People, Jul. 5, 1954

Names make news. Last week these names made this news: Cinemactor Charles (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes}. Coburn, 77, one of Hollywood's favorite choices for bloated-plutocrat roles, stood up before the Chamber of Commerce in the Chicago suburb of Hinsdale and told the boys why plutocrats are no longer bloated. His subject: "Freedom or Slavery." His target: the federal income tax. Appearing near by in a summer theater production of You Can't Take It With You, Coburn lamented that he cannot even keep it while he is alive. "I have paid $1,000,000 in federal income...

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