The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Illiois Mnicipal ieague llscussed liliniois' present tax problemis. Alniost any change iin the present iiequitahle revenue. svsten 'wouid be for the letter, and iwould resuit in a more equal distribution of the cost ..,f governmiiet, he declared. Talinig to task the oppoircuts of the proposed amiendment for seek. iîig to create the impression that it proi7ides for an- îîîcoine tax, Gov. E nunerson pointed -out -that it niere1Y teuoves *'the restrictions* whic'h now prevent the legisiature ironi working-- ont aii-e(Ipital)le systeni of. taxation:" Big Beniefit Locally **If, under thie amiendînent, a t ax Presideit.. W.alter:,Diii Scott of s li o ulId be imposed upon iniconies, the Northu',esternit îversity who next state sball receivc, not more thian 15 - eck celebrates the tenth anniver- percent of-t te procee(Is-- of -the -tax sa ry of his tenitre of office, uoil be after the cost ëf collection, -except liv honorcd Friday, Oct. 31,ý at a din- the affi rmative vote of ï -tidso er ct the Palmer housc by the th e members of each bouse of. the Nrorthwvesteri,i' University associ- General. Assemblv,. Governor ýEm ctes, organi.zation of business and mnerson dc.clared. prof essional inen intcrested in the -The remnaining 85 percent,' Gover- wzel~faré of tihe university. ..Dr. nor Eminersôn pointed out, WQu l e FiidkPultKep'pei, preMvintt returnie(l to dime comnnttee andl bv of the Carnegie corporation, wviIIbe them to the countv and municipal thre Principal speaker. govertiments '-ni proportions estab-, lihe y a. Puring Pres. Scott's regimie the en- '1t vil besee. threfretha nerolîmnent'of'the uuiversity lias grown incomne-tax can bl)e- mîpoised except lv -legisiaive action aînd that the from 7,500 to more than 14,000 and loc al coninuni'ty gets the betiefif of tueý fac.ultv lias been increased from 85 percenit. of this .tax. and the state 500 te 1,000. The annualexpendit ures. only 15 Percent of it. uinlesS ti -for coducting the university have thirds of tlie neiibers, of 'the legisia- ture decide otlier\\ise," Governor been increased from $1,400,000 te Emmlierson continuied. $4,000,000. . Asserting that there hasieen"muh1 Outstanding during the ten years inisrepresentation of the provisions of lias been developrnent of- th ew the proposed amieuduiiienit," Governor McKinlock campus at -East Chicago 1-*liuer.s.om declared it1 of uitmôlst. im- avenue and Lake Shore drive where j)ortailcé in, the. interests of pubilic three buildings have been constructed intrintio' or the jpliliC to len-as the first units of a $25,000,000 edu- fonrmied correctly. cational cepter in the hecart of Chica- Must -Alter Constructiongo 'luthefirt pace itis mo~gen- 0w flte Evanston campus leadîng -)%N' deee.opinents havebeen construction erallv agreed that nïo satisfactory o wo'w rtcrnity lieuses, four-, revenue sNste)i- can i)e, worked out teen, new SorQrity bouises and two- under dir 1prescRiit constitution with. ope n.-dormitories for wemen, the its insisteiîce upein theë genleral prop - Navy- building, Science hall annex, er-tv tax amid uniforin i me.' lie sýai(l. the Locy Zoological laboratories and *'The matural. c. usc(euece 0 ,-ax the business office. Plans for two " JL411- * ,7'. . . ...-II - t . -...-11111 tu ,... ...- - -- tangible property escape taxation 01, cf- the arnendruemt tlîat anl inconi' that 2roperty 'Îlimost entirely." tax would d (rive itidjstry out of. Ilii While stressing the fact that the nois. , Thes e' figures' showedl that in- proposed-amendment.dcies not impose diustry lin Wisconsini and New York, an income tax, Governor Emmerson w7here inlustry, pays a higher incorne ited -figu4res.showiimg tatraltate tax than in -anv other state, increased taxes have decreased in states whiere more rapidfly than ini Ilinois.,.- "Withi 50,000 acres of parks and forest preserves at the present time, *Greater Chicago is only fairly welI* equipped with recreation space," said Mr. Kiogery. "Forty thbusand acres' - are in State parks and.County forest pserves in, the fifteen county reg-' ion, and our carefully studied plans caîl for doubling that type of public recreation.space, by acquiring roiuch of the land along 'river and creek val- leys, 'and by adding-to the. shore line parks of Lake Michigan. "The playground type of park is woefully inadequate in mostý parts of, the region, and the objectives of the pairk authorities who have Joined ini pr epariîg-tIre regional park. plan-is teo add over 60,000 acres of Ymuiicn,) park and iplavgrouind %vitiiu thé îuext twenty yçars. -"LIt will surprise and(l lease. itiost cf Cook éounty dwellers," conit-tnuedt Mr. Kiiugery, "te knoW that the Cook Coui'îtv Forest Preserve consti- tûtes alnie.-st onie-third of the county park. holdings ini the nation. 0f Itle 105,000 acre s of county parks ami forests in. the United States, Cook County owý'nS 3,000 and is rapidlv and suriely on the, ,vay toward coin-. p)leting its acquisition of 2,000-acres ilore., ..wit1hout adding mor e taxing bodies, and without niotieeal)lc' ii- Crease in aanv single tax levy, duis acreage can-hequired by follomwiig a saute program cf vear bv year av- propriation and purchase by the- states cf Illinois, Indiana, and Wis- con-sin by.alI fifteen counties, and by each of the 280 cities and villages' in. Greater Chicago,"' was thé,e reconi- mnendation of the Regional. Plan sec- retary. "Many tracts of land ýin,: the, plan are-already<pliublicëly owned. 'flîey ni eed -ônly be, taken overý by a park authority and made, useful. -Develop- nient work ini such a .park and. forest. s ysteiu will keep thousands 'of minn at mork Providing a healthful placé for the recreatiomi of the eighit mil- ioni people who' will inihabit metro- p)olitan Chicago twenitNy ears hieiîce." j lic 'nere, wMnDe rw ing at 10- andiA cation and the per- sonnel departînent. Approximately 300 are expected to, gather ior a f ree i n t e r c hang e of viewpoints and experiences in the field of educati'onal guidance. Pronuinent amnong. R. A Kent those on the pro- . Rayv Photo gram will bc Col. R.- 1, Rees, as'sistant vice president, American Telephone and,, Telegraph company'; Prof. C. S. Yoakum, vice president cf the- Uni-, versity of Michigan and forméer dean of theè college. of liberal arts 'of Northwestern unîversity; Prof. Ben D. Wood of Colînibia nvriyàn Pres. Raymon.d A. Kentcof the Uni- versity. of, Louisville, alÉo a.forme r dean ocfiec ollege of, iberal arts of- Nort hwestern. Evani.ton a Men os Prograum O.f the north shore mien wvho take an active part are Principal Francis !_. Bacon cf "the Evanston -high school; Dr. Delton T. Hloward, director of personniel at the university; and Dean John E.. Stout of the Northwestern school cf education. "Educational guidance inits vari- ous -phases constitutes ont cf the most difficuit and, at the samle time, one of the promnising problems in m 0 d e r ni education," states Prof. Ernest 0. Melby of the.education de- partmnent in announcing the confer- ence. "~The guidance niovenient has apnareiutlv developed far enough in this area to warrant educational workers in coming logether for: a free interchange cf viewpoiiîns." The opening session of the confer- ence tomorrow from à to 4 p. mu. with Dr.« Howard presiding will be of the orientat ion. type, supplying' an, in- formational background for the later discussions., Col.* Rees will speak où "personnef Work in' Industry and Commerce," and Prof. P. W. Hutson cf the University cf Pittsburgh on -.-A -~-, I - - - other .at Iwfttçîn ~ J sessjqp1 .a Nort1h- I I