Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1956-06-08
STEVE J. NovAK, PRES.
s LOCAL 497, UAW

A powerful drive, gaining mo
mentum each day, is the one
against Income Tax!
The biggest drive seems to be
toward a National Sales Tax and
would abolish or drastically limit
our income tax. This would Shift
the burden from the rich to the
people with less ability to pay"
Now, most of us agree that our
present income tax law is far from
perfect and it does have many loop
holes which favor the rich. But II
does still recognize the fair prin-
ciple of Taxation in accordance
with ability to pay" If it were re-
placed by national sales tax, the
economic results would be disas
trous here, as sales taxes have been
in such countries as France and
Italy.
A long article "Why the Income
Tax is Bad" was carried in the May
25 issue of the u. S. News and
World Report. 1t was written by L.
Coleman Andrews, who recently re-
signed as Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, the top tax post 70 which
he was appointed by President
Eisenhower. Andrews also wrote an
article published in the American
Weekly, entitled Lets Get Rid of
the Income Tax"
Now Andrews is spearheadlng
the drive to shift the tax burden
and. other publications also are
helping to spread his tax propa-
ganda. Most of the organizations
and individuals in the powerful
drive want the income tax to be
replaced by the national sales tax
to go easy on the rich and hit the
poor hardest. =
One Congressman has pointed
out that Andrews is now employed
by an Insurance company involved
in a $5 million income tax dispute
with the government.
Another, Republican at that,
reports that he would like to see
some improvements made in our
tax laws but that abolishing the in
come taxwould be like trying to
cure the patient by killing him."
We are going to hear more aud
more on this drive against Income
Tax but to us the National Sales
Tax looks like dangerous thing.
Uncle Sam seems to have a pret-
ty good institution despite the fact
that somebody is always stepping
on it.
IL
Local .497- members have beer
commended for. their voluntary
contributions to the Ottawa County
Red Cross Fund during the plant
wide campaign Standard Products
has. been given an Award of Meri,
foryahe contribution.
Only free people can hold theil
purpose and their honor steady tC
a common end, and prefer the in
terest of mankind to any narrow
interest of their own ;. Woodrow
Wilson.
The Company has announced the
transfer of Mr.. William Castrill;
from the Methods Department t(
the Personnel Department as AS
sistant to Mr.. Keller.
Local 497 members will realize ;
total increase in wages of Z cent.
an hour within two weeks. Accord
ing to our contract agreement witt
the Company we shall receive ;
six cent (6c) Improvement factor
increase effective May 29, 1856.
The additional one cent increase
(1c) will become effective with oul
first pay, period beginning on OF
after June /, 1856. This will cove
a rise in the cost-of-living index
This 1c will not give us any addi
tional purchasing power as our cos
of living has increased accordingly
However, the rise in the cost o
living does cut down on the living
standards and purchases of mil
lions of workers who are not Gov
ered-by. eost-of-living agreemen
such as ours.
Peopleswho claim they are eneu
tral and sit on a. fence, are in
precarious position. 1t gives bot
sides a chance to throw rocks.
=
Bob Calm Reports
1t is good to see "Sack" Meacf
em able to- report back to the toe
crib. He looks fine and we hop
he feels that well.
Joe Vargo came in to work wit
beautiful colored eye. He claim
it was from having teeth pulle
not running into a door.
Our sincere sympathy is exten'
ed. to- Larry Lucas and family du
to the death of his mother-in-lay
Mrs Flora Tunnell.
Lester Kreager.is off because {
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