The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-05-17


amount equal to its capital stock aid
it's surplus in liberty bonds it would
! escape all taxation by the State
said. Il would not favor it if | thought
that was the construction, and | feel
in honor bound to go back to the
House and make statement and ask
the House to reconsider the bill and
amend the section to carry out the
Intention of the committee and Of
the House so clear and so plain that
it will admit of no other possible con-
! structior.' l called the ways and
means committee together yesterday
afternoon and we discussed the mat
ter, and the committee unanimously
| instructed me to make this request
and to propose the amendment
No otner congressman has done
what our congressman, Fred Domin-
ick, did this April. namely. compe.
the biggest commmittee in Congress
and the House of Representatives, it
, self to reverse itself, to admit they
were absolutely wrong and Fred
| Dominick. the Gentleman from
Sorrh Carolina" and Representative
! from the old third district was right.
. Claude kitchin. the democratic floor
leader. chairman Of the biggest conf
!! mitttee in the House, the committee
which selects other House committees
/ their membership, and their chair
| men, for the first time in his career
admitted that he, and is committee
we're absolutely wrong about Dill
which they had carefully gone over
and recommended to the House for
massage. and which the House passed
over the protest of Congressman
| DonainicE and in spite Of his perfec-
ling motion, but which the House
three days later, on second, sober re-
Election "reconsidered" and amended
to meet the criticism of Fred Domi-
| nick of South Carolina. (
! We will give anybody, anywhere
I any time five hundred bucks VINO
will show a better, cleaner and more
! effective piece of real legislatlng IN
the interest fthe folks done single
handed and alone. When new mem
her rises in his place in CongreS
among those old experienced legisla-
tors as rule plying eye OF rldlcule
is cast in his direction. And when
Fred began to talk we can see them
casting questioning glances at nlm
and wondering who is this that Woulo
attempt to point out any flaw in a.
bill brought into this House by Claude
Kitchin of the great ways and means
committee: but as the proverD goes,
those who looked to laugh remained
10 repent, change their votes, everse
themselves, and pay honor and tribute
to Our Congressman. How ike
the old times when this district was
represented by real ability-the days
Of Calhoun. Hayne and others. The
sneaker left his place and came down
on the floor to compliment him. 'Ev-
erv member of the South Carolina
delegation complimented him ana
! the oldest member on our delegation
! said that he was proud of him anG
that he had scored as no other mem
her of Congress had scored single
handed and alone since he had been
in Con ngress-sixteen years-and thal
he doubted whether any other mem
; her of Congress had won such lau-
rel on the floor of the House as cor
rectting and upsetting the whole Ways
and Means committee and causing the
House to reverse itself.
Just what did Fred do for the PLAIN
folks? In everyday English, Fred
attacked doubly exempting the banks
and bankers from state taxation, that
is what Fred did And when he did IL
in the House, the United States Seh-
ate followed suit and did the self
same thing. No wonder the bankers
and money boobs are against Fred
In the war times when every one
should do mis- "bit,' it is proposed 70
exempt the prosperous, nioney-maK-
ing banks from all STATE taxation
if they buy Liberty bonds merely
equal to their capital. All their 9TH
er assets are to be exempted from
! contributing to county, state, city
and town taxes! These banks have