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Show inurnpi imuniiwiipr t DESERST 12 A NEWS, Thursday, April 10, r j ir miprupm 196? Targets Par Tax Reform WASHINGTON -C(AP) foundations onglomerates, and gentlemen farmers are expected to be targets of the first Nixon Administration's tax reform proposals. But millionaires who pay no taxes at all will escape for the time being. The proposals are to be presented to the House Ways and Means Committee next Tuesday with more recommendations to be sent to Capitol Hill in succeeding months. The Treasury Department has had to rush completion of its initial and limited package. Waws a.id Means Chairhas man Wilbur Mills, said actual drafting of legislation will begin Wednesday behind closed doors. Administration spokesmen have refused to comment on what the package will contain. But it was understood that some attention would be focused on conglomerates, financial empires that evolve from gobbling up other companies. According to Richard W. McLaren, the Justice Department's top trustbust"r, 170 of the 200 biggest mergers consummated last year involved that could be companies termed conglomerates. The Ways and Means Com- mittee has heard considerable testimony in recent months Indicating that tax laws make it easy for conglomerates to farm loss A to put While the problem could be approached from many angles, in the past the has been mainly in bills that would prevent a wealthy person from creating a private foundation to get for himself the tax breaks open to big proposal is curbs on loop-hue- f i . .27th South ,20ih Ed?t s through which 21 people who earned a million dollars T4sh 9th North or more last year were able to avoid paying any taxes at all. Vest Ve Atsopt Many congressmen are sympathetic to the idea of a spe- UoSoDJL Food cial tax assuring that every d person with a significant income would pay Stamps well-heele- CLOSED SUNDAYS some tax. focus Although not among the first proposals, the administration is likely to offer e v e n t u a 1 1 y o r at least J support some kind of legislation that would close The administration also is understood to fell that numerous hearings over the years have documented the need for reform of the tax laws applying to private foundations. charitable trusts. grow. expected wealthy people who farm as a hobby a hobby that can provide tax loopholes. 2 locations NOW But others, including top Treasury officials, feel the minimum tax requirement would only sweep tax abuses under the rug. They argue it would be more meaningful and bring more tax dollars to change the rules that allow a taxpayer to exclude his whole income from taxation. U.S.D.Ao choice 10 SALT LAKERS OFFER VIEWS t Pull Out Troops? Mon On Street Norbest Tethers Enthusiasm With Caution that. Continued from First Page ,r: astounded at the very possibility that there may be a light at the end of the Vietnam tunnel. I can't believe it, In the first place, said Miss Susan Nielson, secretary, 3126 You begin to Ave. think the war will go on forever. The sooner, the better, cheered architect Bill Rich2967 Metropolitan ardson, Its an indication were making progress in Paris. START SOMEWHERE You have to start some; where, and if some troops start coming home, the rest will have to come home before too long. The cynicism that has crept Into public consciousness about the war showed in others comments. Mrs. Kathy Cross, housewife, 671 W. 44th South, said she would favor the beginning beof a troop withdrawal, cause we're just sending them over to get killed, anyway." FRIENDS ARE KILLED Mrs. Mary Childs, 4441 S. 19th West, Roy, who works as a beautician in Salt Lake City, has been told by friends that troops have to get permission to shoot Viet Cong in some situations. I had a good friend whom high through school who was killed on his second tour of duty. In fact, Ive had six friends killed in two years over there, she said. Fred Kolb, U1 of U. gradu- ate student in economics, East, Apt. 6, wore a peace symbol around his neck but expressed a balanced Vv Mrs. Beck view. likes up. No mother ' QG PORK CHOPS Center Rib Cut 5)C to SUPeTsCOPE AMERICA S FIRST CHOICE IN TAPE RECORDERS BEEF LIVER BAR S BACON c LEAN Lb. 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Rich, former adjutant general of the Utah National Guard, now executive secretary of the Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce, believes the U.S. has to be really careful in any withdrawal. COULD BE GOOD I think it would be good If the conditions are right, he said. Vietnam is uppermost in people's minds and ought to be settled. n 09 U.S.D.A. Choice Hormel Value Brand to see 50? ghO see 517-llt- h Grade SIRLOIN STEAK I would like to see the war Mrs. Beck said. It end, makes me feel bad to see the boys come home all broken all I dated ' U.S.D.A. Choice Mr. Beck Gen. Rich Mr. Kolb "There is nothing I w'ould like better than a troop withdrawal, said printer Willard M. Beck, 29 S. Suite St. "My boy is in the Navy with the Distinguished Flying Cross for 128 missions over Vietnam." Mr. Beck said that his son has now "jumped Iron. the frying pan into the fire by being transferred to the explosive Middle East. hgtgRfol 'r 'A' The Becks added, however, U.S. troops should not shun their duty or back out of the Viet situation. that Ns Mm Mil-lera- Way. TURKEY Hind Quarter ROAST .Sri ; HaSuzSSJB&sZsSZ, ?1 LETTUCE P"l 9 ll f JfG u lb. Bun. iin ini i |