The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-05
All Newspapers And Publishers Protest
 Taxes Of Million
Public Will Suffer Because of the Necessary Curta. ment of News-House Was Fair, But Senate Used Big Stick

Washington, May b--(uP)--The senate finance committee by uetioh taken late yesterday made per. plan taxes which will cost tho newspapers of tho country, accord. Ing 10 estimates by government experts, Q million dollars year.
 These taxes are levied on telo- phone and telegraph, cableErams Nsld radlograms and on wires used in tho transmission of news. The taxes on telephone messages range from 10 to 90 cents per message, according to tho amount Of the tolls. On tOlcgrnms tho tax VIII DO flyo DOT cent of tho tolls. Tho thx on rndlogrnms and 0ablegrams is i1 ccnts for each message. on wires used for news transmission, tho tax will Do sfive DOT cont of the charges paid.
 Nows gathering facilities had been exempted from taxation In tic revenuo bill. as passed by, the house. Tho sehato finance com. mitteo removed this exemption but first specified that tho taxes would eeaso July 1, 1884. Yesterday tho finance committee revoked tho time limit on tho taxes and voted to make them q permanent part or tho revenue raising scheme to cons tinue indefinitely.
 While government experts esti mato that this will cost nowspaporB n million dollars annually, many believe that the amount to Do oo!- iected will exeeod that figure this year.
 Tho national conventions and the national campaign and tho oleot. lon, as well as tho various state elections to be held this year, VIII call for m unusually heavy use or news transmissio facilities by newspapers throughout the ooun' try.
 Tho olympic games in Los An. reioA this summer will require OK. tenslve uso Of cables, telegraph. and telephone wires, adding to the usually heavy uso of such facilities which evon normal summer sports season demands.
 Most state legislatures will con. yenO immediately after the first or the year for sessions of more than ordinary importance and VIII neeossitnte extensive use Of wire facilities by hundreds Of newspap- CTS.
 Now York, May 6--(UP)--'rhe nranosod tnx on news messages over leased wire, cable, telephone and telegraph will result in "de- priylng tho public of much yalui.. ablo nnd necessary Information, Howard Davis, president of th5 American Newspaper PublishefH association said today.
 q believe such eurtailment would be q jubiic calamity" he said, "but due to tho tremendously lessenea revenue of the newspaper sueh curtailment would Do inevitable.
 "f know of no newspaper pup. fisher who does not want to pay his share of tho taxes necessary t0 balance ths national budgot but any tux which tendB to rethrd or restrict tho distribution of ideas, opinions and actual happenings to people of this great country Of ours amounts to curtaiilng tho freedom Of tho press. fn the present crit. cal state of tho country, such GurtnInment would Do dangerous fin tho extreme."
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 Atlanta, ua., May b--(Up)--in- teregts of our government and our people will best be served by no curtainment in the presentati0n 0f both foreign and domestic news, Clark Howeii, Jr, president Of the Southern Newspaper Publisherf association said today.
 "Pubiio policy demands e0ngres' sionai eooperations not to erect ob' stacles which will reduce such ser' vice." Howell said. Any addition' ai tax on methods or news traiis. mission will, in my oplnion. welsh ao heavily on the aiready burden. sd pubjlshers that dissemination of news will necessarily become so rest ricted ng to work hardship not onIy on publishers but moro lfns portant on the newspaper reading public"
 Johnstown, Pa, May b--(Up)-- waiter W, Krebs, president of the pennayivania Newspaper Publish. {. era association, sad today 'ennt 1the proposed tax on news wire service will compel hundreds 0f small daily papers to ourtail Tn. iernationaf, national and state news st n lime when t Is essential that ihe public have this news" He saie ihe cost of the tax to newspapers wns secondary to "suppression of rsWs which will result from the enactment of thIs tax law"
 Harrisburg. Pa. May b--(UP)-- The proposed news message tax wousd cause many small news' ws,,sra 10 suspend, cause others te rnrtnil circulation and would ex- tend the depression, William N Hardy, manager of the Pennsys'