04/30/1961
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"Determination was expressed to strengthen the United Nations Organization."
"The tax system must be adequate to meet our public needs."
"I wish to emphasize here that they are a 'set'—and that considerations of both revenue and equity, as well as the interrelationship of many of the proposals, urge their consideration as a unit."
"It will be a major aim of our tax reform program to reverse this process, by broadening the tax base and reconsidering the rate structure."