The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
NEW OBSTACLES ID REVENUE MEASURE
 AGAIN DELAY BILL
Conferees Agree on Pay Bonuses of $50 to Enlisted Men and S200 to
 Officers
sx A.snniated Prnn

By Associated Pre-.
 Washington. January 31.-New
 and unexpected obstacles to the
 long -delnyed war revenue bill de-
 veIoped today. resulting in settle
 ment of more minor disputes be-
 tween the Senate md House, but
 entailing postponement of final
 action by the conference until to-
 morrow and submission of the con-
 ference redraft probably until Tues
 day.
 To secure instructions from tho House on Senate amendments in dis pute. Representative Kitchin of North Carolina, the democratic leader, brought the bin before that body late today and after spirited discussion, the House instructed its managers to accept, with notifications. the Senate plan for talk ing political campaign contributions
 Demands for separate votes In the House on two other Senate amendments -levying prohibitory tax on prod ucts of child labor, and applying the Reed "bone-dry" prohibition law to the District of Columbia-were withdrawn today. Retention of these in the bill now Is regarded assured.
 BONUSES AGREED UPON
 While the discussion was proceed ing in the House, it was learned that the conferees had agreed to a com promise amendment for pay bonuses of $50 each to enlisted men and nurses and $200 to officers or the army, navy and marine corps upon discharge. The bonuses would be paid to those all ready discharged as well as to those subsequently, given honorable dis charges or who resign.
 Because of the House /discussion, no session of the conference was held to- day. They will meet tomorrow and ex- pect to finish work on the bill sending it to the printer. It was said. how ever. that the delay would prevent next Monday or Tuesday and that the conference report would not be sub mitted to the House until Tuesday.
 CONTRIBUTION TAX REMAINS % Despite todays action by the House the campaign authorities tax still remains
 
 conferees. with lively contest in pros- pect. By a vote of PA to 61, the House today instructed its conferees not to ac- cept the Senate amendment, which would levy tax of 100 per cent on campaign icontributions fin excess of $500 Imme- diately afterwards, however, the House voted 1s1 to 116 to accept the principle of taxing campaign contributions, but to 1i- init such taxes to future campaigns. Representative Moore of Pennsylvania. republican, proposed but withdrew a suggestion to make the tax retroactive.
 Representative Kitchin, in announcing In the House that he would vote for a tax on future contributions, declared he 'doubtcdy exceedingly whether 1t be- comes a law
 CRITICISM GENERAL
 Criticism of the Senate proposal was general during the House debate. Mem bers referred to 1t as bluff" and .'buncombed" and fine for doing in 1918 what was permissible by law"
 ''1 never took any contributions from the packers. despite the contrary re- ports. declared Republican Leader Mann, who argued that the Senate provi- sion was indefinite and that Tit goes back to 1916 1914 and 1912 and that shows how ridiculous 1t is."
 "We have the Senate now in posi- ton where they will have to act favor ably on the proposition or admit they were biuffing," declared Representative Garner of Texas, urging concurrence in the Senate provision. We can take the advantage of this situation to stop the one thing which does more to create bol- shevism in this country than any one thing Large contributions to campaigns are rightly looked upon with suspicion. When you find a rich man making a large contribution, you will find he either has more money than he knows what to do with or wants to buy some-