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...nearly 20 nations as an important source of revenue. Examples: in France 36% of the government's revenues come from such taxes; in Italy, 18%; in the U.S.S.R., an estimated 90%. More than half of the states now have sales taxes; last month Georgia became the 29th to enact one. But Congress has repeatedly shied away from such a tax. What are the arguments for & against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TAXATION: Federal Sales Tax? | 3/19/1951 | See Source »

...full session, the House of Representatives would not go on record in favor of Universal Military Training. The Bill, House 1025, would ask the U.S. Congress to enact legislation requiring Universal Military Training...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: State Committee Approves Measure To Give 18-Year-Olds Voting Rights | 2/13/1951 | See Source »

...gerrymander and requiring the states to divide their districts into compact units of between 300,000 and 400,000 people (the census basis on which seats would be apportioned ideally). While few Congressmen would argue about the unfairness of the existing system, there was little chance that they would enact the anti-gerrymander legislation in a hurry. The hard political fact was that too many of them owed their jobs to the shoestrings and saddlebags...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE STATES: Shoestrings & Saddlebags | 1/22/1951 | See Source »

Provost Buck said last night that by Spring the Faculty will probably enact definite legislation on the College advising system...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Faculty Starts work on Bender Advising Report | 1/17/1951 | See Source »

After nearly three hours of debate, the Student Council last night passed resolutions urging the Faculty of Arts and Sciences to enact compulsory mid-term grades and the "cumulative credit" system to meet any possible war emergency...

Author: By Winthrop Knowlton, | Title: Council Urges 'Cumulative Credits'; 'Crusade' Scrolls to Circulate Here | 10/10/1950 | See Source »

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