Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-02-21
STEPS TAKEN BY
z 22REPUBLICANS
To HALT SALES
TAX ENACTMENT
Opposition to This Method
Of Financing the Soldier
Bonus Seems to Be GAIN
ing Much HeadWay
LEGISLATION NOW IS
OPPOSED, ALSO URGED
Whole Question of Raising
Funds Is Referred Back
to b-Committee, Which
viii Attack Problem,
tBy The Associated press3

Nby Inc AsbOCialtu ATthh.l
Washington, Feb. 20.--The ques-
ton of financing the soldier bonus
was referred back today to the
special tax Subcommittee by the
majority members of the house
ways and means committee and 1t
was announced that the sub-com-
mittee would attack the problem
again late tomorrow.
The trend of thought in cloak
rooms and corriGors was that some
sort of manufacturers or whole
salers tax plan would be drafted in
accordance with PRESIDENT Hard
ing's suggestion that the financing
be done by sales tax. Whether
approval of such a tax by the entire
committee, republicans and demo-
Gratis, could be obtained, appeared
to be a moot question,
Petitions Framed.
In an effort to block he sales
tax within the committee, twenty
two republicans, opponents Of this
kind Of levy. met and framed petit
Itions which were freely circulated
land signed before the house ad-
1ourned for the day. Representa-
tive Dickinson. of Iowa, who called
the meeting, said it was the hope
Ito obtain sufficient signatures to
convince the majority committee
members that it would be impossl-
BILE to put a sales tax provision
Through the house.
The petition declared m favor OF
adjusted compensation, but in op-
position to the financing of ii by
sales or manufacturers tax, ana
sets forth that it's signers will op'
pose any rule for the adjusted COM
pensation that does not permit Z
separate vote on any sales or man.
ufacturers' tuA provision therein
Enactment Opposed.
While the ways and means COM
mittee was discussing the bonus
question, it was made known at the
White House that President Hard
ing had received many communica-
tions opposing enactment of the
bonus legislation for the present
AT the same time the American
LEGION legislative committee made
public a telegram from Hanford
MacNider, the legion's national
commander. opposing anv further
DELAY in the bonus LEGISLATION.
1t was said that the communca-
tions reaching Mr. Harding in op
position to immediate enactment of
the bonus outnumhered those IA
yoring action at this time. but it
was added that many Of those op-
posing the bill showed SINH
larity.
Sales Tax Onpos"d.
Much of the informal bonus cis-
cussfon at the capitol today cen
tered around the question OF
whether sales tax provision could
be voted out of the ways and
means committee. Representative
Garner of Texas. the ranking dem
ocrat on the committee, said the
eight minority members would
vote solldly against such tax, On
this basis. five republican votes
would defeat the proposal and II
was understood that present esti-
mates were that four Of the sovcn-
teen republicans would he AGAINST
It. with two others probably doubt
full,
Representative Dixon reiterated
that II the agricultural bloc was
unsuccessful in its efforts 10 block
the sales tax in committee, II
would make q determined stand in
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