Show Bill Introduced To Place Power Tax on Companies V WASHINGTON ASHINGTON March 21 21 Representative White of Idaho to today today to- to day Introduced a bill amending the revenue act providing that hereafter the cent 3 tax on elec elec- electricity electricity shall be paid by private power companies and not by con con- sumers Under his bill biP municipal power plants would not be taxed Mr White in introducing the bill said power companies have been a preferred class under the I existing tax law and have been earning nice profits profi while consumers consumers consumers con con- sumers paying the tax ta have been I struggling under a heavy burden The power tax was an important issue in the Idaho campaign last fall I |