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Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-08-31 | Page 1 | State Adopts Rule for Use of Sales Tax

Type issue
Date 1933-08-31
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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Article Title State Adopts Rule for Use of Sales Tax
Type article
Date 1933-08-31
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Page 1
OCR Text STATE ADOPTS 1 RULE FOR USE OF SALES TAX Allocates Cate 85 Per er Cent of Levy for Direct Relief I I State S1 t i iun 5 for ih the an amortization rifa i n n of federal public works loans to U Utah h municipalities will be forthcoming only under unusual and u urgent g nt dr clr- clr and not more than 15 percent per cent ent of the revenue revenue from from the sales tax will ill be available for this purpose This strict policy with reference to tole the le expenditure of the anticipated revenue evenue from the sales levy various various- estimated y at between and was announced by Governor Gover Gover- nor or Henry HenryH H. H Blood Thursday follow follow- ing ng a conference with members of the combined state and federal N R A committees at the capitol late Wed Wed- nesda Three vital matters of ot policy were greed agreed upon by the consolidated com com- In connection with the ion tion of sales tax revenue earmarked by y the special session of the legisla legisla- lu ture ure re for direct relief and for the pay pay- pa nent ment of interest and principal on va va- ions rious ous public works projects in in the tate state Confronted on one hand with the obligation of ot the state to back a com corn public works program in inthe he the state and on the other by the press press- ing ng g need for all available funds for direct relief reUel of at destitution the com cornS adopted the following policy as the best solution of the problem TAX AX lAx APPORTIONED First sales tax revenue shall be divided on the basis of 85 per cent centor lor or direct relief and 15 per cent for public works amortization Second the he le state will participate in municipal public works projects project by paying a al percentage of the amortization costs only under unusual and urgent circumstances cir cir cir- and third all nU applications ions from municipalities for amortization aid must be passed upon by the Continued on p Pase re Two wO I STATE ADOPTS RULE FOR USE OF SALES TAX Continued from Pate Page One state emergency committee on public works Except where exigencies require a amore amore amore more liberal setup this policy the governor and committee members agreed shall be strictly followed so far Car as ns the public works section of ot the recovery program In Utah is concerned con con- This was taken to mean that those communities in the state which have co counted on the state assuming a part of ot the cost of ot amortizing proposed public works projects must carry the burden unaided unless unusual and urgent circumstances can cnn be proved to the satisfaction of ot the state public works committee Salt Lake City particularly will be affected by the new policy in the light of or a proposition submitted to the pub pub- lie lle works committee Wednesday by Mayor Louis Marcus POPULATION BASIS Pointing out that Salt Lake City pays the bulk of at the 2 per cent sales tax as well as general property taxes of the state and in addition is the center of Utah's population and wealth Mayor Maor Marcus urged that sales tax revenue for Cor public works amortization be allotted on the basis of ot population The mayor promised that the city would save the state and federal government government gov gov- in ten months if U the state would assume half of ot the cost of amortizing Salt Lakes Lake's public pub pub- lIc lie works program The program will provide man days of at labor markedly rc reducing uc- uc ing fag the number of ot families on the relief re lid lief lIet lists he declared He requested that on the basis of ot population one half of the amortization cost of ot the city's program be paid out of ot sales tax rev rev- Otherwise he declared the city might might might-be be forced to raise this money by taxation It was apparent that the report of Robert H. H Hinckley state relief administrator administrator ad ad- on current relief relict conditions condi condi- lions in Utah and his warning that the federal government is tightening the purse strings on relief relict fund allotments allot allot- allotments ments to the states state influenced the thc committees committee's decision to set aside the lions lion's share of or sales tax revenue for direct relief at the expense of at public works amortization EARMARKS FUNDS At request of ot the governor go how how- ever the committee guaranteed amortization amortization amortization amor amor- of ot the proposed 1 state building program by earmarking earmark ing annually from the sales tax yield for this purposes purpose This assured the state that a statewide statewide statewide state state- wide building program u which practically every state institution will share will be under way this fall tall if the federal government approves a public works loan to lo the slate for the purpose Allowing for the 30 per cent grant from the government only of ot the total cost bf bt the various projects eels will require amortization With With set aside for tor this purpose out of the sales tax it was pointed out the state will have available for tor am amortization of ot a program program pro pro- gram of public works for tor municipal ties tics This amortization cost cOt it was pointed point point- ed out could be shared by the state stale and the municipality receiving the loan on a 50 basis The brought all aU commit tees lees functioning under the state slate and federal recovery programs together for lor constructive concerted action forthe for lor the first time and the governor explained ex cx- was vas the forerunner of ot similar simi simi- lar round table conferences in the future withhold the blue eagle and In so ro doing single singh out the company from irom all alt the others oUters and th thus possibly create create create cre cre- ate a public opinion which might react react react re re- re- re act against the manufacturers manufacturer's prod prod- The third course would be to license the motor car industry under the national na na- na recovery act and seek punishment punish punish- ment meat of or any firm operating without operating without a permit The law lav provides provides' a line fine of ot 1500 and six months imprisonment Each Ench days day's operation of at a company is ls regarded by the language of the act as a separate offense Aside from the expression some days ago of ot dissatisfaction over the Insistence that h ha he sign the code Ford has declined comment There arc are many who believe he will sign in la the days remaining before the code becomes becomes be be- comes operative Mr Roosevelt's action action ac ac- ac- ac tion in calling for the facts in the matter mat mai ter ler is generally accepted as an omen of at eventual harmony Watching on the sidelines silent but vitally interested are ate the hundreds hun hun- of ot thousands of ot persons work persons work workers er ers in the plants in the mines the forests the assembly units unil the sales workers agencies agencies workers and their families They are lre the soldiers townspeople to students sailors etc the thc the anonymous I but vital dramatis personae in one episode of ot the highly dramatic parade parade pa pa- I rade toward p prosperity Ford Quoted Refusing To Sign N R A Code By LESLIE HARROP Copyright 1933 by United Press Pres MARQUETTE Mich Aug 31 Si- Henry Ford was quoted today by a fellow member of the exclusive Mt Huron club where the manufacturer has been in seclusion as saying that ho he would under no circumstances sign the N R A automobile code Ford was represented as declaring he considered the code unfair competition com com- petition and that he was not afraid of any possible boycott following his refusal to become regimented with other manufacturers in the same in In- The United Press' Press Informant who i said he talked with Ford yesterday I described the manufacturer as being very vigorous in his declaration against the code I
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