ABOLITION OF POLL TAX IS CALLED VITAL
Abolition of Poll Tax Is Called Vital Sen.Thomas Urges Move in View of Wealth Concentration WASHINGTON, D. C—In view of the growing concentration of wealth the time has come when "the widest...
...Lee Geyer's (D, Calif...
...One such step is the abolition of the poll tax as a requirement for voting in federal elections...
...Since the constitution of the V. S. grants to congress all power to enact legislation necessary to maintain a republican form of government in each of the states, it is within the power of congress and it is the duty of congress to take such steps as will effect the widest possible distribution of political power...
...This is a minimum necessity...
...Others who testified in favor of the Geyer bill were Walter Polokoff, representing the CIO, J. G. Luhrsen, Railway Labor Executives Assn., J. Flnley Wilson, grand exalted ruler of the Improved Benevolent Protective Order of the Elks, and Alton Lawrence, southern representative of Labor's Non-Partisan League...
...bill to abolish poll taxes...
...Elbert D. Thomas (D, Utah) told a house judiciary subcommittee as he testified in favor of Rep...
...It is history today that the industrial revolution has brought with It the accumulation of ownership and the monopolization of economic power by a relatively small number of individuals," Thomas, who is chairman of the senate education and labor committee, declared...
...Abolition of Poll Tax Is Called Vital Sen.Thomas Urges Move in View of Wealth Concentration WASHINGTON, D. C—In view of the growing concentration of wealth the time has come when "the widest possible distribution of political powers is essential to the maintenance of a republican form of government," Sen...
...An oligarchy might well become the expression of such a group in the field of government...
Vol. 10 • May 1940 • No. 21
