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'Soak Ihe Poor' Levy<br />
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COLUMBUS—The (cdi-rul iiclml.s.sloii.s tux<br />
K a "souk the poor" levy, di-dured Robert<br />
WUe, executive secretary of the Independent<br />
Itieatre Owners of Ohio, In a letter to the<br />
Joint congressional committee on Internal<br />
revenue taxation.<br />
"The average price of movie tickets, less<br />
Meral tax. Is only 38 cents," added Wile,<br />
"which mukes movies definitely the poor<br />
man's entertainment medium. Weulthy people<br />
can afford to spend large sums for entertainment<br />
and can avoid the tax comipletely.<br />
They can go to the opera, concerts<br />
or symphony orchestras, all much more<br />
costly than the movies, without paying any<br />
tax. They can hire a fishing boat for a day<br />
lat a cost of $60 or $70 and add a catered<br />
'box lunch for $20 and not pay a cent In<br />
federal tax. Many other forms of entertaln-<br />
'ment are also tax-free—bowling alleys, bingo,<br />
ibasaars, billiard parlors, etc., etc. This Ls<br />
'definite discrimination against movies."<br />
WANT OPaV EQUAL TAX<br />
He said that theatres have never asked<br />
ifor preferential treatment. "All they want<br />
|ls the same tax base as any other business,"<br />
Ihe added. 'TTiere Is absolutely no justlfica-<br />
Itlon for this unfair, discriminatory additional<br />
j20 per cent federal admission tax when one<br />
.considers that theatres are already paying<br />
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