The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 12, 1952, Page 8

Page 8 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Friday, Septemter 12, 1952 The World Today By JAMES MARLOW WASHINGTON (#--James Thur. ber once suggested in a story that if Gen. Grant had been plastered when Gen. Lee called to surrender, Grant might have surrendered in- stead. This was in the grand tradition of writers who try to imagine | what might have happened if things had been different. It’s a fertile field which, however, can’t be carried back to the very be- ginning. If some one, for instance, tried a story, called “If Adam Had Ig- nored Eve Altogether,” the results | would hardly have been worth writing about. But when the history of our day is completed there will have been plenty of wondering on what might have happened if Secretary of State Acheson had been more aggressive in handling the critics of him and bis foreign policy. The Republicans, as Samuel Lu- bell says in his book, ‘‘The Future of American Politics,” have been “howling . . . for Acheson’s Eng- lish mustache.” From time to time, it is true, Acheson and his aides have at- tempted answers to Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy and other Republicans but, compared with the vigor of the attacks, the answers have been mild, indeed, Sometimes it has seemed as if Acheson, who has maintained al- most a marble silence in his own personal defense, thought that if he paid no attention McCarthy and the others might go away. Acheson has been criticized and attacks on the State Department, on Acheson’s foreign policy and on Acheson himself tave increased until now they are one of the main issues in the campaign. When Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhow- er teed off on that foreign policy a week ago, Acheson told a news conference, in answer to a ques- tion, that he might consider mak- ing a reply in a speech to be given this week. That same day one of his as- sistants explained the secretary wanted to be very careful not to get involved in politics, But the LOOK SMA BE SMART MIRROR TEST SUITS Priced for the practical man, Mirror Test Suits for fall '52 be smart—and stay smart— because famous Mirror Test water, spots and wrinkles. Expert Mirror Test tailoring WATE ae w) FEEL SMART let you look smart, feel smart, rayon and acetate fabrics resist R REPELLENT KANTOR'S Mens Shop OPPOSITE SAN CARLO§ THEATRE fact is, the Republicans have been involving him in politics for years with their attacks. On the human side, he must be , increasingly lonely. If his name | was mentioned once at the Demo- cratic convention in way of praise, I don’t remember it. And the Dem- ocrats in this campaign spend lit- | tle time defending him, at least by name. In view of the nature and in- tensity of the attacks on him, the historians of the future will cer- ‘tally wonder why he has been reluctant to get down to a rough- | and-tumble with his critics. It is possible, although perhaps not likely, that if he had been more vigorous in defense of him- self and his policies neither he nor they would be a campaign issue today. Those same historians of the fu- ture, and maybe psychologists, too, will have a question which may never be answered: What would have been the ma- tional attitude toward, and the ef- fectiveness of, Acheson, his for- eign policy and the State Depart- ment if he had pursued his critics with bareknuckles instead of buff- ing them with polished restraint. Warns About Re-Selling Liquor UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. (H— Secretary-General Trygve Lie does not think U. N. employees have been reselling tax-free liquor, but warns that if they have they will be “severely dealt with.” He said here that his only evidence of such resales have been | the general charges made this week by the National Retail Liquor Package Stores Association. Lie said only 45 of the U. N.’s 3,000 employes are entitled to buy tax-free wine and liquor for en- tertainment purposes. However, he added, diplomats who are mem- bers of the various national dele- gations here also are exempt from liquor taxes, Corn contains more protein than any other dry cereal. RT ‘Putting Their Cards On The Table Citizen Staff Photo FOUR KEY WEST ACES REHEARSE for the satirical skit, “If Men Played Cards The Way Women Do.” It is one of the short plays to be presented tonight and Saturday, Sept. 12 and 13, at the Barn Theater. In the group are Don Pearson, Ed Giesbert who acts and directs, Jim With- erell and a newcomer from Texas, Bob Smith. There’s an old Wild West story which Bob might be credited with, keeping, of course, a poker face. Alkali Ike said to Rattlesnake Pete, “Thar’s some- thing crooked about this yeah game. You ain’t playin’ the cards ah dealt you.” Internal Revenue Agent Who Spent $115,000 While Earning $52,000 Faces Federal Trial WASHINGTON (#—Daniel A. Bo- lich, a $30 shirt man who spent $115,000 while earning only $52,000 in one five-year period while work- ing for the Internal Revenue Bu- reau, is facing trial on charges of income tax evasion. Bolich, a big man of command- ing voice and florid countenance resigned last November as assist- ant revenue commissioner after 29 years service with the bureau. The resignation came in the midst of a congressional inquiry. Bolich, 52, said he was in ill health. In Brooklyn yesterday, a special federal grand jury indicted Bolich. It accused him of cheating the rev- enue bureau out of $7,444 in per- sonal income taxes. It said he paid $6,883 taxes on reported income of $54,771 from 1946 through 1950, when the total should have been $83,314 and the taxes $14,328. If convicted, Bolich would face a maximum penalty of 25 years’ imprisonment and a $50,000 fine. He was not reached for comment. Bolich was an unwilling witness earlier this year before a congres- sional subcommittee looking into tax scandals. He refused to answer any questions, During the inquiry, Bolich em- erged as a man with $33.50 shirts, expensive cars and two luxurious- ly furnished homes—one of them, valued at $20,000, an admitted gift. Investigators revealed that, dur- ing the five-year period, 1946-50, Bolich spent $115,000 when his gov- ernment salary totaled only $52,000. Bolich refused to explain these or other matters when summoned | last April before the House ways and means subcommittee investi- gating the revenue bureau. His claim of constitutional priv- ilege to remain silent because of possible self-incrimination brought him a tongue-lashing by Chairman King (D-Calif). King, asserting the testimony about Bolich’s income and associations indicated unus- PROTECT THOSE TINY TORS from the PIRST STEPS Appelrouth’s 604 DUVAL ST. tn Quelity Shoes RED GOOSE SHOES Built to fit right... Mede of only fine moteria!s, by creftsmen experienced in building shoes fer growing feet. sual, if not suspicious stances, told him: Every American has a right to be disappointed with the failure of a man of your ability and ex- perience, Mr. Bolich.” Bolich started his career in the internal revenue service in 1923, } at the age of 22, as a deputy to then revenue collector Carl F. Routzahn in Cleveland. Twenty years later his continu- |ing association with Routzahn— now a department store operator in Mansfield, Ohio—was an intrigu- ing, and never fully explained, fea- ture of the King committee’s in- quiry into Bolich’s affairs. Bolich moved rapidly up the scale to assume his first super- visory job at the age of 30 as in- ternal revenue agent in charge at Philadelphia in 1930. After a number of other posi- | tions, he was appointed special revenue agent in charge at New York in 1946, Two years later—in September, 1948—he bezame assist- ant revenue commissioner. He stayed in the No. 2 tax post } until he asked to be reiieved in | September, 1951—after the King committee investigation was under way. He resigned two months later. The committee heard testimony from many sources that Bolich ord- ered a tax fraud case dropped | against the New York dress firm of Pattullo Modes after field agents | sent it to Washington for prose- | cution, It was in connection with this | case that investigators linked Bo. | lich with Henry W. Grunewald, the silent and mysterious “Dutchman” ANYTHING CONCERNING BILES SEE THE WINS 7 Pe. 1870-1871 Shoe Center The Neme Te Remember in Shoes PHONE 857 AIR CONDITIONED FOR YOUR COMFORT circum- whose influence appeared to extend through much of official Washing- ton. The story of Bolich’s spending, mostly by cash and money order rather than by check proved to be one of the sensational develop- ments of the committee inquiry. Agents found Bolich’s cash pur- ) chases included: | . Monogrammed handkerchiefs at | $4.50 each; dozens of shirts aver- aging around $30 each; cuff links at $47.50; and neckties at $7.50 | each. | Bolich’s accounting of the source ‘of his funds leaned heavily on | loans and gifts—much of it from Routzahn. | _ He attributed $11,000 to gifts and | $19,800 in loans from Routzahn. In addition to this, agents tes- tified that Routzahn also was the donor of a house in Spring Lake, N. J., valued at $20,814; that Rout- zahn had given Bolich $2.500 in j¢ash for a new automobile, and had paid for $3.500 worth of new carpeting for the Spring Lake | house. | Testifying to special agents, | Routzahn said he had also agreed Lillie Brennan Calls It Quits; Sells Out Firm HOUSTON, Tex. (® — The gal | from Six-Shooter Junction — who rode a bucking truck to fame and | success — is selling out her motor freight line and going into apron- | string retirement. She’s Lillie Drennan, who after | 24 years of tough competition on the road, is selling her Drennan Truck Line to a larger firm, giv- ing up her truck operator’s lic- | ense, and turning to petticoats and | frills. “I never thought I'd live to see | the day,” the 55-year-old Lillie said yesterday when the Houston Freight Carriers Association hon ored her with a luncheon. “Now’s as good a time as any to retire,” she said with a touch of remorse in her husky voice. Time was when Lillie would just about as soon be caught dead as in apron strings and petticoats. She was reared and still lives at Hemp- stead, north of Houston, the now peaceful little city known for its watermelons which was called Six- Shooter Junction in its volcanic, | gun-fighting early days. It’s been said that in those days pistol - packing Lillie’s language, when the situation called for force- ful expletives, would blister a rock. Lillie, speakers at the luncheon said, always fought for what she thought was right. And she had a reputation for straight-shooting, with her gun or her word. Ironi- cally, the only time she was con- fronted by a hijacker she had left the gun at home. She's not as familiar with petti- | coats and other frilly things as most women, but she can look mighty fancy when the occasion arises — like yesterday at the ban. quet. a 10-gallon hat and trousers, oil- field boots and shirt She entered the trucking business in 1928 driving a 1%4-ton model T Ford truck and hauling oil well supplies to the booming, tough East Texas oil fields. Many times her cargo was TNT or dynamite. “Those were the days,’ she re- called, ‘when anybody with a broken-down truck could go into business. It was strictly a cut- throat game with everyone out for every dollar they could get.” Now, she says, she guesses she'll just “‘take it easy for awhile.” But her friends wonder. 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