Evening star., 1932-04-09
Hope for Balanced Budget
Seen in House Revenue Bill

Much of the debate over the revenue
measure adopted by the House of Rep
resentatives involves recognition of a
commendable effort to balance the bud
get, but there are widely varied opin-
ions as to the merits of the method to
be used in raising income. Some ap-
prove the House bill, others hold that
the rejected sales tax would have been
more equitable.
1T can be said" according to the
Charlotte Observer independent Demo-
cratic), that through the determine
tion of the sales tax opposing group the
taxes are laid much more equitably
than would have been the case If the
first proposition had been put through"
The Cleveland News Republican,
thinks: The Senate may have few
opinions Of its own as to how the bal
ancing shall be effected. But there is
every probability that the conservative
coalition there will strive in every pos
slble way to preserve harmony and pre-
vent the tax measure from going to
pieces in storm of partisan or Sec
tional debate" The Lynchburg News
(Democratic) offers the judgment: THE
bill as it passed the House is far bet
ter measure than was hoped for after
that hysterical outburst which startled
the country. The reaction of the mar
ketS has not been favorable but with
assurances that the. budget will be bal
anced there will come a change, and
throughout the country such objections
as continue will not adversely affect
the general qualification at the removal
of a great source of uneasineSs-the
fear of continued great deficit and
nation borrowing to live"
1T looks probable" in the opinion of
the Salt Lake Deseret News Gndepen-
dent), that the sales tax will not be
reSurrected and that the present form
of the bill will be the basis of the 1892
tax law" The San Antonio Express
independent Democratic) asks: What
can the Senate do but accept the meas
ure in the present main outlineS?" The
Rochester Times-UniOn independently
remarks that from one source and an
other, as much revenue seems neceS-
sary as the House bill is designed to
raise" although that paper believes
that many groups and interests will
feel that too much is being asked of
them" The st. Louis Times (Repub-
llCdIll 1Ic SdIltC
that has affected popular unsteadiness
of thinking on most subjects has
merely extended to the House. Public
curiosity is now aroused as to what will
happen when the budget balancing ef-
fort reaches the Senate"
Belief that the completed bill is less
desirable than the rejected sales tax
is voiced by the Chicago Daily News
independently, the San Francisco
Chronicle independent Republican,
and the Charleston IS. c. Evening
Post (Democratic). The Houston
Chronicle (Democratic) comments:
Item by item, we might find fault
with the tax measure now adopted.
Certainly it seems as obnoxious, If not
more SO. as the general sales tax that
aroused such seeming indignation and
opposition. But the Government can
not now stand on methods. There is
no easy way. no helpful way. Of raising
the large sums of money that must be
raised. Perhaps the sales tax method
was best, perhaps the present method
is best. In any case, the present
method Is far better than no method,
and the country in general has occa-
sion to applaud the completion OF the
tax measure"
The nature of the substitutes which
the House has enacted has strength