And Now, Taxes

When Teamster Boss Dave Beck got around to figuring out his 1950 income tax, he asked for and got an extension beyond the March 15, 1951 filing deadline. Last week Beck's 60 days of grace ironically backfired, for they had extended as well the six-year period in which the Federal Government could move against him for tax evasion. Hurrying to meet a May 15 deadline of its own, the Justice Department, capping a three-year Internal Revenue Service investigation, accused the pudgy pride of Seattle of evading $56,000 in 1950 taxes.

In Tacoma, Wash., after deliberating three hours, a grand jury indicted Beck for tax evasion. The jurors added a second indictment accusing him of helping prepare a fraudulent return for a building association operated by his Joint Teamster Council 28. Beck got the word in Washington, put on a pair of dark glasses, bounced into Federal Court to be fingerprinted, bounced out again on $5,000 bail. That done, he was off to Atlantic City to address 50 officers of the Teamsters' Eastern Conference. Said Dave: "If you find anyone who can do a better job than I have done, go ahead and elect him. I merely want to be judged on what's been done for the international union during my administration."

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