt 141 “ 1: -- rAnti : st1 "Never mind the color o' my face! 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Mills Decides to Stay Hike In Social Security Benefits and employers employes scheduled for January 1971 At the same time the taxable base would have been raised from $7800 to $9000 By Hobart Rowen Washington Post Writer WASHINGTON — President Nixon's recommendation for a 7 Percent increase in Social effective Security benefits next January will be put aside by: the House Ways and it was leans Committee learned Sunday Committee Chairman Rep Wilbur Mills has Ind' cated to his associates that he has "no intention" of passing a Social Security bill this Tax Question Open President Nixon cut the posed increase back to 7 This decislon represents another key fiscal area where Mills has indicated he will frustrate objectives of the Nixon Administration It was reported Sunday that Mills Will insist on an expenditure ceiling as his price for passing legislation extending the surtax per- Under Pressure Increase Benefits But Congress is under pressure in view of skyrocketing hospital and doctor bills to make the Social Security more generous especially for the aged the blind and the disabled In addition Mills is understood to look favorably on an increase in the minimum monthly benefits paid to all retired orkers As of next January the minimum will be 1ills wants to $33 a month increase this to $70 a month Under the 10 percent boost m the maximum payable next January of $163 a month would rise to $18130 The $100 average would rise Mills is understood to feel that new Social Security legislation should wait until next year and then the benefits should be increased by 10 percent more President Johnson as he left office had proposed a 10 percent increase financed by 817 billinn in new taxes The additional taxes would have come from advancing to Jan 1 1970 the increase in the rate from 48 to 52 percent on -- Outlined RA - : 7olt - progra ik'2' to $110 ALIGNMENT TIRE TRUING TIRES BALANCED SHOCKS MUFFLERS CRIOIT Ile rejects the notion of paying larger Social Security benefits out of general treaMany liberal sury revenues Democrats including Senate majority Ivhip Edward M want cash Kennedy and hospitalization benefits for the Medicare program to be boosted sharply CAM ACCEPTED PACK'S ALIGNMENT & BRAKE SERVICE 1 lel S Ind Wst Ph FREt - r 417 www77 ' '1' VI ment of through" to t5'::'':-o!!- (t IEt©W May 9th 10th and 1 lth Friday Saturday Sunday Utah National Guard Armory 1543 Sunnysidé Avenue ( b4 Y:::':':e: '' ' J: The that cities and the housing shortage is the third most serious problem confronting America preceded only by Vietnam and inflation a- 'iA!? x4 ' lc id t olemok tie A :: $4esTk ::':i't 1''''':' i):' :: i:! 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Bingham 124 ar Entered at the post office at Salt Lake City as second class matter WI 11179 Car Act of March - "An equal opportunity employer" - 47:117rsT tar s Sponsored by Lake Newspapers Szga ::::A' i::::: Romney said Project Breakthrough "is a new project It goes beyond Just technology It gets into the question of the best use of land tapping new SURE-la- x ' :NA 314':::::: '!t:f7Y4:A ' '' '':“'t :::::::::::7:::::::: announced also that there will be a change in mortgage insurance regulations for persons who develop trailer ilomes V 4:: ': -:- x ' '''' ::'-::::'''- Z:::1?:::‘4'0::i41§ building Romney sources 4ti' ' "Project Breakstimulate home the new laxative: - MAO': i' eli :::::::4 ' development George Romney announced Sunday establish- druggist about ' had been a close adviser to Johnson before the President named him to the court in 1965 and Thomberry a US circuit court of appeals judge had been a protege of Johnson's The GOP opponents also protested that Johnson as an announced "lame duck" resident should not have sought to fill the vacancies but should have left this to his successor as chief executive 5 -1 program - immediately raised the cionyism" on grounds rül ictS program pro- cent which would have cost only about $600 million — but had left the tax question open Mills now feels that the increase should be at least as generous as the 10 percent Johnson proposed and probably more in view of the increased cost of living taking place this year Ile would broaden the base by stages to an eventual $12000 Not yet clear is what kind of tax schedule Mills has in mind or whether he would have the new benefits retroactive to Jan 1 1970 year 'Cronyism' 0 WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of Housing and Urban Ile i of to be on associate Republicans -- (Ay uf on April 1 and on April surrendered himself to authorities at the Federal Prison Camp at Elgin Air Force Base in Florida to begin serving his term The financier said three days earlier in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that he could have received a lardon and had been assured this by "somebody who is close as anybody law practice" Paul Porter a former Fortas law partner was quoted by I ife as saying the $20000 was paid after Wolfson asked By Romney ‘ Cry Wolfson lost his Supreme Court appeal A g o Homer Thornberry justice Lost Court Appeal EPeounts Visit : d Life said that there is no evidence that Wolfson sought to get Fortas to "fix" the proceedings against him but indicated that Fortes' association may have been used for "name dropping" purposes during his criminal trials e i cl foundation" Homes Plan it' 4 ' q Fy President Johnson's most resounding congressional defeats The fight began in June when Johnson antiouncvd that he would nemlnate For tas to succeed Chief Justice Earl Warren and a former Texas congressman former of A S ' could be to Mr Johnson" The Senate's refusal to confirm Fut tas to be chief justice last year was one: the justice to help trustees of the foundation decide on future charitable and scholarship programs According to the magazine Porter said Fortas returned the :2000 because the business of the court took so much of his time he couldn't do the work of the firm has been 'retained by a Wolfson company before he became a Supreme Court justice "Apart from this" the letter continued "my only 'association' with Mr Wolfson had to do with conversations beginning when I first met him in 1963 in which he told me of the program of the Wolfson Family Foundation in Jacksonville to prom- - te racial and religious understanding and coexistence and to provide financial assistance on a nondenominational basis to candidates for the Started Taking Testimony 3 misdemeanors" -- was in recess for a week Fortas was a housc guest at Wolfson's Harbor View horse breeding farm near Ocala Fla Fortas acknowledged in his letter to Life that he had made the visit and was present at a meeting of the foundation "during which some of those present described some of its programs and as I recall discussed some of the pending scholarship applications" x Gentle effective relief in tablet form C9 4 k 1' t |