The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-12
The Week in
W ashington
Box Peace Award
Foreign Affairs
Veteran Bureau
Mellon Tax Cut Finds OPPOSITE IN
Among Loyal Republicans
in Congress.
Times Washington Bureau, 1922 New
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Times Washington Bureau, 1922 New
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NV1 ASHINGTON, Jan. 12.-Hardly
IL WI waiting for the winning Box
IL peace plan to be made public,
''irreconcilable" Senators loosed their
tongues TO lash 1t.
They charged it was the League Of
Nations and the world court rolled
into one. Senator Mccormick, Illinois,
urged investigation of the Box plan
as propaganda, but this suggestion
was laughed down as preposterous.
Political leaders are taking the Box
! plan seriously to say the least, be-
| cause Of the widespread public in
terest in 1t. 1t indicates the league
| issue is a live one.
! Down with taxes. Everybody's pro-
posing ways to cut taxes down. Be-
cause they considered the Mellon tax
cut plan "a rich mans tax measure, D
Democrats offered their own measure
| In Congress.
They would reduce taxes on lower
incomes more and those on higher in
comes not at all.
Representative Frear, Wisconsin,
for the Progressive Republicans, of.
fered a measure cutting the normal
taxes on small incomes in half and
keeping surtaxes where they are now.
The President stands pat by Secre-
tary Mellen, but some otherwise loyal
Republicans in the House say the Mel
Ion bill cannot pass. The Republican
caucus decided to shelve the bonus
aFf &.
but bonus friends decline to be shelved
without a fight.
Foreign Affairs
Secretary Hughes moved to give
himself a monopoly of the arms bust
ness in Mexico by slapping an en-
barge down against shipment OF war
material to the Huertistas
Hughes policies were under fire this
week, both with respect to Mexico and
Russia. Senator Lodge marshalled re
serves for Hughes in the Senate with
n S6,o00-word speech to prove the Rus
slams plan to run up the red flag
on the White House"
Senator Borah replied, and Senators
generally concede Borah the laurels.
no decision. Attorney General Daugh.
erty greatly enlightened the country
on this issue by declaring when asked
why he did not prosecute the reds II
he had ample evidence Of their activi-
ties that anybody who disagreed with
the Government on the Russian policy
was "a nut"
Interstate Courparoa
The long deadlock over chairman.
ship Of the Interstate Commerce Com.
nittee ended when Senator La Foil.
cite and his group threw their votes
to Ellison Smith. Democrat.
Democrats now must assume re-
sponsibility for railroad legislation.
though most OF them would rather
dodge It at this time. La Fonette
opened the railroad issue by Offering
a bin providing for rate-making on
the basis OF cost Of service.
The progresstves demand repeal Of
the Esch-Cummins act.
Veterans Bureau
General ORyan, counsel for the
Senate committee digging into the
Veterans Bureau scandal, becoming
impatient with the failure Of the com.
mittee to make It's report, made one
or his own, in which he announced
he had found ample evidence Of con
spiracy TO defraud the government on
The part Of former bureau employees.
Organ was denounced for his trouble
by Senator Reed. chairman of the
committee, who asked the Senate not
to form an opinion until the commit
tee had edited" the report.
Shipping Board
A new shipping board reorganiza-
uon resulted in Admiral l.. c. Palmer,
Boston being placed in charge OF the
U. S. Emergency Fleet Corporation.
which body by decree OF the President
Is made operating agency for the
government merchant ships. The
shipping board will function merely
in an advisory capacity. Simultaneous |
ly 1t was announced that the seven |
President" ships had been sold to the
Robert Dollar interests at one-tenth
what they cost to build.
Teapot Dome
When e. B. Mclean, Washington
PUpHSHeIf Wolldn come to Washing |
ton to tell the Teapot Dome Senate |
committee how and why he loaned
"AlkaH Az Fall $1,000 without Sc
cur1ty Senator Walsh. Democrat. for
the committee. went to Florida. to
question Mclean. There he learned
Mclean did not actually lend fall the
hundred thousand. Finding FAN in
the neighborhood, Walsh invited him
to explain" the variance between his
and McLean's statements of the deal