Word: mellons
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Baltimore next March; the Coolidges attended a performance of Hamlet, by John Barrymore; over 100 women of the Directorate of the General Federation of Women's Clubs called on Mrs. Coolidge in a body; Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge were guests of the Secretary of the Treasury and Miss Ailsa Mellon at an entertainment with the Senators from Pennsylvania, and a group of Philadelphia and Manhattan politicians, financiers, and "Society...
...Senator Couzens of Michigan, in two letters to Secretary Mellon attacked the latter's arguments for lower income surtaxes and challenged him to a public debate on the question, which was hardly fair since Mr. Mellon is notoriously platform-shy. Mr. Couzens contended...
Surtaxes. Present law: beginning at $6,000 and graded up to 50% at $100,000 and more. Mellon Plan: beginning at $10,000, and graded up to 25% at $100,000 and more. Democratic Plan: beginning at $12,000 and graded up to 44% at $100,000 and more. Insurgent Plan: same as present...
Soldier Bonus. Mellon Plan: none. Democratic Plan: not mentioned. Insurgent Plan: a bonus to be paid for at the rate of $200,000,000 a year...
...Insurgent tax reductions are apparently about as great as those proposed by Secretary Mellon and in addition call for a bonus, and therefore call for additional taxes. The additional taxes suggested by the insurgents include...