The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-11-08

Fight On in Congress for Comitte.
Assignments-La Toilette GrouT
for Restoring Excess Profits Tax
Reorganization of Government De
partments Meets n Snag-Presi
dent is Expected to Touch on En-
forcement in Message-Trying te
Help Wheat Farmer.
BY William L. daley National Ed.
itorial Association. Special to Sauh
Centre Herald.
Washington, Nov. president
Coolidge's approval of the American
note on reparations has brought the
question Of foreign policies to the
fore in political discussions. The note
of Secretary of State Hughes pro-
posing a scientific inquiry to deter
mine Germany's ability to pay repara-
tions, places this country in the po-
.sition as neutral helping in the eco
nomic adjustment of Europe. The
subject will figure prominently in
Senate debate and later in the cleo
lions of 1924.
Vancancies in important Congress
sional committees as result of the
last elections have handicapped the
procession work on appropriation
bills. Every Congressional district
in the Union has manifested keen
interest in the completion for COM
mittee assignments. House and
Senate leaders have communications
from party men requesting consid-
Grafton for their favorite candidate.
Inasmuch as the majority of legisla-
tive measures meet their fate in COM
mittee, appointment to a committee
job is generally accepted as the meas
ure of the legislator-at least, in the
eyes of party powers. New Corners to
Washington political life are gen.
orally ambitious and determined, but
soon find their place in the rear
rank until the seniority rule elevates
them to important committees. The
House Appropriations committee
berth is the prize package, with the
committee on Ways and Means a
close second. One group spends the
money to operate the government
while the other devises methods of
raising revenues for the federal gov
eminent.
a.
Coming elections will exercise
the usual influence over the legis-
lative program for the next Congress-
The administration had high hopes of
tax revision and several plans were
advanced which would have a popu-
lar appeal. Leaders are frank in
their admission that the program of !!
a downward revision of the taxes |
must be set aside. It is believed that
nothing would be accomplished in
the short session because the tax
plan of the LaFolette group is wide
ly different. Secretary of the Treas
ury Mellon and Senator Smoot,
chairman of the Senate Finance
committee, suggested revision Of
taxes to lessen the burden on small
incomes and attract capital into in
dustrial investments. Mr.. LaFollette
and his followers, however have COM
mitted themselves to a program call
ing for the restoration Of excess pro-
fits and other measures which would
meet with bitter re.;ls-
lance from the majority now in the
Senate and House. Then, too, the
greatest deterrent to tax revision is
the proposed soldiers bonus. It is
said that the savings accounted for by
the Budget Bureau would be suffic-
lent to permit lower taxes but the
prospect of a heavy drain on the
public treasury through the enact
ment of the adjusted compensation
the administration lead
ers.
fractional strife is always depl,ra-li