Evening star., 1933-01-23
BEGIN
DRASTIC ECONOMY
Number of States Launch
Drive to Cut Sharply Into
Tax Burdens.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, January 23.-The econ
omy AK emerged from the milestone of
committee discussion last week and
swung into action in q number of
State Assemblies.
Moved by common desire on the
part Of legislators to I'LL State Golfers
with money to meet emergency condi-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS relief particularly
the blade fell hard and bit deeply
into governmental expenditures.
The weekly survey made by the As
sociated Press today showed that many
Of the commonwealths concentrated
upon enactment Of retrenchment meas
ures, shifting Of taxes and alleviation
OF financial pressure upon citizens in
the form OF mortgage foreclosure mora
toriumS.
This in addition to the almost uni
versal action Of Legislatures upon the
twentieth amendment to the Constitu-
ton Of the United States abolishing
the lame duck" session of Congress.
Idaho and New Mexico voted for its
obliteration Saturday, bringing to IS
the number of States which have rati-
fed the amendment. One more was
needed today.
Actions Outlined.
States where assemblies got beyond
preliminary flourishes and what they
did during the past week toward tax
revision included:
Georgia-Several bills introduced to
provide moratoriums on farm and city
property mortgages. A House bill now
in committee provides 2 per cent
sales tax
New York-Bill introduced to give
persons losing property through mort
gage foreclosures two years to redeem
1t by paying the buyer with 10 per
cent and the deficiency judgment hold
er with per cent interest.
North Carolina Committee on Gov
ernment Reorganization recommended
elimination Of various bureaus and
consolidation of others, estimated to
save State 100000 year. Superior
Court judges and Supreme Court JUS
tices voted to accept $1,000 reduction
in yearly salaries each.
Vermont-Bill introduced in House
to slash salaries of State employees 10
per cent.
Pennsylvania-Sent to the House
Appropriations Committee, the general
appropriation bill of $l58,000, 900, a
reduction Of $34,000,000 from last
years bill.
Ohio-Introduced four relief bills.
one diverting gas tax funds to relief
purposes.
Minnesota-Several bills introduced
for reducing real estate and personal
property taxes, extending time for their
payment and others cutting county and
State ofhcials' salaries.
Tax-Paring Started.
Iowa-$25, ,000, 900 tax-paring program
of to flying start with Senate approving
bill to make mandatory road levies
optional. House passed bill authorizing
the issuance of poor relief funds by
counties with anticipatory warrants.
WiSconsin-Bill introduced to substi-
tute sales tax for general property and
state income taxes for financing State
and local governments.
ndiana-Introduced gross sales tax
bill estimated to produce $4,000, 900
to s12,000,000 annually.
Wyoming-House passed bill reduc-
ing from is per cent to per cent the
interest rate on delinquent taxes.
Arizona-Bill introduced in Senate
reorganizing State government by abol-
tshing approximately SO boards, COM
missions and departments.
Oklahoma-$600,0 900 relief bill re-
ported favorably to House after passing
Senate
Washington Governor announced
slashes OF 10 to IS per cent in code
department heads salaries. Employees
cut 10 to Is per cent. Unemployment
relief bill providing for a Five-Member
Commission to supervise centralized re-
lief activities with money to be pro-
cured from the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation passed both branches.
Four State Assemblies-Those of
Minnesota, West Virginia, Maine and
Nebraska-are considering a graduated
tax on chain stores.