Franklin Roosevelt was in a little better than his usual good humor one day last week when his newshawks came to press conference. The session had been postponed from the usual 10:30 a. m. to noon to get maximum attendance. Soon he was pouring into their ears a tale of unethical practices, of rich men who had avoided taxes by hiring high-priced lawyers to find loopholes in the law. He had before him case histories provided by the Treasury Department. One man had incorporated his yacht and transferred to the corporation $3,000,000...
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