Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-02-11
WASHINGTON
DAY BY DAY

nothing to it. l don't know anything
about it, said Secretary of the In
terror Fall today when asked about
the report that he would resign from
the Cabinet on March 4. 81 am in
complete record with the policies of
the President on all subjects" Mr.
Fall added.
From sources close to the Secre-
tary of the Interior, this statemer!
was completely verified today. High
administration leaders declared they
! had read the report of Falls inten-
ton to resign with amazemen. be-
cause they always understood he and
the President were on the best OF
terms.
At one time or another, just about
every member of the Harding Cabi.
net, excepting probably Secretary of
LIE abor Davis, has been reported as
ready to resign. None OF these re-
l.o1ts has proved to date except that
regarding Postmaster General Hayes
who will leave the Cabinet on March
4 to become director of the moving
picture production industry.
Details Of the taxation scheme to
today by on of the Republican lead
ers of the Ways and Means Commit
tee reveal t?is' it is intended TO as
sess tax of five dollars on each
transaction of the stock exchanges If
the country involving 100 shares or
fraction thereof The tax would be
assessed against tire broker or person
making the transfer. Salts of bonds
or stocks through other means than
stock exchange transactions would
not be affected hy the tax. l. is
estimated .ha, this tax Will bring
S40000,000 Il year in revenue.
Piles Of kilograms mountains high
lie on the desks of all the members
Of the Wags anil Means Committee
protesting against the stock tax but
they are getting no consideration
whatever Members are informed
that the brokers now charge a fee
of SIS for each sale or purchase Of
100 shares of stock and they believe
the brokers could we'll afford to turn
SIS of this amount over to the gov
ernment.
Secretary of War Weeks will be
one Of the three Cabinet members Of
the commission authorized under the
funding bill to negotiate for the re-
funding of the Allied debt, if the
President can find a way to put him
on the commission. The difficulty Of
the situation is that the natural Sc
lection of Cabinet members for
places on the commission would be
Secretaries Mellon, Hughes and
Hoover The reason for the Presi-
dents desire to select Weeks is that
he is regarded as one Of the sound
est men on financial affairs in the
administration. His business judg-
ment is declared to he unimneach-
able and his analyses of conditions in
financial circles clear and under
standable.
There is strong likelihood, in the
opinion of students of Japanese poll
tics. that Admiral Baron Kato. who
was head of the Japanese delegation
to the Arms Conference, will be the
newt Premier of Japan The Baron
will return to his country with in
creased prestige, although he was
regarded as the ablest and strongest
man in the government next to tho
late Premier Hara when he left Tok-
vo for Washington. The selection of
Baron Kato to head the delegation
was regarded as a notable and sig
nificant event in itself, as the Gene
~al Staff. traditionally, had mostly
influenced the fnrei"n policies of the
nation and only lately had the navv'S
influence transcended that of the
armv.
Snerulation differs concerning the
nrobable duration of the Ministry of
Premier Takahashi. The opposition
parties. it is asserted. have no issue
of sufficient importance to force
Cabinet crisis in the near future,
their efforts to disrredit the Jana
nese delegation at Washington hav-
ing failed. The Question is said TO
90 whether Premier Takahashi has
sufficient nersnnal PRESTIGE to keen
ma ioritv in the Diet. The capacity
and FOLLOWING of Baron kato are said
no assure him the suorort of tn"
Diet shnnld he be asked to form
new ministry
Isaac Gregg.