Show K KA Kill 11 The Tax On Travel A Wartime Tax that needs to be repealed is the 15 per cent federal levy on travel There was some justification justification cation for this tax when the government was attempting to discourage travel in the war war emergency But now with seats to spare on most common carrier equipment it makes no sense whatever The levy began at 5 per cent in the fall of 1941 rose roset roseto roseto t to 10 per cent a year later and jumped once more to 15 per cent in April 1944 Since then it has remained at that tha level evel falling faIling on users of rail bus and air line transportation alike In the fiscal year 1948 it added nearly a quarter of a billion dollars to travel costs The collection of it in ina a single year represents a million dollar burden on the railroads alone While Canada has repealed its wartime tax on travel this his country has continued it as if the crisis which inspired it were still in full force Both in justice to the common carriers and to the passengers who use them congress congress congress con con- gress should abolish this unnecessary levy It has has been a on peacetime travel in this country much too long ong Minneapolis Minn Tribune H |