Evening Star Newspaper, March 16, 1930, Page 8

A—8 MELLON DEFENDS STEEL TAX REFUND Holds Experts Employed by Congress Found No Reason f for Criticism. i By the Associated Press. @ecretary Mellon came to the defense | of the Bureau of Interna! Revenue yes- terday in responding to congressional eriticism of the $33.000.000 tax refund | allowed the United States Steel Corpo~ ration. Representative Garner. Democratic leader, in a sp attacked the refund and icy established by Sec handling such cases © they should be decided in the co and demanded a congressional invesi gation. ‘The Treasury Secretary replied in his statement that careful consideration had been given the matter by the bu- Teau. He said experts employed by the congressional joint committee had gone over the entire figure without finding any grounds for criticism of the settle- ment. “In considering the case we should not permit its size to affect our judg- ment,” Mr. Mellon said. “The only question to be determined is what would the Steel Corporation owe the Govern- ment on account of taxes under the laws. The amounts involved are neces- sarily large since the Steel Corporation | paid about 8 per cent of all the taxes paid by corporations during the war years and for the year 1918 paid 56 per cent of its income to the Federal Government in taxes. “Under_the final determination, the Federal Government is actually re- taining about $8,000,000 in addition to the taxes originally paid by the corpora- tion. As a result of intervening addi- tional payments, however, the final ad- justment now shows an actual overpay- ment for the three years of approxi- mately $21,000,000 in principal and $11,200,000 in interest. The taxpayer had brought suit in court for the re- covery of about $130,000,000. As a re- sult of the final settlement this suit is being dismissed.” “I fail to see any basis for criticizing the proposed action of the Treasury,” Mellon concluded. “The overpayment is admitted. Sound business judgment and good administration demand that we return the amount properly. A tax set- tlement cannot be understood by con- sideration only of misleading and inac- curate statements made for partisan purposes. We should not permit politics to become injected into the administra- tion of our tax laws.” BANDITS’ MURDER TRIAL NEARS CLOSE Jury to View Scene of Shooting of Detective Smith by Two Men. By the Associated Press. JACKSONVILLE, Fla, March 15— ‘The fate of Watson Moulthrope and Ro- land Lalone, charged with murder of Detective W. D. Smith in a gun battle here last January 17, probably will go to & jury late Monday. th sides announced their testimony completed today and agreed to ask the court to recess until Monday, when the arguments will be made. A brief ses- sion today was taken up with arguing :mu of law, which the court is to place fort the jury. While Moulthrope and Lalone sat in the court room listening to the argu- ment, the fury. on instruction from Judge Danlel A. Simmons, went to view the scene of the shooting. Lalone and Moulthrope have entered pleas of self- defense to justify their participation in the battle with Smith and Willie Jones, another detective, who stopped the men to suuuon them about a series of rob- s. Leo Landry, the third member of the gang, turned State's evidence and ‘will be tried later. Jones was shot dur- ing the battle, but recovered and testi- fied against the bandits. The trio came to Florida from Connecticut, whers they escaped from Wethersfleld State Prison in January, making the trip South in a stolen car and living by banditry. SLAYER OF POLICEMAN IS DENIED NEW TRIAL Justice Peyton Gordon in Criminal Division 1 yesterday denied a motion for a new trial of Alfred Scott Aldridge, colored, who shot and killed Policeman Harry J. McDonald July 6 last. Ald- Wi Tecently convicted of murder in the first degree at a second trial of the charge. A former trial had resulted in a disagreement of the jury. The court deferred the imposition of the death sentence until tomorrow, as the arguments of counsel had been pro- tracted beyond 12 o'clock, and Saturday afternoons have been held by the Court ©f Appeals to be legal holidays. Attorney James Reilly strongly urged the granting of a new trial, which was opposed by Assistant United States At- torneys Walter M. Shea and James R. Kirkland. 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