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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Died. Guy Tresillian Helvering, 68, square, ruddy U.S. district court judge and Democratic party chairman for Kansas; from 1933 to 1943 (two years longer than any other man), Franklin Roosevelt's Internal Revenue Commissioner, under whose regime the pay-as-you-go tax plan went into effect; after a series of operations; in Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jul. 15, 1946 | 7/15/1946 | See Source »

...Treasury ran smack into a serious shortage problem last week when Internal Revenue Commissioner Guy Tresillian Helvering estimated that to collect the proposed 5% withholding tax on salaries his bureau would need 50,000 new machines and pieces of office equipment, plus 11,000 new employes. Private businesses would likewise need thousands of machines and payroll clerks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Double Trouble | 9/14/1942 | See Source »

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