The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-28
REPUBLICANS TRY TO UNITE FORCES
 FOR TAX FIGHT
Feverish Attempt To Line Up Insurgents Against
 Democratic Rates

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.--(By' As sociated Press. .)-Approach of final ac- tion on. the revenue bill in the House brought forth a whirl of conferences among republicans today in feverish attempt to unite their forces for stand against the democratic income rates. A compromise advanced by the organiza- tion leaders was the subject of the con ferences held after the House adjourned following the Harding memorial services without consideration of the bill on the floor.
 Representative Longworth. republican leader, after presenting his compromise to insurgent leaders at meeting with the steering committee said the situa- ton was unchanged, with the prospects of republicans gaining sufficient strength to defeat the Garner rates, a toss up.
 Representative Frear, republican in- surgent, Wisconsin, said later that the insurgent group, which agreed at a meeting today < to reopen negotiations for compromise, would study the plan further. s Senate To Support Democratic Rates
 Meanwhile, Secretary Mellon met with republican leaders of both the Senate and House to discuss the future of the. bill: He was advised not to ex- pect the Senates,to reduce any income surtax rates voted into the bill by the House. Plans were made, however, to facilitate consideration of the measure when it reaches the Senate.
 Those present at the meeting included Chairman Shoot of th- Senate finance committee, Senators Curtis of Kansas
 z,,lu wi nf the committee Speaker Gillett of the House, Representative Longworth and members of the House republican steer ing committee.
 The compromise presented by Mir. Longworth called for flat 25 per cent reduction in the surtax rates in the existing law with the same brackets retained. This would make the maxi mum rate 371a per cent on incomes in excess of $20O,0OO, instead of the 25 per cent maximum on incomes in excess of $100,000 as proposed in the Mellon plan. The democratic maximum surtax is A per cent on incomes in excess of $54,O0O. The income also provides for a 2 per cent minimum normal rate ap- plying to incomes below $4,0O0 and 6 per cent above that amount. The Mel iUn TdLtS Wcrc o duu O pcE uC democratic rates in the bill are 2 per .seent on incomes below $5,000, 4 per cent Oh incomes between $5,0O0 and $S,000 and per centfo on incomes above that amount.
 Insurgents May Vote For Compromise
 Mir. Longworth said he had been as- sured by the treasury the compromise would raise sufficient revenue for gov ernment needs.
 Indications were given by some of the insurgents after their meeting that they might vote for compromise if it approached their original proposition of 40 per cent maximum surtax rate on the grounds it woul' raise more revenue than the democratic rates and thereby aid in financing soldiers bonus.
 Representative Garner made public an estimate received from the treasury I defartmont today showing that in 1925, A the first yeas .of7 s1eration, the Garner Income tax 4rctions would cost s1;;44sS3 ,000l COG ig 2b@enrn aSd the Mellon asn S35e, ,ftss,0ilo. Ah,s included the
 sdNcti n1 or normal and surtaxes and
 ifcorne. It did not consider re- lions in the misce'lar euus taxes or % sected gains n reFenuf IS esult of tighIening ot Nter sectaCAs.