Evening star., 1921-08-20
TD PASS TAX
B|LLLAlE TODAY
Overwhelming Majority for
Measure Is Conceded.
Goes to Senate Monday.

Goes to Senate Monday.
The republican tax revision bill was
to come to a vote late today in the
House. with its passage by an over-
whelming majority generally con-
ceded. .
Democratic leaders predicted a n-ac-
tfcally solid vote against the measure
by their side of the House, but thA y
apparently had little hope that theA
could draw enough strength from tina
majority side to make the contest
close.
The bill will be sent Monday to the
the finance committee for considera-
tion during the forthcoming recess Of
Congress.
The committee will take 1t up in
about ten days and will consider 1t In
tdetail after further public hearings
are held. Chairman Penrose thinks
these may last for week or ten
days.
hour set for the balloting to begin.
amendm entS approved by the ways
and means committee.
Many Amendments Adopted.
| Many amendments. most OF them
of a minor character. were adopted by
the House yesterday during the con-
sideration of the tax revision bill.
A number of other changes In the
bill, including elimination Of the pro-
visions for 5 per cent tax on the man
ufacturers sof prgprieta psdtctnes,
tooth powder ana paste ana mouth
washes, and a reduction in the tax
| on cereal beverages from to cents
Ia gallon. are expected to be proposed
today by the ways and means commit
Itee before the measure Is passed Iate
Fin the day.
Republicans and democrats Of the
House were a unit In approving one
| amendment, that striking out the
section of the bill imposing an annual
tlicense tax Of SO on vendors OF SOFT
drinks. on rev s;,.,sione Gener ,n, Gnam 1nsnY
! Of the. minor ones merely changing
language or punctuation were put
through without single member on
either side voting on the yea ana
nay calls, All of the committee
changes proposed were adopted.
80 ProSfsO fur Charity.
lover democratic opposition. corpora
ttions making gifts for charitable pur-
poses would be relieved from tax on
such sums unless they exceeded Per
cent of the net income OF the donaf-
| ing company.
! The big fight of the day was over
Ian amendment defining foreign trade
corporations as domestic corporations
land American citizens as Foreign
ftraders so per cent or more OF whose
GROSS income is derived from the
active conduct of business outside the
United States. or so per cent or more
LOT whose gross income is derived
from sources outside Of this country.
The democrats claimed this pro-
posal was a discrimination against
purely domestic corporations in the
matter Of taxes. The republicans
was necessary to relieve foreign
trade corporations and foreign traders
from taxation on income received
from sources outside the country in
order that they might compete with
foreign concerns. y
The amendment was adopted, 10s
to IS. eleven republicans joining in
the negative vote.
Tax Commission Proposed.
One of the principal amendments
approved by the ways and means
lcommittee. but yet to be presented to
the House, proposes creation OF q
tax investigation commission.
The lie was passed in the House
again yesterday by Representative
Byrnes, democrat, South Carolina, after
Chairman Fordney OF the ways and
! means committee had repeated his
assertion of Thursday night. that the
South Carolina members statement
tthat the tax bill was, drawn by the
republicans to pay campaign debts.
was untrue and that Mr.. Byrnes knew
I 1t was untrue.
There was uproar In the House and
Representative Chandler, republican,
Oklahoma, started toward Mr.. Byrnes
old man that way" Other repub-
! licans also started to move toward
| the democratic side, from which there
came shout. Come on" Mr.. Brynes
/ advanced to meet the Oklahoma mem
! ber, but before either reached. the
! alarms intervened.
+ Expungfnx Asked.
| Representative Mann, republican,
| Illinois, demanded that the language
used by the two members be read
1 and Representative Garner. democrat,
ETexas, suggested that all reference
I to the whole incident be expunged
/ from the Record Mr.. Fordney then
! said that II he had used unparlia-
/ mentary language he would with
l draw it and apologize.
/. Mr.. Mann informed him that in his
I Judgment, his language was unparlia-
4 mentary, vhereupon. the ways and
/ means commi ttees chairman apologfeed
4 10 the House and withdrew it. Mr..
Byrnes then also apologized to the
House ana WltnoroW MS language
| closing the incident
! The views of the minority on the
tax bill, written BY Representative
Kitchfn of North, Carolina, ranking
| dernocrat on the ways and means, conn
tmittee. who is i'll at his home In North
I Carolina, were filed with the House by
tRepresentative Oldfield, democrat,
ArFansas. While announcing demo-
/ cratic opposition to many provisions
1 ~ fhs> BILL" Mr.. Kitchin confined hia
Fprincipsl provisions OF the republtcan
tssv- prograla-repeaE OF the excesa
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