The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-05-14
CONGRESS LAUNCHES
SPIRITED DRIVE TO
RENEW CONFIDENCE
Bipartisan Coalition Expected
to Speed Revenue Bill
Through Senate

Washington, May 14.-(F)-Con-
gress winds up this week in spirit
ed drive to complete stabilizing,
breeding program Of leg
islation in time for final adjourn
ment before the political conventions.
The new spirit which has mani
tested itself during the week, under
squirting words from President Hoov-
er, showed in the senate dominant
bi-party coalition which Saturday
pushed along the rewritten billion
dollar revenue bill. ready to fend off
all attacks on it's complex tax provi.
sionS.
In the seclusion of committee
rooms a group of Democrats worked
on plans which should lead to an &C
ceptable all-round plan of federal re-
lief, modelled somewhat on the ST.
500, 100000 compromise evolved by
the president and Democratic Leader
Robinson. A senatorial economy COM
mittee pressed forward its rewriting
of the slaughtered house economy
bill with the hope of putting through
a bang up plan for saving more than
5000, 00O,00 in the operation OF gov
eminent machinery.
Works on Army Bill
The house drove hard on the war
department appropriation bill. last
big money measure Of the session.
standing by its original economies 80
far despite opposition Of high army
officials. It refused Friday to strike
out a clause that will cut 1000 off,
GERS off the army rolls by retirement.
In a new exhortatton President
Hoover called again for unity of ef-
fort. and win the war" spirit to
overcome the national problems.
1.-THE imperative and immediate
step is to balance the budget and I
am sure the government win stay at
this job until it Is accomplished" he
said, when our people recover from
frozen confidence then our credit
machinery will begin to function
once more on a normal basis and
there will be no need to exercise the
emergency powers already vested IN
any of cur governmental agencies or
the further extensions we are pro-
posing for the reconstruction corpor-
alton
He emphasized that on the lines
laid out for the proposed relief pro-
gram, 1t will not affect the budget,
nor the taxpayer, constituting mere
ly mobilization of tilnid capital"
for economic recovery work.
On the tax bill. the pending Cou-
zens amendment to hike up the in
come tax rates to the wartime level
was marked for defeat along with
more than a score of other individual
attacks aimed at the revenue raising
features.
Accepts Shoots Plea
Chairman Shoots plea for nom
partisan consideration OF the billion
dollar measure was accepted Satur-
lay by Senator Harrison of Mississip-
pi. ranking Democrat Of the finance
committee.
II think the compromise proposed
by Secretary Mills and accepted by the
committee will stand" said Harrison
IF we 60 to changing rates on the
floor 1t is a job that leads inevitably
to confusion and shambles. The bill
is delicately framed to bring in the
revenue necessary to balance the
budget. If you cut out revenue In
one place you have to raise it In an
other"
Republican and Democratic lead
ers also united behind the move sug-
gested by Harrison to shunt the con-
troversial tariff items aside for q
thrashing out when the tax schedules
have been completed. The outcome
Of the tariff contest is In doubt. but
leaders are confident of concluding
work on the revenue bill within two
weeks.