eee oe I told him that the Bureau policy completely overlooked the prevailing practicein the industry and that the courts leaned toward the view that where sales were primarily made in the industry to jobbers the tax base He confessed even this if some morning this the matter angle of that the jobbers price constituted sales were made to retail merchants. that he had more or less overlooked and admitted that there was much weight in my argument. He has promised to talk to Mr. Patrick of the Chief Counsel's Office, who has the matter under consideration, with a view toward expediting disposition of the case. Unfortunately, Patrick, who previously ruled in our favor, is now waivering. Mr. 4Gimmerman promised to talk to Mr. Patrick this morning and that may help some. Likewise Il think my talk I impressed and of only with Hoyt this morning may help. him with the fact that ours was limited value as a precedent. a I believe settlement case The question of the present sales procedure of Browning Arms Company was again raised at my conference with Mr. Hoyt this morning. I told him that a settlement of our pending case would not be a precedent as my client was no longer importing guns from Belgium, but he did not seemed convinced. I am anxious, therefore, that you give me immediately a complete picture of the tax situation since imports from Belgium ended, so that I may submit this information to Mr. Hoyt. In a Mr. from letter he stated that under the Browning will Remington, 5 , 9, November dated Thatcher 1940, recently consummated contract from buy a supply o1 shotguns = is PIINS he - His + wits Ren T } ington, and from this I presume that Remington will pay sales tax, thus eliminating Browning Arms manufacturers ie & In ability a your a aad “Spaieia pe pat the from the best of my an adverse rul- to his superiors. me 4 Hearing before RT, eee matter? the event, I am in there fighting to to make if Patrick should happen pi ~ final of view will get a chance to appeal Patrick has agreed to give ine I more, Se any and this Is picture. the ne 5 | ~ 74 ; ~ o ) " Furtherhe makes ale ot decision. I feel somewhat resentful against both Hoyt and Ekstrand for deviating from what I understood was a well outlined probut I do not know what else I can do other than what I cram. o~ am LALL 4 now doing. With kind personal regards, Sincerely Paley yours, G, Trg —