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Show States Ask Federal Government To Cease Taxing Hotor Fuel I ' .J Legislature of 21 states, as indicated by shading on the map, havs adopted memorials demanding the fedrai aovernment end the duplicating federal tax on gasoline June 30th, 1935. WASHINGTON, D. O. State governments are asking the Federal Fed-eral government to fet out of the gasoline tax field tnd ta stay out! Memorials adopted by legislatures legisla-tures of 21 states call for elimination elimina-tion of the dupllcaiiag federal tax jpon gasoline at tke legal expiration expira-tion date June 30 next. Elimination nas been recommended also by the Senate Finance Committee and by other Congressional committees. State objection to the tax is based bas-ed largely upon the fact that it Invades In-vades a state tax leld aad handicaps handi-caps state efforts to finance highways. high-ways. Revenue from the Federal levy never has been earmarked for roads. The Federal gaaeUne tax cost consumers more than $170,000,000 in 1934 alone. Since 1917 highway users have paid in this, and other special additional Federal tasa total of J1.7J3.780.555. The iit government's regular road eiW; tuxes have been only JlE9,23j(! Efforts of state govemrnet, to eliminate the Federal tai been aided by nearly 250 organ,, ttns representing millions of payers. They have adopted rew tins and appealed to Indliljj Congressmen to end this tai Ju-30 Ju-30 next. |