Evening Star Newspaper, September 8, 1935, Page 5

LEGISLATORS SCAN THREE TAX TYPES Estate, War Profits and Liquor Levies Scanned During Recess. BY JOHN C. HENRY. Three major types of Federal taxa- tion are being given exhaustive con- sideration by the Congressional Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxa- tion during the months between ses- sions of Congress, it was learned yesterday. Pirst of these, and perhaps of most significance, is the inheritance tax. Second is a system of war-profits taxes based on the suggestions of Senator Nye, Republican, of North Dakota, and third is the liquor taxa- tion structure. In the first and second cases, the technical staff is gathering data and puzzling over problems of agiministra- tion so complete information may be available to Congress next Winter in the event enactment of such levies is deemed advisable. In the third case, the studies are aimed at action to cur- tail possible evasion of liquor taxes already in force, in effect to curtail bootlegging activities. Inheritance Tax Much Debated. A type of levy which often has been given passing consideration, the in- heritance tax, came very much into the picture during the recent session, when President Roosevelt asked its enactment in his June 19 request for a “redistribution of wealth” revenue bill Complying, the House included the levy in its version of the bill, imposing | & graduated tax of from 4 to 75 per cent on the net value of inheritances above specific exemptions. Citing “the difficulties encountered in designing an inheritance tax even reasonably free from serious administrative difficul- ties,” the Senate Finance Committee struck out the inheritance schedule and substituted an increased estate schedule, which finally remained in the enacted law. i On adjournment of Congress, how- ever, the technical staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation was instructed to make a recess study of this proposi- tion, particularly thep roblems of ad- ministration. Although approximately 40 States have inheritance levies, the tion, particularly the problems of ad- | ministration which would face Fed- eral imposition of this tax always have defled satisfactory solution. In 1918, and again in 1924, attempts at such a tax were blocked, just as were those of 1935. Difficulties Held Overlooked. ‘With regard to these administrative problems, the joint committee made the following comment in a previous study: “Aside from the revenue argument in favor of the estate tax, from a practical standpoint it appears that a Federal inheritance tax would bring about many difficulties of administra- tion which the proponents of such a tax, having regard only for its so- THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO Richmond was without gas last night as authorities shut off the supply after flood waters from the James River extinguished fires in the | boilers of the gas plant and surrounded a reserve tank containing & “Breathing Spell” Comment Extracts From Editorials of Nation on President’s Announcement. Editorial comment from newspapers | cuse of uncertainty for lack of enter- in widely different sections of the Na- | prise, to respond to this assurance. In, tion on President Roosevelt's “breath- | Detroit the invitation was accepted | ing spell” announcement follow: | before it was sent.” Philadelphia Evening Ledger— Mr | Kansas City Times—"The reas- Roosevelt reveals his hope that further | surance which the President now has | business and industrial recovery will| sought to offer the country must await make for a Democratic victory at the | performance. The real test will come | polls. He intimates that the forces of | with that. It is not carried in the | reform will, for a while at reast, not | words of the declaration just made. | be allowed to interfere with Demc- | The declaration has been long awaited | cratic chances.” and repeatedly requested. Results are | | Philadelphia Record—"It is devout- | next, and only results will count.” | Iy to be hoped that his letter to Rcv | Rocky Mountain News—“President | | W. Howard will quiet some of the Roosevelt again demonstrates his | | screams of rage that have gone up | capacity for leadership in his frank | from the reactionaries since the Pres- | Teply to the letter of Roy Hosard, | ident proposed his share-the-weaith ; chairman of the board of the Scripps- taxes.” Howard newspapers. He recognizes | Philadelphia Inquirer—"It is a dis- | the honesty of much of the criticism | tinct disappointment that, if Presi- | of the New Deal legislative program | | dent Roosevelt had & message of reas- | and the positive duty to clarify our | surance for industry, he did not issue | Purposes, to describe our methods and ' Air View of Richmond Flood Area 24-hour supply. dustrial section in South Richmond. gress, with the basic features of the Government’s recovery program al- ready accomplished, will steer clear of legislation tending to obstruct rather than aid the return of business to normalcy.” Macon Telegraph—“It is not too much to say that President Roose- velt's letter to Roy Howard making it plain that business will now have a breathing spell is the most im- portant contribution that has been made to national recovery in two years.” Houston Post—"President Roosevelt has an uncanny ability to take the wind out of the opposition’s sails just at the psychological moment. Some Republicans will cry ‘campaign prom- ises’ but their sails are deflated. The news is as significant and cheering | to business and industry as to the | people generally.” END OF NEW DEAL LIBERALISM SEEN Representative Amlie of Wiscon- | called equities, are given to overlook. it directly, purposefully, straightfor- ‘The transmission and receipt of prop- | wardly. The artificially arranged co!- erty on the death of the owner thereof | loquy with Mr. Howard is neither takes place by virtue of the laws of | dignified nor convincing. Its effect| the several States. The probate of may be to leave industry with the wills. and thzezdminmuuon of the | impression that, although the Presi- estates of decedents dying intestate | dent is right when he disclaims pos- is exclusively & matter within their | session of ‘the magician’s wand,’ he | to reiterate our ideals.” Seattle Times— Doubt still must pertain to the purposes and effects of the administration. what Mr. Roosevelt said in his letter of last Priday, no one has any idea of how he and his subordinates are going to handle the new authorities Except for | Jurisdiction. “As long as the Federal Govern- ment levies a tax on the net estate retains a stout grasp on the dictator’s | bludgeon.” Boston Herald—“His letter may of the decedent as a unit, it does not | fairly be described as the moet en-| become involved in matters of probate | heartening utterance to the business and administration. With such a tax, | interests of the country he has made | it need not be concerned with the | since his inauguration. It is at once rights of the heirs or beneficiaries, | evident Mr. Roosevelt realizes the last- | or generally with the valuation of life | ing improvement in the Nation's estates and contingent interests. wealth can be achieved only throusn v the prosperity and expansion of pri- | i Weuk Beceine S, Hewerer. | vate enterprise and that he believes | However, with the Federal Gov- | the time is ripe for such an advance.” ernment levying a share tax, it would with which they are invested. One cannot help recalling a line of that authoritative and inspired article of George Creel's. It is the line in which Mr. Creel wrote, ‘Nothing bothers Franklin Roosevelt less than the charges of inconsistency.’ " San Francisco Chronicle—“The stock market took President Roose- velt's ‘breathing spell’ letter to Pub- lisher Roy Howard at its surface value. Prices went up, on the assumption the President’s letter meant what it Boston Evening Transcript—"To tell | seemed to indicate, rather than what | though we live in an age of potential necessarily become directly interested in such matters. Before the tax could be fixed the shares of the beneficiaries would have to be determined in the State courts. In case of dissatisfac- tion on the part of the Federal Gov- ernment with the settlement arrived at, it might want to appeal some ques- tions to a Federal court, such as the valuation of the property. “There might result an interference With the jurisdiction of the State courts, a great amount of confusion, and considerable extra expense in ar- riving at e settlement.” In contrast, however, it is admitted that the inheritance tax is a more equitable levy than the estate tax, in that it may provide for a different | rate against the more and less de- | serving beneficiaries of an estate, ‘whereas the estate tax imposes e sin- gle rate on the total value, bearing equally hard upon all who share in eventual distribution. Such Tax May Result, However. In the face of both sides of the | argument, it is possible, however, that the committee's studies during the next few months may lead before long to the inclusion of such a tax in the Federal revenue system. With Presi- dent Roosevelt already on record in support of this levy and the raising of revenue becoming inéreasingly im- | portant to a Government that has broken all records for spending, this possibility takes on added significance. As for committee consideration of the Nye proposals to impose confisca- tory taxes on war-time profits, strong pressure is sure to result both for and against any attempt to make such a theory into law. With conflict immi- nent in Africa and Europe, the Nye faction mustered sufficient strength in the closing days of the recent session to push through a neutrality law. In the event commercial interests find themselves faced with the “heavy sugar” of munitions and war supplies profits, however, they would surely wage a bitter and potent battle against congressional attempts to limit these profits. The Nye proposal, as ad- vanced last session, would take as much as 99 per cent of such profits in time of wer. Liquor Evasion to Be Probed. The committee survey of the liquor tax may lead to the conclusion that no changes are necessary, or it may lead to an extensive overhauling. Complaints of bootlegging and tax * evasion still are cropping up, but their volume has decreased in recent months. Liquor tax revenue in the fiscal year ended June 30, 1935, totaled about $411,000,000. That for 1934 amounted to about $259,000,000. The joint committee is headed nominally by Senator Harrison, Demo- crat of Mississippi, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and Rep- resentative Doughton, Democrat of North Carolina, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. L. H. Parker is chief of the technical staff of about 12 persons, this group doing the actual study. Railroads Busy. Railroads of Japan are busy. | the exact truth, it was the Suprewe | careful reading discloses it avoided { Court which first applied the brakes| saying, * * * The President, as & | to the Roosevelt program and set the | careful writer, must be presumed to | precedent for a ‘breathing spell” De- | pave intended his omissions. When | spite & certain amount of cynical|pe saig ‘he liked' Howard's para- | skepticism in anti-Roosevelt QUATLers, | graphs about our existing economic we feel the country must take at face | sustom he did not say he agreed | value the President’s announcement | wiep it that he is no more interested in rfe-| §an Francisco News—"The slogan overy than he is in reform.” from here on should be, ‘Business, you ‘ Boston Daily Globe—"Politically, | asked for it; you have it; now let’s Mr. Roosevelt's letter indicates his de- | see what you can do with it.’ * * * | sire to stand in the approaching cam- | It is fitting that the President should paign on the record made and to take | summarize as he has objectives of his | advantage of whatever prestige may | program to date and in the future, accrue to the party in power from|so the great mass of people mey | the momentum of recovery, but there | judge whether revolution lurks there- is one element of uncertainty to bein, * ¢ * It will contribute greatly to reckoned with, and that is the pos-|the confidence his whole letter In- | the President has come to the realiza- sibility of decisions by the Supreme | Court which might invalidate some of | the key measures of the New Deal.” Boston Post—"It reveals plainly that tion that recovery has been hampered by the fear of restrictive legislation, additional heavy spending and puni- tive taxation. Indeed, an impression has been created in business circles that the administration was not par- ticularly eager for recovery until re- forms had been completed.” Cleveland News—President Roose- velt assures the Nation that his basic program has been accomplished and that business is to have a breathing spell. That is, in effect, the opening of the President’s 1936 campaign for another vote of confidence from the American peoples.” Cleveland Plain Dealer—“This feel- ing of uncertainty in the business world has been one of the barriers across the path to complete recovery. The President’s letter to the Scripps- Howard executive flashes the green light. Now let business proceed.” Cincinnati Times Star—“If Frank- lin Roosevelt were one of those ‘horse and buggy’ Presidents who took their own pledges at face value * * * in- stead of an executive whose utter- ances too often cancel each other, his statement, ‘The breathing spell of which you speak is here—very de- cidedly so, would be big news. * * * Anyway, we hope he means it * * * and that he will let the world-wide business recovery, which he has done quite as much to retard as to pro- mote, go ahead in this country.” Louisville Courier-Journal—“1t is a truly inspiring letter which President Roosevelt wrote. This frank and con- vincing exposition of the President’s aims, methods and achievements should allay the fears of honest industry and business, while knocking the wind out of the sails of the piratical critics in their campaign of misrepresentation and destruction.” Chicago Herald and Examiner— “Senator Long was inspiringly right when he said our beloved President ‘would be a great man if you could only believe him, but who can and who does?’ " Detroit News—“The capacity of the Government to encourage uncertainty,, which has gripped the community of affairs for many months, has largely dwindled with dispersing of the law- makers. There remains on the part. of business, which has given the ex- A spires.” Oakland Tribune—“The President’s announcement recovery is at hand will be greeted with unanimous hope that he’s right. If there is no tremendous outburst of cheering enthusiasm it will be because recovery, upon other occasions, has been discerned in the near distance. Checking back on the indices, Americans may find many in- dications of industrial progres. * * The view over a distance of 12 an 24 months is assuring.” New Orleans Times-Picayune— “Profoundly aware that the long de- pression was psychological as well as economic, the Executive has taken both factors into consideration and has outlined his views in a long let- ter. This document lacks some of the terseness and vigor Mr. Roosevelt is accustomed to put into his fireside chats, but it takes up the points made by reasonable critics of his adminis- tration and answers them fairly. Coming at this time, the letter is sure to be construed by the opposition as political, and thus be shorn of some of its force, but it constitutes a direct pledge, and as such becomes part of the record.” New Orleans States—"It (the Presi- dent’s statement) will take a great deal of ground from under the feet of hostile politicians who play on ‘un- certainty’ as a great part of their strategy.” New Orleans Item—"“To many of the administration’s ‘hostile political critics it (the statement) may not be so welcome. But since these have been clamoring for it, they really ought to be pleased, too.” Richmond News-Leader—" ‘Breath- ing spell'—is that all you can admit the present situation to be, Mr. Presi- dent? That use of the past tense in reference to activities of the years 1933-35—does that have significance, sir? * * * In short, have you merely paused or have you set a period?” Atlanta Constitution—“The Presi- dent’s statement gives ground for the hope that the next session of Con- bave found relief in Mountain Valley | Mineral 1 Water direct from famous Hot rings, Arkansas. Mildly alkaline. corrective. Use it in your Mineral Water 1408 K" 8t N. W. ] | sin Interprets “Breathing Spell for Business” Statement. By the Associated Press. | Representative Amlie, Progressive, of Wiscomsin, cheirman of the Amer- ican Commonwealth Political Federa- tion, said yesterday President Roose- velt’'s signal of a “breathing spell” for business meant “the end of New Deal liberalism.” Amlie said the President apparently | had decided to shut his eyes to the | problems of the millions of unem- | ployed and those living on charity, and added: | “The President’s popularity among some liberal, labor and farm groups | has been based on the hope that before long he would do something fundamental about the fact that al- i abundance, the people are forced to | endure appalling and unprecedented poverty. The President has now blasted that hope. “I have felt for a long time that the liberal supporters of the Presi- dent were deluded by false hopes and I am grateful to the President for his clarification of his position.” OPPOSITION RECOGNIZED Senator White Declares Roosevelt Is on Defensive. LEWISTON, Me., September 7 (#). — President Roosevelt’s “breathing spell” statement was visualized by Senator Wallace White, jr., Republi- can, of Maine today as “significant in that it recognizes the growing opposi- tion to the President’s theories and | policies.” | “The President,” he said, “is now | thoroughly on the defensive. The | President’s admission that the con- | sumers taxes fall relatively much more | heavily upon the poor than upon the irich is the most important in his| statement.” e Rabbit Plague Fought. To fight a rabbit plague, Wexford | County, Irish Free State, has started an “Eat More Rabbit” campaign. D. C., SEPTEMBER 8, 1935—PART ONE. D.C. GROUP HURT IN 3CAR GRASH Injured in Collision Out- side Annapolis. By the Associated Press. ANNAPOLIS, Md., September 7.— One person was injured seriously and several others cut and bruised tonight as three automobiles were in collisizn just outside Annapolis. Suffering a fractured skull and satd This air view shows how flood waters invaded the in- —A. P. Photo. Politics (Continued Prom First Page.) spell,” which appeared in Mr. How- ard’s letter and also in the letter of the President. Some of the Democrats feel that the use of that phrase was particu- larly inept. On the other hand, it was said, had the President come forward with a plain declaration that he was through with legislating to control business, it might have injured him seriously with the New Dealers—who certainly are not through with such legislation. And so the political effect of the Roosevelt-Howard correspondence was widely discussed, pro and con, in the Capital yesterday. Senator Vandenberg of Michigan, in a statement telegraphed the Associat- ed Press yesterday from Holland, Mich., said “too many other broken promises, notably the complete wreck- age of the 1932 election platform, warn against automatic credulity.” Col. Frank Knox, Chicago publisher, termed it “just another promise.” He | evinced no fear of the effect in the | East, having said this territory “has | returned to its former Republican allegiance.” Young Illinois Republicans set out to enlist youngsters of other States behind him for the nomination. Michelson States Views. At the same time, in his series of articles entitled “Dispelling the Fog.” Charles Michelson, director of pub- licity of the Democratic National Com- mittee, gave his estimate of the situa- to be in a critical condition, Charles Neuberger, 21, of Chevy Chase, was taken to Annapolis Emergency. Hos- pital. Mrs. Virginia Sanford of Wash- ington, with a cut forehead, was also admitted. State Patrolman J. C. Gates, who investigated, sald the collision oc- curred at the South River Bridge as Neuberger swung his car out of line of trafic. It collided head-on with the automobile driven by Robert Lee Grim, 30, of Washington. Both cars were demolished, Gates said Neuberger's car then swerved back into the line of traffic and sideswiped and badly damaged the automobile driven by Robert Joyce, colored, of Mayo. The three drivers would be charged with reckless driving, the officer said. Mrs. Sanford was riding in Grim’s car. Also in the machine were two young boys, Robert Sanford, II, and Robert Sanford, III. One suffered a cut forehead, the other a sprained wrist. Edward McAlwee of Washington, passenger in Neuberger's automobile, escaped injury, ICKES CLOSES P. W. A. BOOKS TO REQUESTS Moves Deadline Up to Consider Projects Before Board Meets September 17, With 5,500 applications on hand calling for allotment of a billion dol- | lars, the Public Works Administration | announced yesterday it had closed its | books to further requests. | President Roosevelt had fixed Sep- tember 12 as the deadline for sub- mitting applications in final form for a share of the $4,060,000,000 works re- llef fund, but Secretary Ickes moved | it up yesterday to permit study of | | P. W. A. proposals before the final | meeting of the Allotment Board on September 17. Informed circles saw virtually no hope for the great majority of Ickes’ P. W. A. projects. Shoved almost | completely in the background of the | new employment drive, 2,000 of his proposed projects involving $335,000,- 000 have already been rejected by | Harry L. Hopkins, works progress | have to burn any wheat. | unreasonable to him, conditions being | | acres and found he had exceeded his | | check it. Wheat Burned Because Law Is Difficult to Understand Missouri Farmer Who Was Not Per- Chevy Chase Man Critically| mitted to Give It to Charity in Differ- ent Position From Potato Grower. BY MARK SULLIVAN. At Sarcoxie, Mo., last month, the local newspaper, the Record, published the following narrative of an episode in present-day American life: “Roy Grieb, Parshley farmer, set fire to a stack of his own wheat Tues- day afternoon, then stepped aside and said: ‘I didn't want to burn it! Of- fered to give it to the poor, do any- thing except set it afire. Of course, I made a contract with the Agricultural Committee (Triple A) but I was in- nocent of any wrong intention. I saw | the county agent (of Triple A) and| didn’t understand from that I would | have to burn the wheat, but after; it was stacked the committee told | me there was nothing else that could be done.’ . “Fire gradually spread through the wheat stack which had been hauled to a field, spread out and fired. Two members of the township committee (local administrators of A. A. A)| were present to see that it was prop-| erly and thoroughly done. They didn’t seem to be enjoying themselves, but | they agreed there was nothing else | to do under the agricultural ad-| justment act. * * * The Government, | Mr. Grieb said, paid him $190 in the | last two years to restrict his wheat | acreage. He thinks he will receive | other payment next year, prob- bly $120. He doesn't understand | it all very well and didn’t think he'd | That looked | | what they are, people in want of food and the Government carrying on, relief. Nothing Else to Do. *“Quickly the flames spread through | the wheat stack, fanned by a gentle | breeze from the north. Mr. Grieb es- timated the stack contained 150 bushels. Now he was obliged to burn it after sowing, tending, harvesting, | binding and stacking. Somehow it didn't look right, but the Agricultural Committee said there was nothing else that could be done. “This is the second wheat-burning incident west of Sarcoxie. James ' Bryant, east of Mr. Grieb a few miles, burned a crop off of 3 acres about | a month ago. He contracted for 30| quota. His wheat was burned in the windrow, before stacking. It was| worth, Mr. Bryant thinks, about $40, not counting the straw.” The incident seemed so extraordi- | nary that I asked a representative of the Springfield (Mo.) Daily News to From his report and from information from A. A. A. headquar- reconstruct the whole story. Triple A makes contracts Wwith farmers. The farmer promises to re- duce his acreage of wheat, and Triple A pays the farmer for doing this. In the present case the farmer, Mr. Grieb, contracted to plant not more than 57 acres. He planted, how- ever, 20 acres more than his allot- | “bottle top” administrator, on the ground that material costs were too high or that there wasn't a sufficient supply of | ment. He says he asked the Triple A local relief labor. agent if he could mow the extra 20 Although $900,000,000 was ear- | acres before it was ripe and use it | marked for local P. W. A. projects, | for cattle feed. He says he was per- only $125,000,000 has been allotted so | mitted to do this with extra acreage far. Barely that sum is expected to |last year. Apparently this year there be added by Hopkins unless the Presi- | Was delay in getting a decision on | dent overrules his rigid insistence upon | Whether he could mow the wheat low-cost projects similar to those of A Breen for cattle food. Meantime the the works progress administrator. Hopkins revealed last week that not a single man is being employed on | tion, in which the Republican party | wheat ripened and Mr. Grieb har- vested it. Subsequently the Triple A | agents seem to have told him that he | would have either to destroy the extra | | the former President. finds itself before it names its presi- dential candidate to run against Mr. Roosevelt. Michelson wrote: “Now if there is anything the Re- publicans do not want at this time, it is discussion of candidates. They have no naticnal figure—except, of course, ‘They have the burning fued between the liberal and the reactionary groups, which strategy | demands they should keep smothered as much as possible until the show- down at their convention. Moreover, they would like to avoid the rivalries of today against the time when they must assay the upbuilding of a political nonentity into the stature of some- thing approaching presidential size or accept again the Hoover candidacy.” Referring to the poll which Robert H. Lucas, former executive director of the Republican National Commit- tee, is conducting among Republican county chairmen and other party leaders on the subject of presidential “possibilities,” Michelson stated: “It is generally suggested he (Mr. Lucas) is working for Frank Knox. That is quite probable, for Col. Knox is consistently second on the poll, which is a good deal like a race horse having the rail position. It keeps the Chicago editor up in a good place to be observed, while avoiding the gang- ing the first on the list incurs from the rest of the competitors.” Borah Far in Lead. First on the list in the Lucas poll, by a wide margin, is Senator Borah of Idaho. Michelson makes no men- tion in this article of the Idaho Senator. His statement, however, that the Republicans have no national figure except former President Hoover seems to imply that Borah is not a nationa] figure. Republican supporters of the Sena- Here's the finest hot - water heating equipment you can buy . 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Mr. Grieb ! says he suggested giving the wheat to J= . | charity but this apparently was not i work, exclusive of the regular C. C. C. | acceptable. In the end the wheat e = | was burned as described by the Sar- | KANSAN DIES ON TRIP | °x® Resord: Result Only Logical. L. S. Seymour Former Aaronnuti-‘ cal Association Head. TOPEKA, Kans., September 1—L.i S. Seymour, 46, member of the Kansas State Highway Commission and | former president of the National | Aeronautical Association, died at a hotel here today after a heart attack. He was traveling from his home at Wichita to Excelsior Springs, a health | resort. Friends said Seymour was & track | coach at the University of Michigan for a short time after his graduation | there. He formerly was manager of a large Wichita hotel. His widow sur- vives. tor take a very different view. Indeed, some of them contend that there would be wailing among the Demo- crats should the Republican National Convention finally nominate Borah to run against Roosevelt. It is possible that Michelson does not consider there is any likelihood that Borah will be the Republican nominee. However, Borah-for-Presi- dent Clubs are springing up in many From the point of view of the farm- er in this case, he seems clearly to have made a contract and failed to live up to it. He had received cash and was to receive more. The con- clusion that he must either forfeit his payments or destroy the extra wheat is logical. It may be fan-| tastic to pay a farmer to reduce his acreage, and even more fantastic to burn the excess, but if the underlying principle of A. A. A. be granted, the | result is logical. Prom the point of view of the pub- lic, of national policy, it is desirable to explain briefly how wheat control works. Wheat control is voluntary. Wheat control is not like potato con- trol. Potato control is completely compulsory. In potato control the farmer must first get a permit from Triple A. No farmer is permitted to raise and sell more than 5 bushels of potatoes without first getting a Government permit. Then Triple A tells him how many bushels he is al- lowed to raise. If he raises more he must pay a punitive tax roughly equal to the whole value of the po- tatoes. If he tries to sell any of his excess without paying the tax both he and the buyer of the “bootleg” po- | tatoes are subject to fine, and for a second offense, imprisonment. That! g parts of the country. Do you or your Best in Music. whose career in 1857—78 years Band and Orchestra world’s great musicians? stations broadeasting Good Music? We are thoroughly equipped to provide the means for enjoyment of all that is Founded by Edward F. Droop (father of Edward H. and Carl A. 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Ultimately, of course, the tax is paid by the whole public that eats bread. The aggregate collected up to date is $241,482,107. With this money triple A offers every wheat raiser a con- tract to reduce his acreage. Abgut 579,418 reduction contracts were made last year. The basis of payment for reduction is quite intricate. One is not sur- prised that the unhappy Missouri farmer “doesn't understand it very well.” It is too intricate to explain in detail in the present space. The calculation begins with an estimate of how many bushels the farmer raised on the average of the years 1930-32. From this a reduction is required. The reduction is in terms of acres, because yield in bushels can- not readily be calculated in advance. Of the number of bushels, it is as- sumed that 54 per cent was for con- sumption in America. On this 54 per cent only the farmer is paid a “benefit.” The benefit is 30 cents per bushel, less the expenses of adminis- tration, which is about 2 cents per bushel. (Copyright. 1935 by New York Heraid- Tribune.) STATE TAX TOKENS FIND U. S. PASSIVE Federal Authorities Apparently Resigned to Use of Pieces in Paying Sales Levies. By the Associated Press. Federal officials appear resigned now to putting up with the so-called and other tokens some States are issuing for payment of sales taxes. Failing in an effort to get Con- gress to authorize coining of midge* |ters in Washington it is ible m:money for making fraction-of-a-cent change, Secretary Morgenthau inc - | cated Federal action to prevent Statr from making tokens looking lik money was up to the Justice Depart- ment. But the latter agency said yeste'- day it wa® doing nothing and tha it was up to the Treasury. Treasury officials explained that s~ long as the States confine their tokens | to pieces which may not be mistaken for money—the original Treasury ob- jection—they did not intend to be- come involved in & legal contro- versy. “Qur problem now.” said one offi- cial privately, “is to prevail upon the States to stay away from tokens look- ing like coins.” They were encouraged by Illinois’ move in changing its sales-tax token from a dime-like disc bearing the legend that it represented so many mills—a legal unit of real money— to a larger piece with irregular sides s QUITS OCEAN FLYING Kingsford-Smith Says Twice Is Enough. SALT LAKE CITY. 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