Evening star., 1909-06-25
CREDIT TO PRESIDENT
Authorship of Corporation Tax
Amendment Fixed.
Mr.. LONGWORTH EXPLAINS
Busy Electric Fans Feature Of the
Cabinet Meeting.
APPROPRIATION FOR CENSUS
Executive Going to Yale Next Tues
day-Departure for Beverly,
Mass, July 3.
APPROPRIATION FOR CENSUS

Representative Longworth of Ohio, SON
| in-law of former President Roosevelt,
| said today that President Taft will be
| accorded universal credit for authorship
of the corporation tax amendment to
be placed on the tariff bill by Congress.
| Mr. Longworth was one of the Pres
| ident's visitors today, and in talking
| about the proposition said that he has In
| his possession the original draft OF such
| an amendment, drawn by the present
Attorney General, before Congress was
| called in extra session March Is. In
| fact President Taft had the proposition
| in mind long before his inauguration, and
| had requested Mr.. Wickersham to pre-
pare a draft of it before Mr.. Wickersham
| was nominated and confirmed as head OF
| the Department of Justice.
"A good deal of msinformatiOn has
| been spread throughout the country with
| regard to what is known as the corpo-
alton tay," Mr.. Longworth said. Il
| have heard statements to the effect that
| II is a new proposition, one recently
evolved to meet the exigencieS of the
| situation in the Senate. AS matter OF
fact 1t is not a new proposition at all,
| but one that has been before Congress
for many months. 1t was evolved ano
| suggested originally by President Taft
| / happen to know this to be the fact, be-
| cause some time before the 18th of March
the President handed me a draft OF TINS
| proposition. which he had caused to be
! prepared by the Attorney General. and
! requested 10 bring IL to the attention
| of the republican members of the commit
| tee on ways and means, who were az lna'
| time engaged in framing the taflH Dill,
and 1t was carefully considered by that
| committee. No definite action was taken
thereon, because it was thought that with
| the inheritance tax, which had been spe-
| cifically recommended by the President In
| his inaugural address, abundant revenue
| would be supplied. Thus, far from being
| novelty, this proposition has had as
much opportunity for consideration Ss
| any item in the bill.
| visitors to the President before the cabl-
| net meeting. Senators Root and Lodge
conferred with the chief executive early
| in the morning relative to some or the
| Representative Austin of Tennessee, with
friend, was the only other visitor.
| Hot for Cabinet Meeting.
| Secretary Nagel was the first of the
cabinet officers to arrive. the Others
! dropping in singly. All were attired to
suit the weather, and when the cabine,
advisers were assembled around the big
cabinet table no objecuon was made to
|
| kept the door between ilis private office
| and the cabinet room open, and when
engaged prior to the cabinet meeting and
| afterward in private conference with
visitors having engagements he did no,
close the doors, giving as free circula-
| tion to the air as possible. The Presi-
dent is standing the weather well and
| expects to continue playing golf each
| afternoon unless the thermometer rises
higher than it has the last four days
He Is losing in weight from the exercise
! too.
| The President was today handed the
| fourth measure passed by Congress. II
was joint resolution No. 33. by Senator
Burton, giving authority to use unex-
pended balances for rivers and harbors
Just three other joint resolutions have
been signed by the President this session
Appropriation for the Census.
The passage by the House yesterday OF
an appropriation of si0000.OO0 for taking
the next census may put up to the Presi-
dent an interesting question 1t is broadly