The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-16
GIANT HOUSING
PROJECT HELD
NEED OF u. S.
Program Providing Jobs for
Four Million Urged
by Sheriff..
FARLEY OPENED HERE
Asks Lifting Of Heavy Hand
of Excessive Taxation
in Statement.

-Four million people being put TO
work on a national housing program
Is the next essential step in reStor-
ing an enduring prosperity TO
America" Col. Clarence o. Sheriff.,
American Retail Federation preSl-
dent, told members Of the Chamber
of Commerce today at their annual
meeting at the Columbia Club.
Col. Sheriff., who formerly was
city manager Of Cincinnati, and an
authority on governmental prob
lens, is here presiding over a three
day conference Of the federation on
unification of legislation on unem-
ployment insurance.
"A skillful, comprehensive nation
wide housing program sponsored by
the government and developed by
private industry, particularly for
those of average or less incomes. is
the next great step forward" he
said
Lift Taxation Burden"
Another important field of i'm
provement is to lift the heavy and
paralyzing hand of excessive taxa
ton from the taxpayer through the
elimination of the waste in govern
ment These have increased at an
alarming rate in the last decade UNI
til at present the AK burden on the
purchases Of every individual in
the country amounts to 3lh cents of
every dollar spent by the consumer
He pointed out the wisdom and
adVisability of checking govern
mental activities from year to year
in an endeavor to prevent agencies
from becoming lax.
Previous to Col. Sherrills address
a reception was held at the Column
bia Club with Theodore B. Griffith,
vice president of l.. S. Ayres e. Co,
as chairman Of the IJmmittee. The
annual meeting of the chamber was
held in connection with the address
and the newly cleo ed directors were
presented. They are: NJ H. Gilman,
Howard T. Griffith, George S. Olive,
Paul @. Richey G, H. Rottger, Regi-
Maid H. Sullivan and Edward link.
President Louis j. Borenstein pre-
sided,
500 Retail Leaders Attend
Five hundred members of various
retail groups throughout the United
States are in attendance.
Speakers during the conference
will include DR.. David r. Craig of
the federation; George V. Sheridan.
managing director of the Ohio
Council of Retail Merchants; DR.. R.
Clyde White of Indiana Univer-
Sity, DR.. Edison Bowers of Ohio
State University, DR.. l. M Rubin
ow of Cincinnati, Fred Lazarus Co.
lumbuS, O., department store ex-
ecutive, and w. H. Hager, presi-
dent of Pennsylvania Retailers AS
ISOLATION.
Phases of unemployment compen-
sation will be studied and an at
tempt is to be made to have sections
written into state laws to make
their administration non political
and business-like, L. F. Shuttle
worth, managing director of the AS
Sociated Retailers of Indiana. said.
Urge Pay Roll Tax
The federation will endeavor to
embody, in any laws enacted in In
diana at the contemplated session
of the Legislature, its program data
outlined In the National Retail Dry
Goods Association report last year.
These include equalizing competitive
costs so far as the employer con-
trlbutlonS are concerned.
This would be accomplished by a
pay roll tax of l per cent on en-
ployers with eight or more persons
on pay roll, effective Jan. /. 1886,
and to be increased to 2 per cent in
1887 and 3 per cent in 1888,
Such program allows credit up
to 90 per cent for contributions
paid into state unemployment funds.
Since the Federal tax already is APP
plicable to all states. regardless of
whether the state has enacted So
cial legislation, most states are ex-
pected to take advantage of this
allowable credit.
This program is 10 be backed by
Indiana retailers and other business
interests in any state social laws
which may be enacted.