The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-25
Green And Ramseyer To Offer Amendments In
 House Today rt
1923 INCOME TAX i REDUCTION SOUGHT
Garner To Oppose Any Ex- tended Cuts Unless Other
 Revenues Are Provided
WISHES TO MINIMIZE
 ANY GROUNDS FOR VETO
Vote Is In Prospect Friday After Which Bonus Measure
 Will Be Taken Up

WASHINGTON, Feb 24.-The rev. enue bill enters it's final stage of house consideration this week facing further revision by the democratic-repuoiicap insurgent coalition. sA
 Tomorrow the estate or inheritance tax section will be taken up and Rep resentative Ramseyer: republican, Iowa. has said he would offer an amendment to include these rates. Chairman Green of the ways and means committee also has announced he would propose gitt tax. Republican insurgents are behind both proposals and the democratic re- port on the bill by the ways and means committee members also suggested such revisions.
 Further contests are in prospect on the other miscellaneous taxes, as vel as on the proposal to reduce the lSzS income taxes payable this year, demo- crats opposing the provision for flat 25 per cent cut with an offer to make their income rate schedule approved last week made retroactive for year.
 Garner Oppose Further Reductions
 Representative Garner, Texas. leader of the democratic tax forces, reiterated today that he would not support any extneded reductions other than those carried in the bill without providing for additional revenue from other sources in order to minimize grounds for presi- dential veto. Republicans claim. on the basis of treasury. estimates, that the measure, with the democratic income
 .Aal rryil a e. ficit of $30O,000,000 in 1926. Ths democrats assert that their plan than raise more revenue next year than would have been possible under the Mellon plan. While republican leaders continue negotiation with view to throwing out the democratic income tax schedule when the measure comes up for a final vote both republican, insurgent and democratic spokesmen insist they have gained strength.
 In this connection, Representative Baeharaeb, republican. New Jerseys who visited the President last week. said today the six republicans from New Jersey would vote against the entire measure if the democratic income rates were not knocked out.
 Final Vote May Occur Friday
 A final vote is in prospect Thursday or Friday and Tn answer to a request of the soldier bonus advocates in the House both Representative Longworth; Ohio, the republican leader, and Chair man Green announced today that the compensation bill would be taken up immediately by the ways and means committee.
 Mir. Green said it was likely more time than was at first anticipated would be taken by the committee in reporting out a bill in view of the several new proposals offered as sub stitutes for the Mckenzie bill, which is the same, practically as that passed by Congress and vetoed by President Harding.
 One of the measures to be considered is that introduced last week by Rep resentative Andrew, republican, Mass arhusetts. which eliminates the option of vocational training and proposes paid up insurance policies which would be payable to veterans at the end of 45 years or to their beneficiaries and heirs in the event of death. This bill excludes all but enlisted men from benefits.
 Representative Watson. republican, Pennsylvania, member of the ways and means committee, issued statement to- day advocating pensions for all service men in capacitated from any cause, in preference to bonus.