Evening star., 1932-05-24
FORESEE
0. K. Of SALES TAX
Reports That House Will
Agree to Proposal Revive
Hope for Measure.
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NSOilAluCA rum hce o8CJ
surgents in defeating the manufac-
turers' sales tax have changed their
views" Rainey said.
Whether enough OF them have
changed to assure its passage, I do not
know But if the Senate should adopt
| the general sales tax plan, believe the
House would approve 1t in conference
, report"
| With the four controverted tariffs
snug in the bill, the Senate today
faced an attempt to tack the export
debenture farm relief plan onto the
| taxincrease legislation.
A vote on this, then disposition Of
the excise taxes and the end OF the
grind will be sighted.
Meanwhile, the Senate Finance Com
mittee decided to substitute a 10 per
| cent sales tax on automobile tires and
| tubes for the import levies now in the
bill calling for cents per pound on
tires and cents on tubes.
Among other phases Of the legisla-
| ton considered, 1t was concluded 70
,, leave the 2-cent check tax collection
up to the banks, and to lower to 10
per cent from Is per cent the proposed
admission tax for race track tickets.
The House provisions exempting
mutual insurance companies from cor
poration and income taxes were ap-
proved.
The Senate yet has to act on these
provisions.
Wore Down Fiubuster.
The Senate last night wore down the
! first fllibuster threat against the bill to
approve the lumber and copper import
levies-last Of the four tariff items In
the measure.
The copper and lumber import taxes
carried by comfortable margins as the
tariff coalition completed the Job it
began in preserving the oil and coal
duties in the bill. The lumber vote was
SO to "a; that on copper, AZ to IS.
Senator Tydings democrat OF Mary
land). opponent Of the tariff provisions,
! carried out his threat early in the night
to seek 500 tariff amendments to the
tax measure, but after three proposals
were swept aside by 2-to-l votes. he
gave up the job. temporarily. at least
Senator Norris Republican OF
Nebraska, another determined foe OF
the tariff items, picked up the fight.
however. as he offered the oft-proposed
export debenture plan Of farm relief
as rider" to the revenue bill.
Norris withheld his controversial
farm-aid proposal to permit the roll
call on the copper duty. The outlook
for vote on the export debenture and
the result of that roll call Is doubtful.
President Hoover has opposed this sys-
TEN Of farm relief Previously Senator
Nye Republican of North Dakota) had
proposed the export debenture, the
equalization fee and an allotment farm
relief plan as a rider to the Dill.
50 Per 1000 Feet.
The lumber tax was put at So thou
sand feet. There is now tarih OF 81
a thousand feet. The copper import
levy was fixed at 4 cents pound.
There is now no tariff on copper.
Hardwood flooring was exempted
from the lumber duty, since 1t carries
now an per cent tax.
Almost the same combination Of Re-
publicans and Democrats lined up Tor
the lumber and copper tari1s as stood
together to keep the oil and coal I'M
port taxes.
The Senate virtually got over the
! tariff hump in the tax fight with the
two roll calls. At adjournment last
night the billion-dollar compromise bill
! stood in the same form in which 1t was
reported by the Finance Committee.
After the Norris export debenture
contest the fight over the excise rates
and the admissions tax opens: ,Inere
the bi-party coalition supporting the
compromise measure meets one OF its
toughest tests.
and the lumber and copper duties were
| voted. Senate leaders were willing to
cali it q night, although they had been
prepared to stay on indefinitely to meet
the Tydings threat.
Shipstead Changed.
The break in the contest over the
tariff encouraged the leadership to be-
Iieve the end is now in sight on the
tax debate, although what will happen
on the Norris proposal was IN doubt.
The lumber tax was supported by IL
Democrats, % Republicans and Ship
stead. Farmer-Labor, of Minnesota, VINO
Changed to the affirmative to move re-
consideration. 1t was opposed by Is
Democrats and II Republicans.
Senator Harrison, Democrat, OF MIS-
sissirpi, switched his vote to the afhrma-
tive on the copper roll call to enter a
motion for reconsideration.
This tax was supported by rs Repup-
licans and II Democrats, while 13
Farmer-Labor member opposed it.
The vote for the lumber tariff was:
For: Republicans-Capper. Couzens,
Davis, Goldsborough, Hale, Hatfield,
Hebert, johnson, Jones, Keyes, McNary,
! Moses, Oddie, Reed, Robinson OF In
diana, Shortridge. Smoot, steiwer,
Thomas Of Idaho, Vandenberg, Walcott,
Watson and Whites.
/ Democrats -Ashurst, Bailey. Caraway,
Connally, Dill, Hawes, Hayden. Ken
drick, Long, McGill, Sheppard and
Trammell-12.
bor-Shipstead-1.
Total, So.
Against Republicans - Barbour,
Blaine. Borah, Cutting, Fess. Frazier,
Howell, La Toilette, Norris, Nye, Schal!
Ill.
Democrats-Barkley, Cohen, Coolidge,
Copeland, Costigan, George, Harrison,
Hull. Logan, Robinson Of Arkansas,
Smith, Walsh Of Massachusetts, and
WI,