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Over the Wire

To Pay Or Not to Pay

WASHINGTON--Sen. Robert M. La Follette, Wis., declared today that enactment of the Ruml Plan canceling a year's taxes will compel Congress to raise taxes later ths year for millions of people in the middle and lower income groups.

The Senate Finance Committee has endorsed a skip-a-year proposal providing for a 20 per cent withholding tax to start July 1. It is a substitute for the House-approved Robertson-Forand Bill forgiving 75 per cent of 1942 taxes. Debate gets under way on the new measure tomorrow.

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