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The Daily Register VOL. 97 NO. 8 SHREWSBURY, N.J. TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1974 TEN CENTS Assembly plans income tax vote Monday TRENTON (AP) - The New Jersey Assembly is ex the Byrne administration's income lax bill yesterday Wood- cratic side, which has 66 legislators, dominates the HHMM tl anas The measure calls for a tan rate i>f $.1 8 per ilim - peeled to vote Monday on Got Brendan T Byrne's proposed son said it would be voted on in I he Assembly Monday sembly sessed valuation, an increase of Ib cents o\er Bymt'l >i Iguul state Income tax with key legislative leaders expressing up The tax committee's action came as Byrne was rallying "WC're nearer now than ve'vt ewi bew," the Mercer timism about the measure's chances for passage support for the measure in an unusual appearance bdm I County Democrat said after the twnhour caucus "I saw I Hyrncs proposals would give murm ipalitn". a toral option Assembly Speaker S Howard Woodson Jr predicted lhai Senate Democratic caucus substantial change in attitude today " to add r»0 cents In the %'i 25 rale The utrttttffllil mom s railed the chances of the tax plan passing the lower house were MI The governor's appearance was pnor to the Senate's pas- Other Assemblymen contended Woodson s totals weir too would then be returned to the municipality to provide 40. He said after a caucus of Democratic Assemblymen yes- sage of companion legislation that defines a thorough and ef optimistic properly tax relief terday that SS legislators now support an income tax and an- ficient education Woodson said that some of the undecided Miles could IK Byrne's billion dollar proposal is designed to meet other nine are undecided. In the Assembly, 41 voles are needed In pass legislation swayed by adoption of a modifaetion id the inrume tax plan Supreme Court order to find a more equitable means ul IUIIM However, questions were raised immediately by other leg- Woodson gave this breakdown of Democratic Assemblymen urged by Assemblyman Byron M Hacr. I) Bergen ing public education instead of reli.un ••• M local property islators about how solid the support actually was. Some as- 35 in support of the income tax plan, 12 against any income In a 6 3 vote, the Assembly Taxation Committee cleared taxes The plan is also designed to bring properly lav M'IH•( semblymen said they only indicated to Woodson that they tax, 9 undecided and 10 abstentions Byrne's proposed graduate income tax ran^in^ from \u2 in x Almost immediately after Woodson annourunl I in name* would back the income tax if certain changes were made But Woodson said there was little difference between the per cent. of the 35 Assemblymen who indicated they would support .i first. "undecided" votes and the abstentions and indicated it was a The committee also released an administration proposal income tax, several of those named protested tti.it then nip. Meanwhile, the Assembly Taxation Committee voted out good sign that "we have only 12 absolute no's " The Demo to impose a statewide property lax on businesses in wealthier See Assembly, page 2 Senate amends, votes pivotal education bill TRENTON (AP) - The Skevin, of Bergen County, sual" in his visit to the sena- legislator said Senate has voted its definition joined the 10 minority Re- tors and said the meeting pro- The senator also said if the of what constitutes a "thor- publican senators and An duced a "consensus that we education bill still contained ough and efficient" education thony Imperiale, of Newark, ought to act and act this the funding provision it would system but hasn't said how it thetone Senate independent, month." But Byrne said. "1 have been defeated would pay for it. rovore against the bill. don't know that there was a The key clause in the ma The upper house yesterday The Senate session was de- consensus on anything else " sure defines the goal of a "thorough and efficient" edu voted 24-13 for a bill sought layed an hour by a prolonged One s.nator who supports cation system as one* that pro- by the Byrne administration meeting of the Democratic the income tax proposed by vides all children "the educa- as a key element in its propos- majority who huddled for an Byrne said he did not see any tional opportunity which will .al for school funding reform hour and a half with Byrne increase in support for the prepare them to function po financed through a stale in- who made an extraordinary governor despite his personal UticaJly, economically and u come tax. appearance at the legislators' appeal for backing. dally in a democratic society Bui the bill passed in the conference seeking support to the extent of their individ- Senate and sent to the Assem- for his program. "He would have been better ual talents and abilities " bly which has set an income Afterward the governor off doing it weeks ago, no one See Senate, page 2 tax vote for Monday had been said he saw nothing "unu- has changed his mind," the amended to delete a key sec- tion that would have provided the mechanism to fund a $U0 million increase in state school aid proposed by Gov. For tax, but Fiorino Brendan T. Byrne. The opponents of an income tax insisted on deletion of the funding proposal before they would support the bill be- won't politick for it cause they said it was tied to EXTRAORDINARY GESTURE - Gov. Brendan yesterday. At right, he leaves the meeting with a the income tax. By BEN VAN \ I.IK I Mrs. Gertrude Herman of not taken a position nn the Byrne enters the Senate Democrats caucus with a frown on his face. State House observers seemed The legislation was de- Long Branch, and Mayor tax. smile and confidence in an attempt to gain legisla- to think that is the way the meeting went. It was signed to meet a 1973 State FREEHOLD - Monmouth Morton Salkind of Marlboro Both the county's sole Ite tive support of his income tax proposal In Trenton the first time that a governor went tp a caucus. Supreme Court mandate for County Democratic Chairman Both are Democratic assem publican legislator Alfred V an overhaul of New Jersey's John R. Fiorino says he's per- blymen. Beadleston. Senate minority system of paying for educa- sonally in favor of a state in- ' The county's other four as- leader, and Democrat Eugene tion. come tax, but he won't try to semblymen — all'Democrats J. Bedell have come out in The court said the present influence the vote of the coun- — have stated their opposi- strong opposition lo the guv system which relies mainly ty's legislative delegation on tion loan income tax ernor's plan High court begins review on local property taxes was the issue. One of those assemblyman Sen. Herbert J: Buchler of inadequate when measured Eight of Monmouth Coun- — Richard Van Wagner of Ocean Township, however, against the requirement of ty's nine state legislators are Middletown, is the sponsor of has said he is uncommitted the state constitution thai Democrats, and so far only a bill which would impose a Mr. Fiorino said he has the legislature assure a "thor- two have come out in favor of statewide classified property talked with state officials dot of Nixon's privilege claim ough and efficient" public a state income tax, the key- tax as an alternative to the ing the past two weeks about school system. stone to GoV. Brendan T income tax. support of the income tax Sen. John F. Russo, D- Byrne's tax plan WASHINGTON (AP) - The erick C. La Rue in an effort to cret part of the record that The briefs in the case in- His bill is being supported plan. Ocean, an income tax oppo- Supreme Court has begun de- discredit charges that Nixon the court has before it. clude 197 pages from St. A vote on the income tax is by the other three assem He said he. met with GOT nent who has proposed an al- liberations - based on 459 approved a $75,000 payment Jaworski, arguing that the Clair, 235 from Jaworski and tentatively scheduled in the blymen. Walter J. Kozloski, Byrne two weeks ago and ternative state classified pages of briefs, three hours of to Watergate burglar E. How- Watergate grand jury had the 27 in a brief by the American Assembly for Monday William Fitzpattick, and Wil- with J Edward Crabiel, vi property tax, said, "God al- oral argument and a file in- ard Hunt Jr. authority to name the Presi- Civil Liberties Union, which "There are certain issues liam Klynn. retary of state, lasi week one can define thorough and Despite the lack of support cluding still secret material Meanwhile, former Atty. dent an unindicted cocons- the court agreed yesterday to where you have a party line," Mr. Fiorino said he dis • efficient, and He has not cho- from the Monmouth delega- — on President Nixon's Wa- Gen. John N Mitchell report- pirator in the Watergate cov- consider. The ACLU opposes Mr. Fiorino said, "but this cussed the income lax pro sen to come down and partici- tion, Mr Fiorino predicts the tergate claim of executive edly agreed to undergo limit- er-up, said the question is im- the President's claim. (the income tax) isn't one of gram and told both the gover pate in the legislative de- income tax will pass the As- privilege.