The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-05
SENATE IN SAME KIND OF FIGHT
 AS THE HOUSE
One Democrat and One Re- publican Leader Are Both Angry and Tired Over Taxes and Tariffs
BY LYLE c. WILSON United Press Stan Correspondent

United Press StaR Correspondent Washington. May 5.-tUP)- Angry senators resumed their tax deliberations today uttering against each other complaipts of flippancy, recklessness and political coward ice. The finance committee was slated to complete It's draft of the bill to-day after receiving q treas- ury report prepared during the night on revenue the bill may be expected to produce. Shortages will be made up by levles on any ono or all of coffee, tea, rubber, cocoa beans and cig- arettes. Tariffs tumbled pell mell back into the bill in the last hour of yesterdays tumultuous meeting. Many senators emerged from the committee room glowering and glum. Senator Reed, repn. Pa, was too tired even to smoke cigarette. "I'm discouraged" Sen. ator David A. Reed, repn, Pa, said. his shoulders stopped and his eyes downcast.
 Senator Harrison, dem, Miss, nursing m ankle and Juggling spindly, silver-headed cane, lay on n leather couch in the ornate presi- dents room. Huge mirrors reflect ed his tired figure. +.
 What some of these senators need is nerve" exploded the usual ly genial Harrison, but he didn't call 1t "nerve".
 Senator Watson. repn, Ind, never Is downcast. '
 The bill isn't made yet,' said Watson. We are something over $200, 000 900 short of revenue In the bill as now drafted, but we can make 1t up. A tax on rubber would raise $56.000,0 ,000 although 1 am told 1t would add $10 to the cost of each new automobile.
 The tariffs that went in yester- day in q series of bitterly dis puted votes were: Lumber, $3 per 1000 feet; gasoline. 3 1-2 cents a gallon crude and fuel oil. f-2 cent q gallon; copper, four cents pound; coal, $2 a ton; lubricating oil. { cents Q gallon; parafin and other petroleum wax products, one cent pound; asphalt 10 cents q hundred weight.
 "This bill has been handled with fllppancy and recklessness that ls shocking" Reed said. He opposed tariffs and considers their inclusion the result of log rolling.
 The committee has no apparent policy" continued this regular re- | publican land no recognition of what Is being done. The commit tee has vacillated from day to day until no man can know what 1t will do. At time when the country needs our best thought, we are giving 1t our worst"
 Harrison was threatening to-day to oppose the entire bill on the floor. although he did not commit himself 10 such n course.
 That was the most ridiculous performance I ever saw" said the injured Harrison. Tt was log rolling. They had five votes on oil tariffs before they finally got 1t low enough to get the New Eng land fellows to approve levy on fuel oil. The bill as 1t stands, If stripped of tariffs, would be good bill. With them. 1t is q bad bill. I don't know now what my position will. be with respect to it."
 A motion by Senator Bingham, repn, Conn. Is pending as the com | mittee meets to-day. It would adopt the treasury proposals with out change in substitution for the bill as passed by the house and re- vlsed by the committee. That would eliminate tariffs. Republi- cans hope Bingham will prevail. but they expect Senators Couzens. rcpn. Mich. LaTolletet, repn, Wis. to vote with the democrats to de- feat the motion.
 Tariff action overshadowed other vital revenue changes. The time limit on all taxes has been removed by the committee. The house liml- tatlon on all but income. estate. in- heritance and related taxes was July 1, 1884. Checks for $5 and less had been exempted from the two cent tax but that exempt0in was abandoned to raise $s5.0o0. 900.