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Sales Tax Fails

CONGRESSIONAL DlSCrlcC leaders To-
day pinned new hopes for city gov
eminent workers pay raises on the
Dirksen bill for a Federal loan to
the municipality.
introduced yesterday by Chair
man Dirksen Of the House District
Committee, the bill is designed to
provide revenues for city workers
increases in case the combination
sales tax and high level income tax
again fails of enactment.
The Dirksen bill would grant a
5000 raise for teachers and school
officials and $3.50 for other city en-
ployes during this fiscal year only,
ending next June 80.
The bill would authorize a loan
from the Treasury to the District
government, without interest, to be
repaid within a period to be deter
mined later by Congress itself
Cash would be made available under
such a loan by an appropriation
authorized by the Dirksen bill at
S., 800 900, for the one year only.
Up MONDAY IN COMMITTEE.
The measure went to the House
District Committee and will come
up for consideration at a special
session at 1890 am. Monday.
The raise granted Federal CLASH
fed employees was denied to city
workers because no revenue was
provided by Congress to meet their
| cost.
The combination sales tax and
high-leve. income tax bill, which
already had passed the House, was
blocked in the Senate at the close
Of the last session by Senator Johns
ton, Democrat, Of South Carolina
He threatens to prevent passage OF
/ the measure by a filibuster this ses-
sion. when and if it is called up.
Without adequate revenue to meet
pay raises in the city, congressional
District leaders do not want to grant
the pay raises and impose a deficit
on the city.
| Dirksen Hopeful.
/ Representative Dirksen, Republi-
can, of Illinois expressed the hope
that his bill will be approved by
the House District Committee as ar
emergency measure in case the sales
tax and high-level income tax again
are blocked in this session.
/ Mr.. Dirksen said he had conferred
with Senator Cain, chairman of the
Senate District Fiscal Affairs Sub
committee in charge of the city
revenue bill and pending measures
! for city workers pay raises in the
! Senate
Senator Cain told him, Mr.. Dirk
sen said, that an attempt will be
made first to get the city revenue
bill approved. But if that should
fail and the Dirksen bill for a
Treasury loan should pass the
House, efforts would be made to
get the loan bill through the Senate
House Majority Leader Halleck
said, after a Republican conference
late yesterday, he cannot predict
definitely whether the Dirksen bill
will be considered on the floor dur
ing the special session.
Halleck Sees Resistance.
Under present policy, the Indiana
Republican said, only those meas
ures are to be considered which can
be disposed of quickly, and without
involving substantial sums of money.
There would be considerable resist
ance, Mr.. Halleck said, to consider
ing anything unless it could quail
ify as emergency legislation.
Chairman Bates of the House
District Subcommittee on Fiscal
Affairs, said he strongly favors pay
raises for city workers but hopes
still that the sales levy and revised
income tax can be enacted.
He opposes borrowing to meet
pay raises, as a general principle
but does mr. want to commit him.
self today to how he would vote
on the Dirksen bill.
MIR Bates. Republican, of Massa-
chusetts is in line for chairman of
the House District Committee, if the
Republicans hold the House in the
November election