The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-28
SIX AMENDMENTS . TO SUBSIDY BILL
 PASSED BY HOUSE.
Oliver Proposal to Fix Mini- mum Price For Sale of Le- viathan Accepted-Vote
 Comes Wednesday
By Associated Press

Washington, November 27.--sever- al shots, in the shape of amend ments, were fired at the administra- ton shipping bill in the House to- day and six hit spots more or less vital.
 At adjournment time tonight, the bill had covered exactly third of it's tempestuous voyage toward the Senate. Representative Graham of Illinois, a republican, was responsible for three of the half dozen amend ments, all of which were put through with the aid of republican votes.
 Early in the fight Representative Edmonds of Pennsylvania, ranking republican of the merchant marine committee, which framed the bill, formally announced that the section under which the Standard Oil com pany, for example. would share in the government subsidy for transporting it's own goods in it's own ships, would be stricken out. This, in the view of western republicans. added to It's chance of passage.
 Rated as the most important amendment to stand up was the Ora ham proposal, which cut out of the bill the provision under which ship pers, sending their goods abroad in American vessels, would receive a five per cent Income tax rebate which, In some instances, it was charged in the House, would have enabled some shippers to escape all payments. It was adopted by a vote of 46 to 1T.
 oliver Amendment Carries
 Stepping in unexpectedly, Repre- sentative Oliver, democrat, Alabama, presented an amendment, acceptance of which virtually fixed an upset price for the sale of the steamship Levlathan. the biggest of the govern ment fleet. This provided that the Leviathan. now being reconditioned, should not be sold at price less than the cost of reconditioning. Pre- else figures obtained tonight from the appropriations committee showed that this cost was sS.166,000 First declared defeated. the Oliver pro- posal won, S1 to IS, by a man. to- man count.
 The fight to riddle the bill was
 
 reading started. On his feet first, MT. Graham put forward an amend ment to strike out section permit ting the shipping board to sell ships without advertisement or competitive sale. Declaring that the worst scan dal in the government reached into the sale of vast surplus stocks by negotiated sale" MT. Graham called on republicans to take the sectionI and throw it out.
 Increases Interest
 The motion was adopted almost unanimously
 The other Graham amendment sin- creased the rate of interest on un- paid balances for ships purchased from the government for not less than per cent, to not less than A per cent. Representative Fear. re- publican, Wisconsin, sought to make it 6 per cent flat but failed
 An amendment by Representative Planton, 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, Represent tative Davis. Tennessee. democratic member of the merchant marine com- mittee. got through an amendment structors. borrowing from the ship ping board revolving fund. should pay not less than AZ per cent inter-