Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-01-11
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their towns which were used for
advertising purposes and estim-
ated that Toledo could raise
$500 900 by this measure. An
additional $4,000 could be
realized from pinball machines,
he said.
Cites City Needs
On inquiry from the UAW di-
rector relative to the sum OF
money required for the city
need for the year, Mr.. Schoon-
maker replied that S911, 900 was
needed above 1945 operating ex-
penses to run the city.
Specifying the uses for the ad-
ditional sum, the city manager
said that $400, 900 was needed to
cover all the departments of the
city; 100000 for expanding and
improving police, fire and health
services and 100000 for main
tenance and equipment which
0NQ DGEH nGklCNACo lOl SNF Nht'N
years due TO the war.
Ronald T. Anderson, city IL
nance director, said that the an
ticipated revenue from all
sources would be S3,386,54l or
ss62,622 less than anticipated
l946 expenditures.
AFL Favors Tax
Floyd Bossler, AFL repre-
sentative of the city employees,
spoke and said that II and the
people l represent are not op-
posed to this tax"
Mr.. Bossler spoke against the
S2s00 exemption urged by Rich
ard Gosser and told of the need
of city employees for wage in
creases which, he said, would
only be possible If the city found
means OF raising its revenues.
He said he would go along with
any other plan that would raise
money for the city.
Speaking again, Mr.. Gosser
said, I'm against this plan, but
/ am in favor of an income tax "
He said that Council should call
all segments of the city together
to raise the S911, 900 needed and
then plan to raise the tax. I'VE
have already told you how you
could raise S300,00O," he said.
Asks Alternative Plan
When asked for an alternative
plan to replace the proposed
psyroll tax as IL now stands, Mr..
Gosser said that IL was Council s
responsibility to devise the ways
and means OF raising city rev
enues and added, This Council
isn't responsible to anybody ex-
cept to get themselves six or
seven thousand votes" )"
Council, said Mr.. Gosser,
should take a day and invite
all segments to come here and
be heard on a plan to raise
money for the city"
Concluding his arg m n
against the tax, the JAW direc-
tor said, I'm pleading with
Council not 10 pass this bill as
II now stands.
Speaks For Business
o. Il. NJ. Keller, head of Kasco
Mills and president OF the To-
ledo Small Businessmen's As
sociation, asked how the tax
would affect his corporation
which is located in Toledo, but
which conducts the greater share
of It's business outside the city,
]. Slater Gibson, first assistant
law director, explained that the
tax was on all net profit earned
In Toledo.
MIR. Keller objected TO the tax
on the grounds that Council did
not know how much revenue II
would raise and stated that the
proceeds should be earmarked
for specific municipal expenses
Others Oppose Ordinance
Others who spoke against the
measure were Tom Adair, Spicer
Unit, Local IL. UAW-CIO; Her
bert Russell, Toledo Steeel Unit,
Local IL; Dave Guberman, labor
attorney; Harry Schell, MESA,
and Richard Meyers, Lucas
County PAC.
Members of City Council with
the exception of Councilmen
Ollie Czelusta and Arthur Jur-
rus turned out on Monday night
of this week TO hear Richard
Gosser, UAW-CIO regional di-
rector, and Ronald Gregg, To-
ledo Municipal League execu-
tive secretary, debate the pro-
posed payroll tax which has kept
Council in a dither for the past
few weeks.
While criticizing some parts of
the proposed l per cent payroll
tax, Mr.. Gregg said that 1t was
his belief that IL was fair "be-
cause all pay IT..
Tax Levy Cheaper
Mr.. Gregg hsrked back 10 the
defeat of the tax levies last fall
and said that ii would have been
cheaper for the taxpayers TO
have passed the levy than to
paw the tax which Is now pro-