Show DUE BACKON BACK BACKON iON ON JOBS AS TAX 1 PROTEST KILLED w i Company Withdraws f i Action Impounding Highway Cash j 1 Seven hundred Utah men mostly l heads eads of ot families are expected to tojo jo 0 back bacic to work Monday for the i te road commission as a result Vf Of f withdrawal b by the Utah Oil Re- Re of a protest on company compan payment pay pay- ment nent of approximately in tate gasoline taxes The withdrawal was made late Wednesday afternoon and released the I-the the money from impounding mak- mak Jingo it available to the road commis- commis lion ilon for tor maintenance betterment Tand state road construction t The men who were laid off Monday after the tax mone money had lieen licen Impounded were employed in uch work I I Fear j r- r The e road commission feared its entire entire 1935 program Including 4 worth of work with federal funds would crumble should other oil companies follow suit of aC the Utah Oil Refining company and pa pay taxes under protest The firm claimed an amendment to the gasoline tax law exempting from the per 4 gallon per levy matar motor mo- mo tar tor fuel produced In Utah from Utah I coal oal was discriminatory to companies com- com making fuel uel from crude oil f Gasoline taxes become road commission com corn mission revenue being used for administration administration ad ad- 1 ministration engineering costs pay pay- ments for right of ot way J anee betterment and state tion t K C. C Wright commission chief engineer said action would be taken Friday FrIda to reinstate work affected by the impounding t The The protest was withdrawn in a aletter aletter aletter letter by A. A N. N Johnson treasurer of f the Utah Oil Refining company i Withdraws Protest f f t In view of the fact tact we have assurance of at state officials als of cooperation co- co operation in promptly testing the gasoline tax law exempting certain I gasoline from taxation we are will will- k jug ng to and hereby do relieve the amount paid under protest from the protest Mr Johnson wrote and you may regard it as having been withdrawn hU General Joseph Chez Chea to t test st c constitutionality n on t df the amendment would have to beby be initiated by the oil company He said the supreme court had assur assured d him hima a aest te test t case would be given of right y Lt T The e W Wasatch teh Oil on Refining eining company com com- pany believed by state officials tot to tobe I t be the only only- Utah t h oil firm with a valid aUd claim to o exemption remitted in m t taxes late Wednesday afternoon f aT- wit with no exemption claim M Not ot Withdrawn f J A- A protest by the Continental Oil company on approximately in tax taxes s had not been withdrawn on Thursday t U Preston G G. G Peterson vice chairman chairman chair chair- man nian of tho road commission described de described do- do scribed the thc thc protest withdrawal as asa a generous public spirited action Ion fon Ion the part of bf the Utah Oil on ReCin- ReCin lug company r He urged on the proper state department speed in bringing a test cas case e. e |