Show WAR TAXES STILL IN EFFECT ress should repeal the wartime war time excise taxes that apply s commodities and also to rail bus and plane tickets roster of those who favor and have long favored repeal representative and impressive it includes labor unions 4 retailers consumer groups and economists it was brained brined by secretary of commerce sawyer the argument is based on two facts t these taxes were strictly wartime war time emergency meas i were designed to discourage production of certain kinds u at a time when the whole nation was straining to live up 2 i eeds ads of the war effort the revenue the taxes raised was a tura matter the war has been over for years yet the taxes I 1 L in n the books rid ad retailers manufacturers and others who know what is i a say that these taxes definitely harm the sale of affected i or r instance an additional 20 per cent tacked on top of the i i 1 1 14 4 fur coat is enough to stop many people from making the L 1 r Emp employment loment is thus adversely affected and the volume kal 11 trade which has so much to do with our prosperity is an n it would be otherwise itous which are taxed should certainly not be considered birj ri luxuries in a nation which desires a high and improving ard of living their widespread ownership and is one of f tt which distinguishes this from most other countries |