In Re Complaint as to the Conduct of Johns

This is a disbarment proceeding.

Petitioner, Claude M. Johns, an attorney of this court, was convicted on a plea of guilty in the United States District Court for the District of Oregon on two counts charging violation of § 145 (a), Title 26, USC, Internal Revenue Code of 1939, in that he willfully and knowingly failed to make income tax returns to the Director of Internal Revenue. The first count related to the income tax return required to he made before March 15, 1953, and the second to the return required to be made before March 15,1954. As alleged in the information, his gross income for…