The Connecticut labor news., 1922-08-25

necticut representative voted for the people! This one voted for the ship
 owners: Glynn. These failed to vote | Fenn, Freeman, Merritt, Tilson.
 More Special Privileges for Rail
 roads.-Winslow, of Massachusetts
 on August 22, 1921, forced through the House another piece of railroad l class legislation to enable the rail
 roads to loot the United States
 Treasury of an additional five hun
 dred million dollars. Not one Con- ! necticut representative voted for the people! These voted for the rail | roads: Fenn, Glynn, Merritt, Tilson. | This one failed to vote: Freeman.
 Farmers Export Relief.-When the War Finance Corporation bill was l before the House on August 22, 1921, Wingo, of Arkansas, moved to re- commit the bill, increase the funds and make them available for domes- tic as well as export purposes. Not one Connecticut representative voted for the people! These voted against
 the people: Fenn, Glynn, Merritt, Tilson This one failed to vote: Freeman.
 Surtax Rates On Incomes of Mil lionaires.-The dominant element Tn
 this Congress has expended much ef-
 fort to shield big business and proh-
 teers from paying equitable taxes on
 vast incomes The House, under the
 whip of the financial interests which
 control this administration, not only
 repealed the "excess profits taxes"
 but also reduced the ssurtax rates on
 incomes of millionaires from 65 per
 cent to B per cent A few progress
 sive Senators fought for days to re-
 tain taxes on excess profits. Failing in that they succeeded, on October p, 1921, in raising the House g per cent surtax rate up to 50 per cent.
 On November Y, 1921, after much effort, the minority members of the House forced a vote and decided that the profteers should pay surtax rate of SO per cent instead of g per cent. Not one Connecticut represen- tative voted for the people These voted for the profteers: Fenn, Glynn, Merritt These failed, to vote: Free man, Tilson. -
 Investigation of War Contract Frauds and the Ineficeincy of Attor- ney- General Daugherty.-For more than a year Representatives Royal C. Johnson, of South Dakota, and Roy O. Woodruff, of Michigan, repeated ly presented to Congress detailed evidence regarding enormous frauds in war contracts estimated to amount to one billion dollars. Failing to se- cure any action by the attorney gen. era1, Representative Woodruff, on April II, 1922, introduced House Resolution 323, directing the Speaker to appoint special committee to in vestigate these war frauds and the failure of the Department of Justice to prosecute the criminals. This resolution was referred to the Com mittee on Rules. On May 3 the Rules Committee voted to report the resolution. On May 26, Representa- tive Johnson protested that the reso- lution had not been reported. Speak CT Gillett and Representatives Mon dell of Wyoming, Campbell of Kan sas, and Walsh of Massachusetts, were determined to prevent any con gressional investigation. Speaker Gillett ruled MT. Johnson out of order. MT. Johnson then appealed: Republican Floor Leader Mondell rnovedto lay the Johnson appeal upon the table, that is, to kill it. The Mon- del motion was carried by vote of I4o to IA with I68 not voting. Not one Connecticut representative voted for the people! These voted for the war grafters: Fenn, Freeman, Glynn. These failed to vote: Merritt, Tilson.