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Show THE IDES OF MARCH 117 For: Against: Aspinall (D) Colorado Bender (R) Ohio Bentsen (D) Texas Donovan (D) New York Berry (R) South Dakota Gross (R) Iowa Budge (R) Idaho Haley (D) Florida Dawson (R) Utah Hosmer (R) California D'Ewart (R) Montana O'Brien (D) New York Engle (D) California Pillion (R) New York Harrison (R) Wyoming Regan (D) Texas Pfost (D) Idaho Rogers (D) Texas Rhodes (R) Arizona Saylor (R) Pennsylvania Westland (R) Washington Shuford (D) No. Carolina Wharton (R) New York Yorty (D) California Young (R) Nevada Dr. Miller, chairman of the full committee, did not vote, but he did not need to, for he would have voted for the bill. The National Conference of State Taxpayer Execu- tives had been waiting with loaded guns for the House Committee to move. This organization, of which Steve Stahl of Oklahoma City was coordinator, had members in thirty-six states, and in the Tax Foundation of Washington, d.c. Each member of the Conference was a high officer of the tax association of his own state. Therefore, the material sent out had a wide distribution among prominent citizens, industrial leaders and busi- ness executives. Within twenty-four hours after the House Committee's decision had become known, every tax organization in the country had been alerted by the Conference, and a plea for active opposition to the bill had been made. "The legislation," said Stahl's memorandum, "would establish a new yardstick and precedent for measuring the economic feasibility of multiple-purpose projects and |
