Evening star., 1932-03-29

and belonged to his fathers collection
Of firearms, when he dropped the mis-
Sile on the floor. Fragments from the
| bomb pierced the ceiling Of the trophy
room, Knocked out two windows and
the glass of the front room and set afire
curtains in the room. One piece struck
the boys hand, tearing away two fingers.
His mother, who was in the next room,
rushed him to the hospital, where his
hand was ainputated.
right at this time. The Republican side
is pledged fairly and justly in helping
| to give the country money enough to
Balance the budget
Minority Leader Smell also received
! extraordinary applause
Acting Chairman Crisp of the WAYS
and Means Committee then took the
| floor and asked for order and close at
| tentiUn as he was prepared to present
the alternative program that the Ways
and Means Committee had decided to
present for consideration of the House
Some months ago. he said. II was
| convinced that it was vital to the well
| fare Of the country to balance the bud
| get and l believe that / serve my dis
tfict and my party best when serve
| my country best, ana my best efforts
have been devoted to bringing out tax
measure which will yield sufficient rev.
enue to preserve the financial integrity
Of Our beloved country"
Attitude Of Committee.
| Represent ative crisp said that the
Ways and Means Committee would not
attempt to put the manufacturers sales
tax again In the bill He explained
that the new schedule Of taxes intended
to substitute for the sales tax had been
prepared by a subcommittee and ap-
proved by the Ways and Means Com
mite itself. The new list of taxes he
said, had been considered BY the COM
| fnittee in a bipartisan manner.
The House, Mr.. Crisp said. was at
liberty of course to vote down any of
these proposed taxes If 1t saw f1t But
| If they were voted down, substitutes
would have to be found The stib-
committee would continue in existence
and give consideration to any substi-
tutes that might be necessary. He an
nounced that he would propose new
taxes Immediately. The acting chair
| man then made statement to the
House detailing all the proposed new
taxes.
Stock Transfer Question.
Representative Blanton of Texas
wanted to know If the committee had
given consideration to raising the tax
on stock transfers from one fourth Of
! per cent to three -fotifths OF / per
cent He suggested that If the tax
were so increased 1t would be possible
to do without the increase on first-elass
letter postage.
Mr.. Crisp was asked If he had consid-
cred the advisa ability CT bringing III a
| special rule making 1t necessary to con-
slider all the substitute taxes in a limp
| No" replied Mr.. Crisp. Il want the
House to show that it can act Under
liberal rules"
Representative La Guardia Of New
York. next took the floor to declare his
! intention of supporting the ways and
! Means Committees program.
Having defeated the sales tax said
Mr. La Gustdia, Il am ready TO go
along with the Ways and Means Com
mittee's proposal" He said he was
particularly pleased that the committee
had included In its program an in
! creased tax OH stock transfers which he
himself had recommended
Il shall support all of the items of
taxation suggested by the Ways and
Means Committee in its substitute pro-
gram" said Mr. La Guardia Many
of these items will be unpopular in my
district. But II necessary I am willing
to pay the price for having taken part
in the defeat of the vicious sales tax
Cosmetics Item Adopted.
The first one of the new items of
taxation offered by Mr.. Crisp was the
tax of 10 per cent on cosmetics. 1t was
adopted by the House on viva voce
vote, and without a division.
While the cosmetics amendment was
before the House, Representative Nor
ton Of oregon attacked the inSurgent
leaders who had defeated the manu-
faeturers' sales tax.
| Representative La Guardia obtained
the floor, and replied in heated tones
until the point was made that per-
sonalitieS were out Of order This was
sustained by the chair
Representative McGugin of Kansas
told the House the substitute tax plan
was lust another sales tax"
| There's no need to be hypereritical
about this matter" said McGugin.
The proposed increase of / cent on
F., letter postage is just another sales tax.
country The tax on cosmetics may
be called a luxury tax, but cosmetics
| are Used by women in every class in
the country, including the girl who
waits on you in the restaurant
The Kansas member said the pro-
posed taxes on automobiles were uf1-
just since the committee had struck
at the automobile industry. while ex-
cepting many other industries from
taxation
In rapid succession thereafter the
House agreed to tax of 10 per cent on
furs, tax of 10 per cent on jewelry, a
tax of 10 per cent on sporting goods and
cameras and tax of 5 per cent on
! chewing gum.
The next amendments adopted by the
House. practically without debate. we're
taxes of 5 per cent on candy, 5 per cent
on radios and photographs, cents pei
| thousand on matches and a tax of 10
per cent on yachts and motor boats
Before Garner spoke there were sew
eral signs that the House was no longer
the runaway" which its critics dubbed
1t week ago when the onslaught Of
reyolters swept beyond control. Repre-
sentative La Guatdia, conspicuous in
the apti-sales tax move. was defeated
Overwhelmingly at the close OF yester-
days session on an amendment seek
ing publicity again for income tax re-
turns. The 133-to-ls defeat was his
first major setback
Leaders also viewed as significant the
205sto-132 refusal to take up a si00,
000. 600 drainage district relief bill
since the vote reflected a shrinking In
support for that measure. In all las
members had petitioned for II after the
Rules Committee shelved the bill as too
| exfensive for these times