The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-11-28
Changes in
Subsidy Bill
Approved
Thiriy.Scven Amendments Are
Fired at Administration
Measure in House-Six
Proposals Adopted.
Tax Rebate Plan Beaten

Washington. Nov. 27--lBy A. PJ
Thirty shots In the shape Of
amendments were fired at the adj
mlnistration shipping bill In the house
today and six hit spots more or less
vital
At adjournment the bill had COW
ered exactly one.thIrd OF It's tenlpestu'
Gus voyage toward the senate. Rep.
resentatiye Graham Of Illinois. "A re-
publican. went home with three OF
the half dozen amendments In his
shooting bag. all OF which were put
through with the aid Of republican
voters. Early In the fight Represen-
tative Edmonds, Pennsylvania, rank.
ing republican Of the merchant marine
committee which framed the biz.
| formally announced on the floor thai
the section under which the Standard
Oil company. for example, would
share In the government subsidy for
transporting its own goods in Its own
ships would be stricken out bodily.
This, In the view OF western re
publicans, added TO It's chance OF
passage.
Tax Rebate Killed.
Rated as the most important amend
mcnt to stand up was the Graham
proposal which cut out OF the bill the
provision under which shippers, send
ing their goods abroad in American
vessels would receive per cent In.
come tax rebate which, In some in
stances, II was charged would have
enabled some shippers to escape all
payments. It was adopted by n vote
Of Sc to AZ after II had been charac.
terized by Mr.. Graham as Vicious
and extremely dangerous"
Stepping In unexpectedly, Represen'
tative Oliver, democrat, Alabama,
presented an amendment, acceptance
OF which virtually fixed an upset price
for the sale of the steamship Levia-
THAN, the biggest OF the government
fleet. This provided that the Leyia'
THAN, now being reconditioned, should
not be sold at a price less than the
cost Of reconditioning. Precise
figures obtained tonight from the ap-
propriations committee showed that
this cost was ss166,0O0 First de.
clared defeated, the Oliver proposal
won, 81 to rs, by man to man count
as members marched down the aisle.
Graham Starts Fight.
The fight TO riddle the bill was be.
gun five minutes after the actual
reading started. On his feet first,
Mr.. Graham put forward an amend
ment to strike out section permit
ting the shipping board to sell ships
without advertisement or competitive
sale.
A dozen members were eager 10
discuss 1t, but a vote was demanded
and the motion was adopted almost
unanimously.
The other Graham amendment IN.
creased the rate OF interest on un.
paid balances for ships bought from
the government from not less than
4 per cent to not less than Ia per
cent. Representative Frear, repub-
llcan, Wisconsin, sought to make 1t
per cent flat. but failed.
An amendment by Representative
Blanton, democrat, Texas, providing
that no government employe should
be interested financially In the pur-
chase of government ships was passed
with little opposition.
Out of many offered, Representa-
tive Davis, Tennessee, democratic
member of the merchant marine com.
mittee. got through an amendment
providing that prospective ship con-
structors. borrowing from the ship
ping board revolving fund, should pay
not less than IA per cent interest
instead Of per cent, as stipulated
in the bill.
Choke orr Debate.
Touching briefly on the plan TO
eliminate the section dealing with
subsidy for industrial ships. Mr..
Edmonds said he was preparing an
amendment TO protect industrial
ships
Representative Dickinson, rcpuh'
hcan. Iowa, one of the farm bloc
leaders, failed In his effort 10 have
farmers exporting products put on
an cquul bass with shippers re-
. FtlkNftk Nfl ANNfiNfi' AfAN iAHfAt'F 80"
amendment was Offered to the income
tax rebate section, which was later
voted cut
The provision IN The hill slipulating
that one half II the total number
~ immigrants admitted 10 The United
States should b. brought over in
American ships. was attacked hut il
remained unchanged
There was little ~ the debate which
usually attends ths consideration nf
important house HTS This shin hHl
lssders shut u OF by motions
Meeting an hour ahead u ti'aa
!, Tuesday The hauss sill pluuge irto
thn section Felstinr % tfeet govern
NJ, ~ aid % ships. Ths hlli viii coWe
up Tor Xois on final ptssssf
"Wednesday Aflsfneous after shith
the house will auii ever ThankssiS