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October 2, 1945

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FIVE BILLION TAX REDUCTION, EXEMPTING 12,000,000 PAYERS, URGED ON CONGRESS BY VINSON; 4-POINT PLAN ASKED Repeal of Excess Profits Levy, Cut in Excise Imposts Proposed NO SECURITY TAX RISE Secretary Urges House Group Not to Go Beyond Program-- Opposes Knutson Proposal Would Cut Excise Levies Counter Proposals Indicated Vinson Asks 5 Billion Cut in Taxes For Individuals and Business Martin Attacks Vinson Plan

By C.p. Trussell Special To the New York Times

Vinson recommends reducing taxes by 5-billion dollars in '46, House com hearing; asks excess profits tax and 3% normal tax on individual incomes repeal as of Jan, '46; would revert excise taxes to pre-war levels by July; other recommendations

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Martin Hellman

1945Martin Hellman, American cryptographer and academic[†]

Martin Edward Hellman is an American cryptologist and mathematician, best known for his invention of public-key cryptography in cooperation with Whitfield Diffie and Ralph Merkle. Hellman is a longtime contributor to the computer privacy debate, and has applied risk analysis to a potential failure of nuclear deterrence.

Don McLean

1945Don McLean, American singer-songwriter[†]

Donald McLean III is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Known as the "American Troubadour" or "King of the Trail", he is best known for his 1971 hit "American Pie", an eight-and-a-half-minute folk rock song that has been referred to as a "cultural touchstone". His other hit singles include "Vincent", "Dreidel", "Castles in the Air", and "Wonderful Baby", as well as renditions of Roy Orbison's "Crying" and the Skyliners' "Since I Don't Have You".