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...financial burden has come slowly. Last year an important concession in the income tax law eliminated an unreasonable limit on a student's earnings. This law brought a unique problem of students into perspective, without providing any unfair privileges. A recent and widely heralded bill proposed by Representative Abraham Multer of New York, however, interferes with the benefits from last year's law and gives extensive tax reductions in the wrong place...
...proposed the bill on Jan. 11 and it was immediately referred to the Ways and Means Committee," Multer said yesterday. "But so far, the chairman, Rep. Jere Cooper, hasn't even scheduled a hearing for it. He probably won't either, unless he gets a lot of pressure from those interested...
Last year's bill limited deductions to $600 when the bill was finally passed by Congress. This is the present law, but it does not go far enough according to Multer, "No one can maintain children in college for $600," he said. "My bill seeks to extend the arbitrary figure decided upon last year...
...Multer is convinced the bill will pass the House if it ever gets through committee. "It's not a matter of partisanship," he said, "but only of public interest. If the bill gets to the floor, it will pass...
Last week the National Students Association gave active support to the bill in its original form. As an N.S.A. member, the Student Council also supported it. John R. Green '56, this year's Council president, said last night he intended to bring up the Multer bill for Council discussion and possible action a week from Monday...