Show TAX REVISION LEAGUE I 1 ISSUES STATEMENT echoing the words of the great emancipator the newly formed citizens tax revision league has built a platform upon which the great ma masses s ses of the people can stand regardless of their individual leanings on the proposed constitutional amendments to be voted next november this league is an organization built after the ideal of the immortal abraham lincoln in bel being mg 11 0 of 1 the people by the people for the people through its medium it I 1 is proposed prop ased that we band ourselves es into a group and study the proposed constitutional amendments in order that we the people may understand de der stand the subject and determine for ourselves whether we wish to vote favorably or against the amendments essentially this is our organization in fact and one in which we are to have a voice representative citizens from all sections of the state meeting in salt lake recently approved a policy whereby the people will be asked to join in and finance a campaign tor for them to study the subject to each citizen member of this league will be preserved the inherent right of every american to speak for his honest convictions to the end that the subject may be thoroughly aired and the people themselves es crystallized popular sentiment 0 01 i the subject this league is echoing an ideal of which the american people need be reminded frequently in this day of super corporation structures coll osal individual fortunes and incomes the machine enslavement of industry the people must watch closely the ideals enunciated by the great emancipator les lest t we find the bark of freedom wrecked on the shoals of selfish interests the sovereign power powe of the nation the foundation of american institutions is vested in the people and whatever domination we suffer tor for the sake ot of our material prosperity it is well to keep in mind that we still have the control if we but choose to exercise that control through judicious use of the ballot box our fate is in our own hands through this medium of expression and vet we as citizens are all too apt to loose sight of the ideal all too subject to influences outside of our honest convictions all too prone to fail in exercising that most sacred of america ideals the vote taxation is the biggest subject bedoe the people of utah far more important than the election of officers will be the result of the vote on the constitutional amendments resigned to open the way for tax reform the platform and campaign outlined by the citizens tax revision league may prove somewhat of a test of whether we the people have lost our capacity of rallying together for a common cause a test of whether we the are I 1 capable of making an honest and conscientious study of the biggest public question yet to be presented to us for our action Is it worth a dollar to the individual citizen tor for him to become honestly acquainted with the subject and prepare himself to vote on this all important question will the people generally rally to the standard of this league |