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Show Page Eight 1 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1958 THE SALT LAKE TIMES Utah Foundation Reports on State's Payment of Taxes "Because of Utah's relatively low income levels, the state must rely chiefly on taxes collected from those in the lower income brackets to pay for the cost of governmental operations." This was one of the conclusions made by Utah Foundation, the private tax research organization in Its latest report on the state's indi-vidual income tax. To illustrate the above point, the report observes that com-plete confiscation of all taxable income above $9,000 in Utah would bring in enough additional revenue to operate the state gov-ernment for about 16 weeks. If the hypothetical confiscation is set at $5,000, the additional reve-nue would operate the state for approximately 28 weeks. Only 5 per cent of the individuals filing j 1957 income tax returns report-ed taxable incomes of more than $5,000, with only 2 per cent hav-ing taxable incomes in excess of $9,000. Foundation analysts report that there is an apparent correlation between higher income tax rates and a general withholding law for income taxes. Eight of the ten states that have enacted gen-eral withholding laws increased their state income tax rates soon after the withholding laws were adopted. In most cases, the in-creases were greatest at the lower income levels. An analysis of income tax lia-bilities in the various states re-veals that the average income tax in the states that have a gen-eral withholding law is consider-ably higher than in the states without such a law. The differ-ences are relatively greater at the lower income levels than at the higher levels. For a family of four persons with a gross in-come of $4,000, the average in come tax in the withholding states is twice that of the aver-age tax in the nonwithholding states. The analysis made by Utah Foundation also discloses that in most states the sales tax has acted as an offset to higher in-come taxes, especially at the lower income levels. The average income tax in the states having both a sales tax and an income tax is much lower than in the states having only an income tax. State individual income tax collections in Utah totaled $11,-454,66- 0, during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1958, according to the report. All of this revenue except for administrative and collection expense was placed in the Uniform School Fund for dis-tribution to local school districts. If this income tax revenue had not been available an additional state-wid- e property tax of 9.1 mills would have been required last year. Foundation officials point out that because of the steeply pro-gressive rates and moderate ex-emption and deduction allow-ances, Utah's individual income tax is the one state revenue source that rises even faster than personal income. As a result,, the state individual income tax has assumed increasing importance in Utah's state tax structure. In 1932 income tax receipts were 2.8 per cent of the total state tax collections. This percentage in-creased to 12.9 per cent in 1958. Finally, the report observes that "although the individual in-come tax is not a tax on busi-ness, it can have a market effect on business and industrial de-velopment by either encourag-ing technical, professional, scien-tific and executive personnel in locating in Utah." United Fund Pushes Toward 1958 Goal Contributions and pledges to the United Fund had reached the $707,550 mark at the recent re-port meeting held at the Murray B. Allen Center for the Blind. Harold J. Steele; campaign chairman, said the drive "will go forward and a definite continued effort is necessary to reach the goal. If the clean up work is con-scientiously followed through the goal could possibly become a reality." Mr. Steele issued a special ap-peal to those individuals who have not been contacted for their contributions to the Fund and who desire to give. He said, "I have had many calls from peo-ple who want to contribute, but do not seem to understand how to do so." The individuals may mail or bring in their contribu-tions or pledges to the United Fund office which is located at 72 West 2nd South in Salt Lake City. If further information is needed the public is urged to call DA Army Issues Call For Teachers Foreign teaching posts will be available in the Army operated schools for American children in Germany, France, Italy, Oki-nawa and Japan for the 1959-6- 0 school year. The greatest number of va-cancies will be for elementary teachers experienced in the pri-mary grades. Secondary teachers who quali-fy in two major fields will be needed also. Opportunities gen-erally exist for school librarians, guidance counselors and dormi-tory advisors. A limited number of administrative positions are expected. , General qualificatoins include a bachelor's degree plus two years experience. In addition to free transporta-tion overseas and return, rent-fre- e living quarters are avail-able in most areas. The tour of duty is one year. To assure consideration for the coming year inquiry regarding application procedure should be made to the Commanding Offi-cer, Tooele Ordnance Depot, at Tooele, Utah. Nation-wid- e Ads Feature Work of Utah Contractor The story of how a Utah con-struction company is literally moving mountains to complete a vital section of the new inter-state highway system in the northern part of the state is told this month in double page adver-tisements by CIT Corporation, whose financing service help to speed the work. Cutting through mountains and filling valleys, the Parson Con-struction Company of Smithfield is ahead of schedule in building a 10 mile segment of four-lan- e, divided highway on Interstate 82, starting some 12 miles west of Tremonton. The old route, U.S. 30, was a twisting two-lan- e road. "The $1,972,000 job will elimi-nate many hazards. All present crossings will be changed so that we will have underpasses and overpasses and cloverleafs for access. Grades will be reduced to a maximum of 3 per cent and bad curves will be straightened. The contract calls for completion by June 1959, but we hope to beat that," said Jack B. Parson, owner of the company. The advertisements, appearing in leading magazines serving the construction industry, point out that Parson, a road builder since the pick and shovel days employs only 10 hand laborers on the job. Most of his 80 man crew are operating giant earthmovers that take multi-to- n bites out of Utah mountains and carry the millions of tons of rock, earth full, gravel base and bituminous plant mix and roal gravel needed for the project. Other crews from his company are on road jobs in Idaho and Nevada. CIT's role was the finacing of much of the $1,500,000 worth of construction machinery being used on the Utah job. The firm is the largest single source of instalment financing for con-struction equipment and the na-tion's largest industrial financ-ing company. Foreign Students Gain In U. Enrollment Foreign student enrollment at the University of Utah has in-creased 68 per cent over the fall quarter of 1957, according to a report recently released by U. president Dr. A. Ray Olpin. The 170 foreign students come from 40 different countries. The lands having the largest repre sentation are Germany with 26, India with 25, Canada with 23 and Korea with 15. Fifty-nin- e of the foreign group are graduate students; 58 are immigrants to the U. S. In the graduate school, the de-partments of chemistry, chemi-cal engineering and psychology lead in the number of students enrolled. The College of Letters and Sci-ence ranks next to the Graduate with 32 students. It is followed i by the College of Engineering with 25. Of the 32 in letters and f science, 19 plan to enter engi-- neering after completing their j general education requirements. U of U Playbox Readies Comedy The rollicking laugh-a-minu- te which rocked Broadway for nearlyt hree years comes to the University of Utah Theatre Play Box as an early holiday attrac-tion December 2-- 9. While "No Time for Sergeants" has been seen on regular stage and on the movie screen, this will be one of the first times it has been presented in the inti-mate atmosphere of theatre-in-the-roun- d, director C, Lowell Lees explained. "No Time for Sergeants" was described by the famed New York Daily News drama critic, John Chapman, after its New York opening by saying, "Last evening was one of the happiest time I ever spent in any theatre. The stage version of 'No Time For Sergeants' is superb." The central figure in "No Time For Sergeants" is a modern Huckleberry Finn type from the Georgia back country who gets drafted into the Air Force, de-spite his farmer father's propen-sity for tearing up draft papers. He is guileless, gullible, lovable, innocent and practically wrecks the Air Force and later the army by the simple process of being friendly and willing. The large cast if fine local players is head-ed by Michael Ivie, who plays the southern boy Will Stockdale and Jon Jory, who plays his army buddy, Ben Whitledge. Tickets are now on sale at Kingsbury Hall from 9 to 5. The performances will be 8:30 in the Theatre in the Round. 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Those participating in the Ha-waiian tour, directed by Dr. Richard Gunn, professor of ed-ucation and art, will be able to take a five week program of courses there. The Quebec trip, directed by J. Reuben Clark III of the language department, will provide six weeks of study for credit in the French language and literature. The Hawaiian Islands study-tou- r will be offered in connec-tion with another to be conduct-ed later in the summer and will give those tour members study-ing at the University an oppor-tunity for outer islands study. The tour of Northern Europe will be directed by Dr. Vernon Anderson of the language de-partment. The tour will include 18 countries. Seventeen coun-tries are on the schedule for the tour of Southern Europe. The tour director will be Dr. Preston Gledhill of the speech depart-ment. |