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...Townsend, inquired New York's Gavagan, like Townsend Plan literature which referred to him as "Christ reincarnate...
...said Dr. Townsend, "I like...
Asked to explain a recent appeal in the Townsend Weekly for a "defense fund" to be placed at his personal disposal on the "very great possibility" that the House investigating committee would impound OARP's funds, Dr. Townsend admitted after persistent questioning that he knew the committee had no power to impound his organization's funds...
...That was the purpose of it," replied Dr. Townsend...
...Nonsense." Fretful and fidgety grew Dr. Townsend as, on the second day of questioning, committeemen tried to pin him down to the details of his Plan. He conceded that a transactions tax to raise pensions funds would involve the licensing of every farmer, collection of a tax on every sale from a dozen eggs to a bale of cotton. Had he ever pointed that out to his rural followers...