1:: the midst of one of the greatest drives against the level of Govern me: t spending the not: n has ever i xponenced. the America:) people ■.n now in the la.-s-minuie throes i f figuring out and settlin':. up their biggest income tax tab on record. When the final U. S. Tie usury ac count in. takes place after the April 15 payment deadline, the Govern ment anticipates that its personal income tax collection,- fot the 1957 fiscal year, exclusive of other re ceipt.-. will-add up to a record $38 1-2 billions This is the equiva lent of more than Sion millions a flay for every day of the year, and to about $770 for every household in the land ! some $3 it* I i. the Federal income tux bill collected si the 1958 fiscal year, and exactly double the comparable total in 1945. the peak u:< year during World War II.

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