The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-27
Amendment Imposes Grad- uated Rates On Amounts
 Over $50,00O,OOO
QUESTION OF AUTO
 TAX STARTS ROW
Levy Of Ten Per Cent Theatre On Admissions Under 50
 Cents Repealed
CIGARETTES GET S1 PER
 THOUSAND ADDITION
Mills Warns Of Veto And Garner Dares Republicans To Oppose
 Entire Revenue Bill

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2G--(By As sociated Press. 1.-Two minor amend ments were incorporated in the revenue bill today by the House amid storms of debate, involving series of per sonal exchanges. threats of republican organization leaders to vote against passage of the entire bill, and a warn ing from Representative Mills. repub- lican, New York. of the possibility of presidential veto.
 The session ended in row over deduction of the automobile taxes, final action on these proposals going over until Thursday. The House will de vote it's session tomorrow exclusively to the Harding memorial service.
 A gift tax, imposing levies beginning at l per cent on total amounts of gifts in one year in excess of $50.000, am running up to 40 per cent was voted 191 to So.
 The tax on cigarettes was raised frop' $3 to $4 per thousand by vote of II, to S5.
 A provision of the bill granting eS- emption from the 10 per cent theatr, admission tax on all tickets of 90 cents and under withstood several assaults lO lOWcT UT TdlSe Lne eXeUptIOn.
 When adjournment was forced ai, which both Representative L0ngwOrth the republican leader, and Represents tive Garner of Texas. in charge of tho democratic forces, said they under stood general agreement had beer reached. This would provide for repeai of the 3 per cent tax on automobile trucks and wagons, the chassis ot which sell for less than $1,0OO, and for cut in half of the per cent tax on automobile tires and accessories.
 Near Clash Averted
 The second extended srumpus of tho day broke out at this juncture, Repre- sentative Clancy, dem )crat, Michigan rushing to leaders on his side with th- cry that they had been double crossed" in not obtaining time to speak Representative Garner took the declars11 tien as directed at him. and rushed ss- ward Mir, Clancy. when Representstiy. Garrett of Tennessee. the democratic floor leader, intervened.
 An agreement had been reached to end debate on the automobile tax sub ject at o'clock. Representative Clancy had not obtained time to speak when that hour was reached and efforts of ooth SiuSs tO proioHS IHe SeSSlOn Tt suited in parliamentary tangle pre- voking much noise and confusion, and adjournment was decided upon as tha only way out All speakers. howeve, had declared in favor of some reduc tion in these taxes.
 Mills Warns Of Veto
 Earlier in the day republican ranks were split by sharp exchange betweeii Chairman Green of the ways and mean committee and Representative Mills New York, member of the committee during which MT. Green charged the New York representative with "usurpt ing the powers of the chairman" ana Mir. Mills characterized MT. Green as ''the nominal chairman of the commit tee," pointing to Representative Garner as the actual leader" s-,
 Mir. Mills declared he would not vote for the bill as it had been amended. opposing the gift tax. and warned that Tit may never become law" Repre- sentative Garner immediately dare,l other republicans to follow Mir. Mills in opposing the entire bill. and Repre-. sentative Treadway. republican, Massae chusetts. said he would accept the dare as the bill now stood.