Evening star., 1932-03-27
LEADERS THREATS
HALT DEMOCRATIC
VOTES FOR TARIFFS
CoaI-Coke Import Levy Is
Adopted, However, Despite
Crisp's ScoIding.
HAWLEY HELPS TO BLOCK
EMBARGO AMENDMENTS
G. o. P. and Insurgent Chiefs Also
Plead Against New Duties
in Revenue Bill.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

The combined pleas of the Demo-
cratic. Republican and so-called in
surgent leaders were needed yesterday
to stop the Democratic House in q
headlong dash to write tariff and en-
barge amendments into the revenue
bill.
An amendment levying a duty Of 10
cents a hundred pounds on coal and
coke imported into the United States
was adopted before the halt was called
however. With the taste of the oil and
gasoline tax on imports agreed to in
the House Friday still in their mouths
the members seeking similar taxes for
industries in their districts rushed to
the front for them.
Crisp Calls Halt.
Acting Chairman Crisp of the Ways
and Means Committee brought his
Democratic colleagues up with round
turn when he declared in a speech
dramatic in content and in tone that
the Democratic party was destroying
ITSELF by putting on higher tariff rates
than even the Republicans put on. He
declared that if these tariff amend
ments to the revenue bill were con-
tinued, he would vote against the bill
himself.
Representative Hawley, Republican
chairman of the Ways and Means
Committee in the last Congress and
co-author of the Smoot-Hawley tariff
act voiced a vigorous protest, too,
against any further tariff amend
mentS" to the revenue bill.
Representative La Guardia of New
York, Progressive Republican and a
leader of the insurgent forces of the
House which overthrew the regular
leadership and wiped out the manufac-
turers sales tax, came forward with a
strong plea that the Ways and Means
Committee again take charge Of the
bill. Representative Rankin of MisSis-
sippi, another of the anti-sales tax
leaders, attacked the tariff amend
ments," and Representative Rainey, the
Democratic floor leader, added . the
weight of his demand that the revenue
bill be kept revenue bill and not o
tariff measure. E
The members, however, continued to
offer their amendments. But they were
unable to get them adopted. On motion
of Mr.. Crisp, the debate on his amend
ment Strengthening out the excise taxes
levied on lubricating oils, wort and malt
sirlp grape concentrates and fuel oil
and gasoline was ordered closed, and
his amendment was adopted.
Vote Is 1s5 to IA.
The vote stood 185 to IA. 1t was the
most decisive vote by which the Ways
and Means Committee has been sus-
tanned since the House began consider
alton of the revenue bill. The effect
of the adoption of the Crisp amendment
is to levy the excise taxes as proposed
on these articles.
The House almost Immediately after
ward adjourned, although it was only 3
O'Clock.
The revenue bill may not come be-
fore the House again until Tuesday, for
tomorrow that body is to consider other
matters. And unless calendar Wednes-
day" is set aside, the House will have
only four days in which to consider the
revenue bill during the coming week.
Representative Rainew sought permis-
sion to have the House meet an hour
earlier each day until April l8 in order
TO expedite business. His request was
denied
Crisp, in charge of the revenue bill,
was pessimistic last night concerning
the prospect of early passage of the
measure by the House. He doubted
he said, that it could be put through
this week. The opinion prevailed that
1t might take another two weeks to dis
pose of the bill in the House. Much
will depend upon the proposals brought
in by the Ways and Means Committee
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