The Connecticut labor news., 1924-02-23

''Tellers were ordered and Mir.
 Longworth and MT. Garner were ap-
 pointed The committee again di-
 vided and the tellers reported ayes
 221, noes l96. So the Garner sub
 stitute was agreed to-"
 The above quotation from the Con- gressional Record for Tuesday last wrote into history one of the most mo- mentuous victories for the people in the annals of the United States It tersely recorded, how 221 fearless Congressmen, unfortunately only enc of them (P. B. OSull1van) from Connecticut, cast to ! the winds the demands of high finance and wealth and adopted the so-called Garner tax bill under which huge in omecs are not relieved of their just tax ation and the burden placed on the worker as proposed III the Mellon bill then before the House as committee of the whole for consideration. While la belled as a Democratic-insurgen victory,
 t was ln fact victory for the public at large as against great wealth.
 The Labor News from the presenta- ton of both bills before the Congress | sIonal committee has been consistently for the Garner plan as the one for the best interests not only of the worker but the man of wealth as we'll The latter IS relieved of large amount of his tax under 1t, just as IS the little fellow, but | that didn't satisfy Mellon adherents, they wanted wealth relieved one-half They are not done yet but hope, when the bill comes up for final action, to have put the screws on' enough of the bolters, to force the passage and in this are being ably backed up by President Coolidge lecturers Association
 From the headquarters of the latter il. ! New York on Thursday came a long screed denouncing the Garner plan as a calamity to the nations industries if hn- ally enacted into law, followed by the usual amount of propaganda intended to C cree the workers into writing their Congressman to vote for the Mellon bill on the final showdown. They already profess to have enough of them weaken are already making tests of strength" on minor amendments to force some of the independent congressman into hole whereby they will have to vote for the bill as amended when it comes up and it will be amended according to the Mel lon viewpoint.
 The victory was not easily won, on the contrary 1t was hard earned and only vented roll call so as a loophole IS afforded those who might be induced to change their vote A record vote can be demanded on 1t however before 1t comes up for final action and this will probably be done by supporters of the Garner plan.
 There were several amendments offered to the Mellon plan before the real clash came on the so-called surtax, and all were voted down, many republicans vot- ing with the democrats hoping to have the bill passed just as 1t was. When 1t became evident that Mir Melons reduc- tion of surtax from SO to 2S per cent. could not pass. Congressman Longworth offered substitute of 371z per cent. He did not press 1t and then the Garner sub stitute of A per cent, a reduction of six per cent, was offered and finally, the en- tire Garner substitute bill put in.
 One democrat, Deal of Virginia, who had announced in caucus he was opposed to the Garner plan did not vote. Four others were ahsent but the other 203 dem ocrats :n the House marched right up the center aisle and were counted. With them were the following republicans the entire delegation of 10 from Wisconsin. Woodruff, Michigan; La Guardia, New York; Davis and Keller. Minnesota; Sinclair, North Dakota, and Mrs Nolan,
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