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Refuse to Give Soldier
Measure Priority Over
Tax Amendments.
SMOOT TURNOVER
LEVY PLAN LOSES
Leaders Abandon Hope
Of Passing Revenue
I, Legislation Today.

The Smoot amendment providing
for a one-half Of 1 per cent turnover
tax Jared no better In the Senate
yesterday than the alternative pro-
posal for a per cent tax on sales
by manufacturers and producers,
which was rejected Thursday night,
The turnover tax was defeated by
vote Of rs to 46.
Senate leaders practically aban-
doned all hope of passing the bill
today. A unanimous consent agree
ment was proposed early at last
nights session, under which a vote
would be taken on the soldiers boz
nus aendment at o'clock Monday
afternoon, and a vote on all re-
naming amendments and on the bill
without further debate beginning>at
. o'clock Tuesday afternoon. SEN
ator Jones, of New Mexico. Demo
crat, temporarily blocked any agree
ment, and the Senate continued the
consideration of miscellaneous
amendments.
Would Reduce Revenue
Senator Curtis. of Kansas. in
formed the Senate yesterday that
- NuC VII IiO" olahdo VIVA AoAA
szo.000,00O short Of raising the re-
Quired revenue. He made this state
ment while Senator Townsend, of
Michigan, was making an attempt
to obtain the elimination of the tax
Of . per cent on automobile trucks.
The Senate refused, by q vote of q
to So, to repeal this tax. Such ac-
ton would have meant q further
loss In revenue -.
A brief debate proceeded the roll
call on the turnover tax amendment,
Senator Smoot explained his amend
ment, and Senator Walsh, of Massa-
chusetts, Democrat, opposed 1t.
From the discussion Thursday II
IL quite evident that we are going
to have a sales tax In the near fu-
ture," said Senator Smoot. In my
opinion the sales tax-if IL Is goinG
to be imposed for the purpose OF
paying q soldiers bonus-ought to
be put into operation today and al
low the first six months or three
months or two months for the tax
to demonstrate the amount of money
IL will bring into the Treasury.
have not doubt IN my mind that
a bonus bill will be enacted into
law. Zee
Opposes Special War Taxes.
IT believe the American people
from one end of the country to the
other expect this congress to relieve
them Of all discriminatory and I'M
just taxes. believe these special
war taxes ought to be repealed AT
the earliest possibl momnt-"
Senator Walsh insisted that many
business men who have supported a
sales tax have been under a mis-
representation as to what the Smoot
amendments provided.
Five more Republicans left their
party ranks and voted for the turn
over tax, while three who supported
the manufacturers and producers
tax Thursday night voted in the
negative. Two who voted in the
Affirmative Thursday night were alb
sent yesterday. Bes des the three
who switched from the affirmative
to the negative three others who
were absent Thursday night voted
against the proposition on yester-
days roll call. The Democrats, as
was the case Thursday night, voted
soltdly against the sales tax.
Out Of the sixty Republicans In
the Senate thirty-two, or more than
a majority, have now gone on record
In favor Of some form of sales tax.
In the two roll calls tn rty different
Republicans voted affirmatively. It
was announced on the floor that two
others would have voted Nfor the
sales tax II they had been present.
THESE were Senator Lodge, of Massa-
chusetts, who was absent. and Sena-
tor Mclean, of Connecticut, who
was paired.