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rene Tveme 26567 SU AP CIV 2A CAL VILE erty eemareinasinnipimnenteng eta napaenaniintntie-Gdeea Pepe nacre "? Because of the widening war in FP ae federal legislation passed I fin April 1966 raised the tax on ree bills trom 3% to 10%. WY rt is ag ele: aa a ‘the Rep. Wilbur " “Tislis, who @ House tax - egialatién, : "that the Vietnam, and— =f ay | domly the Vietnam operation makes a a Cong. Rec. eh, - "extermination of thousands: for Vietnamese through napalm and mass vonbings. (about 200,000. caavalties in a yer and a halt) s:$ ; nr forcing young ‘anes situations where they must kill Poker are st, ad cans inte jobegtanes i 7 a? f ‘Gviolation of the Nuremberg et a precedents, of the United Nations | 3 ° An willing to act on ‘that belief. ig the “Kind of 73 jTrials.: We ¢ f zi ! for boycott el Charter, and of the Geneva Accords of, Sh 3 #:.,- 4 :, a ae Ee indefinite continuation of war, a ~~t. a people who desire above all o dive and to determine their i destiny free fron foreign domination. ; are inn ee fet Po on a ee é Bm te 3° Fe WHY BOYCOTT THIS TAX? :: 2 aye ba ef ve aes Hately eet eee Oe . A tax ‘boycott ‘demonstrates, that , you believe this war to be immoral Snd/or, illegal,” and that you are © It fatatic and illegal.“ects of. ronment ad- @ to immoral . 4d vocated py: ‘the Dede at: ‘the pe beanie L O 1t 323 ACTUALLY in your power to refuse it; ‘o most of the tax was admittedly imposed to pay for the war; o it would cost the povernment mora to collect the tax from the re- fusers than the amounts involved. WHAT HAPPENS TO PHONE TAX REFUSERG? Several Philadeiphians have Adnitnead athers arraaa the country in ad SF ALA hw MEER A ee ee Vile rAsUreawed oy raga refusing to pay the phone tax (at least the 7% recently added), with » letters explaining to the company the reasons for the refusal. Answers indicate that the phone company con= siders the refusal a matter belween the inflividauel and tha gnyar: want with nothing said about ‘possible phone discontinuance. One phone company called to remind a customer that he had forgotten to withhold the tax on the current bill! The law states clearly that the collection on the telephone tax is ultimately a matter between Lhe individual and the government. Aec rawedine ta +h Commerce Wew LEU BK way Ul he Teteatbe ba Clearing House 1966 Fxciae Tar Cuids, Paragraph 2235 on Colle:tion at ‘Pax by Another Person, "...{f the person . from whom the tax is required to ba collected refuses to pay it ... the collecting agency ia required ‘o report the facts to the district director of revenue and the tag will then be collected by direct assenr- ment against the person Pabtinn on wefmatra hn pay the May tour re bportt: Greeny 8 marr * ihre, matte thE A NEICRDa AE OORA he RAMAN masemnenCRraE £10,000, Ore who "wilfully fails to pay' the phono tr+ could possibly be chorped with a miedemeanor, under — Section 70) of the Unternal Revent Code, and be imprisoned up to one | year and fined an amount up to oo T!, in also possible that: one could br charged with attempt |’ to "evadator défeat" the phone tax, under a nection carrying a stiffer. penalty. -~ se However, ofpesiences of. objectora to other federal war taxes during the past several yeare indicate that. the government vould not. be interested in pressing |. criminal charges, but that it woule insterl try here or there to collec the tex (with interest) «: 5 wo ¢ : a} oye “ 4 ween een eae denen men ged JOLN THR LT hereby pledee to deduct the ‘ Federsl tax porments an ! L el a 4, d eg) oa oan ‘ concnete means of CETRPHONE TAX, REFUSES: ii “rom my telephone bill - voicing my disapproval of American: - militers policy in Vietnam, "5° ve You woy role my nama public as 7a porticipant in this action. a ee ne i ee ADDRESS PHONG Mail bos, se Pnitedn hia tenjalgn to | “Heese Tlephone Tex, ' & 490 Hamitton St.Phtla 19 Sheer ot 88 as id Please keep my name in confide.