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to the Treasury a study OF regu-
lationS and laws with the view
toward lifting some of the secrecy
surrounding the Bureaus activi-
ties. Mr.. Dunlap said he believes
there is too much secrecy"
S. That so far there has been
"a very good response" to the
QUESTIONABLE being circulated to
between $1,000 and $4,000 bureau
employees to determine their net
worth and financial standing. He
said no employees have refused to
sign the statement and there have
been no designations as result
of it.
Hopes Congress Will Get Plan.
6. 1t is too early to determine
how many gamblers will obtain
stamps and pay a 10
per cent tax on gross revenue as
required by the recent tax-boost-
ing law.
In disclosing that he has recon-
the removal of the super
vision of the liquor industry from
the Treasury, Mr.. Dunlap said he
hoped President Truman would
submit this reorganization plan
to Congress. This would leave
the Bureau concerned only with
the administration of tax laws and
remove from it the responsibility
of issuing permits to liquor deal
erS and making regulations gov
erning the industry.
Referring to the effort to get
the Justice Department files,
Adrian w. DeWing, subcommit-
tee counsel. said the House group
has encountered repeated de-
lays" For this reason, he added,
Mr.. King decided to appeal to
President Truman.
Asked IL or Is Files.
, Mr.. De Wind disclosed that the
subcommittee has requested IL
to Is, files in tax fraud cases and
had been promised a reply by the
Justice Department yesterday.
When the Justice reply arrived,
Mr.. De Wind said, it dealt only
with certain files and "did not in
any way indicate that the De-
partment of Justice would turn
these or any other files over to
u.s."
We haven't got the files" he
added. land no decision has been
reached to that end in the Justice
Department that I know Of"
Mr.. Truman is now vacationing
IN Key West, Fla, and Just how
or when the matter would be taken
up with him was not revealed.
Are Needed Now.
The specific files requested from
the Justice Department. Mr..
De Wind said, are needed right
away because the subcommittee
plans early hearings on some of
tne cases which include the han
ding of fraud charges. The Jus
tlce Department is charged with
prosecuting tax violation cases
sent to it by the Bureau of Inter-
nal Revenue.
Attorney General McGrath ap-
peared before the subcommittee
several weeks ago and announced
afterward that access to its tax
fraud files would be worked out
on a ease by case" basis. Since
then, however, the subcommittee
has asked for numerous files and
none, thus far, have been forth
coming.
In other developments bearing
on the investigation of tax scan
dals, spokesman for the Revenue
Bureau said a preliminary esti-
mate has been made indicating
that the Nations racketeers and
gamblers owe the Federal Govern
ment about $25 million in taxes.
Estimate Based on List.
The estimate, it was said, was
made on the basis of a check
by special racket squad agents
who have been going through a
large number of names on a
master list of 10000. The list
was assembled from a variety of
sources. including the Senate
Crime hearing, police lists and
FBI reports.
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