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                                  FINDINGS OF FACT                                    
               Some of the facts have been stipulated for trial pursuant to           
          Rule 91 and are incorporated herein by reference.  We find as               
          facts the parties' stipulations of fact.                                    
               Petitioner is a labor organization exempt from taxation                
          pursuant to section 501(c)(5).  Petitioner’s principal office, at           
          the time of the filing of the petition in the instant case, was             
          388 Hillside Avenue, Needham, Massachusetts.                                
               The purpose of petitioner is:  (1) To represent and act as             
          bargaining agent in matters of policy, wages, hours, and other              
          conditions of employment, and to engage in other concerted                  
          activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other                
          mutual aid or protection, of and for the members of the Uniformed           
          Branch of the Division of State Police, Department of Public                
          Safety, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and (2) to promote            
          and develop a friendly and fraternal spirit among all of the                
          members of the Uniformed Branch of the Division of State Police.            
               Approximately 1,100 to 1,300 State troopers were eligible to           
          join petitioner during each of the taxable years in issue.                  
          Nearly all those who were eligible to be members were members.              
          The Constabulary was the official publication of petitioner and             
          was intended for both internal and external use.  The                       
          Constabulary was characterized as petitioner’s "yearbook" or "ad-           
          book".                                                                      






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