Evening star., 1921-08-12
TAX CONFERENCE
SET FOR MONDAY
6. O. P. House Leaders Say
Measure Will Be Ready
Wednesday.

A conference of House republicans
Monday to consider the tax revision
bill was announced today by Repre-
sentative Mondell. the republican
leader. 1t will decide on procedure
ure. expected to begin next Wednes-
day.
Although there was further delay
today in consideration of the bill
by the majority members of the ways
and means committee. Chairman
Fordney was confident that it would
be ready Monday morning. The COM
mittee planned to meet this afternoon
and to hold extended sessions tomor-
row if necessary to reach final deci-
sions on changes already agreed upon
tentatively and others in contempia-
tion.
Numerous Changes ConsidereA
Many changes in the bill remain to
be decided upon. Representative
Bacharach of New Jersey plans to
renew his effort to lower the income,
taxes paid by single and. married
men having annual net incomes of
$1,000 or less. Mr.. Bacharach said he
preferred that the rate on such in
comes should be reduced from 4 to 8
per cent, but indicated ,thats,if this
proposal failed an attimpt woaid be
made to increase the exemption by
$500. The committee already has
agreed tentatively to Increase the ex-
emptions to heads of families having
hNy
pendent.
Administrative features of the new
Dill understood to have been agreed
upon include provision designed to
simplify the process of settlement of
BACK tax claims; The time OF settle
instead OF nve. except that additional
time might be granted by the Sec
retary Of the Treasury.
=, Authority to Secretary.
Agreement also was said to have
been reached to give the Secretary
authority to call in representatives
OF taxpayers in an effort to simplify
the present tax return forms. These
forms are now drawn by Treasury ex-
perts and it was said that commit
tee members felt that il these officers
had the benefit of the advice Of tax
payers familiar with the subject the
forms could be improved.
The committee has yet to act on the
proposal to substitute a graduated
manufacturers ta1 on candy accord
ing to cost in place of the present. fat
tax of per cent. This matter Is be-
fore subcommittee.
The tax question got into House de-
hate yesterday. democratic leaders at
lacking the program with charges
that only the wealthy would benefit
by most Of the proposed changes in
the revenue law. and that the curtail-
ment in departmental expenditures
for this fiscal year agreed upon at the
White House conference would prove
merely paper savings"
Republicans Reply to Charge.
Republican leaders replied with the
declaration that the new law would
lift $600.000,e00 of the people yearly,
and launched counter attack
against the democrats for leaving
over to this administration what were
described as unnecessary burdens
growing out of the war, including
payments to the railroads.
Carolina, democratic member of the
appropriations committee. in opening
the debate, said that Representative
Mondell q Wyoming. the republican
leader, in his claim of savings had
made Director of the Budget Dawes
added that the republicans pretended
economy was only a smoke screen"
to deceive the people, and they knew
that as the end of the fiscal year
approached they would have to bor-
row money to meet expenditures.
Their hope is." he declared. that
the people will not know 1t until
after the next election. In the~mean-
time, and In between time, they will
make false claims in saving Of ex-
penditures in the effort tp fool the
people" :.
Ways Of "Foclins' People.
Chairman Fordney, in a vigorous
reply. said the democrats had fooled
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