The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-01
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ward the compromise accepted today by the House has not been defined. White House officials were consider ably stirred by the publication of a story that MT. Coolidge was willing to accept the compromise, and it was stated that the Executive had given no such indication.
 The President prepared a letter >to- day addressed to Chairman Green of the House ways and means committee, setting forth his views, but decided not to send it to the capitol after MT. Longworth had /nmunicated with the White House, and the President and MT. Mellon had discussed the tax situation after the cabinet meeting. Report Causes Furry
 Reports that a letter, declaring that the President was opposed to the Longworth compromise, was on its way to the capitol caused furry in the House as organization republicans, as- sured of insurgelT support, were pre- pairing to deliver a death blow to the democratic income tax rates. Demo crats, realizing that they lacked a ma jority, made no determined effort to head off the move.
 Before the Longworth substitute was offered, however, Representative Haw- ley of Oregon, a republican member of the ways and means committee, proposed a record vote on the Mellon rates. Sixty-two republicans joined with 197 democrats, one farmer-laborite and one independent in opposing his amendment, while one democrat, Browne, of New Jersey, supported il along with 152 republicans.
 A Mellon schedule as presented in the Anthony, Barbour, Beck, Boies, Browne of Wisconsin; Burtness, Christopher, son, Clague, Cooper of Wisconsin Cramton, Curry, Davis of Minnesota Dickinson of Iowa, Dowell, Evans oi Iowa, Fitzgerald, Frear, Green of Iowa Haugen, Hook, Hull of Iowa, James Johnson of South Dakota, Keller, Kelly Kentcham, King, Knutson, Laguardia Lampert, Leavitt. Lineberger, Little Mclaughlin of Nebraska, Michaelson Nelson of Wisconsin, Noland, Peavy Ramseyer, Rathbone, Reid of Illinois Robinson, Robison, Schafer, Schall Schneider of Wisconsin, Sears of Ne. braska, Simmons, Sinclair, Speaks Sproul of Kansas. Strong of Kansas Summers of Washington, Swing Tincher, Voight, White of Kansas, Vii liamson, Winter, Woodruff and Zeil- man.
 Boice, democrat, Delaware, voted 'present," while Speaker Gillett did not vote. Paired for the Hawley amend. aesssssssRere-seyen republicans against six democrats and MT. Berger. On the vote Representatives Funk and Yates Illinois, and Mudd, Maryland, repub- licans, and Wise, Georgia, democrat were recorded as absent. There is one vacancy in the House.
 Those Supporting 1t
 On the Longworth compromise, the vote, with one exception, was on party lines, Browne, of New Jersey, again swinging from the democratic ranks. With him voted 215 republicans, while in opposition to the substitute were 197 democrats, one independent and one farmer-laborite.
 Roll call after roll call was taken as the House forged it's way toward final vote on the bill. Representative Crisp, democrat. Georgia, made d last. minute attempt, but in vain, to have the provision for 25 per cent flat re. duction in income taxes payable this year eliminated. Only 6S members favored such action, while 34S opposed it. Previously Mir. Crisp had attempted to have the section thrown out.
 Representative Mills, republican New York, who led the fight for the Mellon rates, proposed, just before tht final vote, that the bill be sSnt back to the ways and means committee, but his motion was rejected by viva yoce vote
 MT. Mills was one of eight who voted against passage of the bill. The others were: BachaAach, New Jersey; Fenn Merritt and Tilson, Connecticut Wainwright, New York, and McFadden Pennsylvania, republicans, and How ard, democrat, Nebraska.
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