Milford chronicle., 1949-06-03
Georgetown Democrat Hits
Pay Raises, Added Tax Bills


have increased stated to you that
they would resign If their salaries
were not increased? Even with the
salaries as they existed prior to
this General Assembly and the APP
preparations that were absolutely
necessary to carry on the work in
this state In an. efficient manner. it
was apparent that there should be
new taxes.
"But in spite Of all this, in spite
of the fact that there had to be new
revenue for our State Treasury to
meet the expenses Of our state as
they existed by opration Of law
prior to Jan. L, 194S this. General
Assembly has increased salaries
and made large appropriations
greater than has ever been known
IN any General Assembly OF this
state. se
II am proud that / have voted
against the increase of salaries be-
cause know that no one Of our
state employees would resign IL they
did not get an increase in salary
because their wages are far great
er than the average working man
in this state today.
House Bill 537 was passed by
this body to increase the income
tax return of this state remem-
Der distinctly that one of the mem
bers on my left stated that this is
all there would be; that this was
sufficient. Realizing that there was
need for additional revenue and
feeling that this was the only 1ogi-
cal bill at this time, / reluctantly
voted for it. Instead of practicing
economy this General Assembly has
gone haywire as far as spending
money is concerned. have been
informed that there are to be
brought up more tax bills; among
them raising the gasoline tax by
one cent and putting a tax on Gig
arettes. Even though l am the only
member of this body to vote against
any other tax bill in this General
Assembly, am proud to let my
constituents and the people OF this
state know publicly of my position.
am convinced that there is no
need for additional taxes. am
convinced that there is no need to
increase the salaries of office
holders of this state.
j Proposed Gas Tax Scored
There is not person who has
, been appointed to office in this
state that did not know what his
salary was at the time he accepted
! the same and he was. at liberty tC
; refuse the appointment if the sal.
: airy was not sufficient. And if amy.
: one of them had, / feel sure there
: are other competent people in, this
state that would have accepted tn,
}, appointment.
t II say to you members here as
= sembled and say it with esincerit!
! that the placing of an additiona
= one-cent tax on gasoline will de
l crease the revenue of this stat
| from gasoline tax rather than Il
;. increase it. 1t is just a question o
[ five gallons of gas for any, persol
I going out of this state to get int
e another state and fill UP his tanl
; with gasoline where the tax is les
than the present day tax in thu
State of Delaware
/ "And again we are hitting thu
: poor man because he is the one t,
4 whom a few cents here and ther
= really means something.
t 81 intend to vote against any ful
d ther taxation in the state of De
It aware. ! do not think and beliey
y in the theory of increasing al
e preparations here and there an
e raising salaries and then taxing til
y people of this state to pay the bill
o What are we going to do if ,thel
g is a depression and things keep @
e getting bad as they are at the pre-
d ent time? We are going to have !
n this state lot of high salaried en-
? ployes and the people wonderiI
'e where their next dollar is going !
d, come from. -s
l. II therefore, call on other goC
+, thinking members of this body
sr join with me in voting against flu
in ther taxes in this state. a.
E. "The people have all they ca
N stand at the present time. / tai
l. this position and l am willing
lie face the people of my district al
n this state. Can you do the same
te you vote for these taxes-espeC
ally when these taxes are .nece
sary to met the unnecessary a
~ preparations and salary increas
Fe in this state?" z.