Evening star., 1951-11-29
More Firings Expected
In Wake Of Shakeup
In Internal Revenue

In Internal Revenue
More dismissals may be expect
ed in the standardized Bureau
of Internal Revenue, in the wax,
of a widespread shakeup of th'
Governments tax-collecting sys.
tenn marked by the firing or forcee
resignation of 81 persons yester.
day, informed sources indicated
today.
Bureau officials said severa
other investigations are under wa,
in connection with the efforts o.
John B. Dunlap. who became COM
missioner three months ago, tt
clean house without waiting fol
disclosures in Congressional hear
ings.
Commissioner Dunlap an.
nounced yesterday the dismissa
of 80 bureau employes-18 by
outright firing and II by forced
resignation.
About the same time, President
Truman announced in Key West
where he is vacationing, the dis
missal of James G. Smyth, the
San Francisco collector, to bring
to 81 the total of the days dis
missals. The President acted on
his removal. since collectors are
presidentially appointed.
Mostly Career Employees.
Mr.. Dunlap said the tax scan
dals are clearing rapidly but the
job is far from finished.
Most of those dismissed yes
terday were career employees.
Their average length of service
was IL years. Three of them had
more than 80 years.
The dismissals brought to 49
the total of officials and employees
who have been ousted or who have
resigned since disclosures of cor
ruption and irregularities in the
Governments tax system began
several months ago.
The number includes six col
lectors-three of whom have been
fired and three who have resigned.
Thirty-eight lesser employees have
been fired and five have resigned,
King Hints More Dismissals.
From Chairman King of the
House Ways and Means subcom-
mittee investigating scandals in
the Governments tax collecting
system came a hint of even more
dismissals.
I'm the months to come" said
Mr.. King, I'VE expect that the
bureau will continue to purge it
self of any unwholesome ele-
ments."
He added that the House sub
committee. which already has dis
closed widespread irregularities
and some corruption in the tax
collecting system. will continue
its probe in the most vigorous
fashion"
The wholesale dismissals failed
10 satisfy some Congressional
critics.
TOO little and too late" COM
mented Senator Nixon, Republi-
can, of California. He termed it
a gesture intended to try to
convince the public that the
cleanup was initiated by the ad-
ministration, when it has been
forced upon them"
"31 Little Fellows"
Senator Williams. Republican,
of Delaware, given the credit by
his colleagues, said the f1rings
were long overdue" He suggested
Federal grand jury review of
the circumstances involved.
Representative Scrivner, Repub-
lican. Of Kansas said the dismissal
of "31 little fellows scattered
around, the country, not a single
one of whom is employed in
Washington, is not going to con-
vince the American people that
corruption in Washington is being
cleaned up"
Two of those whose designations
were requested were In the bu-
reau's Baltimore Office to which
District and nearby Maryland
residents pay their taxes.
They were listed as E. Joseph
Huppman, deputy collector, and
Jessie M. Jones, teller.
Mr.. Dunlap's original announce
ment did not list the charges
against those being ousted. Later
the bureau made public the
charges against Is of the 80 en-
ployes ousted.
The announced charges ranged
from failure to report tax viola
tions to improper business deal
ingS with taxpayers.
FalsificatiOn Charged.
Of the two persons in the Balti-
more Office, the bureau said the
charges against Mr.. Jones were
failure to account properly for
Government funds. destruction of
records and filing of false docu-
ments. That against Mr.. Hupp-
man was Justification of an official
document.
Mr.. Huppman, deputy collec-
tor for II years, insisted he was
not forced to resign as the bureau
announced.
II resigned voluntarily because
I wanted to get out Of the de-
partment." he said. "A charge
was made against me that was not
correct. I could have appealed my
case but I decided against it.
I had two or three consultations
with Washington officials about
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