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crea teme gaa aA EV AAA ROL UNDUE ——_—_——_————— a ? Because of the widening war in Vietnam, federal legislation passed lin in Apri 1966 raised the tax on velephond bills % to 10k. beers nit is ‘clears the Rep. Wilbur i juilis,. who the House tax ‘egialatiéon,: “that the Vietnam, and ation makes (Sea © Cong. Reo. ‘ of Vietnamese through napalm and mass ‘bombings . (about 200,000 casualties in a rer and a halt) 5:# i vtotation of the Nurenberg precedents, of the United Nations Charter, and of the Geneva Accords of 19Sh3¢ Bok : et indefinite continuation of war rt a people who desire above all Gralive and to determine their you believe thig war to be immoral “ and/or illegal, and that you are willing to act on that belief. It ig the kind of pesistalice to immoral and illegal.ects of. government ad- jvocated py the 0,8. at)the Nuremborg } jTrdale.: Wee ‘for-foxee t ag ~ wicks ty, | i brutal’ * extarnination of thousands destiny free fron foreign domination. oO 1U 43 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 government mora to collnct the tax from the re- fusers than the amounts involved. Several Thiladelphlans have joined others across the country in 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 between the individual and the povernmant, with nothing said about possible - phone discontinuance. One phone . & company called to remind a customer “that he had forgotten to withhold + ¢. the tax on aad current bill! TAX REFUSAL AND THE JAW. The law states clearly that tha collection on the telephone tax is ultimately a mattcr betwaen the . individual and the government. According to the Commerce Paragraph 2235 on Collection of ‘Vax a by Another Person, "...{f the person from whom the tax is required to to collected refuses to pay It ... the collecting agency 18 required to report the facts to the district director of revenue and the tas with then be collected by direct assear- ment against the person fallinr on “refuting ba pay the May tec ie eiyortte Uneent “ane canld br: 1) Clearing House 1966 Excise Tar Cuide, Ore who "wilfully falls to pay! the phono ti+ could possibly be charged with a misdemeanor, under Section 770) of the Unternal Revent Code, and be Imprisoned up to one year and fined an amount up to, $10,000. Tt ir also possible that! charged with attempt ¢ to "evade or défeat" the phone tax, under a section penalty. mM However, © objectors to other federal war. taxes during the past several yeare indicate that the government would not. be interested in pressing |. «:+ criminal charzes, but that it would intent try here or there to coltec! Uhe tox (with interest) . ' h : JOM THE. VELEPHONE, TAX REPUSERS: Lhereby pledae to deduct the‘ Ay V tax “rom my telephone pad vnenta an + cencnetea means of *.. ny disapproval of Anerican: x policy in Vietnan. ye , You vay rske my name public as 7"; porticipant in this action. Plessea keep my name in confide. NANE, ADDRES SWONe NO. Majl tor Philefelyhia © ronjaign to | FirCuss T-lephono Tex, 719 Hamitton St.Phtla 1 She on 1M :