Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-09-04
A Weekly Panorama Of Events in the
National Capital
(By PETER KEEGAN1

A weekly Panorama OF Events III ZIG
National Capital
(By PETER KEEGANl
THE coming week will enable you
to find out how much income tax
your neighbor pays as the Collectors
of Internal Revenue, with the con
sent and approval Of the Supreme
court, threw their books open to
the newspapers. Secretary Of the
! Treasury Mellon thinks that it is bad
policy to make the income tax figures
public property and, upon his recon-
mendation, the President probably
will ask the next Congress to defin-
itely repeal the publicity section of
the income tax law. Opinion is di-
vided on the question, one group in
sisting that publishing of the figures
helps to get the tax-dodgers, while
others declare that the figures made
public mean nothing anyway unless
all the deductions Of every taxpayer
are made public at the same time.
A MEXICAN officials are becoming
L more skilled in the willy and dew
| ious ways of foreign diplomats. 1t
only took the Treasury and members
of the Debt Funding Commission a
few hours to see in the debt settle
ment agreement reached in London
by France and Great Britain nothing
more than an attempt, clever and
adroit, to help France in getting a
big reduction when she pays her debt
of four billion dollars to the United
States. 1t was plain that EnglaQd
has extended a helping hand to
France in virtually agreeing to can
eel the French war debt to Great
Britain, contingent upon similar ac-
ton by this country. The word has
been given out, however that the Gov
eminent here sees through the latest
Euronean bluff and will insist upon
full payment
A survey is being made to learn how
much Uncle Sam pays his hall
million employees, scattered through
out the world. 1t has developed that
despite all the watchfulness of those
responsible for paying out the Gov
emment's money, there is no absolute
check upon the amount which goes
annually for personal services. The
estimate is in the neighborhood OF
eight hundred million dollars a year
To get an accurate figure the Bureau
Of Efficiency is sending questionaires
to all employees, requiring them to re
port back to Washington how mucf
thew get each year. This will include
eyery one from the President to the
scruDwomen in post offices and from
Ambassadors to negro messengers.
SENATOR King Of Utah is back
~ from Turkey more than ever con
vinced that the Senate has followed
the right course in refusing to ratify
the Lauzanne Treaty and declaring
that he will continue the Senate
fight to have the treaty rejected OF
kept in a pigeon hole: King is es'
pecially critical of the Turks for thell
treatment of the Armenians, who he
declares have not received a square
deal in the pact between Turkey anc
the United States. The Near East
according to the Senator, remains 6
hot-bed wherein the seeds of war are
at any time likely to find a conven.
lent place for exploding.
IRON the summer White House a
Swampscott the President has
found it necessary to sit down hare
on alarmists in the Army and Navy
who see all kinds of perils confront
ing the country unless they can have
more money for their respective de
partments. The Administration, how
ever, has refused to be turned frol
its economy program, ordering the'
several millions of dollars be cut
from the national defense appropria
tions. Mr.. Coolidge's view is that
the United States is threatened with
no war and can get along with small
Ell forces. One of the results of the
reduction in expenditures will be {
curtailment in the peace time opera
tions of both the Army and Navy
which is being opposed by high Off
cials Of both services who look upor
it as a return to the condition of un
preparedness which existed before
the World War The President does
not agree with them.
PROMISED tax reduction will re-
ceive it's first official considera
ton about the middle of October
when the House Ways and Means
Committee will meet here to go oven
the entire problem and frame ten
tative tax revision bill for presenta
ton in December.