The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-23
TAX ON POWER
AND GAS URGED
TO CUT DEFICIT
Georgia Democrat to Ask
New LevieS, in Effort to
Raise Billion.
BY THOMAS L. STOKES
United Press staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-TaXes
on electric power, gasoline and stock
sales were proposed to the house
ways and means committee today as
additional means of raising revenue
to meet the treasury deficit.
The recommendations were sig
nificant because they came from
within the committee itself. Repre-
sentative Crisp (Ga) ranking Demo-
crat on the committee and one Of
the recognized tax authorities in the
house, said he would propose such
levies when the committee begins to
draft its bill.
Crisp'S program calls for Il of /
cent tax per kilowatt hour on electric
power; cent gallon on gasoline,
and z of l per cent on stock sales.
He estimates $4O0,0OOO00 would be
derived from these sources.
Easy to Collect
He justified these levieS on the
ground they would not be burden
some and would be easy to collect.
They would be supplementary to
such other taxes as the committee
decides to impose to raise the bill
lion dollars necessary to balance
the budget.
The committee was bombarded
today by the automobile industry in
protest against the proposed manu-
facturerS' tax on automobiles,
trucks and accessories.
Other developments in congress
were:
/. Setback, at least temporarily,
of proposals to cut government en-
ployeS' pay as an economy measure.
The New York Tammany delega-
ticn lined up solidly against it, ex-
pressing its position in statement
by Representative Cullen Dem,
N. Y.,) who denounced the plan as
"a disastrous example to industry"
Fights Job Clause
2. Representative LaGuard ia
Rep., N. V, said he would try to-
day to eliminate, on a point of
order, a section of the agriculture
department appropriation bill which
would forbid filling any vacancies
in the department which occur after
the bill is passed. Democrats plan
to take the provision on all other
appropriation bills, and they have
secured a special rule authorizing it.
8. Possibility of congressional ac-
ton in favor Of f1ve-day week and
siX-hour day. The senate Friday
adopted a resolution of Senator
Couzens (Rep., Mich), instructing
the interstate commerce commits
sion to investigate feasibility of
the plan for railroads.
A similar resolution is pending in
the house, where early action is ex-
pected.
The house civil service commit
tee will start in few days investi-
eating economic possibilities of the
plan for government employees, as
well as in industry generally.
Plan Tariff Change
representative CroSSer (Dem., o.,
author of the house resolution, may
reintroduce a bill giving congress
power to fix hours of labor. He be-
lieves working hours should be re-
duced in proportion to the saving
effected by labor saving machinery.
4. A movement among senate
Democrats to restore to the party'S
tariff program the project for re-
ciprocal treaties involving recipro-
cal reductions. This was included
in the original tariff bill, but was
eliminated. The house passed the
bill, and hearings will start today
before the senate finance committee.
The measure requires the tariff
commission to report to congress
instead Of to the President; author
ICES the President to summon an in
ternational tariff conference, and
creates the position of consumers
counsel to represent the public be-
fore the commission.