January 15, 1998

Tax Laws Specify Ways Groups Can Play Politics

To the Editor:

An article in your November 13 issue characterized the use of political organizations by social-welfare organizations as a way to "get around" the limitations on political activities that are imposed on social-welfare groups ("I.R.S. Rulings on Politics Stir Controversy," Tax Watch). The fact is that this is not an example of "getting around" anything. This is the way it is supposed to be done.

The use of political organizations in this

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