DEBATERS TO WRANGLE TAX REBATE QUESTION

The Debating Union will hold its second meeting of the year next Tuesday in the Living Room of the Union. The proposition selected for debate is: "Resolved, That this house approves of President Coolidge's proposal for a rebate on 1926 income taxes."

Representative F. W. Pallinger, Congressman from Massachusetts, and some member of the University faculty not as yet announced will be obtained as preliminary speakers for the debate. Representative Dallinger will talk on behalf of President Coolidge's proposal while the faculty member will speak against it.

Topic Much Discussed

The topic chosen for debate is one that has provoked a storm of comment recently in political circles. President Coolidge proposed on November 6, shortly after the defeat of Senator W. M. Butler by a Democratic candidate, that the present administration should pass a law making a refund of 12 per cent on the 1926 income taxes during 1927. The President gave as his reasons for this proposal the fact that there is at present a large government surplus in the Treasury and also the fact that government economy is being pushed to the limit

Opponents Call Move Impractical

The opponents of the rebate plan maintain that the Republicans are trying to avoid tax reduction at present in order to make a national issue out of it in 1928. They claim that a tax rebate is not practicable and not sufficient when the government can reduce the whole income tax ratio now.

The meeting will start at 7.30 o'clock with a member of the Debating Union presiding. After the introductory speeches four men will talk five minutes each, for and against the plan.

The 60 men who signed up at the last meeting for membership in the Debating Union will be formed at this assembly into a permanent group for future debates.