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MR. ENEY: Do you think that would be true
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if the Comptroller were not Louie Goldstein?
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MR. GOLDSTEIH: It was true with Mr. Gordy
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back in '22, Mr. Tawes and Mr. Lacy.
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MR. ENEY: You didn't have these functions
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when Mr. Gordy was Comptroller. You didn't have the
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income tax function and sales tax function.
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MR. GOLDSTEIN: During Governor Tawes' adminis-
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tration, most of his people viere not under the merit
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system.
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MR. NOSSEL: The tax divisions were created by
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and large in 1935, which was during Mr. Gordy's term.
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MR. ENEY: The first income tax account was
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'37, and it really didn't get going until '59.
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MR. NOSSEL: You had gross receipts tax and the
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alcoholic beverages, et cetera, which came in in about
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1934. Of course, you had the gasoline tax, which came
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in in 1922 but was formed in '29.
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MR. ENEY: I was thinking of the tax collection
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functions that employ a lot of people.
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MR. NOSSEL: In the early days, in the income
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