Evening star., 1933-10-15
COLORADO EXPECTS
EXTRA TAX SESSION |
Supreme Court May Declare
Auto Levy in State
Unconstitutional.
BY MAX hILL.
Special Dispatch to The Stal

DENVER, Colo, October 14.-An I'M
mediate call for second extra session
of the Colorado General Assembly will
be issued by Gov. E. C. Johnson if the
State Supreme Court declares unconstl-
tutional the emergency relief tax placed
on automobiles.
Gov. johnson made that statement
before delegates to the Colorado Con-
ference of Social Work. held here IN
the Brown Palace Hotel.
For" he said, while We know any
tax is unpopular, the people and those
they have placed in positions OF au-
thority will not stand idly by while
thousands of their fellow citizens and
dependents suffer from want"
The Governor spoke Of the compre-
henSive work being done to aid those
on charity and Of the efforts Of State
officials to measure up to the problems
created by the depression.
Pledged to Cut Taxes.
"All taxes are unpopular" he said
1--WE are pledged to reduce taxes. But
We must meet our relief problems. We
will not tolerated unnecessary suffering
and want. I pledge that I will issue
a call for a second extra session OF the
General Assembly II the automobile tax
law is held unconstitutional.
I'VE have reorganiZed our State Re
lief Committee. I hope harmony and
effective work will be the result"
The tax came before the court
through an appeal from the Denver
District Court made by attorneys fol
automobile dealers associations. They
claim the law unconstitutional. The
Denver court upheld its conStitutionality
Because of the necessity for immedi-
ate determination Of the constitutions
ality of the tax SO officials can begin
a determined campaign for collection
the Supreme Courts decision Is expect
ed within the next 10 days.
Without the million dollars the tax
will raise in the State. Colorado would
be unable to obtain Federal relief funds
this Winter.
Mines Given Impetus.
The mining industry in Colorado re-
ceived tremendous impetus this week
from two developments, one major
strike at Summitville, in Rio Grande
County; the other the sale for an un-
nounced prise of the Granite Gold Min
ing Co. property on Battle Mountain.
Sale Of the Granite property. in the
heart of the famous Cripple Creek and
Victor district is the first Of many
major transactions which mining men
predict will be made In the next few
months.
The International Mining Corpora
ton purchased the property from Spen-
Ger Penrose. Charles Tut. Clarence c.
Hamlin and associates, all Of Colorado
Springs. The Granite adjoins on the
west the 100000 900 Portland group.
A bonanza strike has been made at
the Little Annie, near Summitville.
Values. according to officials OF the
company, run up to $4,000 ton.
officials of the Colorado Fuel & Iron
Co., which has steel mills In Pueblo.
expressed hope that their company will
obtain orders for approximately 100000
tons Of rails for Western railroads
through the purchase authorized by Jo-
seph B. Eastman, Federal railroad CO.
The order would total $4,000 900. If
the company obtains the contracts, mills
would operate for four or five months,
with several hundred men employed
who are now out of work.
Farm leaders have requested Secre-
tary of Agriculture Wallace to exclude
Colorado from any plan to further re-
duce the number of hogs as price
boosting scheme. In their message, the
farm men pointed out that two years
of drouth has materially decreased the
hog population and that further reduc-
tion Is unnecessary.