the on Blanton and will I informed the Under Motion. hearing circumstanees, suggest I that you request Mr. Berry to make the neoessary arrange~ ments, conforming to the proesdure in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri to have a hearing on the Government's Motion to Dismiss delayed for This period will give me a full sixty or ninety days. opportunity to confer with Mr. Zimmerman at length and, if Inasmuch 45 the United possible work out a settlement. States Attorney in 8t. Louls apparently has full control of the procedural aspects of this case and is, on occasion, acting without direct authority from Washington, I assume thet Mr. Berry is maintaining © close contact with Mr. As advised us kesp you previously made an arrangement Demand for the tax. September of letter my in developments. of the with I 6th, of representatives assessment of the Bureau of Internal Revenue to withhold beginning period the excise tax alleged to be dus for the year. this of Sentembor 30, 1935 until about October ist with ent As I informed you, also, I have a further arrangem may we made, 1s Ekestrand that after the assessment Mr. file a claim in abatement ond that thereafter no action will be taken on the claim except as a part of the Govern~ ment’s action on the period involved in the suit, as well The new assessment should be recorded as the post period. in the Gollector's Office in St. Louis very soon now, if I believe it would be ad4% has not already been made. visable to have Mr. Russell or Mr. Berry check into.this matter 80 that we will be informed promptly when the assess~ As soon as the assessment has been recorded ment is maée. the Collector should be informed of our agreement with Mr. Rkestrand so that he will not become insistent about Notice ana should recorded we both Baxter file Shortly claim our after in the assessment abatement. it is may be abatement ofr that thet you desire to prépare the claim If it 1s your desire that 1 you.desire me to do so. prepare the first draft of the claim in abatement, I will very much eppreciate having the ideas and Suggestions of Mr. and in yourself. I heave been making a thorough tax analysis of the file which you forwarded to me in preparation for my Unfortunately, Mr. Zimmerconferences with Mr. Zimmerman. man has been out of the city almost continuously during the Therepast week and plans to be in Ohio most of next week. him with ce fore, I have been unable to arrange 4 conferen before date Wednesday, with him for October the I now 23rd, morning of that have day. a contTerence