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A CONVERSATION

“Friendship is a sheltering tree.”
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“Friendship is a tree to take shelter from the storm, to find shade from the blazing sun, to climb its branches to get a better view, and to swing from when we are happy.”
Sir David Baird

November 29, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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ny DES ist Kes ext. Cd.- art n't Tey lec. er- oD, iet red rly ght ten di- 1⅞• eve ble ald 021-rat rid he nte. oT- hip ac- rest Sir old ple. les ght Jic- Allen-Scott Report WASGINGTON - The Treas- scorching criticisin. He is bluat- wy Depariment and Internal ly assoiled for doing a lo: of Reveaue Service are indifferent talking but little law enforcing, ly making a mocacry of enforc- "Our Findings show," says ing the laws regulating tie hur Palman's repost, "chal the In- dreds oã tax-exerpl Foundallous lertul Rerenue servce lecord, with assets running into billions in terms of supervision of foun- ทร์ ชัดปิยร. dations, Is a chid, a dismal Tail- As a resull of this shncking ure. Commissioner Capin's per- "nonicasance" the goverintent turnance has hean no heller is amunily losing lens of mil- than that of his producesors. Lions in faxes. "While the Commissioner Re- That's the seating accusation plores the lack at such super- in the latest report by Repre- vision pelor lo 1961 and has re sentative Wright Factan, Seased torrents of words during Tex, chairman of the Banking the past two years, assuring ine & Curency Committre, wha has Congress and the public that. Keear probing theee foundatlos the internal Revenue Service is and their compler and business engaged in intersive examina- operalions and manipulations tion of lux-exempt fouadations. Tor several years. Last year lie there is no recognizable sign of submi lod several voluminnus urugress in tis ann. reposis making numerous charz- "Signs are multiplying thal 19) the Interal Revenue Serv- Foremost among tisem were jce cannot meet its responsibili- that many foundalions are en ties through ringing stalements gaged in anunupolistic enterpris- by Commissioker Caplin, press us ari disregarding the laws re ageniry, and poble relalions quiring. them to file regular re-gimmickery: speeches by the commissioner Palmen's lalest reporo escor cneld conceivably enable him to lates the Treasury Depertmenl answer his congression… Ictoria_Advocate 1963_1... barcaton. quoted by the ce as saying e required 90 e same forces Big-Time Financiers ccurred any ust 1962. ne for the ist Charged With Abuses , It was pre- WASHINGTON (AP)For 12 his three foundations. Ist Armored years a New York financier has The report accuses Baird of 228 gondolas operated three tax-exempt foun- throwing up "thick smoke and 50 box- dations as "unregulated, tax- screens" around his operations free securities dealers for fellow during the investigation. ears had to be magnates," Rep. Wright Pat- In his letter to transmittal as places as far man, D-Tex., charged Saturday, committee chairman, Patman nd California Patman makes this charge writes "The use of foundations loing-another against financier David G. Baird as business devices for tax in a letter of transmittal print-lavoldance has become a major ment went by ed as part of another install- economic evil, too long tolerat-pops eventual- ment of a wide study of alleged ed, and must be stopped. Other 140 chartered abuses of tax-exempt founda- wise we will degenerate into a nation with one law for the rich down at FL The "fellow magnates" listed and another law for the poor." e Ist Armored in the report include some of the or their first top financial and movie industry Patman asserts the Baird • foundations' own records "prove g. They were names in the country. beyond doubt that these organi- Stream Park, Patman blames "nonfeas- zations have operated as multi- Hollywood. ance" of Treasury officials for million dollar, tax-free, securi- on's sergeants allowing such a situation to de- ties dealers - dispensing mil-mmand posts velop. He calls regulation of lions of dollars of credit the clubhouse these foundations by the Inter- to prominent businessmen-cus tting window. nal Revenue Service "a dud, a tomers." $6 across-the- dismal failure." The report says at least 79 A Treasury spokesman noted sergeant, persons and companies have "I that an advisory committee is used the B… TABLE 7.2 Twenty-Six Documented CIA Conduits (aka Pass-Throughs) FOUNDATION CITATION M. D. Anderson Foundation (CQ 1967; Newsweek 1967; Saunders 1999: 354) Baird Foundation (CQ 1967; Saunders 2000: 354; Newsweek 1967) J. Frederick Brown Foundation (Sheehan 1967b; Newsweek 1967) Catherwood Foundation （CQ 1967） Dation (Miami) (Irwin and Burke 1967) Cleveland H. Dodge Foundation Inc. (CQ 1967) Farfield Foundation Inc. (CQ 1967; Harwood 1967e) Florence Foundation (Irwin and Burke 1967) Geschickter Fund for Medical Research (Marks 1979: 59) Granary Fund (Boston) (Kenworthy 1967b; CQ 1967; cf. Glass 1967) Hobby Foundation (Kenworthy 1967a; CQ 1967) Hoblitzelle Foundation (CQ 1967) Kaplan Fund (Saunders 2000: 354; Newsweek 1967) J. M. Kaplan Fund (Stern 1967; CQ 1967) Lucius N. Littouer Foundation (Irwin and Burke 1967; CQ 1967) McGregor Fund （CQ 1967） Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation (Marks 1979: 59) Marshall Foundation (CQ 1967; Newsweek 1967) Mount Pleasant Fund (Kenworthy 1967b) Aaron E. Norman Fund, Inc. (Irwin and Burke 1967; CQ 1967) Jones-O'Donnell Foundation （CQ 1967） Pappas Charitable Trust (CQ 1967) Rabb (Sidney & Ester) Charitable Foundation (CQ 1967; Newsweek 1967) Benjamin Rosenthal Foundation （CQ 1967） Rubicon Foundation (CQ 1967; Ross 1976: 104) Victoria Strauss Fund (Kenworthy 1967b; Sheehan 1967c) What CIA Fronts Funded The CIA used fronts to secretly finance the publication of books and articles propagating CIA-supported views. One CIA front, the Gotham Foundation, financed projects related to political developments in postwar Japan. Gotham published Lawrence Battistini's book The Postwar Student Struggle in Japan (1956), and an early 1960s Gotham Foundation project run by former Asia Foundation employee Dr. Gaston Sigur translated Japanese labor publications into HOW CIA FUNDING FRONTS SHAPED RESEARCH | 169 /411 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release @ 50-Yr 2014/03/12 : CIA-RDP73-00475R000101700001-8 CiA Aided Two Funds After IRS Tos Probes DY ORR KELLY Star Stafi Writer Hortke Soys CIA Used Students in Two foundations that served Dominican Republic. Pagc A- 2 as major channels for Central told the' IRS it was working Intelligence Agency funds began through the Kaplan Fund. cooperating with the CIA shortly When the IRS was first told Jafter they had gotten into trou- this was not made clear in the ble wit. the Internal Revenue committee's public hearings. Service. The CIA funds first started Cogether, the two served as flowing through the fund in 1961, some of the same CIA' sources. condults for $1,375,750 between Tax Records Cited Licul and 1964. The two are the J. M. Kaplan But tax records obtained by Fund and the David, Josephine the committee show that the anc Winkeld Baird Foundation- Kaplan Fund chaneled $923,950 both of New York. to the Institute oi International According to records of the Labor Research Inc., in 1961, rouse subcommittee on founda- 1962 and 1963. "fions, headed by Rep. Wright Between 1957 and 1962, attor- Tatman, D-Tex., revocation of reys for the fund had a series of $451,800 in CIA money. the Kaplan Fund's tax-exempt meetings with the IRS. But • dresses or other information was given. It was while they were questioning IRS officials about their lack of vigor in involvement. At the same time, their curiosity was aroused by the David, Foundations. Josephine and Winfield Baird Foundation, one of a group of lioundations operated by David G. Baird, a New York financier. It was' not until after the hearings bad ended that Olsher noticed that the Baird Foundation was getting money from Baird's tax returns contain a replied, S5. But in each year they add up this later date." to more than $1 million. And in 1963, the ¡million. total exceeded $3 Jand one of them was cooperating with the CIA. Although he did not know then about the …
October 31, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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⚡️ Electricity Supply Update in Blaauwbergstrand 📍 Sir David Baird Drive ⏰ Feb 23, 10:59 AM. MCB tripping caused a disruption, now resolved. For ongoing issues, contact the City with request number 9119345377. Thank you for your patience!
#electricity #capetown

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February 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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#dont-let-them-steal-your-joy #sunflower #courage #inspire #slavaukraini #mobilize #50501
#nokings #samuel-taylor-coleridge
#sir-david-baird #shelter #tree
#friendship
November 29, 2025 at 2:51 AM
lairddinnaken.bsky.social
Double Napoleon-themed bloot:

The water main in Sir David Baird Drive (key henchman) next to us has burst yet again🙄

Fortunately like Wellington we were able to shower and go to the toilet at our daughter’s place, henceforth designated as ‘Water-Loo’ 😎
November 25, 2023 at 8:51 AM
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⚡️ Unplanned Electricity Maintenance in Blaauwbergstrand
📍 Sir David Baird Drive
⏰ Feb 23, 10:59 AM
MCB tripping causing disruptions. Team is working to resolve. For assistance, use request number 9119345377 when contacting the City.
#electricity #capetown

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February 23, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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A rather fulsome dedication to General Sir David Baird on the #obelisk erected to his memory in 1832 by his wife. Near Crieff, Perthshire. #hilltopmonuments #Scotland
February 22, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Less than 4 miles away, on a wooded hillock just west of Crieff, is a similar #obelisk erected in 1832 to the memory of General Sir David Baird (1757-1829). #hilltopmonuments
February 22, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Many years since we visited Beverley. Coffee time ☕️☕️ Crieff. Just back from a walk in what was the estate of General Sir David and Lady Baird. Only ruins remain. Her ladyship, the dug, is now tired out.
May 12, 2025 at 10:11 AM