New-York tribune., 1918-11-09
Republicans VIII Support
Administration Plan as
War Measure
New Congress Will
Guide Later axes
Senator Smoot Suggests
Strong Check on Recon
struction Programme
Nv Theodore Nj. knappen

wAsHINGTON, Nov. s.-"The unex-
...tsdlv early termination of the war
In mot result il any reduction in the
or,t of taxation that will be levied
..asr the bill now under consideration
: the Finance Committee said Sen
Reed smoot, of that committee, to-
day.
Nor will there be any hlibustering
J., Republicans in the Senate to delay
n. bill until the life Of the present
congress shall expire.
The so-called $4,000, 100000 revenue
hin is only nominally such. On &C
,ount Of the elimination of whiskey
and beer as large sources of revenue.
8us to restriction or prohibition Of
.,ose products, the bill was not at the
outside more than d $780, 900. 900
measure when il came to the Senate
from the House The Finance Com
m;ttee as whole has been aiming ever
:Ince at about $1,000, 900, 600 net.
Alterations the Finance Committee
sas made to date have subtracted
about s1.250.000,000 from the Houses
n 800 900 900. though there have been
estimates that it amounts to as much
az two billions. and it is likely that
he committee will cut off about
s2sO,OOo goo more. Against this maxi
mum. reduction of billion and half
the consumption sales tax. which is
regarded as certain Of adoption, will
add approximately one billion.
No Change in Programme
Senator Smoot insisted that the ter
mination of the war in no way affected
the committees programme. Person
sIly he has always considered that
ak billions would be enough, but he
regards the revenue bill as Ar Ad-
ministration war measure that calls
for support regardless of party lines.
The Administration has established d
general plan Of meeting the war ex-
pensss. which calls not only for a
taxation bill Of the present size, but
will necessitate two more Liberty
loans. That programme is the Ad-
ministrations responsibility and
should not and will not. in Senator
Smoots opinion, meet with any form
Of flibustering.
"when the new Congress assem-
bles," continued Mr.. Smoot, we Will
then proceed to draft new revenue
bill along republican lines, but we do
not purpose to delay the present Demo-
cratic legislation
Extending the scope Of his discus
sion beyond the revenue bill. Senator
smoot said the attitude OF Republi-
cans in the Senate in regard to all war
measures would be the same as it had
been. but -hat when it came to meas
ures looking toward reconstruction and
post-bellurn regulations of society and
industry, all propositions submitted
BY the Administration would be close
ly scrutinized and dealt With on their
merits
Rough Road Ahead
This statement would seem to in
dlcate that IN view of their control
Of the next Congress Rebublicans con
slider that readjustment and recon
'truction legislation IS to be their re-
sponsibiity and that their voluntary
pledge to support the Administration iii
all It's war measures does not apply to
such legislation. II this interpreta-
ION Is correct. if foreshadows rough
cad for President Wilson's ambitious
1feam or reforming Internal and in
'ernational affairs, while the national
mine is receptive and tho national
aeart benevolent, under the benign in
1uences Of q universal sacrifice Of