Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-12-19 | Page 4 | Why They Grin

Why rh They Y Grin are r funny cusses Rig Right flight t i n now w Ui they y M MAYORS 71 ar are enjoying t the c biggest joke they ev ever t r rc c concocted 1 and the victims dont don't cl dare re make mak a k They cant can't eVen Veri protest that it is unconstitutional und un un- un constitutional d tio al ai and d if the they did the protest would not nt stick I Wh What t they hey did is just this The United States Gont Conference rence of Mayors feeling that it would b be very nice nic for c cities to collect more taxes which they could spend persuaded Washington Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington that it would be a clever idea if income taxpayers were r required to make duplicate re re- re turns One would go to Washington ti as i in the past and the other would woul st stay Y filed in local revenue collectors' collectors offices subject to the in inspection inspection inspection in- in of local taxI taxing g authorities As a result it is expected expect d that local g government gov government gov- gov v- v will vill be able to to collect mi millions lions in taxes that it has been missing heretofore The new revenue act is effective Ja January uary and 1 h burgomasters will get ge busy Headache or not n no one is expected to object In th the first place it would do no good and in inthe inthe inthe the s second cond place it would be very emb embarrassing rr Mr Dodger will just have to pay an honest ta tax tat Which is what he sh should uld have been Deen doing all along It was a bright idea this little scheme bf Of the ma mayors ors They expect to uncover billions in taxable property which they h have ve ven n never ver assessed before If however any plans are under way to reduce Old John Publics Public's contributions to public coffers pro rata rala and p per r capita no notice to that effect has found its way into the he public prints