New York, Dec. 18—There is palpable disappointment that President Nixon’s tax returns have not disclosed a secret million dollar fund, or a numbered account in Switzerland; nor ratified the published suspicions of Newsweek about hanky-panky with daughter Tricia’s returns. Still, there is a sense that Nixon-got-away-with-something. The anti-Nixon fever is comprehensive and undifferentiating.
What is a President of the United States supposed to say to the man who fills out his tax returns? “Don’t take any of the exemptions or deductions to which I would be entitled if I were other than President of the United States?” One has the impression that only this would appease his critics.
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