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lr. SISTC testified that he made purchases of stock fer this account without consulting the ZWILLALANs. Testimony during the trial brought out that ZWILLMAN made a $17,500 investment in the Durabrick Sales Corporation, a manufacturer of cement bricks, ZWILLMAN was a 97% stock- holder in this venture, which turned out badly. DAVID LIEF of 1480 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, New Jersey, a mason contractor, testified that it Was he who had interested ZYILLMAN in investing money in the brick company. He said ZWILLMAN gave him $35,000, half of which he FFU later returned to ZWILLMAN, Later, Mr. LIEE corrected himself to say that the money for this brick company actually came from the E and & Trading Company, a scrap metals firm of which ZWILLMAN was a 97's stockholder. Ne added that when he, LIEB, saic that ZuTLLMAN made the investment he actually meant the E and §S Company made it. e press reported under date of February 9, 1956, that the Vest Orange house in Which the ZWILLMANs reside was deeded to Mrs. oN ILLMAN by her father, EUGENE E. MENDSLS, subject to a $46,000 mortgage held by ZWILLMAN,. $20,000 in repair work was allegedly done in the house in 1947 and 1948. During the trial various methods Were used to bring out the actual manner in Which ZWILLMAN conducted his financial affairs. During the trial the Government went back through the deoression years to show that actually ZWILLMAN's father- in-law was a trustee for ZWILLMAN and not his partner, Testimony Was given to show that EUGENE E. MENDELS, Who is now 82 years of age and seriously ill with heart trouble, was a banker and broker until the 1929 crash and that he worked for the W,.P,.A. during the depression, In 1942 he signed an affidavit saying that he had been dependent on the ZWILLMANS since his daughter married ZWILLMAN in 1939, MENDELS, Who is too ill to appear in court, made a bedside deposition on January 20, 1956. In this deposition WENDELS said that he became a partner in Alkuno and Company, a manufacturer of airplane parts, in 1942 with a $500 invest- ment and in three years earned $75,000 in salary and profit. He testified that he gave his daughter $30,000 to $35,000 of this money to keep for him and later told her to use it as she pleased. -17-