No. 4790. Argued October 14, 1929. Decided November 4, 1929. Appeal from the Board of Tax Appeals. Proceeding by P.L. Mann against the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to review a disallowance of deduction from income and profits taxes for the fiscal year 1920. From a decision of the Board of Tax Appeals sustaining the Commissioner, plaintiff appeals. Affirmed. Robert Ash, of Washington, D.C., for appellant. Mabel W. Willebrandt, Asst. Atty. Gen., and C.M. Charest, L.W. Scott, S. Dee Hanson, and