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Show Hope to Catch Tax Dodgers At the direction of the President Presi-dent and with the approval of the Congress, the United States Civil Serivec Commission is at the present time actively recruit, ing throughout the United States 6500 Internal Revenue Agents for the Treasury Department's drive to. run down violators of Federal income tax laws, according to an announcement made today by Edwin D. Ellis of Salt Lake, Branch Regional Manager of the Commission. The Treasury department's staff of special agents in Utah, Colorado, Color-ado, Wyoming, and New Mexico will be increased by more than eight times in an effort ' to uncover un-cover the war-swollen profits of racketeers and chiselers. He added that most of the tax dodgers are operation in illicit business channels, chan-nels, including black markets. Realizing the alarming extent which tax evasion has spread, the Manpower Priorities for Utah, on June 15, assigned a top priority for the recruitment of needed investigators. inves-tigators. Utah's first job is to recruit thirteen - Revenue Agents who will have their offices in Sait Lake City. ' Most of the positions to be filled pay from $3163 to $3828 year. However, positions paying up to $5,236 per year are available for qualified persons having considerably consider-ably more than the minimum requirement, re-quirement, , which is at least 1 two years of progressively responsible and practical experience in ' pos- ltions requiring tne pertormance 01 difficult and important accounting duties. Accredited school expert, ence above the high school level in accounting and law will be considered to a certain extent as a substitute for actual experience. Applicants should write or visit the United States Civil Service Commission Federal Building in Salt Lake City, or the Commission's Commis-sion's office in the Ogden post office. Those qualifying will enter on duty immediately. |