Show T WAS WAil i I n td 1 Mystery Man ManO ManONE ManONE NE of the most amazing things O ONE about mystery man Henry Grunewald is the way he ho has been able to ingratiate himself with those in high places Henry is able to slip sUp in to see the Vice President has a letter of thanks from President Truman for fora a campaign contribution drops in into into into to see GOP Gap Senator Brewster of Maine who calls him bim Henry and got GOP Gap Senator ridges Bridges of New Hampshire to help him pull wires on ona ona ona a tax fraud case He has bas three limousines a winter house in Miami Beach a summer house at Spring SpringLake SpringLake SpringLake Lake NJ and uses the Washington hotel apartment of ot former Secretary Secretary Secretary Secre Secre- tary of War Harry Woodring How he manages all these contacts contacts contacts con con- no one exactly knows especially especially especially espe espe- in view of the fact that he was unwilling to answer any questions questions questions ques ques- about himself before the King committee However strangest of ot all connections connections con con- was with the former alien I property custodian Leo Crowley Crowley- despite Crowleys Crowley's denials Grunewald Grunewald Grunewald Grune Grune- I wald had such a close friendship with Crowley that he was actually authorized to speak for lor him at stockholders stockholders' stockholders stockholders' stockholders stockholders' stock stock- holders' holders meetings of the big alien corporations in wartime Crowle Crowley now says I dont don't remember remember remember re re- re- re member Grunewald However at atthe atthe atthe the time he was hired Crowleys Crowley's office put a memo in the files showing showing showing show show- ing his astonishing trust in The Dutchman by stopping any investigation investigation investigation gation of Grunewald's past Grunewald's Past The office of the custodian has investigated Mr Grunewald Crowleys Crowley's Crowley's Crowleys Crowleys Crowley's Crow- Crow leys ley's office stated on Aug 25 42 and because of the nature of the work to be performed by this man manfor manfor manfor for the custodian it is requested that the Civil Service Commission refrain from making any investigation tion of Mr Grunewald His record is entirely satisfactory to the custo custo- dian Perhaps what Crowley wanted to cover up was Grunewald's record as a government prohibition prohibition pro pro- prohibition agent This showed he was demoted from to 1800 1800 1 51 a year on January Januar 12 1922 and finally was kicked out of ot the government on October 3 1922 after being indicted by a aNew aNew aNew New York grand jury in connection connection connection tion with the illegal removal and disposition of liquor I Later in a job appl application cation Grunewald Grunewald Grunewald Grune Grune- wald gave this version of his indictment indictment indictment indict indict- ment In October 1922 while I was wasa a general agent assigned to the New York prohibition office I was indicted by a federal grand jury in inthe inthe inthe the southern district of New York for conspiracy to violate the federal federal fed fed- eral prohibition law The indictment named a number of individuals including in- in including including in in- Mr Roswell A. A Saver and myself The case against me was dismissed after a verdict was indicated indicated indicated in in- to the jury by Federal Judge Winslow 50 Years an Alien Here are some more things which the mystery man might have told the King committee but didn't Grunewald was born May 19 1892 at Port Elizabeth South Africa but neglected to become naturalized as asan asan asan an American citizen until February 3 1942 19 This was two months after Pearl Harbor and after he went to work for the alien property custo custo- dian For years as an alien Grunewald Grunewald Grunewald Grune Grune- wald worked for various branches branch branch- es of the thc government He lie served in the US U.S. Navy from 1909 to 1914 worked as a desk clerk at atthe atthe atthe the Naval Young Mens Men's Chris Chris- tian Association in Brooklyn got gota a job in 1915 as a bookkeeper for Western Electric in New York city His first job as an investigator came in 1917 when he secured a temporary appointment with the old FBI In 1919 he served as confidential confidential confidential investigator for tor the Republican Republican Republican lican National Committee at In 1921 he got a year a job with the Commissioner of Prohibition Prohibition Prohibition tion which ironically came under the Internal Revenue Bureau It was his relations with ex Commis and ex-Counsel ex Oliphant of Internal Revenue which recently brought Grunewald into the Limelight Grunewald has also developed some interesting contacts in the Liquor business and as late as 1944 he was under investigation by the alcohol tax unit for alleged black- black marketing in liquor Grunewald also spent from 1928 to 1942 as a personal confidential investigator for or Henry W. W Marsh Round Merry-Go-Round Holiday joke going the rounds at atthe atthe atthe the pressed hard-pressed Bureau of Internal Revenue First Employee What Employee What are you giving your wife wile for Christmas Christmas Christmas Christ Christ- mas Second Employee Employee An An Oliphant Oliphant Oliphant Oli Oli- hide bag with shoes to match The volume of Christmas Christmas Christmas Christ Christ- mas mail this year including parcel post set another time all-time record 30 per cent greater than last year P P. P O. O officials estimated it was enough to fill ill a string of boxcars from Washington to Chicago |