Eisenhower Opposes Democrats’ Plan
To Raise Income Tax Exemptions
WASHINGTON, Iff)—President
Eisenhower’s headon opposition to
a Democratic tax cut plan sent
Republican and Democratic Hoiise
leaders scrambling Tuesday for
the few votes that may decide the
issue.
The President carried his oppo
sition to the country Monday night
in a radio and television address
in which he denounced the Demo
cratic proposal to boost individual
income tax exemptions as unsound
and politically inspired.
The Democrats in the House are
hushing a proposal to boost indiv
idual tax exemptions to $700 from
the present $600. Sen. George of
Georgia, senior Democrat on the
Senate Finance Committee, has
proposed going even farther—he
would increase the exemption to
$800 this year and $1,000 in 1955.
. Eisenhower asserted Monday
night that this would lead to “big
ger and bigger deficits . . . further
inflation.” ;
A $100 increase in the personal
tax exemption would save tax- I
payers about $2,400,000,000-—and
add that much to the budget defi- j
cit that the Administration is j
struggling to keep down.
Under the Democratic plan, ;
more than four million persons
NOTICE
Petitions for candidates for City
Council, School Board and city
offices are no longer required and
are replaced by "Declaration of
Candidacy" forms that are avail
able in the City Clerk's Office for
the forthcoming Municipal Elec
tion, April 6, 1954. These forms
also apply to candidates for the
Utility Board. All declarations
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fore the City Clerk, no later than
March 30, 1954.
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City Clerk.
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with low income or heading large
families would be relieved of all
: income tax payment. The per cap
i ita saving for most families in the
middle income brackets or below
would come to about $20. It would
be more in the higher brackets.
Eisenhower urged Congress now
to go no farther in tax reduction
than the huge GOP-sponsored bill
to overhaul most of the nation’s
existing tax laws. He said this bill,
liberalizing many deductions,
would benefit millions of individ
ual! and encourage “the growth
and expansion of industry, the
creation of jobs.” It would cost the
Treasury nearly $1,400,000,000 a
year.
In his talk Monday night, Eisen
hower did not mention another
tax bill pending in Congress. This
would cut about 25 excise taxes
by 912 million dollars a year—a
reduction the President also op
poses. It already has passed the
House, 411-3, and is expected to
clear the Senate easily next week.
Aimer J. Peterson,
Former Third Division
Legislator, Retires
JUNEAU—Mr. and Mrs. Aimer
J. Peterson left here recently to
make their home Outside. Peterson
has sold his law practice and plans
to retire to a home at Juanita
Beach, Washington.
He was admitted to the Minne
sota bar in 1915 and has practiced
law in Alaska since 1935, when he
was attorney foT the Alaska Re
habilitation Corp., which brought
the Matanuska Valley colonists to
the territory.
Peterson served in the territorial
legislature in 1941, 1945 and 1943
as Republican representative from
the Third Division.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Peterson
have been active in Masonic af
fairs.
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I Susan Hay ward Wins
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9-Year-Old Twins
BURBANK, Calif., UP) — Susan
Hayward has won temporary cus
tody of her 9-year-old twin sons
but must pay $2,500 to the attor
ney of her estranged husband, act
or Jess Barker.
Superior Judge Herbert Walker
ordered Barker to refrain from
molesting, harrassing or annoying
his titian-haired wife, whose sal
ary is estimated at $200,000 a
year.
In his ruling Monday, the judge
warned the couple against name
calling in the presence of their
children. The ruling is in force
pending their divorce trial, at least
eight months hence.
Barker will have physical cus
tody of the boys on alternate
weekends and each Wednesday
afternoon.
At a hearing last month Miss
Hayward testified Barker slugged
her and spanked her, tossed her
into a swimming pool and then
marched her into the house after
her bathrobe fell off, leaving her
in the nude. Barker maintained
she provoked the incident.
Washington Salmon Catch
Over 10,000,000 Fish for
Third Time in 22 Years
SE ATTL E.lffl— Washington’s
commercial salmon catch exceeded
10 million fish last year for the
third time in 22 years.
The State Department of Fish
eries, in reporting Tuesday that
the 1953 catch was slightly over
10V£ million fish, cited these other
statistics:
Above average catches were !
made in four out of five species—
Chinook, silver, pink and sockeye. |
The catch totaled 73 million i
pounds; the who'lsesale value was
19 million dollars; fishermen got
II million of it.
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