CONTENTS

Statement of-

T. Coleman Andrews, former Commissioner of Internal Revenue.

Robert B. Dresser, representing the Committee for Constitutional

Government, Inc., New York, N. Y., and We, The People, of Chi-

cago, Ill., and the Associated Industries of Rhode Island.

Corinne Griffith, Washington, D. C...

Roger Moure, tax consultant, Arlington, Va

Merwin K. Hart, president, the National Economic Council, Inc.,

New York, N. Y

William Logan Martin, chairman, Special Committee of the American

Bar Association.

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Frank E. Packard, executive vice president, Western Tax Council,

Chicago, Ill., presented by A. A. Imberman, Chicago, Ill.

Hon. Wright Patman, a Member of Congress from the First District

of the State of Texas.

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Stanley H. Ruttenberg, director, Department of Research, AFL-

CIO

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Exhibits-

Copy Senate Joint Resolution 23.

"Let's Get Rid of the Income Tax", by T. Coleman Andrews, former
Commissioner of Internal Revenue, printed in the American
Weekly, April 22, 1956.

Letter dated April 20, 1956, addressed to Hon. James O. Eastland
from Joseph D. Stecher, secretary, American Bar Association__
Letter dated April 26, 1956, addressed to Hon. William Langer from
Robert B. Dresser with supplemental statement.

Letter dated May 1, 1956, addressed to Hon. William Langer from
Stanley H. Ruttenbert, pertaining to States which had rescinded
their resolutions to memorialize the Congress to call a constitutional
convention to limit the power of the Federal Government to tax
Letter dated April 23, 1956, from W. Hansen Hall, Lafayette, La..
Letter dated April 20, 1956, addressed to Gen. Frank E. Packard from
Howard N. Morse, Chicago, Ill.

Editorial, Life Magazine, issue of April 9, 1956, entitled "Is the

Income Tax Just?".

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Article, Baltimore News-Post, issue of April 16, 1956, entitled "$60

Taxpayer of 1913 Pays U. S. $1,592 Today".

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Letter dated April 19, 1956, addressed to Hon. Estes Kefauver from

Hartman Barber, general representative, Brotherhood of Railway

and Steamship Clerks..

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Letter dated April 27, 1956, from William L. Martin, with attach-

ment: "The Amending Power: The Background of the Income Tax

Amendment," January and February 1953, issues of the American

Bar Association Journal.

Letter dated April 27, 1956, from Hollywood Women's Republican

Club...

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Telegram dated April 25, 1956, from A. P. Fant, Jr., New Orleans, La

Telegram dated April 23, 1956, from We, The Mothers Mobilized for

America

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Letter dated April 28, 1956, from Association for the Balance of

Political Power, Inc.

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Letter dated April 26, 1956, from Dames of the Loyal Legion of the

United States of America with attached resolution..

Resolution adopted by 30th Women's Patriotic Conference on

National Defense, Inc., February 16-18, 1956, Washington, D. C..

Resolution adopted by The American Coalition of Patriotic Societies,

February 16, 1956, Washington, D. C...

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Exhibits-Continued

Resolution adopted by National Society Women Descendants of the
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, April 10, 1956, Wash-
ington, D. C..

Letter dated May 5, 1956, from National Society, Daughters of the

American Colonists, with attached resolution adopted April 11,

1956, Washington, D. C...

Statements submitted by-

Roger Moure, tax consultant, Arlington, Va

Blyth Emmons, director, Washington office, National Small Business

Men's Association, Inc..

Paul A. Peters___

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