Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-19
Measure Goes to Upper
Chamber, Assured Only of
Prompt Consideration.
MEETING OF COMMITTEE
CALLED FOR JANUARY d
Representatives Approve by Vote
of 800 to 25-President
Urges No Delay.

By the Associated Press.
The S325, 000, 900 reduction bill
entered today upon its uncertain jour
ney in the Senate, assured only of
prompt consideration.
With the measure effecting far
reaching slashes in income taxes pay
able next March 10, President Coolidge
has asked the Senate to act in time
for it TO become law before that date.
Chairman Smoot OF the Senate
finance committee, to which the meas
ure goes first for study and approval.
has called the committee to meet Jan
uary 4, Immediately after the holiday
recess.
Though passed yesterday by the
House by a vote of $50 to %. and in
dorsed Gin principle" by President
Coolidge as we'll as the leaders of both
parties in the House, the attitude of
the Senate on the measure is a ques-
ton mark.
Repeats Tax Publicity.
The bin repeats the provision for
publicity OF income tax returns. voted
into the last revenue act by the Sen
ate. and the gift tax. a provision
However, the principal fight in the
Senate now appears to center on the
measures income TAX changes, which
relieve $500, 900 taxpayers by increas
ing personal exemptions from $1,000
to $500 for single persons and from
81 500 to $500 for married persons.
II reduces the maximum surtaX from
40 to 90 per cent. while the normal IN
come tax rates are cut from to l L
per cent on taxable incomes of $4,000
and less. from TO per cent on the
next 81 .00e of income and from to
per cent on the remainder of income.
Attacked to Last.
While heralded as a 'non-partisan
measure" the bill was attacked to the
last by Representative Rainey, Demo
crat, of Illinois
Just before the vote on passage Mr..
Rainey moved that the bill be recon-
mitted to committee with instructions
to increase the maximum surtax and
inheritance rates from 20 to % per
cent each. With a vote closely fol-
lowing party lines. the motion was
defeated, 267 to 147. On the roll call
43 Democrats voted with the Re
publicans against the motion, while
IA Republicans and Independents
joined with 1913 Democrats for it.
Representative Tilson of Connect
cut, Republican leader, told the House
its Christmas gift to the Federal
taxpayers had been considered and
disposed of with record breaking
promptness." The bill was the first
introduced and the first passed in the
House, having been constantly under
consideration since the second day of
the session.
Line-Up on Measure.
The final vote was not reached until
after dark, and it's passage less than
two weeks after introduction set a
peacetime record in revenue legisla-
ton.
Those voting against the bill were:
Republicans-Beck, w i s c on S n:
Browne. Wisconsin: Cooper, Wiscon-
sin; F'rear, Wisconsin; Lampert, Wis
consin; Nelson, Wisconsin; Sinclair
North Dakota: Schafer, Wisconsin.
Schneider. Wisconsin, and Voigt, Wis
consin-10.
Democrats - Collins, Mississippi:
Drane. Florida: Green. Florida; How
ard, Nebra ska; Huddleston, Alabama;
Morehead, Nebraska; Rainey, Illinois;
Rankin. Mississippi; SABBATH, Illinois,
and Sears, Florida-10.
Others-Berger, Wisconsin, and La
Guardia. New York. Socialists: Carss
and Wefald, Minnesota. Farmer-Labor,
and Kvale, Minnesota, independ-
ent-5.
Representative ,Allgood. Democrat,
Alabama, was paired against the bill
with Representative Abernethy, Dem
ocrat, North Carolina, for it.
Little Change Made.
With the exception of several
amendments offered by the ways and
means committee, drawn in most in
stances to perfect the language, the
bill went through the House in the
form it was submitted by the com
mittee after seven weeks of presses
sion hearings and considerations.
One of the amendments offered yes
terday by the committee and accepted,
forestalled probably one of the most
serious attacks on the bill. This
amendment changed the proposed
terms of the 16 members of the Board
of Tax Appeals from life appoint
ments to a maximum Of IA years.
The bill slashes or repeats almost
every Federal tax. The largest part
of the reduction-S193,57 SIS, 000-goes
to the income taxpayers, who will get
the benefit of the normal and surtaX
reductions when the taxes on their
incomes of this calendar year fall due
March Is.
With this in mind, President Cool
idge has expressed hope that the Sen
ate will act upon the bill in time to
have it finally enacted by March !
The measure repeats two new pro-
visions of the law enacted two years
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