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after two days. Senator you when he's like Scene one, take 1 87 77th marriage, After all, from Washington, we present at this time a discussion with Senator George Smathers by two distinguished observers in the nation's capital. Now let's join the discussion. Senator, do you think that the Internal Revenue Service is fairly interpreting the intent of Congress in the regulations that it's enforcing on business and entertainment expenses?

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I think the answer is yes. I think that the Internal Revenue Service has ameliorated and softened their original regulations considerably. I was very fearful that the first regulation which they put out, would hurt very severely. Our hotel business in the state would hurt our travel business into the state, would hurt our convention business same time.

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We've heard all of our restaurant business. How the Internal Revenue Commissioner, Mr Captain, has just come out, as you suggest, by your question, with some new regulations, which I think adds some sense, make it possible for a businessman to conduct an legitimate entertainment as long as there is a business connection.

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So I think it's I think the regulations now are pretty good. Senator, you introduced the bill in the Senate recently designed to encourage greater participation of the average citizen in political campaigns. Could you tell us a little bit about? Well, I've long felt that we have several evils about political campaigns are many evils, but there's several with respective financial contributions.

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One is that, uh, so many people with money and influence make campaign contribution to the point. Sometime where a candidate begins to feel like he may be beholding the just two or three people, this is very bad. So I have believed in I have introduced to build now, which would give to the average small income person a tax credit under the right circumstances where he makes a contribution to a political campaign.

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Actually, it could go up to half of $500 or $250 deduction. He could get under some circumstances, other circumstances. You only get $10. But in any event, the important thing is it would encourage every citizen to participate not only by voting, but by contributing, thereby, I think.

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Strengthening democracy considerably. Senator, There's been a good deal of controversial with recent Supreme Court decision banning required use of prayer and Bible reading in public schools. How do you feel about that decision? Well, I feel like most everybody else does. I think it was a very unfortunate decision.

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However, I think it may be technically correct. But I think it's a strange decision. I think it ignores the fact if this country actually is a very religious country. I think the founding Fathers recognize that just are people were people who believed in the ah missions in the omnipresence of God.

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And I think it's an unfortunate thing to indicate to our young people that they should not study. Or they don't have to study the Bible and strengthen themselves by learning more about religion and about God. What about the cross state barge canal? One of the latest of them square the cross state barge canal has been recommended by the president now has to be put into the appropriation bill.

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I'm very hopeful that we're going to be able to get it. The amount ask for is a million dollars. It would rather evident we could not have gotten it at all had it not been for the recommendation. In the support of the executive branch of the government, gentlemen I see that our time is up.

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Thank you very much for asking you questions. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for looking in. I hope you're looking again at the same time next week.