Salt Lake Telegram | 1948-12-13 | Page 2 | L. A. Mayor Says State, U. S. Tax Hurts Cities

L. L A. A Mayor Says State Stat U. U S. S Tax Hurts Cities Cities Cities' v WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Dec 13 UP P- P I Cities are being starved for revenue revenue rev rev- by br federal and state use of I the sales tax and other painless I collection collection devices I I Mayor Fletcher Bowron of Los Angeles carried that complaint Monday to the American Municipal along with a demand that cities be permitted to seek new sources of oC revenue to meet soarIng soaring soaring soar- soar Ing municipal costs The local tax base must be broadened through state or and/or federal action or the other levels I of government must be willing to finance cities in other ways Bowron Bowron Bowron Bow Bow- ron said In a prepared address As president and l keynote speaker speak er Bowron told some mayors and other city officials from 41 states that the three-day three session can be the most important one in inthe inthe inthe the history of municipal government government government govern govern- ment in this country The meeting marks the associations association's associations association's I tion's lions first attempt to unite cities with on a half dozen major policies the frankly admitted aim of lobbying lobbying lobbying lobby lobby- ing for tor them in Washington and in instAte instate instate state capitols Finance topped the list of problems which Bowron I named as crucial P j Policies e housing improvement reco i ifor for municipal defense and payments to the tiff a in place of taxes on state a aeral ant and rea eral property within city Il a also are on the three-day three agen Bowron said city officials t more taxpayer tom complaints plaints tv th m any other officials because SS are closer to the people ark and d b cause most if not all all of or the the theU h U den and more or less painless tS have been preempted by the r d oral eral and state governments Although cities citie receive a rd lively insignificant part of the b- b dollar municipal revenue s Ui tan f out like a sore thumb because e still sUll must rely largely ely on prop k taxes he declared m l' l