RECALL OF TORY SENATORS DISCUSSED AT CONFERENCE OF PROGRESSIVE LEADER
Recall of Tory Senators Discussed at Conference of Progressive Leaders GOP Is Paving Way for Utility Tax Cut, Claim Loss of Millions Seen from Revamping REPUBLICAN administration wreckage of the...
...Jenks drew on his background of 12 years in the state tax commission when he said: ''We ire going back to - where we were 30 years ago in general property tax administration...
...Glenn D. Roberts, Madison...
...Walter Melchior, Appleton...
...But they also prepare sales data and other data showing the true value of the property lying In each taxing district...
...Assemblyman Laurie Carlson, Bayfield...
...Sen Erie Ingram, Eau Claire...
...Ed Browne, Waupaca...
...George Hampel, Milwaukee, vice chairman of the state central committee, took turns at presiding at the conference of party leaders...
...Rose Knapp, Plainfield...
...Robert Dugdale, Platteville...
...Move to Snap Stalwart Control of Senate Wins Cheers MORE than 300 Progressive leaders, representing every county in Wisconsin, participated in an important conference Saturday which preceded the general party celebration* at Wisconsin Rapids last weekend...
...Edwin M. Blomquist, Adams...
...Several score Progressive leaders addressed the conference, and from their talks there emerged two dominant inter-related themes—the strong conviction that a Progressive victory is shaping up for 1940 and the frequently-expressed thought that intensive organizational and educational activity is necessary to assure that victory...
...Assemblyman Paul Alfonsi, Pence...
...Philip E. Nelson, Maple...
...Orland S. Loomis, Mauston...
...The key to the Wisconsin system is the work of the state supervisors of assessment...
...Wisconsin's system in this respect is the envy of the nation...
...I prophecy the state will lose millions of dollars in utility taxes...
...Assemblyman Andrew J. Bieimiller, Milwaukee...
...A wide variety of subjects was discussed at the preliminary gathering, with special interest focused on plans to drive for the recall of some of the most reactionary state senators who would not otherwise come up for reelection this fall...
...Jenk's analysis was released as the third of a series of reports by experts on the effect of the Republican administration's "reorganization" of the state tax department...
...This average rate is the ratio of general property taxes paid to the true value of the general property in the state...
...Undoubtedly the reason why the wrecking of the property tax system has largely escaped the notice of Wisconsin citizens is because the system is complicated and not easily understood...
...Hampel, Anton Miller, Little Chute...
...Sparta...
...Walter A. Graunke, Wausau...
...William Gleiss...
...and Dr...
...Formerly supervisor of assessments at Wausau...
...Tom Fairchild, Portage...
...Ted McGillin, Appleton...
...Upon the work of these supervisors of assessment depends the entire system of public utility taxation in Wisconsin...
...The new commisisoner of taxation rushed in where only tax experts have been allowed to tread up to this time...
...He placed special stress on the need for getting to the rank and file of the people the true story of the present Republican state administration...
...Prof...
...Up to this time the county boards in Wisconsin have almost universally accepted without change the reliable data presented to them by the state supervisors of assessment...
...Phil La Follette...
...William Huffman, Wisconsin Rapids', Herbert L. Mount, Milwaukee...
...Walter Corrigan, Sr., Milwaukee...
...Sol Rust, Milwaukee...
...Harold E. Stafford, Chippewa Falls...
...Henry A. Gunderson, Portage...
...Tax experts are agreed that the reorganization of the property tax division of the state department of taxation has wrecked the machinery by which a reliable average state tax rate was computed...
...who came from Washington to attend the conference, struck the keynote of the meeting when he urged Progressive workers to redouble their efforts in the fields of organization and education...
...Jack K. Kyle, Whitewater, chairman of the Progressive state central committee, disclosed that a committee would be established to survey the field and lay the groundwork for the recall of Tory senators...
...Henry Rutz, Milwaukee...
...Samuel Sigman, Appleton...
...Kyle and Sen...
...This, data is then presented to the county boards of review which use it to apportion or equalize the county tax...
...Tom Stadola, Jackson county...
...John Reynolds, Green Bay...
...Kenneth Greenquist, Racine...
...The full text of its survey of the impact cf recent changes in tax administration on utility taxes follows : "The state taxes public utilities in Wisconsin at the average state lax rate...
...H. S. Witmer, Price county...
...J. J. Fitzgerald, Waukesha...
...Harold M. Groves, University of Wisconsin economist and chairman of the FLPF executive board...
...Thunderous applause #.reeted the announcement that machinery is being set in motion to force senators of this type to answer for their record through recall elections which would be timed to coincide with the general election in November...
...Ole Eggum, Trempelau county...
...Robert M. La Follette, Jr...
...Michael Kresky, Green Bay...
...The series is sponsored by the Wisconsin State Employes association...
...Among those who spoke at the conference were: Phil La Follette, William T. Ev-jue...
...It is based on their calculations of the true value of general property in the state which, when used with the factor of total property taxes paid, yields a reliable average state property tax rate...
...These men are charged with coordinating the work of and instructing local assessors...
...Recall of Tory Senators Discussed at Conference of Progressive Leaders GOP Is Paving Way for Utility Tax Cut, Claim Loss of Millions Seen from Revamping REPUBLICAN administration wreckage of the state tax department will enable private utilities to escape payment of millions of dollars in utility taxes, Aldro Jenks, veteran taxation authority, warned last week...
...and Mrs...
Vol. 10 • May 1940 • No. 21
