The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-04-13
IMPORTANT BILLS INTRODUCED
AT OPENING SESSION
Emergency Tariff, Tax Reform, Sol
dier Relief and Other Measures Up.
Propose Repeal Of Excess Profits


siier Relief and Other Measures Up.
Propose Repeal Of Excess Profits
Tax.
Washington, April 11.-Blls de-
signed to cover some of the more i'm
portant problems before the present
Congress was introduced today in the
House. They included the emergency
tariff, repeal Of some war taxes and
proposals for new ones, soldier bonus
and soldier relief, federal budget. re-
striction OF Immigration and federal
road building
While the "ive way" plan Of vet
eran organizations for deferred com
pensation to service mon because
House bill No. !, the taE question was
foremost in tho legislative proposals.
Representative Longworth Of Ohio,
proposed the straight repeal Of oxoess
proats and war profits taxation. The
suggestion was repeated by Ropresen-
tatives Bachrach Of New Jersey. and
Mott Of New York, who proposed i'm
position Of gross sales taxes at / per
cent rates. The Bachrach measure
also suggested reduction Of normal in
come tax rates to 3 per cont, and ap-
plication of the sur-tax to incomes
above $1,000 with maximum OF 40
per cent.
Chairman FOrdney OF the ways and
means committee putting forward tho
service mems bonus proposal which
provides for alternatives thetween cash
payment, land settlement, insurance,
vocational education and homo build
ing. left out taxation proposala, but
Representative Gallivan, Democrat Of
Massachusetts. put in am exact dupl-
cate OF the bill as 1t passed tho House
last session. In further aid 30 veter-
ans Representative SWeet, Republican
OF Iowa, introduced bill TO consolt-
date all boards and bureaus having to
do with slider rehabilitation, and Rep-
rcsentativs Fess, Republican OF Ohio.
suggested exemption from income tax
es Of all payments to veterana undor"
going vocational training.
Immigration restriction, decided up
on by the last Congress in eahctlns o
bill limiting annual entrance Of
alens into the United States 10
three Per cent OF the total residents
CT each nationality IN tho nation as
todnd by tho 1910 censga, Was pro-
posed Gy Chairman Johnson OF the ina
aaigrat!oa committoo. His bill enact-
ly duplicated that which President
Wilson save q pocket veto.
Representative Blantoo, DonaoereA
OF Texas. whose bstslaa with Ma as-
aoeiet0s In ConaroEs have attr&otsa
COMO aHeatiea. caKao nrWsrd with
sEggeetioa % Reateo Congress- nom
485 members 10 zoe. asza pe-apRortaoA
them according 10 tho 1a9s eoasuS. a
numbsr OF othor e-appertionmant
bills were proDased. bat 'woald pre-
vide for holding tho AerabsrsAtD to
its prosent limit Mr Blanton elso
proposed the elimination OF the pros-
eat travel allowance OF 90 cents @ mtlo
for mombe,1 and subsbitutlns therefor
q payment OF actual e1pea2sB, TO be
made updh sworn vouchers.
Representative Young, Republican
Of North Dakota for the ways and
means committoe introduced tho emer
gency agricultural tariff, exactly as 1t
was passed ia February. It's effective
period was A1ed rs six months after
enactment instead OF ten as IN the Ve~
tOod measure OF the last session.
Chsirman Kahn OF tho military az
fairs committee again proposed . sop
sratc air corps. under new oxecu-
tive bureau to control military avia-
tlon. and q separate proposal for fed-
eral regulation OF civilian aviation to
accompany It.
Chairman Good of the appropria-
ton committee, introduced the, eed-
oral budget BILL anQthor OF tho mea-
suros vetoed during the forner admin
istration.
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