The Bangor Daily News from Bangor, Maine • 5

VKQOSTOQK Bangor Daily News Sat Sun June 21 22 1975 IRS discloses spying rr Auditor says energy agency ignores enforcement WASHINGTON (UPly'-The Internal Revenue Service disclosed Friday it has used undercover agents equipped with microphones concealed in tie clasps Chap Sticks lunch box tape body recorders consumers are not overnharged for petroleum products Paul Maloy an auditor in New England division said that division has only onethird the staff it needs and has never collected penalties from firins that violate FEA regulatiMis because the office has never received i ctions from Washington The testimony was presented to the Senate judiciary subcommittee on administrative practices and procedures which is investigating performance in seeing that auditor said the field employes have so little direction from Washington that he used the Yellow Pages to determine what oil producers to audit WASHINGTON (AP) A Federal Energy Administration auditor said Friday the agency is so intent on removing controls from oil prices that it has virtually ignored its enforcement responsibilities And a former FEA microphone bugs pen desk set with buiht-in micorphone a telephone microphone and lapel Chap Stick inhaler tie clasp and fountain pen the report said Rep Beniamin Rosenthal DNY the subcommittee chairman said Chap Stick connection really the failure of tne IRS to appreciate the sensitivity to dirty But Alexander said the use of such electronic equipment had not been extensive and Warren Bates assistant commissioner for inspections said those in use were they should not have had NEY SAVE ON transmitters It also revealed it has trained more than 100 undercover men since 1963 and actually deployed more than 20 of them with the deep of a thoroughly documented false identity The disclosures came in two IRS internal audits resented to the House overnment Operations subcommittee an IRS oversight body now holding hearings on the performance of the federal SERVICE CENTER We are FACTORY AUTHORIZED under the GUARANTEE For watches that are out of guarantee the charge is small electric watch energy cells available" CM Ullack I Sons' Do to wn MANHATTAN JEWELERS BANGOR TOWN OF GREENBUSH NEW TOWN DUMP HOURS TUESDAYS and THURSDAYS 1 PM to 7 PM SATURDAYS 9 AM to 5 PM Sundays 9 AM to 3 PM TOWN OF GREENBUSH tax collecting agency To congressmen wondering wnat business the IRS had using this type of spying IRS Commissioner Donald Alexander replied that those acts were committed by overzealous agents in violation of IRS guidelines He said all non-accountant investigative work by the 2700 agents" has been suspended until new and tighter guidelines can be issued They had been dealing in organized crime and narcotics traffic in addition to tax matters An internal IRS audit conducted for the period Jan 1 1973 to Feb 25 1974 revealed that IRS agents were recording telephone conversations without proper authorization and that many electronic surveillance had not been turned back to the agency after missions items included body transmitters an automatic telephone monitoring device capable of use for a wiretap briefcase and lunch box tape recorders room-type SIDING Call Or Write Youngstown Home Improvement Co Tel 942-7151-942-3880 326 Hammond St Bangor I ESTROILET'S THE ANSWER! the overdue Install indoors anywhere water toilets are impractical The perfect answer to modern sanitary toilet facilities Uses no water chemicals or holding tanks operates on a hygienic gas flame with cool forced-air venting The total human waste disposal system does not pollute the environment and isn't it time? 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