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...Washington, bald, jovial Henry W. ("The Dutchman") Grunewald, the semi-mystery man of the income-tax scandals, was cited by unanimous (334-0) vote of the House. The members found him in contempt for "willful and deliberate" refusal to cooperate with the Ways & Means Committee, which was trying to find out about his part in several juicy tax fixes...
...supplemented a bit by "gifts" from friends. Carl F. Routzahn, an Ohio department-store executive, for example, contributed a $20,000 summer home, a $2,500 Chrysler and $400 a month in cash, delivered discreetly in small bills. And his hotel suite was paid for by Henry ("the Dutchman") Grunewald, the professional fixer who has turned up in several previous investigations...
...indicating how Bolich expressed his gratitude to some of his generous friends. He had a hand in dropping or easing numerous apparently legitimate tax claims, ranging from $50,000 to several million. When an Internal Revenue auditor began an investigation of the tax affairs of Bolich's friend Grunewald, for example, Bolich switched the case to another auditor and it was soon dropped. In 1949, at the request of Grunewald and another old friend, Bolich intervened in a $250,000 claim against Pattullo Modes, Inc., a Manhattan dress firm. Criminal proceedings against its owners were dropped and the case...
...Little Peeved." Chain-smoking cigarettes through a holder, Bridges testified that Grunewald's lawyer, an old friend, had asked him to look into the Klein case. He did so and concluded that Klein was unjustly treated, but he insisted that his interest was purely casual-the sort of thing he would do for any taxpayer. The committee counsel, Adrian W. DeWind, then began reading from one of Washington's most interesting documents, a stenographic log of all Oliphant's telephone conversations and daily appointments, kept by Oliphant's secretary...
Other passages from the log indicated that Bridges discussed the Klein case with BIR officials at least five times. One passage was a warning from Grunewald to Oliphant that Bridges was "a little peeved" about one aspect of the Government's treatment of Klein, but on the whole was happy about the way BIR had handled the case. The evidence seemed to require a much fuller explanation from Bridges, but the committee apparently was unwilling to cross-examine a colleague from the upper chamber. After two hours, in which Bridges' recollection proved very vague, he stepped down from...