Evening star., 1924-05-14
Politics at Large
BY N. O. MESSENGER

1t or veto it The impression appears
to be that he is inclined to veto it in
Its present form. There are two
schools of thought as to possible ef-
feet of a veto. One holds that the
reasons he will give for disapproval
Of the measure will be so convincing
approve his course and commend him
for his courage.
The opposing view is that in no
circumstances can he afford to veto
a bill calling for substantial reduction
of taxes.
The Democratic national committee
is apparently expecting a veto and is
preparing to throw the blame upon
the President and tho Republican
party. In a current statement the
committee says:
'If the people who have been prom
ised tax reduction fail to receive it.,
the blame must rest solely upon the
administration. The Democrats and
progressive Republicans have provid-
ed the plan which reduces the taxes
of every taxpayer, large and small, on
an equitable basis which will yield
adequate revenue"
Right there is where the economists
and politicians split. The argument
against the rates adopted by the SEN
ate is that they will not produce ade-
quate revenue and are not to the ad-
vantage of the government The
Democratic politicians are pinning
hnf fr fn fn h
plain people will not be able to figure
out the fine-Spun arguments of the
economists, but will regard the case
only in it's larger and practical as
pect-that they do not get the re-
ductionS.
The Democratic national committee
in the same current statement dis
closes what is to be it's line of at
tack on the administration and the
Republican party. THE special in
terests behind the defunct Mellon
plan are dying hard" says the COM
mittee. These interests control the
most powerful propaganda ever or
ganized in America This propaganda
represents organized wealth and
every predatory interest in the coun-
try. The special interests in whose
behalf this propaganda is put out re-
ceived from the last Congress a re-
duction in taxes of s515, 100000, while
the average and small taxpayer re-
ceived practically nothing. The Demo-
cratic plan adopted by the Senate will
benefit every single one Of the six
while the Mellon plan would have
benefited substantially less than
10000 Mellonites."
;pt
tions from the White House that the
bill other than the Mellon bill the state
ment of the Democratic national COM
mittee goes on to say that this sim
ply means if the veto intimation is
carried out that over 100000 income
taxpayers are to be denied equitable
tax reductions because less than
millionaire class cannot have their
higher surtax rate cut in half"
Here is a new one in political
organizations. 1t is composed of
young women and is called THE
League of Youth" Umph; sounds
good. It's purpose is to capture the
vote of the twenty girls
of the nation. The movement has
been organized by Mrs. Emily Newell
Blair, vice chairman of the Demo-
cratic national committee. Branches
have been started in several colleges
and universities by Mrs. William
Atherton Du Puy, national organizer
The girls forming the League of
Youth are asked to pledge themselves
to work for the party and to organize
the young voters in their home towns
Will
also be enrolled as campaign speak
ers.
A fine old row was raised between
the wet and dry Republicans when
DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler of Column
bia University came out in advocacy
of modification of the Volstead act.
1t will be remembered he said the Re-
publicans stood in danger of losing
eleven states unless they took an out
spoken liberal stand on prohibition.
This has aroused another distin
guished collegian, DR.. Charles w.
Eliot, president emeritus of Harvard
University. DR.. Eliot said that COM
sight. He held that neither the Re-
publican nor the Democratic party
would dare adopt a wet plank. DR..
Buffers statement, DR.. Eliot contend
ed, WOulQ nelIneT QlSne<AIten CQc QTyS
nor bring reinforcement to the vets.
The National Grange now takes
hand in the controversy. L. J. Taber,
master of the National Grange,
prophesies that if a wet plank goes
into the Republican national plat
form that party cannot carry a single
agricultural state in the nation. And
there you are. DR.. Butler says the
republicans may lose eleven of the
industrial, states if the law is not
liberalized and Granger Taber says
they will not have a look-in with the
agricultural vote if it is done.
Looks like hard lines for the Re-
publicans. Somebody must be mis-
taken in his prophecy. But, anyhow,
that wet plank like a mule at white
stump on moonlit road.
Democratic national convention
Senator Underwoods managers are
going to toss the Ku Klux Khan issue
into the bear pit. They will ask for
| an anti-Klan plank in the Democratic
| national platform Let the innocent
bystanders look out as the bricks be-
gin to fly.
Anyhow, Senator Underwood has
the courage Of his convictions and
| would like to give the party a "shot"
| of the same brand. He has fought
| the Klan from the outset of his cam
paign for the nomination, and though
he has been pretty severely man-han-
died by the Kan, his head, though
bloody, is unbowed.
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Tho first v;ca pres;dan+;aI no-;o.
ton contest has taken form with the
opening of headquarters at Cleveland.
Missouri puts forward Gov. Hyde of