Evening star., 1952-02-22

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Should Draw lis Own
Conclusions on Nunan
Senator Williams, Republican,
of Delaware has called on tax
payers to draw their own con-
clusions" about special permis-
sion granted former Internal
Revenue Commissioner Joseph c.
Nunan, jr.. to represent people in
tax troubles.
The Senator, whose one-man
campaign has spurred probes of
tax scandals. charged yesterday
that mot one dime" has been
collected on tax claims of almost
81 million against four taxpayers
who MIR. Nunan was given per-
mission to represent.
The Delaware Republican, who
unleashed an attack on Mr..
Nunan last week. told the Senate
New York law firm has done
"a fiourishing" business helping
clients whose cases were pend
ing when Mr.. Nunan was tax
commissioner. He said Mr.. Nu-
nan Joined the firm after having
his Federal post in 1947.
Four Cases Cited.
The four cases cited by the Sen
ator involve Lawrence and Alvin
Bardin. brothers, of Racine, Wis:
the Eulberg Brewing Co. of Por-
tage, Wis, and the Denmark
Brewing Co. of Denmark, Wis.
The Bardins, he said, own the
breweries and also controlled the
now-defunct Indianapolis Brewing
Co., which Senator Williams
linked to Mr.. Nunan last week.
He charged the Indianapolis
brewery settled a $685. 900 tax
claim for $4,000, and later got a
$4,000 tax refund.
Senator Williams said Lawrence
Bardin- -"does not appear as a
stockholder in the brewing COM
panies. due to his established
criminal record, which would have
handicapped the companies in OBJ
tanning licenses" But he said
Lawrence Bardin was general
manager of the three breweries
he has cited.
Details on 4 Cases.
The four cases he referred to
yesterday involved:
l. Lawrence Bardin, listed with
$302. .225.24 in alleged tax under
payments, plus $426,382.89 inI
taxes declared in 1916, but never
paid.
2. Alvin Bardin, $589,112.12 in
alleged tax underpayments.
3. Denmark Brewing Co., $685.
1929 in alleged underpayments
and penalties.
4. Eulberg Brewing Co., $780,
669.88 in alleged underpayments
and penalties.
Senator Williams said Lawrence
Bardin's case was sent to the
Justice Department on January
16, 1850, with recommendation
for prosecution, but was sent back
to the Internal Revenue Bureau
for more investigation.
He said he has learned # was
not sent back to Justice until
last December 5-"14 days after
I had requested from the Treas
ury Department a record of how
this case had been handled"
In the other three cases, he
said. no recommendations for
prosecution have been made, de-
spite recommendations for such
action by special agents.
Turning to Treasury Depart
ment report that Mr.. Nunan has
been given special waivers in 102
cases to represent persons in tax
trouble, Senator Williams said |
such waivers apparently have
been issued rather freely to de-
parting friends of the admins
tration upon the assumption that
during their employment they
had no personal knowledge of
the case"
Not Fully Understood.
He said he did not understand
how such cases could have es-
capped attention of Mr.. Nunan orI
his associates while they were
high officials in the revenue bu-
reau, but added:
Perhaps their lack of knowl-
edge of what was going on in the
bureau during their term Of Of
f1ce-if such was the case-might
account for some of the scan
dalous conditions we now find to
exist in the bureau"
Mr.. Nunan has said he has no
recollection Of asking for a waiverl
in the Indianapolis brewery case
and that he got no fees from the
firm.
Senator Williams said he was|
mot interested in any argument
as to how much or how little as
sistance Mr.. Nunan might have
been in these tax cases."
"The record" he declared,
"speakas for itself, and other tax
payers can draw their own con-
clusions."
Meanwhile the Internal Reve-
nue. Bureau said it sent cases of
Alvin Bardin and the two brew