Arizona republican., 1921-04-12
TAX REVISION IS FOREMOST QUESTION
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE TODAY
Measures Vetoed
 By Wilson Will Be
 Reintroduced By The Republicans
[RepubIican A. p. Leased Wirel

WASHINGTON, April H. Bills designed to cover some of the more important problems before congress were introduced today in the house. They included the emergency tariff, repeal of some war taxes. and pro- posals for new ones, soldier bonus, and soldier relief. federal budget, restriction on immigration and fed eral road building.
 While the five way" plan of vete- ran organizations for deferred com- pensation to ex-service men became house bill No. l. the tax question was foremost, Representative Longworth of Ohio, proposed repeal of excess profits and war profits taxation. The suggestion was repeated by Repre- sentatives Bacharach of New Jersey, and Mott. of New York. who proposed imposition of gross sales taxes of one per cent. The Bacharach measure also suggested reduction of normal income tax rates to two per cent and application of the sur-tax to incomes above $7,e00 with a aximum rate of 40 per cent.
 Chairman F'ordney of the ways and means committee presenting the ser vice mems bonus proposal, which pro- vides for alternatives between cash payment, land settlement, insurance,
 
 ing. left out taxation proposals, but Representative Galliyan. democrat Massachusetts, put in a duplicate for the bill as it passed the house last session.
 Representative Sweet, republican, Iowa, introduced bill to consolidate all boards and bureaus having to do with soldier rehabilitation. and Rep resentative Fess, republican, Ohio, ad fr0, in taxes of all payments to veterans undergoing vocational training
 Immigration restrictions. decided on by the last congress in enacting a bill limiting annual entrance of aliens to three per cent of the total residents of each nationality as found by the 1910 census, was proposed by Chair man Johnson of the immigration committee. His bill duplicated that which President Wilson gave a pocket veto.
 Representative Rlanton, democrat Texas. whose battles with his asso- ciates in congress have attracted at- tention, suggested that. congress be reduced from 435 members to 3o4 and be -apportioned according to the 1920 census. Other reapportion- rnent bills were produced but would provide for holding the membership to it's present limit. Mir Rlantor l also proposed elimination of the travel allowance of twenty cents z mile for members and substituting z payment of actual expenses. to be made on sworn vouchers.
 Representative Young, republican | North Dakota, introduced the emerg- ency agricultural tariff, as it wa: 1 passed in February. Its effective period was fixed as six months after enactment instead of ten as in tht vetoed measure of the last session. Chairman Kahn of the military or. | ganization committee proposed Z 1 separate air corps, under new executive bureau to control militar, aviation, and separate proposal fol federal regulation of civilian ayfatio, to accompany it.
 Chairman Good. of the appropria tion committee introduced the fed eral budget bill, another vetoed mea sure
 Abolition of the railroad labor boar, and repeal of sections of the trans 4 portation act under which it operate
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