The Washington herald., 1921-03-13
QUICK TAX LAW
REVISION URGED
Rep. Mondell Also Proposes
Passage of Temporary
Tariff Act.

Revision of the taxation laws
first. then the preparation Of a per-
manent Republican protective tariff
bill. was the program for the COM
ing special session Of Congress rec
commended by Representative Frank
w. Mondell OF Wyoming, majority
leader Of the House, yesterday.
Mr.. MondelI is strongly Of the
opinion that no time should be taken
in an attempt to put through a
"stop-gap" tariff measure to con-
tinue in effect until a permanent
bill can be enacted. Such a course.
he said. might. through delays. fail
Of Its own purpose-to AFFORD tenn
porary relief-snd also force a per-
manent bill over until the regular
session in December.
In this view. the majority leader
is understood to have the support
of most of the Republican members
of the Ways and Means Committee,
which must originate both the tax
alton and tariff measures.
The extent to which II will be
practicable to go in the enactment
Of emergency legislation. the ma
jority leader believes, will be the
passage of a simple anti-dumping
bill, carrying an amendment to the
present tariff. law basing customs
duties on American rather than for
eign values.
May Pass Both Measures.
BY following this program. Mr..
Mondell declared, IL may be possible
to pass both the taxation and tariff
measures in time to adjourn about
August /.
The text of his statement follows:
"One of the important questions
is just how we are going to tackle
the allied questions of tariff and
revenue. 1t has been suggested in
certain quarters that IL would be
wise to take up some measure. for
instance the Payne-Aldrich bill.
modify a few of its provisions, and
pass IL as a purely temporary and
emergency 'stop-gap' tariff measure.
The suggested program would be to
follow that with revenue legisla-
tion, and follow that, in turn. with
a permanent tariff bill, which might
not become law until the regular
session.
'1 realize the Importance OF get
ting a tariff bill on the statute
books at the very earliest moment.
and IL i felt that we could intro
duce, pass and have signed very
promptly a temporary measure l
would be glad to favor it. even
though II were not an ideal tariff
bill, but having serious doubts that
this can be accomplished, / am in
clined to the opinion that the Ways
and Means Committee could get to
I'll ~ -
measure.
in the meantime the committee
should submit and the House
SHOULD pass through such revision
of the revenue laws as seems wise.
The Senate would then be occupied
in consideration Of the revenue bill
while the House was concluding the
of a permanent tariff
bill. ..-.
IF we pursue this course We
should be able to put through a re-
vision of the revenue laws and
permanent revision of the tariff be-
fore we adjourn the special session,
say about August /.
While the passage of tariff
bill is highly important and should
be accomplished at the earliest pos
sible date, it Is equally important to
let the people know as soon as pos
sible the extent to which they are
to be relieved for the current cal
endar year of the burdens of Federal
taxation.
There is a great deal OF need
the country over of settling the
tariff question. This need does not
come SO much from the great indus
tries as from a great number Of
smaller industries. for the protec-
tion Of which there is a great deal
of early tariff LEGISLATION needed"