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Mystery Man
^■^NE of the most amazing things
about “mystery man” Henry
Grunewald is the way he has been
able to ingratiate himself with those
in high places.
Henry is able to slip in to see the
Vice President, has a letter of
thanks from President Truman for
a campaign contribution, drops in
to see GOP Senator Brewster of
Maine who calls him “Henry,” and
got GOP Senator Bridges of New
Hampshire to help him pull wires on
a tax fraud case. He has three
limousines, a winter house in Miami
Beach, a summer house at Spring
Lake, N.J., and uses the Washington
hotel apartment of former Secre-
tary of War Harry Woodring.
How he manages all these con-
tacts no one exactly knows, espe-
cially in view of the fact that he
was unwilling to answer any ques-
tions about himself before the King
committee.
However, strangest of all con-
nections was with the former alien
property custodian, Leo Crowley—
despite Crowley’s denials. Grune-
wald had such a close friendship
with Crowley that he was actually
authorized to speak for him at stock-
holders’ meetings of the big alien
corporations in wartime.
Crowley now says: “I don’t re-
member Grunewald.” However, at
the time he was hired, Crowley’s
office put a memo in the files show-
ing his astonishing trust in “The
Dutchman” by stopping any investi-
gation of Grunewald’s past.
Grunewald’s Past
“The office of the custodian has
investigated Mr. Grunewald,” Crow-
ley’s office stated on Aug. 25, ’42,
“and because of the nature of the
work to be performed by this man
for the custodian, it is requested
that the Civil Service Commission
refrain from making any investiga-
tion of Mr. Grunewald. His record
is entirely satisfactory to the custo-
dian.”
Perhaps what Crowley wanted
to cover up was Grunewald’s
record as a government pro-
hibition agent. This showed he
was demoted from $4,000 to $1,-
800 a year on January 12, 1922,
and finally was kicked out of
the government on October 3,
1922, after being indicted by a
New York grand jury in connec-
tion with the “illegal removal
and disposition of liquor.”
Later, in a job application, Grune-
wald gave this version of his indict-
ment: “In October, 1922, while I was
a general agent assigned to the
New York prohibition office, I was
indicted by a federal grand jury in
the southern district of New York
for conspiracy to violate the fed-
eral prohibition law. The indictment
named a number of individuals, in-
cluding Mr. Roswell A. Saver and
myself. The case against me was
dismissed after a verdict^was in-
dicated to the jury by Federal Judge
Winslow. . . .”
50 Years an Alien
Here are some more things which
the mystery man might have told
the King committee but didn’t:
Grunewald was born May 19, 1892,
at Port Elizabeth, South Africa, but
neglected to become naturalized as
an American citizen until February
8, 1942. This was two months after
Pearl Harbor and after he went to
work for the alien property custo-
dian.
For years, as an alien, Grune-
wald worked for various branch-
es of the government. He served
in the U.S. Navy from 1909 to
1914, worked as a desk clerk at
the Naval Young Men’s Chris-
tian Association in Brooklyn, got
a job in 1915 as a bookkeeper for
Western Electric in New York
city.
His first job as an investigator
came in 1917, when he secured a
temporary appointment with the old
FBI. In 1919, he served as confi-
dential investigator for the Repub-
lican National Committee at $6,000.
In 1921 he got a $4,000-a-year job
with the Commissioner of Prohibi-
tion which, ironically, came under
the Internal Revenue Bureau. It
was his relations with ex-Commis-
sioner Schoeneman and ex-Counsel
'"Oliphant of Internal Revenue which
recently brought Grunewald into the
limelight.
Grunewald has also developed
some interesting contacts in the
liquor business, and as late as 1944
he was under investigation by the
alcohol tax unit for alleged black-
marketing in liquor.
Grunewald also spent from 1928
to 1942 as a personal, confidential
investigator for Henry W. Marsh.
Merry-Go-Round
Holiday joke going the rounds at
the hard-pressed Bureau of Internal
Revenue: First Employee—“Whal
are you giving your wife for Christ-
mas?” Second Employee—“An Oli-
phant hide bag with shoes to
match.” . - - The volume of Christ-
mas mail this year, including parcel
post, set another all-time record, 30
per cent greo.ter than last year. . . ■
p O officials estimated it was
enough to fill a string of boxcars
from Washington to Chicago.
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ABANDON TAFT, ALL YE WHO ENTER HERE . . . Senator James
Duff of Pennsylvania stands beside the doorway of the “Eisenhower-for-
President” headquarters which were formally opened recently at the
Shoreham hotel in Washington, D.C. “We like Ike” is the motto over the
door. The various Eisenhower headquarters have received no open sup-
port from their recommended candidate who is busy in Europe.
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REMEMBER THE LION OF AFRICA? . . . Marshall Rodolfo Graziani
was known as the Lion of Africa when Mussolini was posing and roaring
during the Fascist regime in Italy. He was commander of il Duce’s
northern republic at the war’s end. Later he was sentenced to prison by
the allies. Now he has returned to public life and here addresses a na-
tional meeting of the Federation of Republican Veterans in Rome and
gives the Fascist salute. He is president of the club.
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PRINCESS PRESENTS PETITION ... In Washington, D.C., Princess
Pearl Ittigiah, daughter of the chief of the Alaskan village of Minto,
presents Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman with a sealskin
petition signed by 2,560 Alaskans protesting a% edict which would cancel
non-scheduied airline service to Alaska. The Indian village of Minto de-
pends on non-scheduled flights to bring in fresh fruits, vegetables and
milk for the inhabitants of the village.
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SCANNING THE WEEK'S NEWS
of Main Street and the World
Average Citizen Is Saving More,
Sales and Profit Survey Reveals
PEACE TALKS_As home towners had expected, the 30-day provi-
sional cease-fire-line agreement in Korea expired without final agree-
ment between the Communists and the United Nations in their peace
talks. As a result, it will be necessary to redraw the cease-fire line
whenever all other armistice points are settled.
Although progress in the talks has been slow, the over-all picture is
encouraging. Results are beginning to show.
First,' and possibly most important, is the slackening of fighting, re-
sulting in a great drop in the number of casualties on both sides. This
policy is likely to continue as long as the talks are in progress, because,
as Gen. James A. Van Fleet told correspondents: “We will not sacrifice
our men needlessly. What is the use of thousands of casualties if it is
questionable what good they would do?”
Second, the United"States and its allies have a general idea, although
somewhat inaccurate, of the number of fighting men held by the Com-
munists in their prisoner-of-war camps. United Nations negotiators,
however, are still pressing for a full accounting of more than 50,000
unlisted Allied prisoners. The U.S. has asked specifically what has be-
come of 1,058 Americans not on the official Red prisoner-of-war list.
How soon a final agreement can be reached in the talks is anyone’s
guess, but distrust on the part of both sides will not hasten it. As an
example, the Reds charge the lack of agreement due to “extraordinary
antics . . . colossal bungling, criminal negligence, and master-race ar-
rogance” by the Americans.
On the other hand, the Allies charge the “Communists have run true
to form . . . With few exceptions the talks have been marked by the
familiar Red pattern of delay, deceit, and diversionary tactics.”
PRICE CUTS—Rural and small town families, by far the largest
group of mail order patrons in the country, are wondering if the an-
nounced price cuts on thousands of items by the firms located in Chi-
cago is an indication of things to come during 1952.
Midwinter sales catalogues of the four biggest mail order houses
in the business list lower prices on thousands of items. It is the biggest
cut in years.
One firm cut the price on an 11-cubic-foot refrigerator from $262.72
to $212.75, a 25 per cent mark down on men’s shirts, and price reduc-
tions ranging from 80 cents to $2.30 on tires from last fall’s levels. The
firm also listed 400 price cuts on both wood and metal furniture.
SALES SAG_The Securities and Exchange Commission and the
Federal Trade Commission, in a report of business conditions during the
last quarter of 1951, said sales in the nation dropped under the pre-
vious quarter’s level fqr the first time since 1949. The report also said
the profit sag, which began at the end of 1950, continued with manufac-
turers returns amounting to 15 per cent before taxes and 23 per cent
after taxes. Sales fell off $2,600,000,000 during the period.
Only four of the 22 industries covered in the report recorded an in-
crease of profits before taxes in the third quarter of last year. They
were petroleum, food, tobacco, and apparel and finished textiles.
The commissions did not attempt to interpret the general decline in
business. It was obvious, however, that decline was due to a consumer
buying lull that started early in 1950, sharp increases in defense taxes,
shortages of materials and controls on scarce metals. Most observers
believe the trend can be expected to continue during the early £>art of
this year.
THE OLD SOCK—According to Secretary of Commerce Sawyer
the average citizen in the home towns of the nation are putting more
and more of their money in the old sock and keeping it there. He says
savings are greater now than at any time in the last five years.
Sawyer is all for this saving spree of Americans—amounting to an
annual rate of $22,000,000,000—because he believes it has helped turn
the tide against rampant inflation. He warned, however, that if Amer-
icans spend these savings in a new wave of buying, inflatary pressures
will surge up again.
Personal incomes rose from $225,000,000,000 in 1950 to $251,000,000,000
in 1951. Now, in the early days of 1952, the rate is about $260,000,000,00^.
GOP CIRCUS—The race of Republicans to secure the GOP presi-
dent nomination is taking on the atmosphere of a circus—so many are
joining the show that spectators are going to miss some of the act-s. The
latest is Harold E. Stassen. Already active are Sen. Robert Taft of
Ohio and Gov. Earl Warren of California. Remaining to join the big
show is Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, considered by many the white hope
of the Republican party.
The other candidates had this to say of. Stassen’s announcement:
“Every American has a right to run for President .and it’s* well that the
Republicans should have a wide choice.”—Taft. “His (Stassen’s) candi-
dacy should stimulate discussion of national issues and he *,will un-
doubtedly be an important factor in the Republican convention.”—War-
ren.
THE SUMMARY—Secretary of State Dean Aeheson, whose popu-
larity with the American people has increased since the-Japanese peace
conference ia San Francisco, recently summed up the American foreign
policy for 1951. Dividing the global picture into four sections, he had
this to say: .
Europe and the North Atlantic—The year 1951 was a period of prog-
ress and growth . . . The North Atlantic Treaty organization’s military
command has gone forward . . . The important decisions that must be
made early in 1952 have to do with the quantity and quality of European
military forces, German participation in the defense of Europe, and
creation of a European defense community and a European army.
The Near and Middle East—We lost some ground. The Suez water-
way and Iranian oil crises offer dangerous opportunities for exploita-
tion by the Kremlin. On the other hand, Greece and Turkey are bright
spots. , .
The Far East—In Korea, the UN must guard against a renewal of
Communist treachery, even if an armistice is signed.
The Pacific—The past year was one in which progress was made
toward building a structure of peace through a series of treaties with
Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines, and Japan.
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Officers at the Army post office in Tokyo are pictured as they started
sorting some S00 letters from Red held Allied prisoners-of-war in Korea to
their families. The letters were flown to the Umted States and then sent to
families in all parts of the nation by airmail-special delivery.
EMPLOYMENT IN 1952
All-Time Peak of 63 Million Seen
MILK DRINKERS WIN PRICE WAR . . . There was a price war going
on in the east New York section of Brooklyn, with milk as the bone of
contention. For once the customers were getting the better of the deal
as sellers tried to undercut each other. Here Abe Vernikoff and a clerk
are mobbed by eager milk buyers as they snatch quart containers at 15
cents each. The usual retail price In this city is two such containers at
45 cents.
Robert C. Goodwin, director of
the employment security in the
Labor department, has predicted
that 63,000,000 Americans will have
jobs during 1952, an all-time peak
in the nation’s history. The record
now stands at 62,600,000, set in
August, 1951.
Goodwin said 1951 was a year
“with full employment, the high-
est standard of living in history,
and the greatest industrial
strength and capacity on record.”
As for 1952 he forecast employ-
ment expansion by mass hiring in
heavy industry as many industries
with big defense orders complete
tooling and designing stag's prep-
aratory to volume production.
He said these demands, plus the
demands of agriculture, should
cause the peak by midsummer.
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WALTER SHEA'b., WNU Correspondent C
The Weekly Press
w S We go into a new year this re-
porter believes that to save
democracy as a form of government
in these United States, it is essen-
tial to (1) believe in the principles
of democracy and (2) to have con-
fidence in our democratic govern-
ment.
This is an election year and indi-
cations are that controversies in
the campaign will be bitter. The
electorate must learn to distinguish
facts from lies, the real from the
phoney. And above all, the elec-
torate must not lose confidence in
the government.
The American people are, by and
large, able to determine their own
destiny. They have done a pretty
good job up to now. Once in a while
they, make a mistake, but at the
first opportunity they generally cor-
rect those mistakes. That is the
record of the past, and the saving
.value of our system of elections.
The election this year -is an im-
portant one. We not only elect a
new house of representatives, but
also 32 members of the senate and
a President and Vice President. Of
the 32 senate members, only 12 are
Democrats and 20 are Republicans.
Of the 12 Democrats, only two seats
are in danger of Republican suc-
cession, but at least six of the 20
Republican seats may be captured
by Democrats.
If the people of this country
are to be well informed on the
real issues of this campaign, the
responsibility will rest upon the
weekly and small town daily
press of the country. The re-
sponsibility of getting this mate-
rial to the grass roots press
rests not only upon the candi-
date, but the Republican and
Democratic national commits
tees. /
The metropolitan newspapers
carping and criticizing today are
the same ones who have done so
for the past 25 years, that is, through
five national elections. They repre-
sent 90 per cent of the newspapers
in the metropolitan field and more
than 90 per eent of the circulation.
However, these newspapers have
had little or no influence with the
American people en masse, repre-
senting as they do the thinking of
only a small segment of the people.
And despite their determined op-
position, they have lost every na-
tional election on every issue since
1932.
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Beal and Sham Issues
They will lose the 1952 election be-
cause the American people still
have confidence in themselves and
are able to distinguish the real from
the sham issues. Recently an ac-
curate and comprehensive poll of
weekly newspaper publishers of the
nation indicated that President Tru-
man would be the Democratic nom-
inee and he would be reelected.
Every poll of metropolitan news-
papers poiiits to the defeat of Presi-
dent Truman. Polls by these papers
predicted President Truman’s de-
feat in 1948, while "the grass-roots
editor’s poll predicted his election.
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Newspaper Policy
This reporter has a great re-
spect for the newspaper profes-
sion. But we have little respect
for a newspaper which orders its
reporters to slant the news, to
write “policy” stories. There
can be enough criticism of any
administration without manu-
facturing issues and wu-iting half-
truths; without using the slanted
headline which in no way bears
out the story; and without ask-
ing questions in press confer-
ences of the “have you quit
beating your wife?” type.
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RFC Report
Apropos of what we have just
written, have any of you read a
story about the annual report of the
Reconstruction Finance Corpora-
tion? It is important for the reason
that it covers the operation of the
corporation during the fiscal year
ending July 1, 1951, the period of
alleged “graft and corruption” in
RFC.
The report submitted by Stuart
Symington, administrator, shows
that $16,345,812 was turned to the
U.S. treasury as dividends on the
capital stock of $100,000,000—a fact
we doubt was equaled in private
industry in this country.
In addition, the corporation
turned over to the treasury $75,-
000,000 as net profit on its syn-
tbetic rubber and tin operations,
and $4,000,000 net on liquidation
of assets of the old Smaller War
Plants Corporation, a total of
$95,345,812 for the year.
The Shakedown
The fines levied against the four
American airmen forced down in
Hungary by that country’s Commu-
nist government is being called trib-
ute by many Americans—an ugly
and degrading word to Americans
since the birth of the republic. It
brings to mind Robert Goodloe Har-
per’s dramatic declaration against
paying tribute to France during the
undeclared-war of 1798: “Millions
for defense, but not a eent for trib-
ute.” Hunearv demanded $120,000.
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