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Lustig's counsel, Lloyd Paul Stryker, admitted to the jury that his client had been "delinquent." Nevertheless, he had a defense: Lustig, said he, had voluntarily confessed his delinquency, had paid the Treasury $1,800,000 as a compromise settlement. In return he had been promised immunity from criminal prosecution. But, said Stryker, "high Government officials cheated and deceived Henry Lustig!" What officials? Why, "the boss" was Henry Morgenthau Jr., Treasury Secretary when the Lustig investigation began. Before the trial ends, some weeks hence, Stryker promised to call Morgenthau as a witness...
Like pressagents, oil promoters and manufacturers of face mud, witches must never allow a client to feel doubt about the product. This is particularly true in the matter of hexes and evil spells. When scraggly-haired, Mexican-born Mrs. Martina Cordova burned black candles and stirred up foul-smelling liquids in her Denver rooming house, she looked very impressive. But her method of applying and removing hexes was too routine...
...employe is permitted to gamble, make a customer repeat his name over the telephone, make an overdraft against his deposit account, borrow money from a client, or buy securities beyond his ability to pay. All of them know that Giannini refers to them as his "boys & girls." And while salaries are not startling, all know they can retire-after faithful service-with a comfortable pension. Most seem to like the setup...
...immediate problem of law is really the one of the judge and the controversy before his court, of the lawyer and his client, and of the student and his case book. Everything in life is a part of law," said Professor Llewellyn...
Bonbons & Books. The man who put this golden formula to work in the U.S. is nervous, precise Harry Scherman, 59, a onetime free-lance writer. When he flopped at that, he went into advertising. For a client, he devised a plan to give away pocket-sized classics with each box of candy, was amazed to find later that 1,000,000 classics a year could be sold for 10? apiece without candy...