Nuisance Tax Called Short Sighted, Unfair
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The Daily Register VOL. 98 N0.7 SHREWSBURY, N. J. TUESDAY, JULY 8, 1975 15 CENTS Nuisance tax called short sighted, unfair TRENTON (AP) - The Byrne indicated Sunday in a Byrne administration has television interview that he charged that a proposed nui- would be willing to sign some sance tax package is an un- of the nuisance taxes into law fair, shortsighted answer to if accompanied by a legisla- New Jersey's money prob- tive promise to approve a lems which, if adopted, would , scaled-down income tax pro- force the legislature to raise posal to solve the state's long- taxes again before the end of er-range fiscal and education- the year. al needs. • The administration, along Yesterday's hearing in the with a string of witnesses rep- Assembly chamber was the resenting teachers, local first of three this week before school boards and a number the Assembly votes on July 15 of other organizations, testi- on the assortment of taxes. fied against the nuisance Another hearing will be held taxes at the first of three leg- at Montclair State College to- islative public hearings yes- morrow and at the Rutgers terday. They resume tomor- University campus in Camden row. on Friday. Among those taking ex- A package of nuisance ception to the dominant senti- taxes that has been endorsed ment at the hearings was by the Senate includes a one- Mayor Dennis P. Collins of penny increase in the 5 per Bayonne who said "fiscal cent sales tax, highe&car and ruin" would result for cities truck registration fees; a one- PLEADS FOR FUNDS - Edward Blousteln, presi- like his own unless the legis- cent cigarette tax hike and dent of Rutgers University, testifies at the Joint lature raises additional reve- assorted new and increased Emergency Leadership Committee on Taxation In nue somehow. taxes on businesses. BUSTLE ON BROAD STREET — Flurries of ac- on the front of the car. This photo, provided by Trenton yesterday. Blousteln pleaded for more He appealed for support of State Treasurer Richard C. funds for the University. tivity were created by the trolley as It made Its Daniel Dorn Jr. of Dorn's Photo Shop, Red Bank, a $330 million nuisance tax Leone, in what represented dally rounds. A game scheduled for 3:30 p.m. at Is from a book, "Picture the Past: 1900-15," by package that is designed to the prevailing point of view Hannah Lyons Johnson of Llftle Silver. would have to return In five Assembly Minority Leader Baseball Park, Red Bank, Is advertised via sign restore most of the $384 mil- yesterday, said that the nui- or six months, to pass new Thomas H. Kean, R-Essex, lion cut from the new state sance taxes would place an taxes to keep the state going. said the Byrne Administration budget by Gov. Brendan T. unfair burden on those with Leone conceded, however, attempted to "stack" the wit- 9 Byrne. less ability to pay. He also as- that "so*me nuisance tax nesses against nuisance Rutgers University Presi- serted that the tax package packages are better than oth- taxes. Little Silver woman s book Ident Edward J. Blousteln also would merely postpone the ers Some may be better than said he would like to see state's fiscal crisis for a short nothing." But, he added, But Assembly Majority taxes raised by "any method time. "none should be mistaken for Leader Joseph F. LeFante, 9 you believe to be practical "The simple truth, I sub- good public policy." D-Hudson, said they would dwells on Red Bank s past and just to restore nearly $30 mit, is that all we are buying The intent of the public provide the forum for local million that was slashed from is a little time," Jie said. He hearing was not entirely officials to express their ap- the university Budget. predicted the legislature clear. peals for some sort of taxes. By MARYBETH ALLEN might bring them." Homes were heated via coal-burning furnaces, early telephones were wooden boxes hanging on LITTLE SILVER — If you can picture 100-pound bags walls, and electric lights — something new — were hang- of sugar selling for |5.80, children learning to write via the ing on long cords from the middle of ceilings. Palmer method, and a time when the Iceman came two or These things were the "latest." But it isn't easy for three times a week and the mailman came three or four today's 10-year-olds to picture a day without dishwashers, Cioffi, Mazza fined, plan times a day, you.have a pretty accurate picture of the frozen foods, toasters and battery-operated toys. Another past. shock they're in stole for is the fact that in most states, Those "good old days" that young people have heard women couldn't vote. As Mrs. Johnson puts it: "In 1000 a their parents talk about are described for them by Hannah woman's place was said to be the home." Monday was Lyons Johnson in a book "Picture the Past: 1800-1815," wash day — and, because there were no permanent press appeal in revaluation ease which features photographs supplied by Daniel Dorn Jr. of fabrics, everything had to be ironed. To make matters Dorn's Photo Shop, Red Bank. more difficult, heavy metal irons had to be heated on the By WILLIAM J. ZAORSKI The book, published by the Lothrop, Lee & Shepard stove. Co., New York, tells of a time when Tin Lizzies, knickerbo- Schools, like household conveniences, have come a long FREEHOLD - Long ckers, high-button shoes, dime novels, and nickelodeons way since 1800. Then few states had laws saying that chil- Branch Mayor Henry Cioffi were part of everyday life. And what's nostalgia to the old- dren must attend. But if they did — and misbehaved, they and the city's business admin- er set is news to the young. were apt to have their hands slapped with rulers or be giv- istrator, Vincent Mazza, were Mrs. Johnson bases the book in Red Bank, which she en orders to stand in corners. fined $1,500 each in punitive describes as "a town of about 4,000, people which was lo- Those were the days when inkwells were set into the damages yesterday for their cated on a river and was surrounded by farmland. About tops of desks — and desks were lined up in rows and actions in attempting to block five miles from the Atlantic Ocean and forty-five miles screwed to the floor. McGuffey's readers were in use and, Harry A. Schuman, city tax from New York City, it was serviced by steamboat and when it came to writing, children follQwed the Palmer assessor, in submitting the railroad lines. In 1800 most people in America still lived method and filled page after page with the ovals which 1875 property tax evaluations outside of big cities in towns and villages very much like were supposed to help them with correct letter formation. earlier this year. Red Bank." All were taught to write with their right hands — even if Superior Court Judge Mer- It was a time, Mrs. Johnson wrote, when "Americans they happened to be left-handed. ritt Lane Jr. also assessed the were full of hope and excitement over what a new century See Red Bank's, page 13 two officials and the city Jointly $1,000 as compensatory damages in Mr. Schuman's behalf and enjoined the two from interfering with Mr. Schuman in the performance Byrne *snub' talk rapped of his duties. Mayor Cioffi said last night Mayor Henry Cioffi Vincent Mazza Jndge Merrltt Lane Jr. who was angered by the im- the city attorney, Robert L. By BEN VAN VL1ET cumbents seeking reelection. Mauro, has been directed to plication that the lack of rep- Among those critical of the resubmit the 1874 assessment that they attempted to dis- that he suffered physically appeal the decision. But he figures. Monmouth County Demo- resentation by party officials governor was Assemblyman charge him without giving from it, said the judge. Mr. should be construed as a re- refrained from further com- The two officials had termi- him any hearing or reasons Schuman earlier told the cratic leaders and legislators Richard Van Wagner. ment on the case. jection of the governor. However, Mr. Van Wagner nated Mr. Schuman as tax as- for the discharge, said the court that he had lost weight, say their absence from the of- In assessing the punitive ficial opening of the Garden "What are you trying to do, said last night he did not stay sessor but were later ordered judge, adding that they had trouble sleeping and de- make the news or report the away from the Arts Center damages, the court said the by the court Feb. 26 to reins- sought to discharge him veloped a stomach problem State Arts Center in Holmdel two officials demonstrated a last week was not intended as news?" he charged. Wednesday because the gov- tate him. The court at that merely because they dis- during the time that the may- Two months ago, a number ernor was attending. "callous disregard" of legal- time cautioned them not to in- agreed with him. or and the business adminis- a snub to Democratic Gov. ity in trying to cause Mr. Brendan T. Byrne. of county Democratic legisla- "I don't remember receiv- terfere with Mr. Schuman in Actions such as this cries trator sought to have him use Schuman to do something the performance of his duties. Gov. and Mrs. Byrne ar- tors said, both privately and ing an invitation," said Mr.