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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...high surtax rates are a product of the war. They came with the War Revenue Act of 1917. In 1918 they were increased to their highest point. The Revenue Act of 1921 reduced them to a maximum of 50 per cent, or a combined normal and surtax of 58 per cent, but even this approximates the war levels...
...corporations and trusts to avoid payment of surtaxes directly, or by dividing income; the division of property among members of the taxpayer's family by gifts inter vivos; the taking of losses on capital investments in such fashion and at such times as to accomplish a maximum reduction of taxable income; the exploitation of certain features of the law such as the provision contained in Section 202 of the Revenue Act of 1921 relating to exchanges of securities; but finally and most important, investment in tax-exempt securities...
...said that two-thirds of the Government fleet could be put into commission at a maximum cost of $5 a ton, deadweight, and at least half of it ultimately sold to foreign buyers at $10 a ton less than they can now build similar vessels...
...Woman's Party is an organization which, unlike the National League of Women Voters, believes in separate political action by women outside of "men's" political parties. It is also opposed to special legislation to protect women in industry because it holds that fixing minimum wages and maximum hours for women workers places them at a disadvantage in competing with men workers. In other words, it advocates blanket equality for women...
...meeting and that many students have already indicated their intention to attend the gathering. Under the leadership of W. E. Crosby Jr. '24, the chairman, the committee will continue its work intensively during the rest of the month and try to obtain for the Crimson delegation 100 men, the maximum membership which the University representation will be permitted to reach. All men in the University are eligible to attend the conference, whether or not they have been approached by the committee, and any student interested may obtain detailed information about the gathering, at Phillips Brooks House or from a member...