(The First 107,145 Votes Are Tabulated in This Week’s Literary Digest)
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Do You FAVOR The
MELLON PLAN?
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OR
Do You OPPOSE The
MELLON PLAN?
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THE DEMAND FOR TAX REDUCTION is the paramount issue before i
the country to-day. The only question in dispute is how to secure the
reduction. Many plans have been proposed by various political groups or
leaders, but attention has become focused upon one plan—the Mellon Plan.
The Mellon Plan reduces the taxes on all incomes in varying degrees; it
provides that an earned income (salary, wages, professional services, etc.) shall
not be taxed as highly as. an income from stocks, bonds, etc. The so-called
' nuisance taxes, such as the moving-picture admission tax, the telephone tax
and the telegraph tax, also are eliminated
This measure, however, is not without strong opposition. An important feult
with the plan, according to such leaders as William O. McAdoo, ex-Secretary
of the Treasury, and Commander John R. Quinn of The American Legion, is
that it excludes the soldiers’ bonus, whidh they strongly believe should be
paid, and which they claim can be paid without preventing some tax reduction.
On the other hand Secretary Mellon says it will be impossible to reduce taxes
in this generation if we pay a bonus. President Coolidge also disapproves of a *
bonus in fact and principle, and has given unqualified support to the Mellon Plan.
DO YOU FAVOR THE MELLON PLAN FOR TAX REDUCTION OR
NOT? Mark your Ballot and support your views.
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of industry, hottf union and non-union, professional men and women of all
classes, including lawyers, doctors, clergymen, authors, actors, newspaper men,
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