Omaha daily bee., 1921-04-12
Important Bills
Introduced at
Opening Session
Emergency Tariff, Soldier
Bonus, immigration, Road
Building, Tax Repeal and
Budget in Hopper.

Washington, April ll.-Bills dc,
signed to cover some OF the more
important problems before congress
were introduced today in the house
They included the emergency tar.
If, repeal of some war taxes and
proposals for new ones. soldier
bonus and soldier relief, federal
budget, restriction on Immigration
and federal road building.
While the "hve way" plan OF We
teran organizations for deferred com
pensation to the eX-service men be-
came house bill No. |, the tax qucs-
ton was. foremost, Representative
Longworth Of Ohio proposed repeal
OF excess profits and war profits
taxation. The suggestion was re-
peated by Representatives Bachar-
ach OF New Jersey and Mott of New
York. who proposed imposition of
gross sales tax at per cent
The Bacharach measure also sug-
gested reduction OF normal income
tax. rates to 2 per cent and appli-
cation OF surtax above $1,000 with
a maximum rate of 40 per cent.
Bonus Bill Filed.
Chairman Fordney Of the ways
and means committee presenting the
service mems bonus proposal, which
provides for alternatives between
cash payment. land settlement, in
surance vocational education and
lone building, left out taxation pro-
posals, but Representative Gallivan,
democrat, Massachusetts, put in a
duplicate Of the bill as it passed the
house last session. Representative
Sweet, republican, Iowa, introduced
a bill to consolidate all boards ard
bureaus having to do with soldier
rehabilitation, and Representative
tess, Republican, Ohio. suggested
exemption from income taxes OF all
payments to veterans undergoing
vocational training.
immigration restrictions, decided
on by the last congress in enactirg
bill limiting annual entrance OF
ahens to 5 per cent ef the total
residents OF each nationality as found
by the 1910 census, was proposed by
Chairman Johnson of the irumigra-
ton committee. His bill duplicated
that which President Wilson gave a
pocket veto.
Representative Blanton, democrat,
Texas, whose battles with his asso-
ciates in congress have attracted at
tention, suggested that congress be
reduced from 435 members to 304, |
and be reapportioned according to
the 1920 census. Other reappor-
tionment bills were produced, but !
would provide for holding the mem !
bership to its present limit Mr.. |
Blanton also proposed elimination
of the travel allowance of 20 cents
mile for members and substituting
a payment of actual expenses, to be |
made on sworn vouchers. |
Agricultural Tariff.
Representative Young, republican,
North Dakota, introduced the EN-
ergency agricultural tariff, as it was |,
passed in February. { It's effective
period was fixed as six months after
enactment instead, of 10 as in the
vetoed measure of the last session.
Chairman Kahn of the military
affairs committee again proposed a
separate air corps, under new
executive bureau, to control military
aviation and separate proposal for
federal regulation of civilian avia-
ton to accompany it.
Chairman Good OF the appropria-
tions committee introduced the fed
eral budget bill, another vetoed
measure.
Abolition Of the railroad labor
board and repeal of sections of the
transportation act under which it
operates was proposed by Repre-
sentative Tincher, republican, Kan.
sas. His bill would empower the
Interstate Commerce commission to
perform functions now assigned to
the board.
Monthly Pension Plan.
Among the numerous bills intro-
duccd were:
Be Representative Foster, republi-
can, Ohio, fo1 the payment OF civil
war pensions monthly instad OF
quarterly.
Other bills included:
To transfer compensation claims
from the war risk bureau to the
pension Office. -
The Macarthur road bill, provid-
ing tor an annual appropriation of
SIS 100000 in each of the next four
years as compared to $100000,000
in the bill which failed at the last
session. /.
To repeal food taxes and license
TODD dealers, by Representative
Aswell. democrat, Louisiana.
For Irish Consul.
To appropriate $4,000 for salaries
Of a minister and consuls to the
Irish republic, by Representative
Mason, republican, Illinois.
A virtual blanket pension scheme
for veterans OF wars prior to the
world war by Chairman Knutson of
the pensions commission.
To make market corners in neces-
sites felonies, by Representative +
French, republican. Idaho.
To create the Mammouth cave,
Kentucky, national park, by Repre-