Speech #830111719

This action by the Michigan authorities was being contested and delayed in the Ohio courts by Mr. Cammarata. The Immigration authorities had been stopped in their effort to deport this undesirable character by the introduction of the three private bills referred to above. It was at this point that the Treasury Department moved in. An investigation soon developed the fact that during the interval between 1939. the date when Frank Cammarata was smuggled back into this country. until his discovery by the Immigration authorities in 1946 he had failed either to pay or to file any incometax reports. It should be noted that the failure of a racketeer to file proper income tax returns has always been considered as one medium whereby the Federal authorities could prosecute these undesirable characters. However. in this instance rather than take advantage of an opportunity to remove this man from decent society. the Treasury Department allowed this gangster to file belated tax returns for each of the years involved and dropped all efforts for prosecution.