Evening star., 1950-09-16
Bar Group Asks
u. 5. PayS|ice
For Back Taxes
Would EquoIize Law
Permitting Salaries
To Be Attached

was recommended today by the
tax section of the American Bar
Association.
The group, consisting of nearly
500 tax lawyers, met today at the
Chamber of Commerce Building
in connection with the Joint an
nual meeting of the American and
Canadian Bar Associations, which
gets under way Monday.
The tax section unanimously
adopted the recommendation of
), its committee on practice and pro-
|, cedure of the Internal Revenue
Bureau submitted by Wright Mat
thews of Dallas, Tex, on tax COL
lection from Government workers.
Attaching of Pay Barred.
The committee noted that under
existing law the Government lacks
authority to attach the salaries
of tax-delinquent Government
employees, while having the right
to withhold the pay of private
workers
), 1t recommended that the law
be changed to allow the Govern
ment agency employing a tax
delinquent worker to withhold 10
per cent of the workers salary
until the taxes are fully paid up.
In cases where a worker earns
more than $4,000 a year Is per
cent of his salary over $4,000
could be withheld.
1t was urged that the associa-
ton lend its support to the pro-
posed change in the present law.
The sections recommendations
will be placed before the House
of Delegates of the full association
in the course of its four-day con-
vention.
Rate Reduction Opposed.
In a second recommendation
the committee on procedure op-
posed a measure before Congress
that would reduce the rate of in
terest paid on tax refunds by the
Government from 6 to 3 per cent.
The committee stated that many
inequitable situations will arise
from the change of the rate of in
tereSt on refunds" unless there is
a corresponding reduction on the
rate of interest paid to the Gov
ernment by taxpayers on their
delinquent taxes.
The committee recommended
that the statute of limitations in
tax fraud cases should be "tolled"
or suspended only in cases where
the taxpayer was in a foreign
country and outside the jurisdic-
ton of United States courts. The
recommendation was unanimously
adopted.
Meanwhile delegates to the con-
vention were guests today at a
District Court model" naturali-
zation ceremony at which 80 per-
sons, representing some nine
nationalitieS, became American
citizens.
Attorney General McGrath, who
was principal speaker, stressed to
the new citizens that their oath
of allegiance to this country means
unconditional loyalty"
Marks Epoch in Lives.
District Court Judge Alexander
Holtzof, who administered the
oath, told the new citizens:
This occasion marks an epoch
in your lives. Citizenship of the
United States has never been as
great privilege as it is in this
troubled world today"
Motion pictures were taken of
the proceedings under direction of
the research division of the Bu-
reau OF immigration and Natural
ization. The pictures are to be for
educational purposes, it was said.
Bright f1oodlights were turned on
the speakers, the new citizens,
and the United States Marine
Corps color guard, which advanced
the colors during the ceremony.
Among those naturalized at to-
days ceremony was Mrs. Mary
Scaldaferri, sc, of SOL Decatur
street NV, who on five other oc-
caSionS had been prevented from
taking the oath due to a series of
mishaps, including suffering a
broken leg.
The National Association of
Women lawyers who are also hold
ing their annual meeting here last
night heard Presidential Assistant
John r. Steelman declare that
this Nations underlying economic
strength is lone of the greatest
factors for peace in the world
today" He spoke at banquet
session of the association at the
Carlton Hotel.
The President of the District Bar
Association, meanwhile, charged
today that American taxpayers
money is being used to support in
the United States Government
"the ideologies that we fight
abroad"
10 v. Morgan, Washington at
torney, made the statement in an
address to the tax section of the
association. holding its first gen.
eral session. today at the United
States Chamber of Commerce.
The group. composed of about 500
tax lawyers, is part of the joint
annual meeting of the American
and Canadian Bar Associations
here.
Speaking of the East West con-
f1ict, Mr.. Morgan stated:
&C.. 1t is unfortunate that some
of the revenue in which we are
interested will be used to foster
and encourage, within the struc-
ture of our own Government, the
ideologies that we fight abroad.
Sees Pendulum Swinging.
"Regrettable as that might be-"
he continued, 1--WE should not be
discouraged. The pendulum is
swinging. 1t has swung quite far.
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