Word: soloway
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...many, Powers' position seemed poorly supported. But others, such as Arnold M. Soloway, assistant professor of Economics and a member of Powers' "brain trust," doubt that Boston would, in the long-run, benefit from the sales tax revenue. "The city is like a sponge," Soloway says. If Boston got a windfall from the state, various groups of city employees would pressure for wage raises; this patronage pressure would soon soak up the additional funds meant for easing the tax burden...
...additional funds from the outside can help Boston," Soloway believes, "and any lasting relief must come by means of internal reform within the city itself...
Members of the Committee include professors J.K. Galbraith, Seymour E. Harris '20, Arnold M. Soloway, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. '38, Samuel H. Beer, Arthur A. Maass '27, Archibald Cox '34, Mark deWolfe Howe '28, John P. Dawson, and Abram J. Chayes...
...There is an ugly tie-up between top labor in Massachusetts and the ADA," charged William V. Ward, president of the State Council of State, County, and Municipal Employees. "It was after studying Soloway's ADA material that the labor council broke up and officially declared itself in opposition to Governor Furcolo's program...
...four point program set forth by Soloway suggests eliminating deductions for federal tax payments. It also recommends lowering personal exemptions, taxing rental incomes, and improving collection procedures...