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From these considerations, the memorandum deduced that the value of the stock in 1913 was not $8,900 a share but $2,500 a share. If that were the case, tax should have been paid by the minority stockholders not on $3,600 a share (the difference between $8,900...
Mr. Mellon announced that he felt he must take action on the memorandum. Mr. Couzens had made his tax return on Mar. 13, 1920. The Treasury has just five years to reopen such cases, unless the taxpayer waives his right in this respect. The other minority stockholders had signed such...
Later, Mr. Couzens declared in the Senate his belief that the Treasury had had the memorandum in question for more than two years, that the memorandum had been prepared at that time by Thompson & Black, Manhattan Accountants, in order to "get" Henry Ford, who was then having a contest with...
The Floor. The Senate confusion grew even worse. Senator Ernst, Republican of Kentucky, produced a telegram from Mr. Mellon saying that he had received the memorandum just a day before it had been sent to Mr. Couzens. Mr. Ernst accused Mr. Couzens of animus against the Secretary. Mr. Couzens replied...
Pandemonium broke out. Half a dozen Senators asked to be recognized at once. Others ran between Mr. Ernst and Mr. Glares to prevent a forcible encounter. A point of order took Mr. Ernst off the floor, but it developed he had not meant Mr. Glass, as Mr. Glass had feared...