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Show liTAHNS OPPOSE TAX INCREASE-ARE INCREASE-ARE 'HAWKS' ON VIETNAM WAR Residents of Utah's First Congressional District are overwhelmingly against the income tax increase proposed ( by President Johnson, according to Rep. Laurence J. Burton's sixth annual poll, results of which were revealed today. Seventy-nine percent of the poll participants said they do not favor the tax increase, with only 11 supporting sup-porting it... The remaining 10 is either undecided or expressed no opinion on the subject. Questionnaires were mailed by Rep. Burton in January Jan-uary to every household in the district. Over 13,000 responses have been received and tabulated. ..Tabulation was done mechanically by IBM. Utahns in the 1st District favor, fa-vor, by varying percentages, a federal tax sharing plan with state and local governments (56 for, 30 against); import im-port quotas to protect American Ameri-can idustry (75 for, 13 against) ; and stricter handling of rioters and demonstrators (84 in favor). A proposal to ban all mail order sales of firearms is opposed op-posed by an approximate 2-1 ratio. As far as daylight saving sav-ing time is concerned, the poll shows Utahns pretty evenly divided di-vided on the subject. Fifty percent of those responding favor Utah's participation in daylight saving time; 41 do not favor it. On the Vietnam War, 71 of the respondents said they do not approve of the President's Presi-dent's conduct of it, and 79 favor an increase in air attacks at-tacks against North Vietnam. Responses to the questionnaire were received before President Johnson's latest peace efforts. Sixteen percent indicated approval ap-proval of the way the war effort ef-fort is being carried out. A bombing halt is favored by only 6, with another 9 in favor of maintaining the bombing bomb-ing level at the present levels. The United States should not continue trading with nations that aid North Vietnam, Viet-nam, according to 87 of those polled. Only 6 favor such trade. On the domestic front, 70' of the respondents believe that spending on domestic programs should be reduced. Nineteen percent took the opposite view, with the remainder undecided or of no opinion. The poll also shows that |