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| | | - 50 (Rev. 11-11-75) . - By Horace Ayres Although this probation expires this weekend, former Vice President Spiro T. - Agnew is not completely off the hook of his tax evasion conviction three years ago. A federal judge, after hearing com- plaints made by a private citizen in a civil suit here, asked the Justice Department yesterday to investigate and recommend whether any action should be taken under the three-year probation granted when Agnew resigned the vice presidency and - pleaded no-contest to a single tax evasion ~ charge. - While completion of the three-year un- supervised probationary term granted Oc- tober 10, 1973, is imminent, Judge Roszel C. Thomsen, of ULS.. District- Court, said the court still has the authority for two ad- ditional years to act against any violation TOW. - Cem . working on public projects. The latest action came as a result of a motion filed earlier this week by Sam Po- lur, a member of the New York bar now - living ih Miami, claiming that Agnew vio- lated probation by not reporting gifts of expensive jewelry received from Arab po- tentates while he was still vice president and by not registering since then as an _ agent for foreign powers. Mr. Polur also claimed Agnew’s busi- ness dealings with Arab nations since Jeaving office may have endangered na- tional security, because he had access as a member of the National Security Council - while vice president to top secret defense information. ee COPY SENT “Agnew’s Probation Up, ‘But He's Not OFF Hook - ,alleged to have occurred before tomor- Judge Walter F. Hoffman, specially as- signed to the case from the Eastern Dis- trict of Virginia, imposed the probation and a $10,000 fine under a plea bargain in - which the government agreed not to pro- secute allegations outlined in a 40-page exposition of evidence that Agnew, while .Baltimore county executive, Maryland governor and U.S vice president, accepted . kickbacks from architects and engineers Judge Thomsen said Mr. Polur_“nas,, made allegations, some of which if proved in this case or otherwise shown to be true, might justify this court in taking appropri- ate action.” The allegations, the judge said, “are made by the plaintiff in a civil suit in which he seeks to obtain more than $1 mil- lion damages from the defendant Agnew. They are not supported by a convincing affidavit or affirmation.” _ *“The court concludes that it should not : take any action in the criminal case at this time, except to request the Department of Justice to investigate the allegations and to recommend to this court whether the court should take any action in the erimi- nal case, and if so what action,” Judge Thomsen said. o> ~ Paul R. Kramer, deputy U‘S. attorney for Maryland, said after hearing the judge’s request that it is.possible a fullin- . vestigation might not be necessary, that a review of records might be sufficient for _ the Justice Department’s report to the judge. 2 - "Although the government is not a party to Mr. Polur’s civil suit and Mr. Kramer said at the outset of yesterday’s hearing that Justice was taking no position on the issue, he and two department representa- tives from Washington attended at Judge Thomsen’s request. 7 W, Lee-Harrison, Agnew’s attorney in the matter, asked that the department's " report be sealed to prevent “exploitation” . by the press, but the judge directed in- stead that the report be presented to the court for review before it is entered in the - public record of the case. - Mr. Polur, who says he owns two city blocks of real estate in Miami, asked the court to consider revoking the former vice president’s probation for failing to report that in 1971 he or members of his immedi- ~ ate family had received gifts from foreign government leaders. ; g. the gifts listed. were, diamond i shirt studs and tie clasps decorated with , -| TO BUREAU ONE" (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) —— SUN PAPER —_. PAGE 18 ——_— BALTIMORE, MD. Date: 10/9/76 Edition: 5 STAR Author: AYRES Editor: Title: Character: or Classification: 4 C-YLS Submitting Office: BA {_] Being Investigated af 8-418 33 | eee!