The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-05-31
Calls Upon Members to Cast
w Politics Aside and Enact
:. Needed legislation. =
BE No DasttMMER VACATION
Leaders OF Both Parties, Ex-
! press Their Determination to
Go at the Task of Pressing
\ ReveriGe Bill.

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Washington, May 30.-President
I Wilson ended discussion over wheth-
| er congress shall stay infwashing-
Y ton this summer to enact, new rev
II enue legislation by appearing before
4 the0 house and senate in Joint. ses-
SION and calling upon members to
put aside politics and allSother con-
= siderations to provide money for the
growing war expenses and to advise
the country in advance of1the, tax,
burdens it must meet. Just as the
President was leavipg,st the White
House for the capitol word came
that the German drfvs ssgainst the
west front had beentyfenewedyg He
gave his hearers dramatic touch.
by announcing this news as he con-
ciuded his prepared speech saying
it strengthened the purp4 he tried
to express. - ~
Instant Acquiesces1
"The demand that with0the war
at its peak and crisis" "seongress do
its duty at home as the soldiers are
doing their duty in the trenches
overseas brought instant acquies-.
cence. There still was reluctance in
some quarters to beleieve immediate
legislation imperative, but plans for
midsummer adjournment were
aho ndOnad apd hpfh Nan, ~
Republican leaders expressed their
determination to go at the taskAof
pressing a revenue bill with will. =
Greeted With Cheers.
A suggestion by the President that
most of the new taxes probably
would fall upon incomes, excess
profits and luXuries and that prof.
teers could be reached in this way
was greeted with cheers and con-
gressional leaders said later the
money needed would come from
those sources. g-~s.,
To initiate the bin, 1t was an
nounced that public hearings would
start early in June by the house
9ways and means committee. to be
followed by cooperation in its draft
ing with the senate finance commit
tee. -
Presentation of a the measure to
the house. in July was regarded as
: assured.
Big Problem.
One OF the big problems to the
worked out first is the proportion of
: new taxes to bond issue authorize
sstions. In the neighborhood OF S2O.-
) 00o,000,000 must be provided to
meet expenses of the coming year.
In memorandum recently to mem
.,bers Of congress the President sug.
gested 40. per cent should be rais-
!, ed by tS1ation. This would mean
bond issues for some $12 900. .0O0,-
200 and doubling OF the approxi-
mately $4,000. 900, 900 levied in
taxes this year
& Representative Kitchin, OF the
Ways and means committee, an
bounced that he had called on the
iI-f~"Ne'y 'O' a 6icht utdI Oh udId IOf
apbmission before calling the COM
mittee together.
Kitchin to Explain.
Mr.. Kftchin secured permission
20 make ten-minute speech in
which he will defend his attitude to-
ward revenue legislation at this ses-
> sion. He wants TO make certain that
" getting the Republicans and DEM
lAocrats together in the house on the
s7question OF speeding up for an ad-
journment OF congress early in July
he was acting in good faith.
Mr.. Kitchin said the increases
from the income and excess profit
taxes Will be effective by readjust-
Ing excess profits and income taxes
and that the bill will double the ag-
gregate received from these. sources
without doubling the rates. He said
there Is little room to lower the
$1,000 and D. q incomes. 'respect-,
lively now ai1owea.,slbgl and mar
!, s1sa1eSIse Ye, yeo Asve made