Evening star., 1952-02-11
House Tax Probers
And Treasury al Odds
Over Court Inquiry
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uled to begin its work. or earlier.
The New York investigation was
originally scheduled to start
around March Is after the West
Coast inquiry had been completed.
1t is said to promise disclosures
far more sensational than any
held thus far by the subcommittee
and to have possibly far-reaching
political implications.
Four high former officials Of the
scandal-hit Revenue Bureau are
said to figure prominently in the
subcommittee investigation to
date in the New York area.
List Includes Ex-C Commissioners.
They are:
Daniel A. Bolich, who resigned
from the revenue service several
months ago after having served as
an assistant commissioner and
in most of the bureaus top posts
in the New York area.
Joseph Nunan, one-time mem
ber of the New York State Legis-
lature. a former collector Of the
Brooklyn Office and Commissioner
of Internal Revenue from 1914 to
1947. He is now practicing law in
New York.
Carroll A. Mealey, who resigned
several months ago as deputy
commissioner in charge Of the
alcohol tax unit. giving i'll health
as the reason.
James B. E. Olson, who resigned
last August as supervisor of the
alcohol tax units New York dis
trict.
Mr.. Olson, Mr.. Nunan and Mr..
Mealey have figured in the sub
committees earlier hearings on
the New York situation.
Join LithofoId STAFF.
Those hearings. held in New
York last September, brought out
that both Mr.. Olson and Mr..
Nunan became vice presidents OF
the American Lithofold Co. Of
st. Louis which sold printed forms
and other material to liquor in
terests in the New York area. Mr..
Olson was at one time assistant
collector in Brooklyn under Mr..
Nunan.
Mr.. Mealey also figured in the
inquiry in connection with the
issuance of q license to an alleged
associate of Frank Costello the
New York gambling and rackets
kingpin.
It is expected all four Of the
former officials would be subpoe-
naed for the subcommittee's
hearings. Revenue agents who
have been investigating in the
New York area also would be
called.
During the subcommittee's Wash
ington hearings last fall John B.
Dunlap, commissioner of revenue,
announced that more than so in
vestigating agents had been as
signed to look into conditions In
the New York area. This action
was taken after the subcommittee
brought out in public hearings
that some revenue agents in the
New York area had refused to give
net worth statements and had at
tributed incomes far above their
Government pay To ufusuH FS1csl
cess at bridge and In horse race
betting.
The bureaus investigation has
been carried on currently with the
subcommittee's continuing inquiry
in the New York area by a staff
maintained there.
Puzzled Over Action.
Some OF the five members of
the seven-man subcommittee here
for the West Coast inquiry were
quick to question the attorney
generals action during the absence
of the group from Washington.
They also questioned anew the
often professed intention Of the
revenue bureau to cooperate fully
with the subcommittee in airing
the tax scandals.
They wondered, too, about the
haste in convening a grand jury
in Brooklyn since most OF the
cases under investigation are in
Manhattan.
The feelings among the sub
committee members date back to
President Truman's recent action
in announcing a reorganization OF
the revenue bureau to take col
lectors and others out OF politics.
The Presidents announcement
was made without consulting with
the subcommittee.