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ARROGANCE COST CAPONE. LIBERTY Balked Agreement on T:rm by Making It Public, Prose- cutor Savs. __ (Conlinued From First Page.) of a situation—that Al Capone was very shrewd in one way. He kept no bank account. We never could find a bank account. He kept no books. He agned no checks. In all our investi- gation we had one check he indrosed. Gangs Use Many Spies. “He never did anything first-hand. He was always two or three removed from what happcnod. and it was neariy impossible to compicie the chain iezd- ing to him “The agents kept at work on gather- ing evidence &n. a speciai squad was organized, known as the dis.rict at- torney's squad. I may add the gangs had spies cverywneic. It is incenceiv- able the information they gei. They have an intelligence system that is re- markable. Sometimes I thought they would find out what I was thinking."” Johnson tcld of Capone's remarkable career from bartender on the Bowery of New York to lcader of Chicago’s gangland, which the Government traced in its effort to send him to jail. It got much informaticn from one of Capone’s fcr: booxkacpers and found that much cf u gangster's money was handled by Cuci:, one of his aides. “Our e fdenre eop-d ct various tim=3 Capon: way thngs and pay wih Jjack Guzs ci.c.,” Johnson said. “We are rbi> to thow that he would say, ‘Jack Guzik Is my se.retary; Jack Guzik is my partner.”” Tells About “Compromise.” Johnson then told of the much pub- licized “compromise” under which Capone was to plead guilty and receive & comparatively short term. Capone’s attorney came to him, John- son said, about May, 1931, and said the gangster knew he had been indicted and ‘wanted to know if the district attorney ‘would consider a plea of guilty with a Tecommendation. “I told him.," Johnson testified, “I could not tell at that time s it was & case of great public interest. “About the middle of May I came to | ‘Washington on officlal business. We had subpoenaed a great number of wit- nesses and our grand jury testimony developed when they were questioned after they had testificd, the had gone back and talked to Capone, so Capone was well advised what was going on through these pecple themselves, and they were people of very low order— prostitutes, gunmen, killers and dozens of gamblers—all people living outside the law. “I referred the matter briefly to the Attorney General and asked him ‘whether I should proceed on my own initiative, as I had always done, or ‘whether I should report because of the great public interest in the case. The upshot was he directed me then to keep Assistant Attorney General Youngquist advised.” Frequently Called Youngquist. After that, Johnson said, he frequent- 1y called Younggquist on the telephone to keep him advised of developments and “once or twice” conferred with him in Chicago. He sa'd he also had a “number” of conferences with Capone’s counsel. “There were a great number of prob- lems in the case that made me think it was advisable to make a recommenda- tion.” Joknson testified. He pointed out some. of their evidence was in a letter the purpose.of which was to offer a compromise and that presented “legal problems.” Johnson then told of his conferences with Judge Wilkerson over the compro- mise plan, which the judge finally re- Jected. b Pointing out that the pleas of guilty were entered about June 16, he said: “Very early in June I first went to see Judge Wilkerson. I told him about the difficulties we were encountering be- fore the grand jury. I told him about the things we. feared and I did explain to him my very great anxiety, and I want to say that my great objective was to get Al Capone in the peniten- tiary, because my experience had al- ways been that once these leaders have | been imprisoned they never amount to anything. Talked Informally. “I do not know what consideration he gave it, but Judge Wilkerson said, ‘You had better think that over care- fully’ It was some remark like that and ‘You can see me again.’ “We were very informal. I talked to him along those lines probably a couple of times until finally after the indict- ments were returned or about the time they were returned. I told him that I felt by reason of the great difficultles that confronted us, that I wanted to make a recommendation. “There had been many conferences ‘with Capone’s counsel. Naturally, they wanted as light a recommendation as they could get, and I wanted as heavy & recommendation as I could get, and the thing was open all the way through. ‘They knew about it in Washington and my stafl knew about it. and there never was any mystery about it.” Finally Johnson said, Wilkerson told him he could make a recommendation. “As I understand it,” Chairman Borah asked, “Judge Wilkerson indorsed the recommendation?" “He approved of the making of the recommendation,” Johnson _ replied, and, of course, here is the understand- ing I think all prosecutors have when & court says to the prosecutor that he may make a recommendation. No judge can bind himself. Unwritten Understanding. “Of course, that is a rule of law that I am familiar with and I knew the court could not bind himself, but there is a sort’ of unwritten under- standing that if a prosecutor has cor- rectly presented the facts or that he bhimself has not becn misled or some- thing does Dot c-mo up in court that neither the cour. nor the prosecutor knew, there is a sort of tacit under- standing tbat a court will follow the recommendation of that kind. course, I assumed in there was no mystery about it.” Replying to questions from Borah, Johnson said that Wilkerson knew he was planning to recommend a sentence of 21, years Johnson then read Wilkerson's statement jn open court announcing h: would not b> bound by any agree- ment. which led t) Capone's with- d:-wal of his plea of guilty T.e Cele 1. (C unbell SRR a man H: know ti guilty voloed a peniten.l nce. The first thing that hiprencd, t» my utter astenishment, wes thic: I kad never stated publicly what this reccmmenca- tion would be, nor had any of my assistants or the agents of th: Govern- ment, who were very trustworthy and I am sure they observed this confidence. “On the very afternoon that the pleas of guilty were entered, an after- noon newspaper published in headlines, not what the district attorney's rec- ommendation would be, but what the judgment of the court would be and that brought comment from all over the country.” Johnson told how Capone set about to_attract attention to himself by at- tending the races in a box out front where every cne could se him, going to base ball games and shaking hands with famous ball playeis. Played Up in Newspapers. *Now, all these things were blazoned the newspapers constantly during of | this case that| John=on , -1 0 Have to Pay, on a Fixed | Provided in New Re | Ez the Associated Press - How much will a married man with no dependents have to pay the Gov- ernment every year under the income taxes imposed in the new House reve- nue bill? Here is how you figure it Suppose Mr. Citizen mak>s a return on $5.000 earned income. All of that isn't taxed, for, first, he subtracts the $2500 allowance permitted married | persons. That leaves a taxable $2.500 Next, he 4s given a fixed deduction of 121, per cent of the $5.000, or $625 for earned income. All incomes of $5.000 are allowed this deduction. It also is applicable to those above $5.000 but with the provision that no mor | than $12,000 may be considered earned | income. " This deduction on the $5.000 income would leave $1,875 of taxable income. The $1,875 is the figure on which Mr Citizen pays his tax. The rate on the first $4.000 of taxable income is 2 per cent, so he pays the Government 2 | per cent of $1,875 or $37.50 No matter how high Mr. Citizen's in- come may be, he always may subtract $2,500 for being married. But if his earned income is $13,000 or more, he may apply the fixed deduction of 12'2 per_cent to only $12,000. That is the maximum the bill per- mits in making this subtraction except when the income comes from corpora- tion dividends. Then the 12!, per cent deduction is allowed against not more than $5,000 Here's an unofficial table of how much cash Mr. Ci‘izen will pay Uncle Sam, assuming thet the fixed 12!, per cent deduction csn be applied zgainst $12,000 (the normal income tax rates are 2 per cent on the first $4.000; 4 per cent on the next $4,000 and 7 per cent Tax Payable 1 Amount a Married Man With No Dependents Will THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. (., APRIL on Incomes Level, Under Reductions venue Bill Is Shown. above that Taxable Income, Tax Pavable. | $5.000 $37.50 $10.000 8210 $15.000 $600 £20,000 $1,160 £25,000 $1:850 $30,000 $2.660 $35,000 $3.600 $40.000 54,660 $45,000 $5.850 $7.160 $8.600 $10,160 $11.850 $13.660 $15.600 $17.660 $19.810 £22.010 $24.260 $26,560 on gifts over $50,000 are Three-quarters of 1 per cent on the first $10,000. An additional three- quarters of 1 per cent for every addi- tional $10,000 up to $50,000. Five per cent of all between $50,000 and $100.000. Six and one-haif per cent of all between $100,000 and $200.- 000. Eight per cent of all between | $200,000 and $400,000. An additional 11, per cent for every additional $200,- 00 up to $1,00,000, Fourteen per cent of all between $1.- | 003,000 and $1,500,000. An additional | 11, per cant for every additional $500,- | 030 up to $5.000,000 ! Twent~-siX per cent of all between i $5,000.000 and $6,000,000. An additional | 1. por cent for every additional $1.- 000,000 up to $10,000,000 Thirty-threc and one-half per cent on all above $10,000,000. whether it would not be advisable to deprive him of liberty and take him into custody. “I never discussed this with Judge Wilkerson, but it scemed an affront to the court. I was right curious about bow this information got out about what my recommendation would be The defendant himself, I am informed by newspaper men, disclosed that infor- mation, so he brought tnis upon him- self clearly by his conduct.” When the case opened before the court, Johnson sald, Capone's attorney claimed he had an agresment that the gangster would ot be questioned Johnson said he had entered no such agreement and when the judge insisted on hearing some evidence Capone withdrew his guilty plea and the case went to trial. Previously, he said, he bad told the court he had the Attorney General's authority to make the recommendation and the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, in charge of revenue, had concurred. Bankers Were Subpoenaed. Continuing his testimony on the checking of the bank accounts main- | tained by the gangster leaders, Johnson | said: | “Take the matter of violence. In the | Ralph Capone case, which may be used as an illustration, because it is a typi- | cal gangster case of the type we have prosecuted under the income tax laws, the agents discovered bank accounts. | There were eight or ten and the necu-[ llar thing about it was about every three months one account was closed, | James Carter, James Brown and so on. | It was rather odd that each first name began with ‘James.” | “I subpoenaed the bankers. It was a | small bank, with not more than $3,000,- | 000 in deposits, and I personally con- ducted those examinations before the grand jury and the cashier of the benk was frightened to death. I did not know why. | “I was pressing him as to who owned | these accounts,” he continued, “and I thought he must know because the | bank was small and in one of these three months periods—usually the ac- count shifted in three months—in one instance there was an overdraft of $4- ‘ 000 and another overdraft of $6.000, | which they permitted, and in this small | bank the cashier said he did not know | who owned the account. 1 “Later he was very much broken | down and I was very severe with him | and he wept. Later his counsel told me every night when he came home some gangster was there and threat- | ened him. Violence Encountered. “Eventually we got the information. Generally, in dealing in these cases, in the difficult cases, we encountered ter- rific violence.” Describing the difficulties of obtain- ing witnesses to testify against gang- sters, Johnson said: “We had one rather painful experience when we convicted 2 man by the name of Basile. He was about to go to prison. He had been associated with the Juliano mob. “They had 62 murders there in five years and Basile gave evidence he was a partner of Juliano, that he had quar- reled with Juliano and Juliano had paid 85000 to a gunman by the name of Schemer Drucci to kill him. And Drucci was shot and killed .by a po- murder. “Basile gave evidence which was very helpful to the Government and just before Christmas in 1929 I took him before the grand jury and talked to him about 11 o'clock. We were getting ready to return an indictment but that night he was murdered before 9 o'clock. T have had many experi- ences of that kind. “Our purpose of finally rTeach- ing Al Capone had been the objective we sought after for the last three years He had one syndicate that was in the beer violations. You might add the source of income to these gangsters cores from gambling and beer, distri- bution of alcohol being in small amounts, but dealing with beer, they deal with bulk. They must have un- derstandings with the police in order to distribute that. “We encountered that many times," he continged. Pursaed System Relentlessly. “This cqued from the district attor- ney's offiie wasded by a very capable young meh by toe name of Ness, who is a graduate of the University of Chi- czgo, and he selected the squad. The plan was $o cause the Capone gang to lose money, and this squad took brewery after brewery, and something like 35 of these large, expencive trucks that cost $4,000 to $5,000 apiece. ing these wiolations and they pursued thet relentlessly. That ended in an in- dictment against some 62 and later the investizations have been and I think we now h: all the men jwho wers connected with tie Capone wd on that side of the case, on the beer side. | “All of them were leaders—not all of these—but there are & dozen of the big leaders of organized crime. They are under indictment and will be brought to trial in the near future, and under this indictment was Al Capone. “We are going to try that case and I want to say this—that the evidence against Al Capone was rather circum- stantial because, of course. these lead- ers do not commit the substantive of- fense. They do not sell; they do not manufacture; they do not transport, and usually we never reach them ex- cept under the conspiracy statute “The agents had been at work on the income tax case for a long time. I may pable investigators I have ever worked with and were headed by A. P. Madden and Prank Wilson of the intelligence unit. “For a year we had dally conferences. Everywhere we encountered fear. Every witness was reluctant. returned the first in nect up the books. liceman before he could execute the | add they were probably the most ca- | and then we kept on with our investi- gation.” Reveals Early Career. The district attorney told the com- mittee the high spots of Capone’s life during the years in which he obtained leadership of Chicago's gangland. “‘Capone was a member of the Five Points gang in New York. He came to Chicago in 1920 or 1922, I think, as a bouncer. A boumcer is a rough man in these disorderly places who push peo- ple out. Then he got into gambling in a small way and in 1923, as we trace him down, he got to a point where he could buy a car for $4,500. “In 1924 they operated three gam- bling places in the suburb of Cicero and the system was briefly this: When there was too loud an outcry of citi- zens they would move to another place. , They were in three places within a short distance. Within an hour after they were raided in one place. they were going full blast in the next place. “They had a bookkeeper by the name of Shumway in 1924. In a raid made by police these books had been taken and turned over to the Government. “The agents had succeeded in locat- ing Shumway, but he was fearful for his life. His whole life had been spent as a bookkeeper. The books them- selves were all in key numbers and disclosed no names excepting in one or two instances, so by this process of investigation we built up a lot of cir- cumstances against Capone. Aided by Citizens. “How we happened to prove his ownership of these gambling places in which these books were kept was in this manner. A young minister by the name of Mr. Hoover, the president of the Real Estate Board and the Kiwanis Club, by the name of Bragg, and a man by the name of Morgan, secured help from the Kiwanis Club and the American Legion. “They organized a raid on Capone’s laces, got a search warrant and went in there in the afternoon and had a constable with them. While in the process of making the raid, Al Capone rushed in. It is one of the few places | we have ever seen him in flesh and | blood. He is very elusive. “Capone came with his trousers hastily pulled over his pajamas and rapped on the door and wanted to get in and the man at the door said: Wi are you? And he said: ‘This is my party; I own this joint.’ “There were some more admissions to that effect. That was our evidence, of his ownership of the place with which in the trial we expected to con- Feared for Lives. “Here was the great difficulty about that. These men were very courageous, but after this raid Hoover, the minister, was threatened and rough men_were placed in front of his house. Bragg kicked and maimed by having his nose crushed. Morgan was taken for a ride | and shot and Capone told them “This is | the last raid you will ever make' and they were very much afraid. “They, however, did appear before the grand jury, but they were very much alarmed. “In the Jack Guzik case we had a gambler by the name of Reis. After Shumway left, Reis kept no books but he testified they had a bank roll and | everything that was surplus above the required bank roll of $10,000 which they kept in these gambling places, was profit. Then he would buy a cashier's check with that and turn it over to Jack Guzik." WHEAT SURPLUS BARED BUENOS AIRES, April 2 (#)—Ex- portable surpluses of wheat as of April 2 were announced today by the ministry of agriculture as 2,310,241 long tons. The exportable surplus of flaxseed and corn as of the same date, respec- tively were: $1,336,426 and $5,273,255 long tons., The surtaxes begin with | 1 per ceat £bave 6,000 and are godn-| ated un to 49 per cent sbave $10°.000): 1 |of BREATER CAPITAL DRIVE PREPARED (Campaign to Start Tomor- | row to Raise $75,000 for Committee’s Work. 3, Head Campaign A drive to raise funds to carry for- | ward the second year's program of the | Greater National Capital Committee of | the Washington Board of Trade will get under way with a luncheon meeting in | the Willard Hotel tomorrow, it was an- | nounced yesterday by Robert V. Flem- | ing #nd Lloyd B. Wilson, chairman and associate cLairman, respectively. of the Oampaign Commiitee. The goal of the two-week campaign has been sot at $73.000. During ti- past yea: officers of the Board of 'Iradc eslimate the committee has been dires:- ly responsible for more than $10,000,000 going into the city’s business channels through acquiring new conventions, pro- moting tourist trade and advertising the Capital on a Nation-wide scale “The achievements of the Greater National Capital Committee during its first year of operation have méant much to Washington,” Mr. Fleming and Mr. Wilson asserted in a statement yes- terday. Visitors Increased. | Pointing out that the commiltee has | brought a great deal of additionel money into the city during the past 12| months they siated that the organiz:- | tion’s work has “stimulated trade s. a | time when stimulation was gee.tly | aeeded. ' The organized work of the commit- tee, the trade body officers said, has brought thousands of additional visitors to Washington; so many that while the travel industry as a whole suffered dur- ing the past year, the Capital is one of the centers that noted an increase in the number of visitors for 1931 “Such work is good for Washington,” the committee chairmen said. “As many persons as possible should see the seat of their Government and gain a clearer understanding of theé problems and methods of Government adminis- | tration. The- National Capital should | always be ready to welcome its visitors with every courtesy. | “The work of giving a warm welcome | to visitors and outlining the attractions of Washington is belng carried on in extremely satisfactory fashion by the | committee. It is essential that the pro- gram of activities continue.” Members of Commitiee. Members of the Executive Committee | of the Greater National Capital Com- | mittee are co-operating with Mr. Flem- ing and Mr. Wilson are A. C. Case, | chairman; Francis G. Addison, jr., treasurer; George W. Offutt, president of the Board of Trade; W. W. Everett, D. L. Moorman, E. C. Graham. George Plitt, Merle Thorpe, Charles W. M . Edwin C. Brandenburg, L. P. McLachlen and Robert J. Cottrell. Mr. Cottrell, who is secretary of the Board of Trade, is also secretary of the Greater National | Capital Committee. Mr. Fleming and Mr. Wilson also are members of the Executive Committee. Curtis Hodges is executive director of the committee and C. N. Nichols is in charge of the convention department. During its first year, the work of the committee as reported by its director has fallen into three general classes: (1) securing and taking care of national conventions, (2) attracting and extend- ing proper courtesies to tourists. and (3) promotion of publicity about Wash- ington’s attractions. The additional money brought in by the committee is attributed to the in- creased number of conventions for ‘Washington and the efforts made in the tourist field. It is estimated by statisti- cians in the tourist business that this trade has incurred a loss something like 25 per cent since 1929. In 1929 the total of tourist expenditures was esti- mated at $4,000,000,000. In Washing- | ton last year, the tourist business, in spite of generally unfavorable condi- tions, held its own and showed an in- crease. The number of visitors regis- tered at the Smithsonian Institution in 1931 was 1685,539. The number in 1930 was 1,675988. Registrations at the Smithsnian have kept up during the early months of this year. January showed an increase of 24,733 over January of 1931: February an increase 27,200 over 1931 and March an in- | crease of 2316, although all of the sightseers “Who' come to Washington | do not visit the Smithsonian. 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Wilson, associate chairman of the campaign group. | tions the number seems to be gaining | gradually. | The Depariment of Commerce has [ estimated that the average tourist or vacationist sp. $5 in the city he | visits The Greater National Capital Committee estimates that the -\'erlgz‘ tourist spends two days in Washington. | The commi ez, through publicity | and by means of the courtesies ex-| tended at its tourist booths is attempt- ing to keep the tourist business at its present high point or to increase it. Since it was organized the committee has distributed about 5,000,000 words | of publicity about Washington and cev- eral hundred pictures. The publicity has gone to metrcpolitan newspapers, to smaller newspapers within a radius | of 200 miles of Washington, to maga- | zines and to trade publications. The committes hes also distributed maps and booklets and large two-cclored | posters to the number of several hun- dred have gone to all parts of the United States and to Europe. At the tourist information booths on the main highways and in the Union Station information has been supplied more than 25,000 travelers and nearly 4,000 reservations have been made for Washington hotels. After they have returned to their homes, all who have stopped at the booths receive letters from the committee expressing appre- ciation for their vicits. It is the aim of the committee in this connection, its officers say, to establish a system that will be cumulative in its results. In the convention line the committee hes been unusually active. Of the 200 national conventions that will be held in Washingion in 1932, the committee estimates that 55 have been brought on the initlative of the committee. These conventions have been brought by or- ganizing the local groups interested, by publication of special conv?mon pros- pectuses, by a great deal of corre- spondence and by personal work with boards of directors or managers. The €0-page convention prospectus of the | committee has had 12 revisions, each | revision being designed ror some par- | ticular group. The direct mail being sent out by the commitice now is run- | ning close to 1,000 pieces each week. | In addition to the worx in inducing | Materials including labor and plumbers and good mong our customers, and offers time pay- without obligation. Phone & C Sts. S.W. | with such material. The | tact with all national conventions that | 1932—PART. ONE. NEW SLVER STAR HOME OPENS TODAY First 1932 Dwelling to Be Shown for Month—Public Is Invited. ‘The public of Greater Washington is invited to make an inspection today of thé first 1832 Silver Star Home spon- sored by The Star as a part of its bet- ter homes program. This house is lo- cated at 7812 Morningside drive, in Shepherd Park, and will be open trom 10 am. to 9 p.m. This is the start of a_ month of public showing of this dwelling, which was awarded a place in the Silver Star Homes program by a committee of spe- cialists In important lines of home building activities which is conducting the program for The Star. The house is of late Georgian archi- rooms, three baths and a lavatory, in | addition to a finished third story con- talning a bed room, and a recreation room of comfortable size in the base- ment and a detached two-car garage. The house was built by L. E. Breun- inger & Sons from plans by Harvey P. Baxter, with Harry L. Edwards as asso- ciate. The house has been furnished in Colonial style for the exposition by D. 8. Pool in collaboration with the UNDER HOUSE BILL Individual Exemptions and Deduc- tions Are Set Forth With Various Percentages. The individual income tax raf the House bill are: o e Exemptions— Single man, $1,500. Married man, $2,500. Dependents, $400 each. Deductions— Twelve and one-half per cent of the net income if it is earned. Nothing above $12,000 net may be considered earned. 1f the income is from divi- dends, only $5,000 can be considered | earned. Normal income taxes— Two per cent on the first $4,000 net; | 4 per cent on the next $4,000; 7 per cent on all above $8,000. 1 There is applied, too, a surtax on net | incomes of more than $6,000; 1 per | cent of all betwe=n $6,000 and $10,000; 2 per cent 'of all between $10,000 and | $14,000. An additional 1 per cent for every additional $2,000 up to a net income of not_over $80,000. Thirty-six per cent of all between $80,000 and $85,000. An additional 1 per cent for every additional $5,000 up to $100,000. Forty per cent of all in excess of $100,000. conventicns to come to Washington, a great deal of effort is bemng exerted, it is said, to increase the at.endance of conventions being held mn Washington. This task is accomplishea by supplying trade publications with special -articles and with pictures or engravings of Washingten views. More than 100 trade publications have been suj Also m this line & great deal of work is Cone in the way of contacting directly those who might attend the conventions in Washington. The committee has been in direct touch, it states, with about 150,000 persons who are “prospects” for attendance at ‘Washington conventions. committee also is in direct con- Q:w:o;oo’ IXTEE % are held in Atlantic seaboard cities other than Washington from Phila- ?Ellé)hi’rhmuth to Rhichmmd l;u{ Nor- olk. The to oring delegates :nmth mms on visits to Wash- on. The campaign for tne first year's work of the committee was begun last April. Such a movement had long been in the minds of business leaders, but up | to that time nothing definite had been | seeson to 30 days. ‘SENATE T0 BEGIN HEARINGS ON GAME Problem of Wild Fowl Short- age to Bring Out Views of | Scientists and Others. | With 400 experts on game invited to express their views, a special Senate | committee tomorrow will begin a three- | day hearing on the conservation of wild life resources, the objcct of which |is to decide upon the best remedy for |the shortage of waterfowl in this | country. The authorities asked to present | their views to the committee include | sclentists, heads of State conservation | commissions and representatives of | shooting organizations, all of whom, for one reason or another, have made \:&ecm studies of the waterfowl situa- n. { In holding the hearing, it is the | purpose of the committee to determine | (1) the extent of the shortage of mi- | gratory waterfowl, particularly ducks and geese; (2) the underlying causes of the shortage, if there is one; (3) how the Federal Government can re- store the waterfow! population; (4) to what extent the various States can help in the restoration, and (5) how | sportsmen can aid in the work. Several Years Poor. The wild fowl shortage, according to preliminary statements issued by some ! of the experts, is the accumulated ef-; fect of several poor breeding years.) The seriousness of the situation was recognized last year, when the Gov- enment cut the wild fowl shooting | Sportsmen, however, fearing this tem- porary conservation measure would be transformed by sentimentalists into a permanent prohibition, immediately be- came active in seeking a positive rem- edy, which would increase the wild towl population and lengthen the shoot- ing season. During the hearing, special atten- tion will be given the so-called “penny- a-shell” bill now before Congress—a measure which proposes a tax of 1) cent a shell on all shotgun ammunition, | with a rebate to trapshooters. The proceeds of this tax, estimated a about $7,000,000 a year, would be used to increase pheasants, grouse, quail, rabbits, ducks and other wild game in whose survival all American sportsmen ere interested. Diversion of Revenue. The bill proposes that 5 per cent of the revenue obtained through the “penny-a-shell” tax shall be appor- tioned the Department of Agriculture for administration research. The bal- ance would be turned over to State game departments for increasing upland game and to Federal agencies for en- largement of breeding, refuge and con- centration areas, 55 per cent of the bal- ance going to the former and 45 per cent to the latter. The State funds would be apportioned according to the number of hunting licenses issued in each State. Discussing the measure yesterday Col. Arthur P. Foran of the More Game Birds in America Founda- tion, said: “The bill was drawn in its present form to play fair with States having little duck shooting. 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