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Show WALTER SHE AD Lobbyists Lead Cooperative Fight A. W 1 F THE number of lobbyists involved is any criterion, a bitter fight is in the offing in connection with the effort to remove tax exemption of larm cooperatives. The National Tax Equality association, which is spearheading the drive, has three registered lobbyists on the job. They are Paul L. Courtney, Court-ney, annual salary $10,000; Joseph F. Leopold, annual salary $8,500, and Clare A. Johnson, salary not specified. In addition, there are registered lobbyists from tax equality committees of New York, Indiana, Kentucky, Colorado, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Michigan, Missouri, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Texas, with recorded expenditures ranging from $500 to $3,700 for the Grst six months of 1947. Leading the fight on behalf of the cooperatives are six registered lobbyists, lob-byists, including John H. Davis, salary $11,000, William Heckendorn, salary sal-ary $7,500, and John J. Riggle, salary $7,500. representing the National Council of Farm Cooperatives; Jerry Voorhis, salary $7,500, representing the Cooperative League of the United States; R. Wayne Newton, salary $10,000, representing the National Association of Cooperatives, and RusseU Smith, salary $8,400, representing the National Farmers Union. ' |