New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-20
, Leader, Angered by Senate
Changes. Fights to Restore
House Provisions
Political Row Said
To Be at the Bottom
His Attitude Described as A
Shame and Disgrace" by
Committeeman
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WASHINGTON, Sept 1s.-lnforma-
ton coming to-day from members OF
the conference committee on the long
DELAYED revenue bill disclosed that
Representative Kitchin, of North Caro-
lima, angered over Senate changes in
the measure and prompted by political
ambition, Is fighting for restoration OF
House provisions and causing further
delay in enactment of the important
legislation.
Members Of the committee have de-
elared that Kitchin Is insisting upon
welding determinative influence in
hnal shaping Of the measure; that, be-
cause of his ire over the manner In
which the Senate Finance Committee
tore the bill to shreds. he has almost
disrupted the conference committee by
his demands for substitution to his
original tax suggestions; and that his
attitude generally is causing the com
mIttee time and trouble while the
country waits for action.
While the policy Of the conference
committee in the crisis Is not 70 dis
close details of the deliberations as the
work progresses, rumblings of Kitch-
ms attitude have leaked out, and mem
bers declared to-day that his belliger-
enoy is prompted by his ambition to
enter the United States Senate, where
Senator Simmons, chairman of the
Finance Committee, stands in his way
One member of the committee to-
night described the majority leaders
attitude as "a shame and disgrace"
He has put stumbling blocks In the
way Of nearly every compromise sug-
gestion made by other members of
the committee, it was declared.
When the Treasury Department first
sent to the Ways and Means Commit
tee OF the House suggestions for the
pending bill Representative Kitchin
caused the selection Of a subcommittee
Of five members, including himself, to
write the measure. The bill was some
what revised In the full Ways and
Means Committee, after which Kitchin
openly advised the House to shut its
eyes and pass the bill" This the
House did, having had less than a
week 70 consider L from the time it
vas first made public.
Senate Bill Superior
IL was we'll known in the House at
the time the Senate passed the bill
that a great majority Of the members
Of the House regarded the Senate bill
as superior to the House bill. If a
vote of the House could have been
taken, leaders assert, nine-tenths Of
the members would have voted for the
Senate bill in preference TO the House
bill Yet despite this known senti-
ment Representative Kitchin went into
the conference with the determination
TO get as many House proposals back
into the bill as possible.
The leak" feature Of the conferences
is causing some Of the conferrees much
worry and others an equal amount Of
amusement. Resolutions pledging Sc
crecy, solemnly adopted at the outset
Of the conferences, have been strength
ened so that any conferree who gives
cut information regarding the deliber.
ations now is subject TO exclusion from
further conferences.
Refusal of Senate conferrees to ap.
prove finally the tentative agreement
20 accept limited zone system on sec.
end class rates developed a situation
that still was causing heated debate al
adjournment tonight. The House mem
poAo EoH'""u 6ti.cAal Eu4e - SCtHl' 1T
accordance with the wishes Of Secre
tary McAdoo and other Administration
leaders, while the Senate conferrees
insist that there shall be no increase
n Of more than quarter Of 8 cent e
II pound IN the present one cent rate.
Far From Encouraging
The excess profits section received
little consideration during the day, and
that was far from encouraging. An eI.
pert, called before the committee al
the request of Senate leaders. assaulted
both the Senate and House proposals
as unavoidable IN their present form
and suggested material changes in them