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fierce opponent of the New Deal), and, most notably, former Republican

Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon. (10) FDR’s IRS inspectors and prosecutors
focused on Mellon's financial records, especially whether deductions for his
philanthropic activities amounted to tax evasion. The great philanthropist, who
had given so much back to society, strongly denied the accusations. Even after
IRS agents found nothing irregular, FDR’s Justice Department pursued the
investigation.

A federal grand jury acquits Mellon of tax fraud in 1934. But the IRS is still
pursuing claims against Mellon for at least $3 million in back taxes. Mellon's
"tax trial" lasts a grueling 14 months. Possibly as the partial result of the
enormous stress that FDR’s had imposed him, the 82 year old Mellon dies the
next year.

Writes former New York Times reporter David Burnham, author of A Law Unto

Itself: Power, Politics, and the IRS: "Although Richard Nixon was notorious for
treating the I.R.S. as though it were his private domain, the records show that
Franklin Delano Roosevelt may have set the stage for the use of the tax agency
for political purposes by most subsequent Presidents," (11)

1-Beneath the phony smile, FDR was a cruel bastard who destroyed anyone who

opposed him. His abuse may have even killed Richard Mellon.

2-As Treasury Secretary following World War I, Richard Mellon was one of the
key architects of President Harding’s 1920’s debt reduction and National
recovery. Mellon’s generous philanthropy – with HIS money - amounts to far
more than what FDR ever did with public money.