Evening journal., 1917-06-22
URGE exemption OF
Gifts TO RED CROSS
Senator Salisbury Presents
Henry P. SCOTS Letter
on Subject
LAUDS DELAWARE'S
GENEROUS GIVING

WASHINGTON, D. G., June 22-Tho
Delaware branch Of the American Red
Cross Association, through its campaign
chairman. Henry P. Scott, he's petitioned
Senator Salisbury to uso his influence to
SEQ that persons subscribing to the Red
Cross fund should be exempted from
putting such amounts as they contribute
Ia their income tax returns Senator
salisbury presented tho petition in the
Senate yesterday and had It referred to
tho committee on finance. In presenting
the letter, Scnator salisbury said;
Mr.. President, / have a letter here
covering resolution passed by the
Delaware Rcd Gross Association engaged
in collecting funds 10 make up the large
fund which they desire for their work.
It Is signed by the chairman of tho CON-
mitteo engaged In this work In Delaware.
ask that it be printed in the Record.
The letter shows the desire of those
who are doing such good work there
that there may be an amendment in
corporated in the pending revenue bill
exompting gifts TO the Red Cross from
the income tar, or rather allowing per
sons who make such gifts 10 deduct
them IN their income tax returns.
Il may state IN this connection
that the allotment by the general
COMMITTEES 10 be collected in my State |
was only $250.0O0. It was a full pro
jporuonate allotment, and on tho first
TWO days by magnificent efforts more /
than twice that amount was raised |
They have now set the figure which !
they propose to raise for this great /
work at 100000 instead Of $780, |
Oo0s and the morning papers inform /
me that they have already had con-
tributod six hundred and forty-nine
ODD thousand dollars. II the rest OF
the country contributed In the same
proportion almost three TO four hun
dred million will be raised for that
great objecEP
The letter follows;
Hon. Willard Salisbury.
United States Senator,
Washington, d. c.
Dear Senator Salisbury am en-.
closing herewith a list OF some peo.
pie who were at tho Red Cross cam J.
paign dinner at the Hotel DUPONT
last evening which list you viii
note includes as representative a,
gathering OF citizens Of the State OF
Delaware as has ever been held.
Delaware was requested to raise
S2o0000 toward the 500. 600 900 Red
Cross War Fund; Delaware voluntar-
ily agreed to raise double this amount
OF $500 600. and It does ones heart
2 rood 10 see the wonderful amount OF
enthusiasm prevailing.
AZ the meeting last evening the
following resolution was unanimously
adopted and In line herewith I trust
that our Senators and Representatives
n Congress will do everything pos
sible 70 exempt from taxation income
which is contributed to this great
Red Cross work:
Whereas. The people OF the
United States are being solicited this
week TO contribute S100.000.O00 10
meet the immediate needs OF the
American National Red Cross: and.
Whereas. The work Of the Ameri-
can National Red Cross Is quasi gov
ernmental work; now. therefore. be Il
Resolved That the Delaware cam
paign committee is unanimously Of
the opinion that income used for contri-
N1NANAn W Ahln NOlh WOnlu DC thtnll
from taxation. and that the chairman
Of this committee be directed TO so
notify our Senators and Representa-
lives in Congress with the request
that they do all In their power to in
corporate IN the revenue bills now be-
lore Congress such provisions as will |
Accomplish this object
1T may be argued that n excep-
ton IS made in the case OF the Red
Cross, II will necessarily have TO be
made In charities OF all kinds and
there is no telling where the end
might be. This, however. seems 20
he to be not true The Red Cross
work being a national work in which
Every man. woman and child in the
United States is interested and being
, quasi governmental institution,
places It in class distinctly by itself.
IN other words, It Is a work which,
n not done voluntarily and privately,
would OF necessity be met by taxa
ton. in which event those people
voluntarily subscribing would be ex-
empt from having to pay an income
tax for the privilege of making sub
, acriptions. Sincerely yours,
: H. p. SCOTT. Chairman