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Show ,cent of his- income in both direct and indirect xeaerai, state, and local lo-cal taxes. A married person, earning earn-ing $1,500 a year, is paying about $250 of his income in such taxes. This information, which comes from the secretary of the treasury, should carry considerable weight with Americans who are anxious to distribute the financial burden' of war along just economic prin-1 a POORER PERSONS i TAX BURDENED There is considerable significance signifi-cance in the warning of Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgen-thau Morgen-thau that "selfish interests" are seeking to shift part of their tax responsibility to "poorer persons," who are already making a "fair contribution" to taxes. The Secretary of the Treasury says that no further taxes should be levied on the lowest income group until every other avenue of revenue has been exhausted and every loophole has been closed. Mr. Morgenthau gives the result of a study, made by his research staff, which shows that the average aver-age single person, earning $750 a year, is paying $130, or 17.3 per |