Evening star., 1933-01-18
Presidents Message
PrOvOkes Wrath
of Members.
DATE FOR SUMMONS
is NOT REVEALED
Garner Says He Knows,
but Declines to Give
Out Information.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Congressional Democrats today
abandoned hope for enactment of
budget balancing legislation at
this session and acknowledged
plans are set for special session
of the new Congress to tackle the
task.
Twelve strategically situated House
members, belonging to the Ways and
Means Committee, which has turisdic-
ton over revenue legislation, agreed to
drop all tax proposals between now and
March 4.
Asked by newspaper men when a
special session will be summoned,
Speaker Garner said, Il could tel you,
but won't"
The plain implication was that ar
rangements are under way, and that
those in charge of party affairs ere
looking to such session to do what
they feel Is impossible of accomplish
ment as things now stand on Capitol
Hill.
Legislation Congested"
An explanation of the deciS on as
given by Chairman Collier of the COM
mittee, said the ''eongested legislative
situation in Congress will preclude
enactment" OF budget balancing leg s,a-
ton.
Only yesterday, President Hoover had
addressed special message to Congress
on the urgency for budget balancing
asking again that sales taxes be i'm
posed and economies effected Opposi-
ton to the sales tax has evidenced tt
self so firmly, however, along with the
objections registered by President t-elect
Roosevelt, that 1t has long been accept
ed on Capitol Hill that such levies were
out of the question, at least for the
present
at was the general sense OF the
meeting" Collier told reporters, "that
no general revenue legislation could
be enacted at this session"
Committee Meets Friday.
The full Ways and Means Committee
will meet Friday to discuss the Ktua-
ton.
"We don't know what the budget
needs and what we have got to ball
ance," the MissisSippian said. Wen
have to wait until the Democrats take
over the administration.
ScCLGtdIy MILLS mas IHAd6 mistakes
as high as $75O, O,000,000 in estimating
the budget needs and judging by the
past we can't depend upon the Treas
ury's estimates as being reliable"
Distressed" Over Message.
Collier said that he was distressed
over President Hoover's message to
Congress yesterday.
I'VE went ON the theory that his
figures Of $492 900 900 deficit for the
coming year. which he submitted at
first, was correct" he said.
Now he estimates that in addition
to economies. between S500,0o0,00O and
S700, 900, 900 additional is needed in new
taxes"
Collier said that he made his state
ments with the reservation" that the
full committee, composed of II Demo-
Gratis and 10 Republicans, would con-
cur in the sense of the unofficial meet
ing of Democrats in his Office
Indications are that the special ses-
sion will be called by the President
elect either for April 10 or II.
President Hoover's plea for balanced
budget by the enactment of low gen.
eral sales tax, which, he declared in a
message to Congress, would be "the es-
sence of good craftsmanship, earlier
had fallen on deaf ears IN Congress.
In it, he said:
"One of the most helpful contribu-
tions which the Congress and this ad-
ministration could give to the next ad-
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