Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-11-28
SIX AMENDME
TO SHIP MEASURE
ADOPTED IN HOUSE
Provision Enabling Stand
ard Oil to Collect Sub
sidy Stricken Out.
INCOME TAX REBATE
PLAN ALSO is BEATEN
Negotiated Sales Of Large
Government Stocks Thrown
Ont of Bill.
MUST DEAL ny COMPETITION
Minimum rrirc for Le>tnthnn to Be
>"t Less Than Cost of
HrcDnditionluE.
INCOME TAX REBATE
PLAN ALSO is BEATEN
MUST DEAL ny COMPETITION
Minimum Price for I.cttnthnn to Bc
NJ: Less Than Cost of
ItrcDndItiunluE.
tBy Associated Prcss.1

WASuINGTON, Nov. 27.-Thirty-
seven shots in tho shape OF amend
mcnts were fired at the administra-
tion shipping bill in tho House today
and six hit spots more or less vital.
At adjournment tonight tho bill
had covered exactly one third OF it's
tcmpestuous voyage toward the Sem
ate. Representative Graham, OF 1lli-
nois. Republican. went home with
three of the half-dozcn amendments
in his shooting bag. all OF which wcro
put through with the aid of Repubn-
can votes.
Early In the fight Representative
Edmonds. Pennsylvania. ranking Re-
publican OF the Merchant Marine
Committee, which framed tho bill
formally announced on the floor that
tho section under which tho Standard
oil Company. for example, would
share in the government subsidy for
transporting its own goods in it's own
shina .would be stricken ont bodily.
This. IN tho view OF Western Repub-
iicans. added TO It's chance of passage.
Tax Rebate Cut Out.
Rated az the most important
amendment TO stand UP was the
Graham proposal which cut out OF
the bill the provision under which
shippers sending their goods abroad
IN American vessels would receive A.
per cent income tax rebate, which,
in some instances. 1t was charged In
the House. would have enabled some
shippers TO escape all payments. 1T
was adopted by a vote OF sc to A.
after IL had been characterized by
Mr.. Graham as vicious and extreme,
ly dangerous
Stepping In expectedIy. Represent
tstivc Oliver. Democrat. Alabama,
presented an amendment acceptance
OF which virtually fixed an unset
price for the sale of tho steamship
Lcviathan, the biggest of tho govern
Iaent fleet. This provided that tho
Lcviathan, now being rcconditioned,
should not be sold at price less
than the cost OF reconditioning.
Names Minimum ON Lcvinthnn.
Precise figures obtained tonight
from the Appropriations Committee
showed that this cost was ss,lB6.o 600.
FIRST dccl ed defeated. the Oliver
proposal won. 81 to IS. by n man-to-
man count as members marched down
The aisle.
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 amendment
10 strike out section permitting the
shipping Board TO sell ships without
advertisement or competitive sale.
Declaring that the worst scandal I'm
the government reached into the sale
OF vast surplus stocks "by negotiated
sales. Mr. Graham called upon Re-
puohcans to take the section and
throw it out.
Representative Mondell, wyoming,
the Republican leader. asserted thar
while he saw no reason why il should
not remain. he was not opposed To-
its elimination. Mr.. Edmonds also
took this view. y dozen members
We're eager TO discuss 1t, but a vote
was demanded and the motion was
adopted almost unanimously
More Interest Charged.
All the Graham amendments in
creased the rate OF interest on th.,
unpaid balances for ships bought
from the government from not less
ihan per cent TO NOT less than
Ia per cent.
Representative Frear Rcpublf-
can. Wisconsin. sought to make it
per cent flat, but failed
An amendment by Representativ.
s.ianton Democrat. TEXAS. providing
,hat no government employe should
pe interested financially In the pur-
chase OF government ships was
passed with little opposition. a.~
out OF many offered. Represen,a-
tive Davis. Tennessee. Democratic
member Of the Merchant Marine
committee got through an amend
ment providing that prospective shin
constructors borrowing from the
shipping Board revolving fund
should pay not less than +1-4 per
cent interest, instead of > per cent
as stipulated in the bill.
touching briefly on the plan to
eliminate the section dealing with
subsidy for Industrial ships. Mr.. Ed.
monds said he was preparing an
ships.
1T VIII take Industrial ships. ik.
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