Evening star., 1926-11-09
PRESIDENT WANTS
PARTY LINES LEFT
OUT OF TAX PLAN
Hopes to Get a Non-Partisan
Consideration of His Re-
duction Program.
HASN'T ANY INTENTION
OF ABANDONING SCHEME
Expects to Confer With Members
of House Before Reaching
Definite Conclusion.
BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG.

President Coolidge hopes for non
partisan consideration Of this tax
reduction program. He would con
slider 1t most unfortunate IL Congress
al its coming session became involved
in any real dispute over his plan
looking to the return TO the taxpayers
of the country the surplus that has
accumulated In the Treasury dur
ing the past year.
The President, while he realizes
that there will be some opposition to
his proposal not only on the part Of
Democrats but from some Of his own
party. made It very plain while dis
cussing the proposition at the White
House today that he has no inten-
tion of abandoning it. He agrees that
his idea, as it now stands, is neces-
sarily indefinite and that it is quite
natural for members of the House
and Senate who have not given 1t any
great amount of study to be under
some misapprehension, but he feels
satisfied that when the idea has been
put in concrete form 1t will he looked
upon generally as sound and logical.
Seeks Figures From Treasury.
The President admits that his plan
has not taken any final form and
will not until the Treasury Depart
ment has prepared figures upon
which to calculate results.
Inasmuch as the President con-
siders questions of raising revenue
such as the levying of taxes peculiar
ly function Of the House Of Repre-
sentativ he wants to confer with
members Of that body, more especially
the members Of the ways and means
committee which handles tax legisla-
ton. before reaching any definite con-
clusion regarding the working out Of
his plan. Moreover, he Is extremely
anxious to see party lines withdrawn.
such az was the case last session
when the present tax law was passed.
The President indicated that after
all arguments against his plan have
been offered. 1t may not seem feasible.
There is no doubt in his mind now.
however, about its feasibility. He is
satisfied that the plan is simple in its
nature. II would require only a short
bill or resolution, and he sees no
reason why 1t should take any length
of time to pass Congress.
Would Avoid Long Fight.
II for no other reason than speed.
there should be no long-drawn.out
battle over his proposition. He point
ed out that the coming session is a
short one. and IL the tax question
becomes involved there is every rea
son to feel that 1t will fail to get
through Congress before it adjourns.
This possibility should be avoided
the President contends. He would
like to see the leaders Of both parties
in the House and Senate get togeth-
err on this subject. and follow the
course adopted when the last tax
bill was up, and when party strife
gave way to cooperation and har
mony.
He recalled that the Democratic
members of the ways and means com
mittee and of the finance committee
Of the Senate were called in by the
Republican members of those commit
tees to assist in framing the tax bill
then being considered and to aid in its
passage. The President recalled also
that so we'll pleased was he with this
spirit of cooperation that he several
times publicly commended it and
praised it in his last annual message.
President Coolidge said, through
his spokesman, that the plan would
give general relief to the whole
country. He cited the present tax
bill. which brought "a bout a reduction
in the tax on capital stock, and then,
to offset this loss of revenue, in
creased the tax on corporation in
comes.
He pointed out that 10000, 900 Sc
curities holders in the country are
affected by this increase Of the cor
poration income tax and through the
medium Of his plan they would be
afforded some form of relief. There
is no question in the Presidents
mind but that Congress, If it had
known what the result would have
been at the time. would not have
increased the corporation income tax.