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Mr. A, E, Stoddard-Omaha * (oo-Mr, Mr* I I ® O Las Vegas-September 16, 1949 ? ^ t » * % Wa, Eeinhardt-Los Ange<?le«%s 5 i c o E* S'* Bennett-Los Angeles) V f Begarding attached newspaper a r t ic le , which is product of some reporters imagination. Tinderstand from c ity commissioners and Leo HcNamee, who is our sp ecia l attorney handling u t i l i t y tax problem, that during the period of the f i r s t ten or fift e e n minut­es o f the conference yesterday(which had to do with u t ili t y tax only) there was a reporter present, but that he had departed before the meeting was w ell under way, yet the followin§g fabricated story appears (evidently news is sca rce )* I talked with commissioners at tax meeting today, and they deny any such conversation took place, and they auth­orized Leo MoNamee to draw up a retra ction o f this a r t ic le in its en tirety fo r pu blication in tomorrows paper* Max Keleh, Owner-Manager, o f Ba&io Station, E 1 If o,- ca lled Leo sh ortly before 6 PM, desiring to know whether or not this a r t ic le was true, and upon being informed i t s ? was not, invited him to appear on 6 0*Clock lo c a l news broadcast and make his retra ction s public on the a ir , Leo accepted and substance o f his speech was that "The A r tic le