Arizona republican., 1918-08-21
CANNOT AGREE
 ON DETAILS OF
 REVENUE BILL
Committee Fails to Get To
 gether On Income and Ex- cess Profits Schedules. May Not be Ready Monday
Republican A. p. Leased Wire]

Republican A. p. Leased Wre] WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 The House Ways and Means Committee, after an all-day discussion of admins trative provisions and other details of the eight billion revenue bill, was un- able to reach a final agreement on the details of the income and excess prof it's tax schedules. Chairman kitchin conceded that it was doubtful if the bill could be reported to the House by the committee by next Monday. He announced. however. that there is no question whatever of the bill raising the total eight billion sought.
 Proposed Deduction Too Great Mr. Kitchin announced that Secre- tary McAdoo in his latest letter agreed to the plan of dividing business into groups for purposes of deduction Of pre-war earnings but that a maximum r per cent deduction which the com mittee had proposed to give to mining and kindred hazardous enterprises was too great and that ten per cent was more equitable.
 The committee in all probability will write into the bill division of cor porations and other business enter prises into two groups for deduction
 
 basis of pre-war earnings.
 These groups probably will be fin ancial and transportation concerns, in cluding all public utilities. eight per cent deduction and manufa curing, mining. gas and oil well and other miscellaneous businesses ten per cent deduction.
 Chairman Kitchins Statement Chairman Kitchin made this state- ment:
 The committee has been discuss ing administrative regulations in the bill not affecting the rates at all.
 We adopted a provision for a board which will draft legislative matters, the board to be composed of two mem- hers, one to be appointed by the speaker of the House and the other by the vice president as the presiding head of the Senate. We have taken no further action as to earned and unearned incomes, but have asked the Treasury Department to work out a plan for administering this differential , Of three per cent against unearned in comes. on which the committee reached a tentative agreement the other day.
 We want the treasury to work Out z
 
 of credits and ot6er technical detail. of an unearned 'income differentia plan. It will be a three per cent diff ierential, but. whether it will be, a! result, a normal income tax of l. and l5 per cent, the former for earned and the latter for unearned, or 10 ant lS per cent to preserve the ten pc cent normal the committee heretofor has agreed on, I cannot say.
 Main Problem Left
 The main problem left is that o excess profits and we will try to agre on that tomorrow. We may finally pas on the bill Friday, but 1t is not at al certain"
 Replying 10 questions Mr. Kitchi said that relief of the individual fror the excess profits tax was decide upon by the committee long ago an was in the original draft of it's bill
 The Legislation drafting board" a agreed upon today is to have body c experts to draw bills and other legis lative documents. Each of the tw members will receive s6,000 a year.
 An effort was made by Representa- lives Moore and Longworth to reliev symphony orchestras from the twent per cent amusement admission tax bu the committee rejected the proposition The committee decided that hotel new stands which sell tickets to amuse ments at high rates shall pay the ad mission tax. Sightseeing vehicles al also subject to the tax