The Washington herald., 1922-05-28
THIRTY employees
NREVENUE BUREAU
PROTEST TO BLAIR
Treasury Officials De.
cline to Discuss Ma
ture of Visit.

Thirty employees Of the income
tax unit. Of the Bureau Of internal
Revenue. in which investigation,
are now being made because of th.
dispute between Commissioners Blai,
and Assistant Secretary Of IN.
Treasury Dover. yesterday appeared
before Blair and made a strong pro-
test against some features Of their
work.
The nature Of the protert wa,
cloaked in mystery. Treasury ON
cials declining to discuss the mat
ter.
Anairs In the bureau have been
upset somewhat by the recent a.
tion Of Secretary Of the Treasury
Mellon and Blair in dismissing g
c. Childs and A S. Sumner, in the
bureau.
consultation of the accounts
unit and the supervisor OF collectors
once in the internal revenue bu-
reAu has not yet been effected, se-
corolng to Information given last
night by Reuben l. Ilsley, an ex-
sminer in the accounts unit.
Deputy Commissioner Charlie. r.
Nash, who was named to succeed A
ID. Sumner when announcement Of
the combination Of the two units
was made. has taken charge of the
office formerly occupied by Mai 4
c. Childs. deposed supervisor Of coll
lectors in the Treasury Building ami
Is performing his duties. The ofiee
Of Mr.. Sumner. In the Interior
Building Is occupied by a Mr.
Brown. who. according to Mr.. IlsIey.
is also performing the duties Of
that office.
Woman Tells of QuIsrinR.
Both Offices. though. are nom,-
nslly under Mr.. Nash. according 70
llsley. though the combination has
not been made as announced. Sew
eral days more will expire. he said.
before the consolidation lie made.
Ilsley stated that he had no
knowledge of rumor that Miss
Catherine Selak, chief OF the sta
tistical division. who was quizzed
Friday by operatives Of the intelIi-
gence unit, is to be suspended.
Miss Selak. who is the only woni-
an division chief in the bureau. said
yesterday that on Friday she was
summoned to the once of Andrew
G. Pollock, examiner in the accounts
unit, by an intelligence unit opera
tive. Before answering the sum
mons. however. she SAYS she called
the office Of Assistant Secretary Of
the Treasury Elmer Dover. telling
Of the summons and asking for an
interview after she returned. She
said she was taken to Pollock's u.
flee, who himself conducted her to
the intelligence once. where she
was turned over to Operatives Mad
den and Nichols.
shsdowed by sIeuths.
with both of them facing her.
she said she was subjected to q
rapid-fire grilling for half an hour
regarding the status Of her employ
ment in the bureau. She said they
asked her what political influence
she used to obtain her present po-
sition. She said she informed them
she was appointed as statistical
clerk two years ago, and that Mr..
Sumner promoted her 70 be chief OF
her division on April l on his own
initiative, giving her to understand
It was on merit.
The rest Of their questioning, she
said. was confined 20 trying to eN.
tract some information from her re-
garding alleged political activities
of Sumner. her deposed chief. She
denied all knowledge of the al
legged activities.
Since the shift in the bureau when
Sumner and Childs were released.
Miss Selak says she has been con-
stantly shsdowed by two operatives
from the intelligence unit. She says
her first notice Of Il was Wednes-
day. when she went to see a friend
in the Southern Railway Building
during the noon hour.
Miss Selak is 26 years old. and Is
said to be the youngest woman ever
named chief OF a division in the
Treasury Department. Her home is
in York, Pa.