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THE ABILENE REPORTER - NEWS
Abilene, Texas, Friday Morning, April 24, 1959
EGISLATURE TAX BILL PROVISIONS:
WHERE ALL AMERICA SHOPS AND SAVES
Nixon and Kennedy
On Opposite Sides
(Continued from Pg. 1-A> AUSTIN (AP)—House members 200,000 increase by a one cent
don't know how big a tax bill they increase in the cigarette tax;
ations bill "so we can cut it down tentatively approved Thursday raise up to 644 million a year with
to the available revenue and go Floor estimates in the heat of a new tax on trading stamps:
home. debate ranged from 60 to 100 mil- decrease income $100,000 by cut
The House tax bill vote came lion dollars for 1960-61. tjng a tax on theaters, raise 2%
after it overwhelmingly rejected An unofficial tally by The Asso- million by a revised tax on radio
nois the GOP leader, then moved a gross receipts levy offered as ciated Press shows that the 290 and TV sets; raise $821,000 a year
a substitute.
WASHINGTON (AP) - A key
Senate labor bill vote which found
Vice President Richard M Nixen
and Sen. John F Kennedy (D-
Mass) on opposite sides seems
likely to have extensive political
repercussions
The two men are the most in Senate parliamentary proce-
talked-of candidates for the Re dure The rules say that once a
publican and Democratic presiden- motion to reconsider has beeen sales tax.
Gal nominations next year, killed, another such motion may The Senate gave up hope of im-
At issue in two hairline Senate not be made mediate House action on taxes. It
votes Wednesday night was an
to reconsider the vote and Sen
Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz) moved
to table or kill that motion Both . _______-____
supported the McClellan amend- bills as one that would raise 206
The vote was 84-40.
million dollar general tax bill by a tax on storage of foreign oil;
(HB727) now has a face value of decrease income by 34 million a
amendment to Kennedy’s labor
ment.
Their move was a routine one
Rep. Sadler fervently urged his $76,853,490. year by revising franchise tax re-
... „ vue would suibe 203 The actual cash available may quirements: raise 1% million a
million dollars a year. He said shrink to about 19 million dollars, year by a 10 cents per gallon in-
it would retire the deficit and bal. A provision in the bill earmarks creased tax on hard liquor; dou-
ance the budget "without selling 29 million dollars a year for ble existing tax on wine to yield
the folks down the river" with a school improvements—mostly a * *
$396 a year raise for teachers.
WARDS
MONTGOMERY W A RO
AST 2DAVS
11.100.000 a year: get *1.100.000
by tripling retail beer dealers li-
censes.
Raise 6 million dollars a year? In amending the bill the House
The roll call on the tabling mo- quit until Monday. Ito calendar in new revenue by increasing the removed, 20 of the original 36 tax
tionresulted in a 4545 tie. "Which was stripped of major bills that natural gas tax 7 to 8 per cent; proposals.________________________
yon Resue d *010 uv 1- : ___r;__1 donpanee mauenta %. conn non .
Briefly the bill would:
proposals.
bill which the amendment's spon-li Nison in vote He voted might have a chance before final decrease revenue by $800,000 a
sor. Sen John L McClellan <D- qualified Nixon 10 vote: “e voted ---------•— — +-----— “-----1-
Ark), terms a "bill of rights" for clinching the McCellan amend-
rank-and-file union members the ....
Kennedy opposed the amend- ment into the bill.
M motion 'in effect adjournment year by decreasing the sulphur Of the famed Seven Wonders
for the tabling Before cessed for lunch the tax $1.40 to $1.03: raise $7,200,000 of the Ancient World, only one
House killed a sales tax plan, 123- annually by raising the auto sales survives — the Pyramids of
There were no switches between 23. It was written 10 produce 120 tax from 1.1 to 1.5 per cent: $9. Egypt.
million dollars a year from a one -
ment The AFL-CIO also opposes
it. arguing that it "largely de-the two votes, taken minutes apart
the historic concept of a but
A a voluntary association had left the chamber before the Rep Ben Atwell of Dallas, auth-
McClellan on the other hand, second was taken They were or of the defeated bill, denied it
contend, that disclosures by the Sens. James 0. Eastland (Miss), was a general sales tax. He said
sanae-uboManazemen Com- B Everett Jordan (NC) and it was a broad-based levy hitting
mitse which he heads prove there James E. Murray (Mont.). East- "everybody a little bit.” Rep. H.J.
minedNorlaws toGuarantee un- land and Jordan had voted for Blanchard of Lubbock led the fight
ion members such rights as those the McClellan amendment and against Atwell’s proposal. "It’s
of free speech and of equal voting Murray against it; thus the tie just a general sales tax," he said
rights in union elections. on the second vote The Senate adopted and sent to
With the votes of most of his Nixon's vote took on added sig- the House a resolution asking for
Southern Democratic colleagues nificance because the Kennedy investigation into what it called a
and 32 of the 34 Republicans, Me- forces, if they had the opportunity, movement to stop importation of
Clellan succeeded in writing his presumably could muster enough foreign labor to ranch and farm
provisions into the bill. The vote votes to overturn the original de- areas.
was 47 46 cision to write in the McClellan The Senate passed and sent to
Sen. Everett M Dirksen of Illi- provisions the governor a House measure
requiring garbage to be cooked
UAT rADAAY AIICC before being fed to swine. Its ob-
I I LLAUBL jective is to control vesicular ex-
"IV." anthema, a hog disease. The bill
(Continued from Pg. 1-A) possible — maneuvers that would (HB151) passed on voice vote.
take only a majority vote to put. Temporarily approved was an-
courts have ruled such cases, across - _______other bill (HB201) prohibiting use
which involve interstate corn. One of these might be a vote to of the word "wholesale" in cata-
merce. cannot be handled by state . £ to the Senate logues and other advertisements
court regulations agencies. ----Tardrtemrikit instruetions by companies which sell on the
Support for the defeated amend- ten the MeCieiian amend retail level.
E ===== - -. = - ==:
Democrats and 9 Republicans everything in the bill and substi- livestock at auc tion barns to detect
In quick succession, the Senate tute the original language, omit- cattle diseas es. The voter to bring
adopted by voice vote these lesser ting the bill of rights section “P the bill was 179. It needed
amendments: . . Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey D
1. To require all unions to send Minni who was on the West Coast The Senate accepted House
notices to their members at least when the vote was taken, said on amendments to a bill (SB178) to
15 days in advance of an election, his return Thursday he understood require an annual audit of county
2 To require employers to re- some parliamentary device was books and records by a private
port 3d days after an agreement being sought, but he did not golexaminer. The original bill called
was reached to spend money for into detail for an audit every two years.
three Democratic senators per cent sales levy.
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middlemen to try to influence In all, five senators—all Demo- - - -
workers in a labor dispute crats — were absent Wednesday €1 234 632 R:
3. To change the bill's definition right Besides Humphrey, Sens 2147/ss Old
of a labor organization in such a Theodore F Green of Rhode Is- Low on Webb Job
way as to make sure such groups land and Paul Douglas of Illinois
as Teamsters Union conferences, are counted as backers of Ken- FORT WORTH (AP) — Peter
generally covering several states, nedy. Green was on the Senate Kiewit Sons Co., Oklahoma City,
are subject to the legislation floor Thursday and Douglas was was apparent low bidder at $1,-
Obviously nettled by the reverse on his way back from Canada. 234 632 Thursday on the construc-
Wednesday night, Kennedy got out The other two absentees were primary, runways erter
a statement saying the biU of Sens. A. Willis Robertson of Vir- tion of primary runways exten-
righto amendment would open "a ginia and J. Alien Frear Jr. of sions and other work at Webb Air
Pandora’s box of lawsuits, wildcat Delaware. Force Base at Big Spring.
strikes, labor spies and federal ‘-----
bureaucracy."
Sen John L McClellan (D-Ark)
who sponsored the amendment,
called its inclusion in the bill "a
great victory for honest, decent
working men in unions."
Officially, the AFL-CIO was re-
serving comment on the bill of
rights action, at least for the pres-
ent. But in the past, union spokes-
men have opposed some of the
provisions in McClellan's amend
ent on grounds they would allow
union-busting.
Under the parliamentary situa-
tion prevailing, a two-thirds vote
would be needed to reconsider
Wednesday night’s vote But in
view of the close division on the
issue, Kennnedy made plain he
had no hope of mustering a two-
thirds vote on his side.
However, other maneuvers were
RODEO
(Continued from Pg. 1-A)
end. 12 3, and Gerald Marr. NMS,
12.9.
Only two of seven would-be bull
riders stayed aboard the required
six seconds. They were T. C. Rice
Jr., ACC, and Workman
in the first section of the girls
barrel race, Mike Reid West Tex-
as State, was first with a ride of
19.5 seconds; Pat Dunigan, NMS,
second, 20.4: and Elizabeth Fitz-
gerald, Sul Ross, third, 20.8.
In goat tying, Dunigan was first,
20 flat. Barbara Gray, H-SU, sec-
ond. 22 6; and Reid, third 25.6
In two special events, Paul
Hinds was first. Alvin Cahorn, sec-
ond, and Igan Sinclair, third, all
of H-SU, in goat seeking In the
wild mart race John Jefferies was
declared the winner, although
neither he nor his three H-SU co-
horts made a completed ride Jef-
feries managed to stay aboard the
longest.
Earlier in the day, J. P Schroed-
er’s "ptui" of 11 feet 7 inches
won the tobacco spitting contest
among 11 contestants. The Elgin
man's prize: A cuspidor and a
plug of tobacco
Cliff Manning of Sundown, sher-
iff for Rodeo Days, was winner in
the best board contest with Tod
Garner's board judged the moot
unique
Sue Garrett of Coahoma and
Edgar Dennis of Dimmitt were
adjudged the most typical cow-
girl and cowboy Each won shirt
and trousers of western attire
The Rodeo Deys celebration has
been dedicated to HSU school of
music chairman Dr. William
Mathis.
Friday’s events will include e
chapel service depicting western
life at 10 am and several events
after 3:30 p.m. to front of the
student union building: a butter
churning contest, a fast draw con-
test and a greased pig catching
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