Omaha daily bee., 1921-04-13
New Bills Filed
In Upper House
Cover Wide Field
Senator Smoot of Utah Offer.
: Measure Proposing Sales
Tax to Replace Excess
Profits Act.

Washington, April 12.-While old
and new legislative proposals in the
senate numbered less than 500. as
compared with $500 odd yesterday
in the house, they ranged from tax
plans. through anti-strike legislation
to adjustment of international debts
Senator Smoot, republican oi
Utah, offered his bill establishing
a sale tax in lieu Of excess profits
taxing methods, and also an en-
barge measure against wool irnporta-
ton. Senator King, democrat, Utah.
proposed to make conferences to
assist price fixing criminal and also
to make conspiracies to hamper
movement of freight and persons
in interstate commerce illegal.
Senator Poindexter, republican,
Washington, presented a bill to- pro-
hibit strikes in interstate commerce.
Senator Reed, democrat, Missouri,
reintroducing a resolution suggest
ing that the president ask Great
Britain whether its West Indian
possessions could not be ceded to the
United States in part payment of
indebtedness, and added a suggestion
for similar inquiry OF France as to
the French Antilles. Senator La
Toilette, republican, Wisconsin, pro-
posed recognition of the Irish re-
public"
Creation of a permanent commits
sion to investigate iynchings was
contributed in a bill by Senator Nc
Cormick, republican, Illinois. while
Senator Kellogg. republican. Mime
sofa, renewed his bill to give the
State department control over cable
landing rights.
Wants Coal Commission.
Senator Frelinghuysen, republican,
New Jersey, proposed creating a
coal commission, while Senator
Owen, democrat, Oklahoma, offered
measures to limit federal reserve
bank interest charges to E per cent;
to create federal marketing depart
ment for farmers, and for publica-
ton of a national bulletin on gov
ernment and politics.
A public welfare department bill
was sponsored by Senator Kenyon,
republican, Iowa, who added a meas.
ure for registration and regulation
of lobbyists. Senator France, repub-
lican. Maryland, suggested amnesty
for all persons imprisoned for vio-
iations of wartime laws, and Sena-
tor Mclean put in bill for minting
a 2-cent coin with Theodore Roose-
velt's effigy upon it.
Senator Ashurst, democrat, Ari-
zona, again declared for the purchase
of Lower California from Mexico,
and Senator Wadsworth put in the
War departments request for au-
thority to sell surplus foodstuffs
abroad. Senator Caraway. democrat,
Arkansas, proposed prohibition OF
futures" sales in grain and cotton.
Measue Blocked BY Smoot.
Senator Sterling, republican, Soutl,
Dakota, introduced bill reclassify-
ing all government employees. but
Senator Smoot, republican, Utah,
blocked its reference to committee,
saying he would propose measure
involving less expense.
A bill embodying the "five-fold'
plan for veterans compensation was
introduced by Senator McCunber,
North Dakota.
In the house, Representative Fish.
republican. New York, announced
he would introduce tomorrow. res
olution providing for the withdrawal
of American troops from Europe.
A bill to prohibit publication Of
foreign language newspapers or mag
azines without publication OF an
English translation was introduced.
A bill was offered to instruct the
attorney general to institute proceed
ings against the Standard Oil and
United States Steel corporations. en-
joining them from distributing sur
plus war profits and to direct the
ways and means committee to- draft
a hill taxing all snch surplus profits.
Another bill offered was to pro-
hibit the nlisbranding OF manufac-
tured articles by amending provi-
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