Evening star., 1951-02-17
Three Senator's
To Check Needs
AT Maryland u.
Committee to File
Report on Dr.. Byrd's
Building Program
BY a.s,aff Correspondent Of tn. siar

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ANNAPOLIS, Feb. ia three.
man Senate committee will visi
the University of Maryland Al
College Park Monday and report
back on the need for new build.
ings the university proposes tx
finance with bonds.
The three, all OF whom art
members of the Senate Finance
Committee. are John r. Fletcher
Republican, of Prince George.
County. and Democrats Louis N
Phipps, Anne Arundel County
and William M. Shehan, Talbot
County.
They were appointed yesterday
after the committee had voted
8 to 4 against a bill by Senator
Stanford Hoff, Republican, of Car
roll County, to repeal the author
ity granted the university last
year to issue it's own bonds.
Senator Phipps, an advocate OF
the university's proposals, was
designated chairman.
Backs Byrd's Estimate.
Senator Fletcher, who also sup
ported the requests of DR.. H. C.
Byrd. university president, said
the institutions growth has been
due to the foresight. efforts and
lobbying ability of Curly Byrd"
He expressed the belief that
whatever DR.. Byrd considers nee
essory in the way of new construc-
ton is really needed"
Despite the criticism of the
Baltimore Sunpapers and individ-
uals who have interests in other
institutions, results are what
count" he declared.
Meanwhile, the expected vet
erans' bonus bill. which would be
submitted to the voters in 1852,
was introduced in the Senate by
Majority Leader Louis L. Gold
stein, Democrat, of Calver County
and Republicans Harry T. Phoe-
bus, Somerset County, and Paul j.
Bailey. st. Marys County.
Payments of up to $500 to vet
Grams of the two World Wars, de-
pending on length of service, would
be paid from proceeds of $50 mil
lion bond issue.
New Liquor Tax Proposed.
Service charges, including inter-
est. on the bonds would be met
from new taxes on beer, wine and
liquor at the retail level. The
rates would include a 1-cent levy
on IL ounces of beer and a Scent
tax on a fifth of whisky.
Senator Phoebus also plans to
introduce Monday a proposed con-
stitutional amendment barring
sales of alcoholic beverages
throughout the State on Sundays.
Gov. McKeldin's cool attitude
toward a bonus was announced
just before the Senate convened.
"It is true that the Republican
platform on which I campaigned
for election favored submission OF
q war. veterans bonus law, to the
voters" he said. There was, at
the time. a demand for the bonus
among the veterans and the gen.
eral public of Maryland"
But the Governor reasoned that
the situation has changed since
then.
Strong Opposition Voiced.
A group of war veterans in the
Senate, including Dewitt S. Hyde,
Republican, of Montgomery Coun-
ty, have come out strongly against
the measure.
Earlier, the House Ways and
Means Committee heard argu-
ments from more than 40 repre-
sentatives of businessmen's and
manufacturing organizations urg-
ing favorable action on bill to
IePedl Iue StaCeS per cent TAX
on stock inventories.
Hervey Machen. spokesman for
the Hyattsville Businessmen AS
ISOLATION, described the tax as
"inequitable" and charged that il
penalties merchants who pile ur
large inventories.
IF storekeepers don't get rid oil
all their stock in one year, they
have to pay tax on the same
stock the following year." he said
He added the District of Col
umbia has no such tax and that
as a result, "it make it hard fol
our merchants to compete with
those in Washington F."