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Show I OPPOSITION TO NEW TAXES In an effort to pay a bonus to the -oldlers, congress has proposed to raise the funds by a special tax on automobiles and on gasoline. This course is meeting with determined opposition ou the part of automobile sealers and manufacturers, and also ,f state authorities who have been looking in that direction for the state 1 revenues necessary to keep up road j maintenance and pay interest on Utah is aiming to appy a lax on u9oline for road purposes. If the cdcral government enters this field, ; M, i.be combined federal and state tax will prove excessive. The Minnesota highway department has sent the fol lowing message: Individual members of the Ameri-H1 Ameri-H1 , An Association of State Highway Of ticlals can aid to avert serious handt capping of highway development by wiring their congressmen to oppose auotomotive and gasoline taxes pro-, poed for soldier bonus revenue. Many J states are mainly dependent on such; licenses for highway funds and pro-' I test again federal encroachment on established stale revenue sources Prompt action is imperative " The federal government should find 'some other method of raising the required re-quired funds to pay the bonus, and yet j in whichever way the government turns there is opposition. Congressmen are being overwhelmed with telegrams protesting against any one' and all of i the proposed tight forms of special j taxes, the business interests insisting insist-ing that extra taxes at this time will upset industry and make complete re-1 ; adjustment impossible The only solution may be the issu- j Ing of bonds. |