Bid to End Sales Tax Push Freezes Utility Rates Plan
A heated discussion extols constitutional action to cut telephone, gas, and electricity charges. Advocates urge a 3 to 3.5 cent per kilowatt hour ceiling and a 48 cent gas rate. They claim newspapers push compromise with utility advertising while promising a direct public vote to fix rates through a constitutional amendment. The plan would bar state commissions from altering rates, with penalties tied to taxation if rates fail to drop.
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Volunteers Circulate Petitions Across Ohio Counties
Volunteers are urged to circulate petitions for a referendum in at least four counties. The People's Voice readers are to drive the campaign via print and radio and recruit 200 000 signers. Send petitions to the People's Power League at 211 Odd Fellows Temple Cincinnati or call 2851 for contact.
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Obnoxious Sales Tax Ammendment Outlined in Local Letter
A reader denounces a proposed state referendum that would impose a sales tax, arguing it hits the poor hardest. The letter cites a relief allowance of five cents per meal for a widow and child and questions how families can survive on such regulation.
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Statewide Campaign Aims for Constitutional Change by Pledge
A Cincinnati group called People’s Power urges a statewide drive to amend the Ohio constitution via referendum. They claim citizens can bypass lawmakers to end the sales tax, cut telephone charges, fix electric rates, and extend social protections for everyone over 60, without governor or legislature. The plan emphasizes direct action through ballot amendments.
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