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Would A Sales Tax Benefit The War Effort

Merryle Stanley Rukeyser, a well-known money and business writer whose work appears in newspapers across the country, gets into a discussion with Dr. William Withers. Dr. Withers is the head of the Economics Department at Queens College and also leads The Committee On Taxation Of The Union For Democratic Action. The two men talk about money, business, and taxes.

Arthur Stivaletta, also known as Mr. Wake Up America, was an American political activist and building contractor from Dedham, Massachusetts.

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“Would A Sales Tax Benefit The War Effort.” Wake Up America. Radio broadcast, June 14, 1942.