Word: bille
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...extent of the bill, Barnes said that even Communist undergraduates should not be employed in any capacity, including part-time work such as waiting on tables. Although there is no guarantee in the bill, Barnes felt that the employer would not be open to prosecution if he is unaware of an employee's political beliefs...
Barnes felt confident of the passage of the bill on the grounds that "nearly everyone supported action against people who wanted to overthrow the government by force." He also believed that a noverwhelming majority in the legislature" would approve...
Postponement of Committee on Taxation hearings prevented Richard W. Kimball '50, official Student Council delegate from testifying yesterday against bill H1559, which would remove tax exemption from schools employing Communists...
Representatives Knutson and Martin clasped hands warmly and smugly in front of the news cameras last Monday, and thereby concluded the first move in what may be a political masterstroke. Mr. Knutson's new bill to cut taxes by six and a half billion dollars had passed overwhelmingly in the House. Whether the bill was a fiscal masterstroke was a far more dubious and complicated question. The congressmen knew only that any tax cut is a popular thing today, even though its effects might be unfortunate and its benefits illusory. They were also aware that the bill would stand brightly...
...balance the possible advantages of the tax cut. A period of inflationary trends is the worst time to put more money into immediate circulation, and the best time for the government to pay off the national debt. A cut that induced savings might have some value, but the Knutson Bill frees from 10 to 30 percent of individual taxes for ready spending. And with the already rising prices, little saving is done: 1947's eighteen billion dollar increase in incomes was all spent, and this by itself forced prices up considerably. Of course the economic future...