Show DELAY SOUGHT ON TAX PLANS Solons Urged Urge to Wait Cang Congress Congress Con Can g gress ess Action Upon Social So cial I Security Laws An appeal appe-al to the legislature t to await formulation of the federal program program program pro pro- gram of ot social security before pushing pushing push ing through tax and regulatory measures incas meas ures was made before the state senate senale sen sen- ate ale revenue and taxation committee committe Tuesday by W. W W. W Ray Ray Ray- local attorney attorney attorney ney acting as spokesman for a large larg group representative of all Utah in The senate senat lounge was filled with with wit committee members other legislators legislator and spectators who evinced high in in- terest in the groups group's request made mad Monda Monday to present the thc need for a unified unWed consolidated and correlated correlate tax program programs Reading a six page statement Mr Ray Elay added a summary in which h he urged cooperation and declared the th elysium in which no one will pa pay taxes hasn't come yet You cannot expect 30 to 40 pe per percent percent cent of property to be removed from tax rolls without imposing a burden on industry he said His assertion did not mention the measure me but i it Continued on Page Face Two DELAY SOUGHT ON TAX PLANS I Continued from Pice One presumably was directed a at the res resolution resolution reso reso- Ju lution on pL passed ed by the senate providing f for r exempting from taxation real rea property properly a. a assessed up to 2000 and personal property up to Warning Given Mr tr Ray quoted from the governors governor's opening message to the legislature which said business Is passing through a condition so 50 serious it takes high courage to go forward He also quoted the committee of nine tax report which warned that ultimate extinction of productive industry industry in in- and injury to every class clas of people will result i U if taxable wealth and Income continue to decrease and demands lot for government functions continue to increase A tax tac program must take into account account ac ac- ac count existing conditions and must b be able to adapt itself to conditions he declared It would be futile to plan a program on the ba basis is of 10 or 12 years cars ago when there w was s more income and industrial wealth No tax program can be formed without remembering that 22 per cent of Utah's population is on relief He referred to the governors governor budget budget bud bud- get et message which ass asserted an opposition op Ope opposition op- op p position to avoidable increases in taxes U Utah b Must Pay ray The Th federal governments government's social security program Is being formed and arid something on it is expected within within with with- in n a week Mr Ray said There is no escaping th the fact Utah must meet neet its us share hare of the cost whatever it may be The first problem will willbe willbe willbe be to determine how much the cost will vill be and how it will be met Until that is ascertained it would be impractical to consider imposing I Iother other burdens Ever Every dollar for social so so- cial dat welfare is one that cannot be used for anything else Mr Ray listed two classes of measures measures meas meas- ures urea before the legislature taxation and regulatory The latter includes the workmen's compensation act the bill to limit underground activity of miners measures meas meas- ures regulating utilities and others h hp said There is no distinction between taxation and regulatory measures as far tar as social welfare goes pes Mr Ray also listed senate bills 88 and 1 boosting rates and repealing offsets of ot the individual income and corporation franchise taxes as among others restricting the capacity to comply com corn ply with the welfare program He said the mine bill would reduce operations 30 to 40 per cent and said such uch a reduction would be reflected in all aU related industries For ln In Income ome Tax Fee Senate bills 88 and 1 I as they now are will not enable the state to pay the costs of social security as the constitution dir directs the returns go goto goto goto to school schools and the general fund he declared He suggested a registration fee ee Under under un Un- der the individual income tax law suggested by the committee of nine could be used wed for social security security se se- se funds since the tho constitution ri makes no reference to such a feeA feeA fee A registration f lee fee would cut the cost of administering the income tax a aJ cost so excessive as to justify repeal repeal re reo peal of oC the whole law he said Mr Ray said that in 1933 a second special ecial session o of the legislature was necessary at a substantial cost because because be be- cause the regular session did did not await congressional action making the special session needed needed to place Utah in line with national legislation |