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...Administration was not enthusiastic about the idea, and when the Internal Revenue Service offered the option last year it put the checkoff box on a form separate from the regular 1040 form; worse, it hardly publicized the option at all. The result: only 3.1% of taxpayers checked off the box, and a mere $3,993,000 was collected...
After considerable pressure, including a suit brought by Common Cause, the IRS is now publicizing the option in radio and television spots as well as magazine and newspaper ads. The service has featured the checkoff box prominently on its regular form 1040. There is even a delayed checkoff box for those who missed the chance to contribute last year. According to a sampling of early returns, an average 13% of taxpayers are choosing the checkoff. If the trend holds up in this and succeeding years, the fund is expected to reach $50 million by 1976. That would mean $25 million...
...nuisance to obtain. There has been little promotion, and less advertising. As a result, only 3.3% of the first 24.3 million taxpayers filing returns this year have made use of the provision. Yet a poll conducted for the Twentieth Century Fund showed that 53% of those questioned favored the checkoff once it was explained. Conclusion: the IRS should try the check-off once more-this time with feeling...
...election of officers? Who certifies that the election was honest? What are the campaign rules? Who declares that the university has spoiled the election by providing public-relations assistance to some student candidate for office? When is a student union a company union? Will there be dues checkoff, a closed shop? Can unenrolled youths join the union and vote in the election of officers if they are willing to pay their dues or if they meet certain criteria for being "students...
...walkout. It did not agree to formal union recognition, which is forbidden by state laws covering public employees. But it did consent to a grievance procedure in which a union member can assist workers, and it approved an employee credit union that would allow a form of dues checkoff. As far as the union is concerned, these concessions amount to de facto recognition...