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1 SMITHTOWN TAXPAYERS marched on the Town House yesterday afternoon, demanding a change in the new 100 per cent assessment system. More than 300 indignant taxpayers the town board meeting and filled the town house to overflowing, after staging a parade along Main Street. At the upper left, Thomas F. Dougherty, a Baldwin lawyer, but an owner of property in St. James, registers a strong protest while other taxpayers mill in the background.

At the right, some of the overflow from the crowded meeting room stand in front of the Town Hall. Smithtowners StageTax Tax Crusade Smithtown Branch- -Taxpayers, hind a sound truck and carrying Town Hall yesterday afternoon, Board take action to revise the per cent assessment. The board members, hard pressed to conduct an orderly meeting as the taxpayers overflowed the courtroom and halls of the town house, finally adopted a resolution asking the Board of Assessors to reconsider the system they put into effect last year. However, Justice of the Peace W. Royden Klein carefully pointed out to the throng that the Town Board has no control over the Board of Assessors.

Threatened Arrest At one point in the afternoon's proceedings Police Chief Cyril Donnelly warned the spectators that if order wasn't kept, those 300 strong, marching beplacards, stormed Smithtown demanding that the Town township's new system of 100 creating the disturbance would be arrested and arraigned before judges in adjacent townships. The taxpayers' troubles all began last year when the Town Board appropraited $15,000 to the three man board of assessors to carry-out a reappraisal project in which Smithtown's 80,000 parcels of property and 7,000 buildings were reassessed from an approximate 57 per cent valuation to an approximate 100 per cent valuation. The taxpayers claim that as a result of the new assessment the town has lost millions of dollars in equalization, franchise taxes and others. Copiague Man Dies in 5-Story Fall New York -Alfred Dieumegard, 54, a labor foreman of Lincoln Copiague, was killed yesterday when a scaffolding gave way beneath him and plunged him to the ground five stories below. He was working on a construction job atop the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater at 340 East 54th St.

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of Mar. 1. 1879. May 12, 1948 About three months ago the Smithtown Taxpayers Association was formed to lead the fight to revert the old system of assessments. Members of the association met at the station plaza at 1:30 PM yesterday.

Winthrop Anderson, of St. James, Herman Garnjost of Smithtown, and Paul Givens of St. James, were appointed spokesmen for the group. They led the parade of 300 to the town house. Men, women, and children waived placards in the breeze as martial music blared forth from the sound truck as they proceeded along Smithtown Branch's main street.

Some of the signs read: "Ask High Tax Harry Martin- Babylon Babylon--The familiar adults during school recesses result of an ordinance passed The ordinance, which forbids any vendoring within the business district, was passed over the objection of Trustee S. Lester Brown. No person spoke in favor of the proposed ordinance, but one man, C. St. Marie, 68 South Carll spoke against it.

Commenting on Driver Hurt As Train Hits Car Kings Park Jesse Auslander, 45, of Broadway, was seriously injured at 9:27 last night when his Dodge pickup truck was demolished by an eastbound Long Island Rail Road steam passenger train. The accident occurred on the Old Dock Road grade crossing, here, as Auslander was driving back to his home and hardware store on Broadway. Smithtown Police Chief Cyril J. Donnelly and State Police BCI Sgt. William J.

Reilly, who investigated, said the train was due in the Kings Park station at 9:27 and was about a minute late. The train was slowing down for the stop when the locomotive plowed into the truck Dr. L. lander at removal Department Huntington thorities juries as sen" (Martinsne is supervisor of the town). "I'm lucky my taxes were only doubled." "400 per cent average tax increase." 41946-1947 tax or fight." When the taxpayers that could crowd in filed in the courtroom their three spokesmen outlined.

the group's requests. Bullock Out Carl Eklund, who was appointed chairman of the Board of Assessors several months ago following the resignation of George W. Bullock, stood by his guns. He said that the assessors had made an honest attempt to carry out their job and would keep on doing so. He was shouted down as the harassed town board members rapped for order.

The resolution made by Judge Klein and unanimously adopted yesterday was similar to one advanced by Judge John Whalen last Jan. 15, but which was not seconded. The Smithtown Town Board is comprised of Supervisor Harry E. Martinsen, Republican; and Justices of the Peace W. Royden Klein, Republican; Hamilton F.

Potter, Republican; Robert A. Brady, Democrat; and John Whelan, Democrat. The Board of Assessors include Carl Eklund, Herbert De Armitt and Arthur H. Sturm. Bans Good Humor Man sight of a Good Humor wagon surrounded by schoo! kids and and baseball games will vanish from the scene in Babylon as a last night by the Village Board.

PM. Dieumegard's body landed in a court at the rear of the building. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Bellevue Hospital. Dieumegard's wife, Bertha, was notified of the accident by State Police at 4:30 PM, and funeral arrangements are to be completed today. The construction worker, who had lived in Copiague for the past seven years, is survived by his widow and three sons, Alfred Ronald and Theodore.

Crossword 9 Marquis Childs 20 Movie Timetable 16 Prof. Do-It 21 Radio and Television 16 Society 24 South Suffolk Events 19 Sports 26, 27, 28, 29 Star Gazer 42 Why Grow Old? 19 Your Baby and Mine 18 The Weather Today, increasing cloudiness, showers in early afternoon, highest near 70, moderate to fresh southeast to, south winds, Tonight, cloudy with occasional thundershowers, low 50s. Thursday, cloudy, cooler, occasional showers, Fulton Market Prices Chowder mostly $3.50, some $3.00. Cherrystones: mostly $5.00. some $5.50.

Little Necks: mostly $6.50, some $7.00, few $7.50. Supply moderate, demand, moderate, market steady. (U. S. Fish and wildlife Service), this fact when the board was dis- board make an immediate decicussing the matter, Trustee Brown sion.

The proposal was carried said that the fact that no one over the objection of Brown who spoke up for the proposal should said that vendoring should be perbe kept in mind when the board mitted during ball games and made its decision, other athletic events at the high school field. 'Mixed Up' Propose Fee But Acting Mayor Gilbert C. Immediately after the ordinance Hanse said that "Mr. Chesanow was passed, Chesanow jumped up meant to talk for it misun- again and suggested that all "but yearderstood the procedure followed round merchants be required to in the hearing. Morris Chesnow, pay a $5 fee for a license to do owner of a soda fountain, popped business, and that not anyone open up to his full height and said that all year in Babylon should be dehe had indeed been mixed up, and nied a license and be kept out of really meant to talk on the sub- town.

ject. Everyone kept a straight face, Hanse and Trustees George E. but the matter was quickly passed Keyser, both of them merchants, over without comment, after declared that year-round mer- Hanse said he personally would chants need protection from the not be in favor of that plan. inroads of travelling vendors. In- Also during the board meeting, stances were cited where the Good Brown reported to the Town PolHumor man put local merchants expert, Harry W.

Thomas, in a bad humor by parking near that 90 per cent of the violations their stores to sell ice cream. listed in the Thomas report had Hanse, conducting the meeting been corrected. Thomas asked in the routine absence of Mayor that Brown make a report of this Erastus H. Munson, urged that the be sent to the Town Board. and tossed it aside.

F. Clary treated Aus- the scene and ordered his in the Smithtown Fire ambulance to the Hospital, where aureported Auslander's inserlous; but not eritical, Aus- Services Today For J. B. Robbins, 59 Babylon Funeral services will be held at 3 PM today for James Bulger Robbins, 59, well known resident of this village who died Monday afternoon following 'a long illness: The service will be held in the deceased's home at 43 Argyle and the Rev. Albert Leininger of the First Presbyterian Church will officiate, Burial will follow in Babylon Rural Cemetery, 3.