Evening star., 1952-01-13
Byrnes Again Asks
Snyder, Dunlap Why
His Group is Ignored
By Cecil HoIIand

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Representative Byrnes, Republi-
can, of Wisconsin. yesterday asked
Secretary Of the Treasury Snyder
and Revenue Commissioner John
B. Dunlap why the House sub
committee investigating tax scan
dalS has been so pointedly dis
regarded" in proposed reorgani-
zation Of the Governments
system.
Mr.. Byrnes. a member of the
House subcommittee, wrote both
officials and asked for details of
the reorganization plan that Presi-
dent Truman announced recently.
Deeply Disturbed.
II. Of course, can only speak
as one member of the subcom-
mittee and then only as minority
member" the Wisconsin Repub-
lican said in his letter to Mr..
Dunlap. II do want you to know,
however, that I am deeply dis
turbed over the apparently inten-|
tional efforts of the President,
the Secretary of the Treasury and
yourself as Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue to completely
ignore and bypass the subcom-
mittee in connection with the
proposed reorganization"
Mr.. Byrnes wrote Mr.. Dunlap
o week ago asking for details of
the plan and seeking to find out
why the subcommittee has been
ignored.
In q reply received last week |
and released by Mr.. Byrnes, Mr..
Dunlap said that Secretary
Snyder was transmitting details
OF the plan to members Of
Congress. But he ignored Mr..
Byrnes' complaint that the sub
committee had been bypassed
and. in fact, did not once refer
to the House group headed by
Representative King, Democrat,
of California.
Identical General Information"
Mr.. Byrnes wrote that the in
formation transmitted by Secre-
tary Snyder was "only the iden-
tical general information" he had
received from the press at the
time Mr.. Truman announced the
reorganization proposal.
In an interview, Mr.. Byrnes sug-
gested that Mr.. Snyder and Com
missioner Dunlap be called before
the King subcommittee to explain
some of the features of the re-
organization plan as well as other
housecleaning steps taken by the
scandal-hit revenue bureau.
The reorganization plan is yet
to be submitted to Congress. When
1t is, 1t will go to the House Ex-
penditures Committee rather than
the House Ways and Means Com ]
mittee of which the King sub
committee is a unit.
Irregularities Barred.
The Presidents reorganization
plan was announced in the wake
Of disclosures by the King sub
committee of corruption and wide
spread irregularities in the Gov
ernment's tax collecting system. !,
In his second and sharp letter
TO Commissioner Dunlap. Mr.
Byrnes wrote: ... |,
"You are fully acquainted with
the many assurances given to the
subcommittee by yourself and Mr..
Snyder that 1t was the desire Of
the department and the Bureau
to cooperate fully with the sub
committee in finding ways and :
means for improving the opera
tion Of the Internal Revenue Bu-
reau and eliminating undesirable y
personnel. l.
Il was confident that you meant
what you said. I will be frank to +
state, however, that your attitude b,
and that of Mr.. Snyder in ig- =.
noring the subcommittee and its
members in connection with the I
proposed plan of reorganization t
certainly shakes that confidence" i
Makes Job Difficult. c
Mr.. Ryrnes said he has ap- is
preached his work as a member d
Of the investigating subcommit- t
tee in a non-partisan manner u
with the one objective of seeking IN
to improve the administration of t
the tax laws. c
Il cannot help but feel that =
your present attitude makes that z
Job more difficult" he wrote. =
you know as well as do that
the members of the subcommit- +
tees are vitality interested In all lIr