Evening star., 1932-04-29
HAVOC THREATENS
| IN REVENUE WORK
sos, 100000 in Collections
Lost If Forces Are Re-
duced as Proposed.

With the Government struggling
desperately to balance its budget, the
two principal forces OF the Federal ma
chine bringing in the money are threat-
ened with drastic reduction wnlcn
would cut their efficiency and the
amount of revenue they bring In, ac-
cording to figures now before the Senate
subcommittee in charge OF the Treas
ury appropriation bill.
Should the 10 per cent cuts ORDERED
by the Senate in the Treasury Dill De
placed in effect on the Internal ReVe-
nue. Bureau and the Customs Bureau
of the Treasury, it would be necessary
to dismiss s06 revenue agents, l,Soo
zone deputy collectors and to close .
number of the interior ports OF the
country, including Georgetown ana
Alexandria.
The proposed reduction of the In
ternal Revenue force, Senator Odoie'
chairman OF the Senate subcommittee,
explained, would cause the loss Of pos
sibly $95 5.oo0,O00 in internal revenue
collections.
The committee has before it for con-
sideration not only these figures TO
show how the Government would lose
revenue by forcing dismissal OF these
revenue collecting men, but it also has
a prediction from Secretary OF the
Treasury Mills that when the new
revenue law becomes effective I'VE can
not enforce this new law and collect
these taxes without increasing our
force"
Program Is Outlined.
The reduction program for the Bu-
reau of Internal Revenue was outlined
to Senator Oddie by Commissioner OF
Internal Revenue Burnet.
The information in this statement,
the commissioner explained, lis based
on the percentage which each OF the
two classes of employees concerned In
each field Office bears to the total num-
Der of these respective classes OF en-
ployes in the entire field service, and
these percentages were then appheo 70
the necessary reduction in personnel
which would have to be made by reason
of the proposed reduction in admins
trative funds"
Slight notifications in these figures
would have to be made, he explained,
in the actual accomplishment OF 10
per cent reduction in personnel cost,
for the reason that in some OF the
smaller divisions or collection districts
where the territory to be covered is
expansive and the population is sparse
and widely scattered it may be possible
that no reduction in personnel could
be made in such divisions or districts,
and in that event proportlonately
larger reduction in personnel would
have to be MADE In the larger divisions
or districts.
In the local collection district, in
cluding this city, with headquarters in
Baltimore, Commissioner Burnet ex
planned, the 10 per cent reduction pro-
gram would force the dismissal of 81
revenue agents and SO zone deputy col
lectors.
Losses In Various Cities.
The revenue agents would have to be
reduced from division headquarters Of
the various divisions in the grand total
of 906, as follows:
Atlanta 10; Baltimore, 27; Boston,
60: Brooklyn, "a; Buffalo. 19; Chicago,
Az Cincinnati, Is; Cleveland, Is; Co.
lumbia, S; Dallas. 35; Denver, 10; De-
troit. 29; Greensboro, 10; Honolulu, g.;
Huntington, 8; Indianapolis, IA; Jack
sonville, IL; Los Angeles, So; Louisville,
8; Milwaukee, Ia: Nashville, Is; New
ark, 80; New Haven, 81; New Orleans,
TO- Oklahoma, 16; Omaha, 20; Phila-
delphia, 54; Pittsburgh, 27; Richmond,
Ia; ST. Louis, "a; st. Paul, II; Salt
Lake City, 8; San Francisco, IS; Seattle,
%; Second New York, 70; Springfield.
8; Upper New York, 20, and Wichita, T..
Dismissal of zone deputy collectors at
district headquarters to meet the or
dered 10 per cent cut would have to
be made according to the following
ALLEGATION, Commissioner Burnet ex-
planned:
Birmingham, IL; Phoenix, S; Little
Rock, IL; San Francisco, a.; Los An
geles, AZ; Denver, l2 Hartford, "a;
Wilmington, 4; Jacksonville, 81; At
lanta, 10; Honolulu. S; Boise, 6; Chi
apolis, 81; Des Moines, %; Wichita, IA;
Louisville, 20; New Orleans, IA; Au
gusta, 8; Baltimore, 33 Boston, 54;
Detroit, "A; st. Paul. "a: Jackson, 7;
st. Louis, 18; Kansas City. Mo, II;
Helena, 10; Omaha, IL; Reno, 8; Ports
mouth, 8; Camden, N. j., IL; Newark,
80; Albuquerque, 6; Brooklyn, AZ; Gus
tomhouse, New York, 40; $50 West
Fifty-seventh street, New York. ST; Al
bany. SO: Syracuse, 81 Buffalo. 26;
Raleigh, 13; Fargo. 7; Cincinnati, II;
Toledo, 49, Columbus, 10; Cleveland,
SO: Oklahoma City. Is; Portland, Ia;
Philadelphia. 40; Scranton, Is; Pitts
burgh, 81; Providence, Z; Columbia, 7;
n. q.
Dallas, %; Salt Lake City, 7; Burling-
ton, 7; Richmond, Is: Tacoma, 81;
Parkersburg, IT; Milwaukee, 30, and
Cheyenne, 6.
$4,000 Total Saving.