Show Tax Sharin Sharing There is increasing support from the various states including including including ing strong support from governors governors governors gover gover- nors for the proposal that the federal government share some tax revenue with the Ute states AT THE R RECENT E C E N T winter i meeting of the National Gover Gayer Governors Governors I nors Conference only two Democratic Dem Dem- I g gove governors o v e r n o r s Richard I Hughes of New Jersey and Cal Cal- vin Rampton of Utah opposed a resol resolution to this effect eJect a resolution over overwhelmingly wh elm i n g 1 y passed The idea is opposed by President President Pres Pres- ident Lyndon Johnson but support support support sup sup- port has been growing steadily in recent years In view of widespread widespread wide wide- spread dissatisfaction with federal federal federal fed fed- eral administration of a number of Great Society programs its it's possible a sharing program will eventually be voted by Congress Con Con- gress if gress if not in the next two years perhaps in a new administration admin admin- THE TilE IDEA is basically sound Its merit is primarily marily that state governments are closer to the people operate with lower lower lower low low- er administrative costs and are more receptive to public ion Because of these factors state administration of some of the Great Society programs such as poverty anti-poverty would probably be more efficient more democratic and more popular pop pop- ular |