Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-03-24
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the members of the House to grant this
exemption for the sake of the farmers
On a division, his amendment was
adopted, 1875 to ITO.
REPRESENTATIVE Barbour Of California
offered an amendment to exempt IRON
the manufacturers tax all electrical
energy. whether used on the farm or III
industry or for home consumption.
Representative Crisp took the moor IN
opposition to the amendment. he SAID
that electrical energy was proper sub
iect for tax and that if this amendment
was adopted the Government would
lose something like IL million dollars
in revenue.
The Barbour amendment was defeat
ed, 1853 to "a.
REPRESENTATIVE Burtness of North Da-
kota sought to have adopted an amend
ment exempting from the msnulac-
turers' tax parts of farm machinery as
we'll as farm machinery. Mr.. CrlsI
said that the WAYS and Means Commit
tee was opposed to this proposal.
The Burtness amendment was ADOPT
ed, "a to IA.
Mr.. Burtness offered another amend
ment proposing to exempt harness ano
saddlery from the tax. rms was oe-
feated, 81 to 81.
An amendment offered by Representa-
tive Blanton of Texas, to exempt ice
was adopted
Representative Schafer of Wisconsin
proposed to exempt all mat. his
amendment was defeated. An amend
ment proposed by Representative Seller
of New York to exempt all houSenolo
1ta ole dafa
Flag Exemption o. KID.
An amendment by Representative
Willard of New York to exempt IRON
the tax the American flag was adopted
An amendment offered by Representa-,
tive Clifford of Massachusetts 10 exemp'
all utensils and machinery used D,
fishermen WIS defeated, 70 to 40.
Representative Crist at 1880 moVec
that all debate on the committee amend
ment and amendments thereto close 81
o'clock. His motion was agreed 70
An amendment offered by Representa-
tive Cox of Georgia to exempt from tns
manufacturers tax, crates, boxes ano
bagging used to contain fruit ane
vegetables was adopted.
An amendment proposed by Repre-
sentative Green of Florida TO exempt
from the tax all containers used tol
fruit and vegetables however, was de-
feated. This would have included cans
Mr.. Green also proposed an amendment
to exempt from the tax turpentine ano
resin, and that, too, was defeated.
La Guardia Charges Joker.
Representative La Guardia, insisting
there has been joker inserted Ia
the bill by the Ways and Means Com
mittee when it proposed to exempt al
foodstuffs, wearing apparel, medicines
and farm machinery, offered ar
amendment to exempt all the materials
going into manufactured foodstuffs
wearing apparel, medicines and farm
machinery.
Crist replied sharply that there haC
been no joker intended by the COM
mittee, and that the committee did mo-
desire to exempt from the tax all thess
materials. The La Guardia amend.
ment was defeated, 81 to 81.
Crisp, who is in charge of the rev
enue bill, has made it clear that NJ
matter what happened in the Commit
tee Of the Whole today, when the bill
gets into the House itself after beinl
perfected in the Committee of TIL
Whole. he will ask for separate recprt
votes ON the manufacturers tax. shuuls
it be stricken out in the committee to-
day. Furthermore, he is likely to ash
for separate votes on the La Guardia
Swing and Ramsyier amendments tt
the income and estate tax titles of tht
bill.
Representative Smell, the Republican
leader, called into conference with hin
today a number of the Republicans Il
consider the situation. Smell is pre-
pared to 60 through with the fight ans
insists that ma ority of the Republic.
ans will support the Ways and Mean,
Committee bill What happens in tn,
Democratic camp, the Republicans say
will be the deciding factor in the fgh
to save the bill.
Charging that the concessions made
by the Ways and Means Committee t.
exempt food and clothing left Joker
in the BILL" La Guardia pointed out il
a statement last night that all article:
that went into food and clothing still
would bear the levy.
II absolve the Ways and Means Com
! mittee from any intent, but believe !
has been imposed upon by some on
who has tried to slip over joker" thu
New Yorker said.
Cans, crates and other food contain
ers. as we'll as materials for clothing
and shoes would still bear the tax undel
the licensing system carried in the pro
vision, he said Under the bill,
manufacturer not licensed would havt
to pay for material produced by |
licensed manufacturer.
II am sure that when the Ways ant
Means Committee realizes this, 1t viii
give further consideration to the ex
emptions," he said. 1T accounts fo
the comparatively low figure these ex
emptions for food and clothing woult
involve"
Foes Get Setback.
The opponents of the sales tax re-
ceived a setback yesterday on one o.
their substitute items. Secretary Of
the Treasury Mills estimated the re-
turn next year Of the RamSeyer amend
ment increasing estate taxes to max,
imum of As per cent would be but 500.
000, 600 He estimated that in the fisca
year l93334 about $l35,0O0,Oe0 woulo
be returned
He said the suggestion that the new
estate tax rates will yield for a ful
year between $500, 100000 and $780,
100000 was obviously based upon re-
turns for 1929
at is we'll known that values during
most OF 1929 were grossly inflated,
the Secretary said ANY estimates
based on 1880 returns. therefore, re-
fleet grossly inflated values and can
not in the very nature of things rep