Evening Star Newspaper, February 1, 1924, Page 15

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. 0, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1924. IVILLION SECRET BALLOTS (The First 107,145 Votes Are Tabulated in This Week's Literary Digesf) Iha Naliocl)lr;wide Poll X REDUCTION Do You FAVOR The "OR | Do Yo OPPOSE The MELLON PLAN? MELLON PLAN? THE LITERARY DIGEST, with the absolute impartiality which is now universally recognized as its ' unvarying policy, is mailing individual secret ballots to nearly 15 million men and women voters throughout the United States, that the desires and opinions of the people on this great issue may be known beyond question. EVERY VOTE IS THE FREE, UNINFLUENCED, SECRET VERDICT OF THE VOTER, UNKNOWN TO ANYONE BUT HIMSELF OR HERSELF TFB DEMAND FOR TAX REDUCTION is the paramount issue before the country to-day. The only question in dispute is how to secure the reduction. Many plans have. been proposed by various ‘become focused upon one plan—the Mellon Plan. The Mellon Plan reduces the taxes on all incomes in varying degrees; it provides that an earned income (salary, wages, professional services, etc.) ghall not be taxed as highly as an income from stocks, bonds, etc. The so-called political groups or nuisance taxes, such as the moving-picture admission tax. the telephone tax and the telegraph tax, also-are eliminated. This measure, however, is not without strong opposition. An important-fault with the plan, according to such leaders as William G. McAdoo, ex-Secretary of the Treasury, and Commander John R. Quinn of The American Legion, is that it excludes the soldiers’ bonus, which they strongly believe should be paid, and which they claim can be paid without preventing some tax reduction. in this generation if we pay & bonus. President Coolidge also di bonus-in fact and principle,-and has given unqualified support to the Mellon Plan. DO YOU FAVOR THE MELLON PLAN FOR TAX REDUCTION OR NOT? Mark your Ballot and support'your views. ALL CLASSES OF VOTERS in all States and all communities in the Nation are being polled with complete impartiality. They include business mien, mer- chants, farmers, manufacturers, railroad employees, bankers, clerks, bu?lden, contractors, superintendents, managers, carpenters, plasterers, plumbers, painters, printers, miners, steel-workers, workers in every trade and branch , both union and non-union, professional men and women of all clasecs, including lawyers, doctors, clergymen, authors, actors, newspaper men, These reports will have unique and ‘and citizgens of the whole country. DIGEST in the.most complete detail. .year, THE LITERARY DIGEST will be gathering opinions oo all sides bearing upon all the great prob- dentists, engineers, ediicators, architects, musicians, etc.; in short, all parties and all the classes of men and women who make up the voting population in all parts of the country. - NO PROPAGANDA OF ANY KIND is connected with this great National Poll of the American people. The Literary Digest is always strictly non- partizan and impartial on all controversial questions. It records the facts and the opinions of all political parties and all classes. That is why it has come to be regarded by millions of Americans as the one representative and -indispensable periodical record of all phases of American -life. HERE IS A COPY OF THE SECRET BALLOT {This copy is printed here for information only, and will not be accepted in the voting) SECRET BALLOT—No Signature——Nq Condition— No Obligation—Just Mark ag newspaper and periodical A upon THE LITERARY DIGEST with gbsolute certainty as it reveals, from from all prejudice and partizanship, the real state of the Nation's mind, the all'ssues, and the progress of all the great problems toward settiement. OF THE.GREAT POLL FEBRUARY 2d ISSUE