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Thursday, February 18, 1971
College Station, Texas
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mith proposes ‘new’ tax to help cities
AUSTIN (JP) — Gov. Preston
Imith asked the legislature Wed-
iday to cancel present property
:es on automobiles and substi-
ite an “ownership tax” with all
jroceeds going to local govem-
nent.
The new levy would require
ownership taxes on a car or
truck be paid before each year’s
I license plates are issued. Pres-
lent state auto registration fees
would still be effective.
Smith proposed the unprece
dented tax in a special message
1 to the House and Senate on hous
ing and community development.
Both houses tok the message un-
j der consideration without imme
diate action.
Thursday there will be a joint
ssion to hear the governor give
second official set of recom
mendations on 1972-73 spending
financing to the legislature.
Key issues of Smith’s first financ-
proposals were quickly de
feated by the legislature.
The preparation of Smith’s
Thursday speech was closely
guarded but many legislators pre
dicted it would include an increase
|| in the state sales tax plus some
I sort of business tax increase, pos-
| sibly a corporate income tax levy.
|| There was little other action
Wednesday in either the House
or Senate.
The House tentatively approv
ed a Senate-passed bill to finance
the $34.9 million emergency wel
fare appropriations bill but the
121-22 vote was six votes short
of the four-fifths majority nec
essary for a final vote.
“The property tax remains the
prime source of revenue of Texas
local governments,” Smith said in
his Wednesday message, “and
will probably continue to be so in
the near future. . . I propose leg
islative steps be taken ... to
overcome extreme inequities in
the application and collection of
the personal property tax on mo
tor vehicles by exempting motor
vehicles from personal property
taxation and substituting a spe
cific ownership tax collected at
the time license plates are is
sued.”
Smith said proceeds from the
ownership tax would be return
ed to cities, counties and school
districts to ease their financial
pressure.
Collection of the personal prop
erty tax on automobiles has been
authorized for many years but its
collection varies widely in sections
of Texas. Little effort is made to
collect the car property tax in
Houston and Fort Worth while
strict measures of collection are
used in Dallas and Austin. Very
little effort is made to collect
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longer had keys to every cell to
discipline at their own discretion.
Better food and medical supplies
were made available to the Amer
icans.
In the area of communications,
more men were identified as be
ing prisoners held by the North
Vietnamese. Also, the number of
packages allowed to be sent to
the camps was increased.
Perot admitted that there are
many people working inside
North Vietnam to give him im
portant information. These peo
ple are paid to keep him up to
date on happenings north of the
demilitarized zone.
"From now on, when you see
films coming out of prison camps,
just smile to yourself when you
see what I call ‘mug shots’ ” he
said, “because if you see a ‘mug
shot’, a lot of times a photograph
er will be working for me, too.”
As a final question, a delegate
asked Perot if his interpretation
of America’s progress, shortcom
ings, etc. would change if he
were a member of a group hurt
by the nation’s advancement.
“I don’t know because I’ve nev
er been one of these,” he fired
back. “The situation is better here
for these groups than if they
were elsewhere. If there were a
better place to go, then I’d go
there. This country offers a pret
ty good opportunity.”
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the present tax in rural areas.
Smith also called for:
—Creation of the Texas De
partment of Community Affairs
to administer such state services
as local planning assistance, mod
el cities aid and housing technical
assistance and economic opportu
nity programs.
—Legislation to let cities en
force housing development stan
dards in fringe growth areas
and to allow counties to enforce
subdivision building standards..
—A return to documentary
stamps showing the sale price
of real estate as an aid to tax
assessors.
growth where private capital is
not available.
In other action, the House
passed, 141-0, and sent to the
Senate a bill requiring the small
er city to vote first when two
cities seek to merge. Consolida
tions must be approved by vot
ers in both cities. Rep. John
Traeger of Seguin, the sponsor,
said the bill could save the larg
er city the cost of an election if
voters in the smaller city oppos
ed consolidation.
Senate business was tied up by
Sen. A. R. Schwartz’s protest
against a proposal which its spon
sor said was designed just to
abolish a $5 hauling permit re
quired of trucks which move oil
field pipes and poles.
“I’m suspicious when in the
first 45 days of the session an
industry comes in with a bill we
don’t know anything about,”
Schwartz said. “We don’t need
to pass all special interest legis
lation at one session or one sit
ting.”
Schwartz told the sponsor, Sen.
W. E. Snelson of Midland, that
he was worried the House-passed
bill might do more than just re
move the permit fee.
—A continuing voter registra
tion system, except for the 30
days prior to an election.
—Creation of a state Housing
Change requires
Finance Corporation and a state
Housing Redevelopment Corpo
ration to encourage low income
housing and to rebuild slum areas.
—Create a state development
corporation where invested funds
could be used for industrial
Whoops, hisses
(Continued from page 1)
“A guy without sideburns looks
like a peeled onion,” Miss Kenne
dy said. This statement was fol
lowed by a great amount of ap
plause.
Miss Ward gave four reasons
for her personal dislike of smok
ing. She says it is unhealthy, the
smoke hurts here eyes because
she wears contacts, the smoke
tends to cling to clothing giving
it a stale smell and, when she
kisses a smoker good-night, he
has a bad taste to his mouth.
A boy should always ask his
girl if he may smoke, she added.
Driving ettiquette was Miss
McGinness’ topic. She told the
boys that they should always let
a girl in and out on her side of
the car. If a girl asks the boy to
slow down, he should do it.
If a guy wants his woman to
sit on the console next to him,
Miss McGinness said, he should
bring a pillow for her to sit on.
(continued from page 1)
instructing your constituencies
of the process of interaction be
tween various elements of the
structure. And finally on the
clear day when you don the ma
ligned mantle of the power struc
ture, as you will by attrition if
nothing else, being willing and
able to ensure that a system is
open and flexible enough for
your sons and daughters to com
promise you out of business too.”
In a question and answer pe
riod, Thomas was asked if he
had compromised his philoso
phies in his position in the Nixon
administration, in contrast to
others like former Interior Sec
retary Walter Hickel who criti
cized Nixon’s handling of prob
lems having to do with youth.
Thomas said, without mention
ing any names, he would say that
some of these people were politi
cally naive.
“I wouldn’t write a letter to
the Secretary criticizing him,”
he said. “I’d quit first and then
do it. I haven’t had to compro
mise.”
The next questioner, a young
black, said that it seemed that
the lower voting age had influ
enced the words of Thomas’s
talk.
“It is obvious to me that Nix
on is an enemy of the poor and
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an enemy of the blacks,” the
SCONA delegate said. “In order
to have stayed in your position
you had to compromise.”
“Are you asking a question or
making a statement,” Thomas
interrupted. “Your comments are
naive. I made these same state
ments two years ago (before the
voting age was lowered). It’s
unfortunate that you don’t
know . . .”
“You appeal to us to be pat
sies,” the student broke in, “to
try to negotiate. If you place
America in historical perspec
tive, you can see that demonstra
tions are the only thing that
America will respond to. My
question is if you don’t get posi
tive results through proper chan
nels, what would you suggest?”
Thomas said that the student
hadn’t grasped his speech and
that “pressure against existing
powers should be brought after
an intellectually oriented, hu
mane approach.
“You have to know when to do
what,” he said.
Later a student reasked Thom
as what to do if all channels had
been exhausted.
“The sophisticated approach is
nice, because no one is going to
object to it,” the student said.
“But what if it doesn’t work?”
“No it is not nice, it’s very
difficult,” Thomas said. “If you
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