Show Round Merry Proposed WayS S I Stop Tax lax Fraud r S By Br Drew Pearson f fV V Today WASHINGTON y th tha that t the A American people Gad art which t i taxes in quarterly in p pass s I 1 final tax estimates for n a ill 1951 plus 1951 plus payments r Most lost people gripe at filing taxes and this time their gripe will be legitimate Never before has our tax collecting s system y 5 t e m become so so 1 steeped in fraud and fa fa- fa- fa If it continues the United States could follow the road of France Germany German and Ind Dr Drew eR Pr Italy Haly where unfair taxes and cr cro ero v k I lect ons have given those K on the road toward cam communism e r ron aha brt To put a roadblock on that r road ad t country this columnist herewith here SJ 6 five means of preventing fraud In ture If you are against unfair hi h ht t ons it might to pay clip this his col attach it to the return you 5 send th the ury today today today-or or to your c congress s will have to vote these r reforms Into ll tion Here are the proposals proposals- Must Begin at Ton TOP When When 1 the he House phones the Justice Depart tb division regarding a further he tl Missouri 1 tax case after Harry w mer attorney for the Pres Presides President Ys Kansas City friend Tom Torn Eva Evans Eram of Gf f 4 Drug Stores has been hired in tEe tt naturally Justice D Department apartment h laay t the thc cue It sets a general pattern palter below So also does the L' L behavior beha oro of House cronies on other matters Roosevelt gave the cue on i peddling and tax-fixing tax at the s start E administration when he forced Dt national committeeman Arthur M Ii r lt I Nebraska Bruce Kra Kramer mer of lion Moal Bob Jackson of New Ham Hampshire cl t Democratic committee because t tU died influence Truman near the Ue Ei his administration still hasn't set seta a acut cut cue as yet The Entertainment easiest quickest way to cure Ux to h i ism is by y publishing tax ret return urr h a publicity was practiced dunaj fir first st years of the Roosevelt a aih add add- tion and today full tax returns s r- r l in some states notably WIS But Congress which is more r rap ble for tax favoritism than its members will ever a rode F D R and the put quietus r. r at publicity re regarding arding incomes So were congressmen for the big tr that they made it a criminal O offer Q leak or publish any income tax i dal lid This has pla played ed into the haunt hands lot of people the bL fat peddlers and those who deduct th ti pense pence of private yachts private air and expensive parties at the Sto Stork or the Mayflower 1 This was how Larry Knohl t ti fu fixer was able to take Washington Washing on his private plane It why the world series games game have hau t f fone tone k kone one of the biggest tax deduction ain as a asin in New York The U U. 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Trea Tre et the public paid for most of or the theat ocr at the world series thanks to hep the tte p. p p system of deducting lush ente expenses from taxes While some entertainment are justifiable it should be that the stenographer or salesgirl salesgirls ca 2 duct the thc cost of taking the toss b ball game or to dinner at the StorK on the ground that she's helping U II tit her job Her taxes are taken c d salary with her pay check every er c e eshe she gets no allowance whatever for fore O Overworked Officials Th P number of taxpayers has to since the De Dt- Dt came in in 1933 the number of in the Justice Departments Department's tai tai tal talhas f r- r has not increased the number of tax agents and eif eaPh the treasury has fallen far below increase in tax returns returns While the number of or taxpayers ers t creased by bv 10 times in 20 years eaI ft t her ber of R Revenue Bureau t creased by only five times times fro i today in 1933 to about Justice Departments Department's tax lawen laer were decreased by congressional from 90 in 1946 19 to 87 in 1951 Register Influence Peddlers Peddle Peddlers nr lie lic has the idea that hat all lobb is c f flie 1 ington are required to register 0 to td wrong Lobbyists hired law to ri g gress ress arc are required by tOile But the law does not apply to tc t who pull ads time big-time lobb lobbyists c b government no such such as e. e 1 F Fand fL fit 1 t 0 and Justice Departments to Departments Departments- however vever could clao Congress them i in t overnight by including registration law z a Y e Review Review Once Once Judicial tax cases compromised w without B s reviewed by a l. l court should be ti I I federal ro retired judges RetIre Retired d J the s gos who draw pensions from thenne li to I Iare recall from time are arc to n h t then them of or Most I for special work ed j t careers and a detail aei et edge of government government- cal called calle S Suc Such ed JU alid a lid M Monce U f tired judges could be big DS the once a year to pass on rs of cu ou ourt out 01 that have been fixed ou s n nO A All l b h a i As of toda today the pub public i ode e h are e knowing how these cases ul put has W hasa P what political wire puller a deal 5 e. e i 1952 by Be ell 11 l Co Copyright P 1 |