Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 April 1952 — Page 6

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+ Apr. 24 *As the tax burden increased; there was more and more in~ clination by the greedy and dishonest to evade their taxes “+ « + there were many who failed to pay their taxes in full” 80 wrote Joseph D. Nunan Jr, in his 1948 annual report as Commissioner of Internal Revenue, “The drives which you oranized against chiselers and nck market operators brought in enormous rev enues from tax dodgers.” So wrote President Truman in a thank-you letter to Mr, Nunan when the commissioner resigned on June 30, 1947, Now it turns out that Mr, Nunan got $176,000 from 1944 to 1950 that did not show on his income tax returns for those years, Two fact-digging special agents of the Internal Revenue Bureau who spent seven months investigating Mr. Nunan's personal financial deals gave the figures to the King Committee Yesterday, These unreported. and unexplained — figures in. eluded cash, checks, brokerage fecounts and other money. Mr. Nunan wasn’t present to hear Agents William KE. Carnes ‘and Andres Boldana. His attorney, Richard J. Burke of New York, was there, He sald that Mr. Nunan was too ill to testify, but may be able to appear two weeks from now, He bas ® heart ailment and is at home,

mittee’s chief counsel, said that Mr. Nunan had appeared sometime ago before the committee in. closed session but had declined to anawer certain questions on the ground of self Anerimination.

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Enormous revenues.”

He also wild that Mr, Nunan admitted starting out with a $10 safe deponit box, getting a $33 box in 1947, and cash from the boxes. But, Mr, DeWind said, the former come missioner declined to tell the source of the safe deposit cash, In his 1946 report, Mr. Truman wrote:

“Early in 1945, It became apparent that a mora vigor. ots tax enforcement program wis needed to cope with the tat « dodger situation, Arrangements. were made to recrult additional employees In sufficient number to enable the bureau to pout the plan in operation.”

In 1945, Mr. Nupan had ¢ash deposits in banks of $17.250 which Agents Carnes and Soldana sald they could not find in his tax return.

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ered checks for $3458 for that year which were not mentioned in the tax return. They testified that Mr, Nunan told them he had. destroyed the checks, But the agents were able to locate the bank records on the checks, However, such records do not show. who wrote the checks, The agents testified there were also some legal fees which were not disclosed in the tax return, and that Mr, Nunan was supposed to split some of ro foes with his firm, but

Train Kills

Indiana Boy In Oklahoma |

VINITA, Okia., Apr. 24 (UP)~

IA train crashed into an automo‘bile stalled or the (Vinita and killed a 2-year-old Indiana

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boy as his mother tried desperately. to snatch him from the car, Patrick L. Riland, son of Mrs. Martha Lucille Riland, 33, of South Bend, Ind. died of a skull and internal injuries after the Riland automobile was hurled more than 100 feet. n n " MRS. RILAND told Oklahoma Highway Patrolman John Leach

she was trying to rescue her three

children from the stalled car

{when the train bore down on it

at the intersection of U, 8B. 80 and

‘the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad tracks, ! James Riland, 8 and his 9

year-old sister, Linda, were in-| jured. Mrs. Riland and her| mother-in-law, Mrs, W. A. Riland, 86, were not hurt,

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Laboratory tests prove that harmful germs often exist on clean-looking sinks, drain. boards, refrigerators, wash basins, tubs, toilet bowls and

JOSEPH D. NUNAN-—"The greedy and dishonest.”

the firm's books did net show the fees were received. . The agenis said they found the same pattern m subsequent years, Mr. Nunan's 1946 report also

sald:

“A taxpayer who is in difficult straits, but who comes with. clean hands and no thought of tax evasion, can

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be assured of bureau co-oper-ation to the end that his tax" responsibilities may be met without crippling effects.” The special agents testified that Mr. Nunan didn't co-op-they sought to learn something about his unexplained income. They said they could not be syre that all of this was taxable income be-

cause Mr. Nunan wouldn't fully |

discuss his affairs. The agents told the committee that Mr. Nunan's reported income between 1945 and 1950 was more than . $500,000 and that he paid taxes of about $250,000. Included In his income were his salary as commissioner, his legal fees and money from other sources. “The public support of the

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