New Britain herald., 1927-11-25
LOG ROLLING TIED
 UP WITH TAX CUT
ferment in Washington Over Nations Financial Program
BY qkoEGE |. NANNING

BY GEORGE II. MANNING
 tH@sAtugton Bureau Q. the N R. IlsraldJ
 Washington. D. C, Nov. 25-- Soney-where it is to come from and where it is to be spent-will be the chief gage of battle in the seventieth Congress.
 In q prediction year, everybody wants to reduce taxes. Likewise because it IS q prediction year every congressman and senator Will want his pet post office. his pet riv- CTS and harbors and his other pet projects provided for In the appro- priations bills.
 Not even the republican leaders can agree on the amount and the nature of the tax reduction mcas- ure. President Coolidge and Secre- tary Of the Treasury Mellon say the tax reduction should not exceed s225, 5,000,00O. Speaker Nicholas Longworth says it will be more than that. and the Ways and Means Committee may finally recommend s250, 900, o00 or S3oo, ,000.
 While the administration has urg- cd the repeal of the federal inherit snce tax, Speaker LongWorth says lt should be retained, and Repre- sentative Bertrand r shell Of Pots dam, x. Y, chairman of the rules committee. and one of the "big three" leaders of the house, says he believes congress will never repeal this law.
 Another point Of disagreement between the president and the speaker Of the house of representa- lives on tax reduction is the ques- tion of theater and club admissions and the automobile tax. The presi- dent and the treasury say keep them. The speaker says repeal 1hem-excopt that the speaker would like to keep the tax on prize fights and take the tax off theater admissions.
 Representative Shell thinks that both the automobile and theater admissions taxes should be retained. They are easy 10 collect, he points out, they bring a lot Of revenue, and. besides. he does not believe that anybody is prevented from buy ing an automobile or going to a show because of the tax. In fact, he doubts that the cost of an auto mobile would be reduced at all by the elimination of the tax. Nobody but the motor car manufacturers would profit by the removal of this tax, he believes.
 Longworth Again Opposes Coolidge
 This is the second time Speaker 1ongw orth has come out in opposi- tion to President Coolidge on big legislative issues. The other occa- sion arose out of a matter of money, too. That was when he took the floor to urge appropriations for cruisers when the president had de- clared against them.
 Now the president wants some more cruisers. AS there is strong sentiment for a big navy in the house of representatives, some Of the money will doubtless be spent on cruisers.
 The question of preventing future floods in the lower Mississippi valley will be another battle-ground. Every congressman whose district contains q tributary Of the Mississippi or tributary Of a tributary is seeking Ito have some irrigation. flood con- itrol, or navigation project beneficial to his river included in the general scheme for the control of the Miss issippi.
 Representative Martin F. Madden Of Illinois, chairman Of the appro- priltions committee Of the house of representatives, says that he will oppose any project which woula necessitate the expenditure of more than $35.000.000 or $40,000,00 year on harnessIng the Mississippi. He expects some congressman to demand as much as $1o0,000,00 year, on a billion-dollar project. but he will fight any such plan, and he will also seek to prevent various other projects from horning in on the main prOject-thc control Of the -'' l7+' r l'''
 The public building program, the demand for merchant marine the usual demands for various appro- .priatious 10 improvev rivers and fJrbors all over the country farm relief. increases in the salaries of federal cmploy,s-who probably have not a chance rhjs ycar-tho huildiu- Of Bouldcr Dam 10 control foods and proyid" electric power In tN" Tar west. the development of the Great Lakes naNigarton system, in cudiug perhaps, Inc proposed canal rom the Gr,ar Lakes to th" Atlan- tie. and the Improvement of housing conditions in the army aro other costly projects which will have their ardent supporters in the Soven'ieth Congress.
 Big Business Wants Biz Cut
 r las been suggested that the United States Chamber of Com rnerco. in agreeing uuh tho demo- crats that fha treasury could stand q tax reduction O. s3ua.ano.o0o in- stead Of inc comparatively paltry &225,ooG,o6o advocated Hr President .Coolidge and Secretary Mellon, is motivatcd ny tho fear Of business interests that fat surplus in the -----.-- -c>---- .1--