WHEREAS, The Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, during the course of public hearing on revision of the Internal Revenue Law, received testimony proposing drastic restriction of the tax exemption privileges of educational institutions among others and even an elimination of the privilege entirely.
AND WHEREAS, It is in the public interest that the federal tax exemption privilege be not curtailed but made more liberal for numerous reasons, now therefore
Be it RESOLVED, That the Southern Baptist Convention assembled opposes any curtailment of any of the federal tax provisions as they relate to non-profit religious institutions which are now embodied in our federal tax structure.
We recommend the approval of this resolution and that it be referred by the Convention to the Public Relations Committee with power to act.
RESOLUTION ON McCOWEN BILL
WHEREAS, The McCowen Bill (H.R. 2953) is now pending in the United States House of Representatives, which bill denies the use of Federal Funds for any direct aid to sectarian schools, but leaves the door open for indirect aid out of Federal funds in those states which have constitutions allowing the use of state tax funds for bus transportation and free textbooks for sectarian schools, and
WHEREAS, The financial advantages of the McCowen Bill would possibly encourage other states to yield to pressure groups which are interested in securing tax money for even further sectarian purposes,
Therefore be it RESOLVED, That we urge that this bill be amended in such a manner as to prohibit the use of Federal funds, either directly or indirectly, for the aid of any private, sectarian, or parochial schools.