The Washington times., 1920-10-14
WILSON FEARS
FOR LEAGUE.
Complete Occupation Of Tims
Time Of Congress Scrapping
League Is Predicted.
GLASS WRITES STATEMENT
Calls Tightening Of Burden I'm
possible in View Of Mon
strous Projects"

The White House today issued
statement. prepared by Senator
Glass OF Virginia, predicting that
there will be no revision OF taxes
at the next session Of Congress or
the proposed special session to fol-
low II the Republicans are elected.
but declaring that. the proposed sss-
sion will be devoted to "scrapping
the League of Nations" and inducing
the forty-one nations now IN th6
League to 'join Mr.. Harding, the
Junkers, the Sultan of Turkey. and
Lenin and Trotsky in their 'Associ-
alton of Nations"
A REPLY TO PENROsE.
The statement was issued In reply
to a statement from Senator Penrose
predicting reduction of taxes IL Ro-
publicans are elected.
II think that there should be alter
alton of the revenue act In respect OF
incomes, especially In the higher
! brackets," said Senator Glass In his
statement. This. as well as the re-
peal of the excess profits tax, shoutA
haye,tsqn efrscted by this RspuoucAa !.
s.In any evsnt. the peo1le shSnid
! clearly Ard constantly dnderst4nd
that not even Senator Penrosc. much
less an impotent Republican Congress-
can tighten the burden of taxation In
this country at this Congress, or the
next, rfor many succeeding Con-
crosses, II the various schemes for
monstrous expenditures, such rs In
! discriminate bonuses and other pro
jects proposed by Republican leaders
and actually passed by the Repu biican
House are put into effect by any Adk
ministration."
.Tt is quite interesting to note the
gesture or undisguised contempt
with which Senator Psnrose brushes
! aside the Federal Constitution in his
| talk about tax revision. All bills for
raising revenue shall originate In the
House of Representatives. ID what
/ the Constitution says; but ono must
| inevitably infer from the statement
| imputed to Senator Penrose that the
| Constitution is mistaken. and that
bills for raising revenue, at least un-
der a Republican administration.
must originate with Senator Penrose-
Very likely this may be true, in the
event of Republican. triumph at the
| elections in November.
"Still, one is tempted to speculate
as to how Congressman Fordney.
chairman of the Ways and Means
Committee of the House, and other
Republican members of the commit
tee. will relish this senatorial usur-
patton of their constitutional juris-
diction and prescribed functions
SAYS PROMISE Is OLD.
Senator Penrose tells us that there
will be a speedy reduction OF taxes
IL the Republicans prevail at the
elections. That's precisely what was
said two years ago just before cleo
ton time. 1t was exactly that prom
Use, along with the purchase of a
senatorial seat I'm Michigan, which
enabled the Republicans to capture
the House and Senate in 1913. But
have taxes, either as to their form
or their total, been reduced one-third
since the promise was nader or
course not.
"Mr. Good, chairman Of the House
Appropriations Committee, and 9TH
er influential members of the body
charged by the Constitution with
originating all revenue bills, are re-
ported in the newspapers as declar-
ing that 1t will not be possible TO re-
wise the tax laws at either the next
succeeding short session of Congress
or at the special session which IL Is
assumed Mr. Harding, if elected, win
convene for the purpose of "scrap-
ping" the league of Nations.
TO BE BUSY DIsB0NoRING u. S.
"These gentlemen, quite accurate
lily, i think, conjecture that the whole
time Of the proposed special session
will be required thus to dishonor this
nation and to induce the forty-ons
nations of the earth now forming
the original League TO "scrap" that
organization and join Mr.. Harding
and the junkers and the Sultan OF
Turkey. with Lenin and Trots<y, In
their association OF nations to en-
courage peace.
81 agree that there should be re-
vision. There should have been re-
vision by this Republican Congress-
1t was promised before the election
and the promise was deliberately