Evening star., 1920-10-14
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BY SENATOR GLASS
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FORTAXPR0NNSES
Declares Republicans Have
Failed to Reduce levies
When Given Opportunity.

Senator Glass OF Virginia takes te-
sue with Senator Penrose. chairman
OF the Senate finance committee. who
recently stated that the repub1ie1ns
will Immediately upon the reconven-
ing Of Congress set aboGt revising
the tax laws Of the country so as to
lift some Of the burdens from the
public. -, ..-
In a public statement issued through
the White House today Senator Glass
refers to what he terms Senator Pen
roses statement as an evidence OF
false promising and misfepresenta-
while Senator Penross now prom
ises that he will see to Il that re.
duction." Senator Glass said, will
promptly follow upon Republican sue
cess At the polls. Mr: eccd. casssman s,
tee. and other influential msmher1 Of
the body charged by the Constitutions
with originating all revenue bills are
reported In the newspapers ~ 0e0eI-
ing that 1t will not be possible 70
revise the tax laws II either the next
succeeding short session Of cenEre9
or at the special session which. tt H
assured, Mr.. Harding. Il elected. VIII
convene for the purpose OF scrap
ping the league Of nations.
Fight PrsniseA In Senate.
Those gentlemen. quite accurately,
I think. conjecture that the whels
time OF the proposed special session
will be required thus to dishonor this
nations Of the earth now forming the
original league to scrap that eTgani-
xation and join Mr.. Harding and the
junkers and the sultan 81 Turkey.
with Lenin and Trotxky In their as
sociation Of nations to encourage
peace I think there VIII be left in
men to make 1t take ct least that
much time to break up the league AL
ready formed and to induce the civil.
lied nations constituting that LEAGUE
to associate with the United States
in the proposed new seheme Of .
separate peace and q 'oall-tt-what"
you-wilr league.
Getting back to taxes. agree that
there should be revision. There shouiA
have been revision by this Republican
Congress. 1t was profntsed before the
election and the promise was deltb-
erately broken after election. Per-
haps the failure and impoteney Of the
republican House. in which "Ali bills
fot raising revenue must originate"
was due to tho unavodaable absence
from Washington Of Senator Penfo11
on account Of desperate illnoSA II
this is 90. 1t 10 not to BE- wondered
that the istingui0hed Penn1ylv1nia
senator coolly assumes the pFero61.
tive Of reducing taxes himself. u the
American people will agree. me1n.
while, to elect Mr.. Harding ana .
republican Congress.
Favsr. Exeess Tax Repeal
.r ,,.o an. ;o fpvee ~ y,>rSeaYinsp <ha
excess profits tax. So was Mr.. Nc
Adoo. Each Of us. as Secretary Of
the Treasury. advocated this. and I
think Secretary Houston has done
likewise. But this republican Con-
It will do anything: and 1t may b
that Senator Penrose viii find him
self unable to do 1t AL By hinaselI.
Moreover, the country should not
permit itself to be deceived. The re-
peal of the excess profits tag. which
reduction in the, volume Of taxation.
The American people should have
sense enough to ask themselves II .
party which repudiated It's pledge to
reduce taxes. made two years ago.
may confidently be relied on to keep ,
another election. The only eoneeiva-
BILE excuse that tho republican party
can invent for not keeping its prem.
ise il the fact that. In consequence
OF illness. Mr.. Penrose WAS not in
to boss the proceeding
Refers to Controller.
"In any event the people should
clearly and constantly understand
that not even Senator Penrose. much
less an impotent republican ConEfess.
can tighten the burden Of taxation in
this country At this Congress or the
crosses. II tho various schemes for
expenditures, such - In.
discriminate bonuses and other projects
proposed by republican leaders and
actually passed by the republican
House. are put into effect BY any ad.
senator Glass concluded his COM
ment by referring to Senator PEN
roses assertion that he proposed to
eliminate such incompetent omcialS
as Mr.. Williame. the prsSent con.
troller Of the Treasury" Said Mr..
Glass: '-Of course 8enator Penrose
means the controller Of the currency.
as Judge Warwick 10 controller Of the
Treasury. Mr.. Wiliiams has often
been called Arbitrary. and tempsra.
known it to be said By any thousirt-
ful person that he il 'incompstent.'
Under his administration national
banks have prospefed - never Aefees
In the history Of the system and bank
failures have been practically ban
ished: they arc negligible. supposo
Senator Penrose's conceptions OF .
competent controller must be one un-
der whose management We shall have