Show Lawmakers Rap Lax U. U S. S Revenue Bureau I f fV V WASHINGTON ASHINGTON March 9 U UP The UThe The The house committee Tuesday charged the internal revenue bureau glaring inefficiencies 1 It demanded an end to the political appointments of in I revenue collectors and it assailed what it called loafing o Oa on J job duplication of effort and useless work J The charges were contain V report the to the house accompli committees committee's approval of W III T bill carrying 1 to run the trea post office departments in fi 1949 The total wa was 35 or nearly 2 less 2 less than re by the departments The house probably w the measure Thursday The bill carried no no money DIone the customs bureau th the the i guard for the acquisition of f 2 and critical Cl tax refunds Those needs 1 taken care of ot in another bill Okeh The committee 1 also aIso a ap app permanent appropriations appropriation toh over which it i ally has little say ay These Theae lri Inch for interest 00 public debt and fa old age and unemployment t PI menU t. t The committees committee's criticism o Of of internal revenue bureau u of the most scathing attacks attack III federal agency by a congress body in recent years It recommended that the th cos mission on organization of af executive branch of ot the go m ment headed by f former ormer Pr Pres p Ii bert Hoover give top priority an analysis of ot the bUrea bureau It tt tu earliest possible moment j r Based on Report fl The committees committee's charge il based on a report which co corn the results of an inquiry b bj M committees committee's own i well wen as studies made by th the reau itself i iThe m The most serious defect detect fa h i U organization and operations operation oj Of bureau the committees committee's n It said is the fact that that- the who are charged with the ic at collection of the revenue the lectors are political The commissioner who the entire bureau d tl have effective control over the i ol lectors throughout the comb Whether collectors of In faten revenue actively attend to th the fairs o of their office or merely b bin in their patronage appears t ta tib largely a matter of their OWl tion I IThe The committee recommends recommend enactment of legislation wh what the appointment of collector internal revenue would be from tram the patronage system system-j placed under civil service lawi regulations This would k bt major progressive step stepin in the of the bureau even i ithe the the- administration of ot th ji service system is badly in n need widespread improvements improvement H |