The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-05-17
PROPOSE REPEAL
TAXES
One of First Moves Of Repub.
Iican Majority of Sixty
Sixth Congress.
NAVY BUILDING PROGRAM
May Be Eliminated by Modi-
fled Bill - Flood of
Resolutions
(By J. Bart Campbell.)

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Among the first legislative moves
to be made by the republican major.
ity after the Sixty sixth congress-
! convenes in extraordinary session or
Monday at noon are:
| Repeal of luxury taxes.
Immediate return of telegraph ano
| telephone lines to private ownership
| Investigation of Postmaster Cen
| eral Burleson's conduct of those lines
| Passage of general deficiency bill
with rider providing for $750,000,0 00(
or $1,000, 100000 to meet heavy def
! cits incurred by railroad administra-
| tion.
Passage OF sundry civil bill, with
$3.50. 100000 for shipping board.
Passage of army and navy bills or
much modified basis, eliminating
| from navy bill Secretary Daniels
building program and reducing the
army to 100000.
Return of railroads to private
ownership.
Sale of ships constructed by ship
ping board to private interests.
Merchant marine development un-
der dual private ownership and fed
eral supervision plan.
Passage of woman suffrage amend
ment.
Passage of bill for enforcement OF
national prohibition.
Special tariff legislation to protect
dyestuffs. potash and other industries
developed during the war.
Reclamation of land for discharged
soldiers, $50O,OO0,o00 to be proposed
for that purpose.
A flood of bills and resolutions were
f,,o T,1ac6aV the Hnn0
gates will have been let down and
the senate and house will have been
inundated by a great torrent of pros
pective legislation, out of which the
republicans hope to steer course TO
national victory for the republican
party in next years presidential cleo
tion.
The democratic minority is equally
hopeful of devising ways and means
of scuttling the legislative ship the
republicans are bent on constructing
during the long, crucial months ahead
of both parties.
On the senate side, the democratic
minority held it's conference today
while the democratic minority on the
house side was busily engaged with
one of it's own.
Harmonious democratic action was
declared by democratic leaders OF
both sides to be uppermost in their
minds. Threatened opposition to for
mer Speaker Champ Clark becoming
minority leader of the house was eX-
pected to dwindle to nothing. Rep
resentative Claude Kitchin, of North
Carolina, retiring chairman OF the
house ways and means committee,
was slated to second Clark in direct
ing the democratic forces, while Rep
resentative Jack" Gurney, of Texas,
was to be named democratic whip
once more.
The democratic senators were re-
ported to be agreed that Senator Mar
tin. of Virginia, should again lead
them, this time as the minority lead
err of the senate. They repudiated
the idea that the controversy raging
about the proposed league of nations
might affect their harmony plans, es-
pecially as Senator Martin has de-
clared for the league.
The republican majority of the
house planned to perfect its organl-
zation of that body at a final con-
ference tonight. The threatened re-
volt bv Representative Longworth, OF
Ohio, and his adherents in the event
of Representative Mann, of Illinois,
and his lieutenants refusing to agree
to the republican steering committee
being increased from five to nine, was
not expected to develop serious pro-
portionS