The Washington times., 1929-12-02
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the House, too, adjourned soor4
after the adoption OF the usual
opening resolutions.
A Joint committee composed OF
the leaders of the two houses
was appointed to go to the White
House and notify the President
that the lawmakers are back IN
session and ready to function:
The administrations Sl6O'UOo''
600 tax reduction program was
olaced before the House In a
resolution introduced by Rep.
Hawley (R.) of Ore, chairman OF
the ways and Means Committee.
The resolution, prepared by the
Treasury, will be taken up IN
committee on Wednesday. HaW-
ley expects the House to pass 1t
Thursday.
Secretary Mellon and Under
secrrlary Mas will appea; be-
The resolution, which Is brief,
before the Ways and Means Com.
mittee to advocate passage and
explain its effect on revenues.
No Change In Law Asked
The resolution, which is brief.
does not change existing law ex-
cept to provide that the Treas
ury shall collect less on corpora
ton and individual income taxes
this year than the law provides.
The reduction proposed in the
resolution is in accord With
previous announcements. The
corporation income tax is cut
from IL to II per cent for one
year and normal income taxes
are reduced l per cent.
The outlook is for a lengthy
session and a stormy one, for
not in years have the reins Of
leadership been so lax, nor party
discipline been held in such con-
tempt.
Tariff revision still confronts
it, but for the time being this is
to be laid aside in favor Of the
more popular undertaking Of re-
ducing Federal taxes to the tune
of $160 100000. On this issue, If
on no other, Congress can be ex-
pected to act with promptness
and dispatch.
Tax Cut BY Christmas
The House starts on it imme-
diately, without even waiting to
inform the White House that the
legislators are in session, and the
expectation is that before Christ
mas there will be laid in the tax
payers laps a Yuletide gife OF
tax reduction that means millions
to householderS as well as to the
big corporations.
After tax reduction there comes
a variety of buSineSS-the un-
finished tariff mess, railroad
consolidation, radio regulation, a
rivers and harbors program. the
great appropriation bills approx
mating $4,000. 900, 900. and
potpourri of other legislation.
How much of this program will
be enacted into law before Ibis
Congress adjournS-probably next
May or June-no one could pre-
dict today. The only things
leaders were certain of were tax
reduction and the great supply
bills. Tax reduction is popular
politically, and the appropriation
bills must pass else the vast ma
chinery of executive government
breaks down.
Tariff Bill Doubtful
The leaders hope to enact a
tariff bill, but there were few on
Capitol Hill today who were bold
enough to predict it. This same
congress has been wrestling with
the tariff issue since President
Hoover inaugurated his admin
istration with a special session
last April and there still is no
tariff bill. The experience of the
special session has made the
leaders chary of prediction for
the future. They now are merely
hopeful.
The Senate starts the regular
session with a battle-a two-year-
old battle, in fact, over the right
Of Senator-Elect william s. Ware
(RO of Pennsylvania. to his seat.
For TIVE pears Ware has been