The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-09-10
JONES SAYS CONGRESS WILL STUDY NEW MEANS TO DRY
FOES OF TARIFF
REOPEN WARE
DEBATE

At the very outset of the
tariff wars, Republicans were
on the defensive in the Senate
today against a shrewdly di-
rected Democratic Insurgent
campaign, which yesterday in
iected the three-year-old Ware
case and an income tax pub
licity row into the debate over
the new tariff bill.
The question OF denying his
senatorial seat to William s. Ware
(R.) of Pennsylvania, was raised by
Senator Norris (R.) of Nebraska,
with the acquiescence of Democratic
tariff chieftains. Norris sponsored
resolution barring Ware from the
Senate because of $7S5.OOO
expenditure in his 1925 primary and
announced he would seek final
action on it later in the week.
Debate on the resolution may run
for several weeks.
Long Debate Likely
The income tax publicity row was
provoked by the Democrats and 1t
gave the two opposing tariff camps
chance to draw UP their battle
lines. The proposal to publish the
profits or losses" of all corpora.
tions, benefitting under the tariff,
may be debated for several days
before a decision Is reached. An
amendment by Senator Blaine (R.)
Of wisconsin, would call for publ.
cation of the amounts spent by
various corporations on labor
costs"-an extension of the publicity
that met with decided Republican
opposition. The whole plan Incl
dentally served to delay a start in
the debate on the bill itself.
The two maneuvers were de.
nounced by administration leaders
as efforts to kill time" and inter.
preted as indicating a Democratic
Insurgent filibuster against the
tariff. Administration spokesman
were aroused particularly by the
injection of the Ware case into the
tariff debate.
Agreement to Be Sought
"It will take a month to dispose
of the Ware case unless there Is an
agreement. limiting debate" SAID
Senator Watson CR) of Indiana,
majority leader. Il hope to get
such an agreement
The coalition meanwhile will wait
several days, before seeking action
on the Norris resolution, in order
to give Ware time to prepare his
defense. The Philadelphia already
has been extended the privilege of
-
ate in his own behalf. Whether he
will avail himself of this privilege
has not been learned His case,
however, has appeared hopeless and
there were indications that when
the vote is taken, he will be denied
his seat by an overwhelming
ma ority.
Debate over the income tax
publicity issue proceeded very slow
ly. It was opened by Senator
Smoot RJ Of Utah, opposing it as
unnecessary and tending to place
the government in the position of
giving away business secrets
learned In confidence.
Democrats I'm Charge
Senators McMaster (R.) of South
Dakota and Barley CD of Ken
lucky. however, declared tariff
bill could not be written fairly un-
less the profits of the corporation
beneficiaries were known. Barley
also demanded information about
the percentage of tariff returns paid
to American workers by the cor
porations benefitting urder the
tariff.
From the opening debate, it was
apparent the Democrats and In
surgents would run" the tariff
show. Administration spokesman
already have agreed to debate all
administrative provisions, once the
bill itself is considered, before
touching on rates. Both groups
though were ready for a protracred
fight, throughout the remaining
days of summer and the whole of
autlImn