Tax fairness in a rigged income system voiced in 1950s critique
In a stark critique of the U S tax system, the author questions equity between wage earners and the rich, accusing lawmakers and industry of manipulating laws to favor the wealthy. He urges honest administration and reform to restore public confidence, noting loopholes, state tax bias, and the burden on the poor and middle class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mortimer Caplin
Internal Revenue
Infernal Revenue Service
Mortimer
Mark Twain
States
My Years With General Motors by Alfred P Sloan Jr
A Washington review heralds Alfred P Sloan Jr's memoirs as unusually candid and factual, detailing General Motors growth from its formation by Durant to postwar strategy. It highlights Sloan's plain, lucid writing and the book's rare access into corporate decision making, while noting labor and wartime aspects without sensationalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Felix Frankfurter
General Motors
Alfred P. Sloan Jr
Sloan
Lise-Fortune
Mr. Sloan
William Crapo Durant
du Ponts
Durant
Hyatt Roller Bearing Co
Ford
Senator Goldwaters arrogance questioned in column
WILLIAMSTOWN readers are treated to a harsh critique of Senator Goldwater after he disparages the poor and the war on poverty. The piece cites Harringtons The Other America and government data showing millions in poverty, urging Johnsons plan be supported and warning against inflation and misstatements.
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Sen. Goldwater
The
Economic Club of
New York
North Carolina
Rockefeller
President Johnson
Castro
Khrushchev
de Gaulle
Woolworth’s
Johnson
South
Walter Lippmann
Joseph Alsop
America
Michael Harrington
Lippmann
Harrington
St. Louis
Holy Cross
Yale Law
Bowery
California
Senate
Ily
Eisenhower
Leon Keyserling
Council of Economic Advisers
You and I
Charles K. Parker
American Medical Association
Congress
Aristotle
Scandinavia
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North
Northeastern University
Boston
Mass
Albert E. Everett
Northeastern
B & K Opticians
St. Tel
Mr. Francis
Francis
Tyler Street
Pittsfield
Hillcrest
Massachusetts
National
Washington
Nikita 5
George G. Connelly
Williamstown
Edward R. Murrow
U.S. Information Agency
Murrow
CBS
Clapp Ave
Berkshire Eagle
Piftsfield Insurance Agency
Bank Row
Berkshire Community College
John Mason Brown
NEW England Furniture
Continental
A. J. Scarafoni, Inc
Pittsfield, Mass
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