Show Utah's Solons Oppose Excise Tax on Motors Seven Leaders of Industry Take Denunciation of Measure to Hoover LEVY CONSIDERED UNFAIR i President Warned of Effect on Employment Sales 81 Br Associated Press WASHINGTON Jan 22 Seven 22 Seven l leaders of the automobile industry t today oday took to President Hoover a d denunciation enunciation of a 5 per cent sales t tax ax on automobiles as restrictive and a nd discriminatory against their in in- in d Alfred P. P Sloan president of General General Genral Gen Gen- c eral ral Motors said the delegation had t told old the president their industry considered con con- s it unfair to impose such a s sales ales tax at this time We Wc feel that we have made our c contribution Sloan said through bettering our OUt product continuing volume vol vol- ume urne production and in many cases reducing prices We feel de definitely that such a tax would put the brakes on continued L volume production thereby affecting adversely employment and the sales of or industries allied with our own WILLING TO PAY We are willing to pay our pan part of any general tax But we feel that thata a 5 per cent sales tax on automobiles alone is discriminatory against our i industry The automobile leaders coming as asa asa a delegation from the National Automobile Auto Automobile mobile chamber of commerce commence met mci during the morning in an executive session at the United States chamber chambe of commerce They went in a body to the White House Those who talked with the president president dent were Sloan n W W. C. C Cowling of the thc theFord theFord S Ford Motor company Roy D. D Chapin L Lof of the Hudson Motor company Alvan Alvar I MacAuley of or the Packard company compari chairman of the Automobile chamber of ol commerce C. C W. W Nash of Nash I Motors George Graham of Rockne Motors and Robert Graham of the Paige Graham-Paige company compan George Graham has been selected I Iby by the group to represent th their r i industry in iii before beCore the house ways and means committee hearing tomorrow on the tax proposal MacAuley said they told the dent the automobile business as judged by results since the New York automobile show is looking splendid I |