The Washington herald., 1921-09-04

asrrtEfn IL detH1 and it, status. Then
be might present himself 70 rhs TAI pGyer.
,prcssntinE hmsif - poo1sSf & eRa1t1
inside Information IN tia dspRmmt- ~sa
the tHets that be had lenEnsd by his 1m-
pleyment a. the representative of As III
payer
We kFvS recently uEde c5H spsE3w
inp0sdbh- Our nShod In d0tnE -
to issue an SrdG which required any at
tOrnEy Sr agent, before he might e1AmiDs
any esse before he dspartmsnt- 20 present
bis written power Of attorney, which then
becomes . part Of the record Of that cAss
10 this way vas Gnothsr possibility Of Eraft
cut Of.
--Thess srs but . few examples of ths
possibilities Of ErEf that ws constantly tAe, !
1t Is my intention % to educate ths public
a. to these methods Of Eratt mat chsy VII
become % well known that nobody Wdll -
tempt to use them.
There IN nnch ground hDr the generally
accepted theory that tbs mssnest thing in thr
world Is ths anonymous LETTER ORDINARILY
the person Who writes q letter and tsilI tD
iEn his name 70 II should Be despised and
should be given no consideration. In ne
Bureau Of Internal Raxsnua. however. ths
situation il quite different a. regards ths
anonymous letter. The conditions are pecu-
liar. There is an extensive possibility Of in
use and it s serving a very impo-tAnt pau-
pose for Us
An individual. or corporation. nay
resort to deception that it may deprtv, The
Government Of tA1es due An employ, Of
that corporation, being q true and loyG
citiIsn Of his Government nsy resent tnls
fraud against that Government The en-
ployes livelihood. however. may depend
upon holding bis or her place. A Ereater
loyalty to Government which he loves
than to an employer whom he knows to bs
crooked prompts this individual to write an
anonymous letter to the Bureau Of Internai
Revenue.
JUST nov | an putting At the end u
u many Of the letters ~rit. a quota tiou
from Victor Hugo which says: Put IN end
to the Indefinite prolousaton of dead thtnEs
This is the watch word Of ehs second Fr.st
task that u Ghsad Of the Bureau of internal
RsysnuG. TAAre are many eIses three o.
four Year, old Stin pending before a We
are Eoing TO GhAks the dry bonss Of thsss
eaSes until ws rsttls them into such vain
fumes - WI bring them Up to dAta-
This Bureau Of internal Rsveuus n ~
much like the GTency IL vas 4 few yeErS GSs
when il had nttle to do other than 10 collect
the tH1es on tobacco and hquos. II has
overhowed its original q1ArtrS in the
Treasury Building and spread hsEs and tbsrs
over the city Of Washington. spbeDdid
once structure wu erected for u right
across the street and wAs Eivs1 orsr entirely
to ~. In that building people srS nov
working in the Railways. The Bureau Il
Internal Revenue 10 also oecupytng SiT cthsE
buildings In Washington. Il hAI 1000 en-
ployes in this city GlOns, and when the
roll il called for an the men and women whs
work for It In the United States the tDtEl h
run up TO 5000. Naturally. this rVwth
has been somewhat TopEy like and the great
need is to pull the whole orEsniSstion to-
Eether, house it under on. roof lire the
great industrial plant that II IL. and Est %
iHto quantity production Of that thing which
IS its logical output. money paid IN tHza
for ths support Of the GovsrnDent-"