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of the frodltetloa In-.;ex In thi Le
Security l o t .

The Economic Security Act pgOfldi that the .myroli -tax shall be
one per cent in 1936, if the Board's production Utdai ernes not average
;uore than 34, &na 2 per cent if I t averages between 84 and 95, and the
aaise provision Is In effect about 1937* la XfSI and thereafter the t&x
i i to be 3 per cent*
I i l a JS& i^&mauc&Uiai Mali. Jlkt fcK M M l * 1 M& &&^- i n liMU

ladia is aa Mtiaatt subject to rvflitoi iBd occaal^ruilly to
.fluctuations of • mo-re or less e.cclci#ntal nature.

If

;,100FOOOj(DOO of tas@s? sore or l a s ^ w©r© to a@pend on whether the ifiiw
h&ppena to fall beXo« or above 35, there wcttlx- be pressure on the Board
to MlN i t s estimates M 3btV as possible* The laAH would also be subjected to close •tratiaj'fcjrIiilereileri purlleti with possibilities of
gy^ent about the Wlidlt? of this or that portion of the e s t i .

In Lades ihUI i i only a rough tool eadf though i t i s based curon tha basit ITirtTatolt inforsastlon$ .nevertheless induces m good
if erttttillg mid JnlgMttl« is not'a safe se&gure for a statutory

requiresent that i t b© uaed as a basis for taxation*

Since the tax

is to be I per cent la 1333 l a any Ktttj i t mould seeio best to sicply
step i t up 1 per cent aach ysca" until th©n5 rather than to !iave i t s level
on h partially e t l i i l e i i iadO md subject the Sosrc! to the possible




of OOOtl'fgKHy oTer IftM validity of

Fund

I hare been over 'the d r a f t ef section 4a of the Economic Seeur
B i l l and »r* Otirrla bus also looked i t over*
• v i s i o n s to tsake*

i t hftfi BO

Minor changes that Biffet c l a r i f y i t ere

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beoi^ing9 before t h s words

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witfe ( t o rtfjUlirtBilitH of Section 4ft*1

Thii imgiit>1on i.. fo» th©

of iimkiii|> i t e&MV t h a t 4d dCM not la My • • 7 Modify tho :raquire®#nt in
4a that t2i» oeeratsry of the Tre&gtsrj sfiaiild keep Use e n t i r e funcf
spt such. HHttl M nay be Beseaasary for eurrent wltMrawala*
ghouid not r@cpii.re the Secretiirj1" to keep i t a l l

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If lift

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ttid ,#*"r«sijBya la the tirount tr»*il bi *':i^lit hold on deposit with the
askf wouX4 Iwm %lw gasa affect m

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federal fiaserTs b&nks mnd might i n t e r f e r e with tho 8^•!••*•
sarket policy,