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EIGHT N E W O F F IC E R S E L E C T E D B Y F I S C A L O F F IC E R S A S S O C I A T I O N T h e County Fiscal Officers Association held an all-day annual m eeting in R en o o n A p r il 27. T h is association includes the auditors and treasurers from each county and is designed to secure greater cooperation and interchange o f ideas. M iss B elle B oyd, W a s h o e County Recorder, has been President o f the organization since it w as form ed last year. N e w officers elected fo r the ensuing year are: Presi­dent, Bertha M an h ire, Esm eralda County A u d ito r; V ice- President, Peter M e ria ld o , Eureka County A u d ito r; Second Vice-President, J. B . Cunningham , W a sh o e County Treas­u re r; Secretary, M rs. Charlotte Sanford, Churchill County A u d it o r ; Treasurer, C. H . Sloan, C lark County Treasurer. Sixteen counties w ere represented at the R en o meeting, both Storey C ounty representatives bein g unable to attend because they d id not have deputies to leave in charge o f their offices. N e x t year’s m eeting w ill in all probability be h eld in Las V egas. C O N G R E S S I O N A L H I G H L I G H T S W h e th e r all m ajor appropriation bills w ill be enacted p rio r to the end o f the current fiscal year, June 30th, is debatable. O n ly one has already been, one is in conference, five are in H ou se Committee.— A n ew tax b ill fo r July is im probable. Present consideration o f the H ou se W a y s and M ean s Committee is lim ited to Social Security. Incom e o f tax-exem pt organizations is next on the schedule.— T h e T y d - in gs resolution (S . J. R . 8 ), p ro v id in g fo r debt limitation, is n o w in Senate A pp ro p riatio n s Subcommittee, the B yrd b ill (S . 1760), to reduce statutory debt lim it to $275,000,- 000,000 is in Senate Finance Committee, and the K nutson b ill ( H . R . 5886), also lim iting debt, is in H ou se W a y s and M ean s Committee.— ‘T h e all-im portant O rganization o f Congress plan proposed by the Joint Committee o f the O rgan ization o f Congress w ill soon appear in the fo rm .................................. — o f a bill. O n ly tremendous pressure by taxpayer organiza­tion and other citizen grou ps believin g in efficiency in g o v ­ernment can force the passage o f this measure this year.— H o u sin g legislation remains in status quo. Inter-H ouse conferees have not agreed on the $600,000,000 subsidy. Both the Patm an and the W a g n e r-E lle n d e r-T a ft bills have passed the Senate. T h e Patm an b ill w as house-introduced but am ended in the Senate to include most o f the W y a tt program .— Federal aid fo r education appears forestalled again this year. T h e perm anent school lunch p rogram is in conference.ffi-Final result o f price controls and subsidies legislation is in doubt. T h e H ou se did extend the present A c t fo r nine m onths and, as amended, provides fo r im m edi­ate reduction o f subsidies and their termination by D ecem ­ber 31, 1946. T h e Senate, in accordance w ith administra­tion ^request, extends the A c t fo r a fu ll year.— Consideration still continues in the Senate on the proposed British loan. A ction, how ever, appears p robable in the near fture. P I T T M A N J O IN S 21 G O V E R N O R S F O R B A L A N C E D B U D G E T Simultaneous action on A p r il 21 by the G overn ors o f 32 states dem anded that the federal bu dget fo r 1946-47 be balanced. T h e G overn ors w ere as fo llo w s : Sparks ( A l a . ) , Laney (A r k . ) , V iv ia n (C o lo .), B a ld w in (C o n n .), Bacon (D e l . ), G reen (111.), Gates (I n d .), Blue (I o w a ), W illis (K y . ), H ild re th (M a in e ), O ’C on n or ( M d . ) , K e lly (M ic h .), T h y e (M in n .), Bailey (M is s .), G risw o ld ( N e b r . ) , Lausche (O h i o ), Pittm an ( N e v . ) , D a le ( N . H . ) , E d ge ( N . J .), Cherry ( N . C .), A a n d a h l ( N . D a k .), Snell (O r e .), M a rtin (P a .), W illia m s (S . C .), Sharpe (S . D a k ), M c C o rd (T e n n .), Stevenson (T e x .), M a w (U t a h ), Proctor ( V t . ) , T u ck ( V a . ) , and H u n t ( W y o . ) . A D D E N D A Since g o in g to press radio tim e o f d ire ctor’s talks has been changed to 7-45 every M on d a y evening. THE NEVADA TAX REVIEW A N N U A L R A T E O F C O M P E N S A T I O N O F F E D E R A L E M P L O Y E E S (A c tu a l and P ro p o se d ) 1945- Senate House 1946 Proposal Proposal P rior (E ffe c ­( E ffe c ­Increase (E ffe c ­Increase to tiv e tive Over tive Over July 1, July 1, July 1, Present July 1, Present 1945 1 9 4 5 ) 1 9 4 6 ) compen-| 1 9 4 6 ) compen-) ( a ) (b) ( c ) sation (d) sation $1,440 $1,704 $1,915.20 12.4% $2,104 • 23.5% 1,620 1,902 2,127.60 11.9 2,302 21.0 1,800 2,100 2,340.00 11.4 2,550 19.0 2,000 2,320 2,576.00 11.0 2,720 . 17.2 2,300 2,650 2,930.00 10.6 3,050 15.1 2,600 2,980 3,284.00 10.2 3,380 13.4 2,900 3,310 3,638.00 9.9 3,710 12.1 3,200 3,640 3,992.00 9.7 . 4,040 11.0 3,500 3,970 4,346.00 9.5 4,370 10.1 3,800 4,300 4,700.00 9.3 5,580 9 3 4,600 5,180 5,644.00 9.0 5,580 7.7 5,600 6,230 6,734.00 8.1 6,630 7.7 6,500 7,175 7,715.00 7.5 7.575 5.6 8,000 8,750 9,350.00 6.9 9,150 4.6 ( a ) and ( b ) Official C iv il Service Com m ission figures. ( c ) R esult o f Senate p roposal fo r slidin g scale increase as fo llo w s : 36 p er cent o f first $1,200; 18 per cent on next $3,400; 9 per cent on all over $4,600. These percentages to be applied to salary base existing p rio r to July 1, 1945. (See colum n 1.) ( d ) R esult o f flat $400 increase over 1945-1946 com pensation, provided in H ou se bill. — Citizens N a tio n a l C om m ittee, In c.