Evening star., 1933-01-08
UnfavorabIe Reaction to
Democratic Plan Indicates
Call After March d.
FARLEY COMEDIES NEED
IN TALK AT BALTIMORE
Predicts Speed in New Congress,
and Definite Program in
Roosevelt Message.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

The immediate and unfavorable re-
action In many quarters to the Demo-
cratic budget-balancing plan evolved at
a conference in New York between
President t-elect Roosevelt and congress
sional leaders has given the Demo-
Gratis a taste Of the troubles they
face in assuming control Of the Gov
ernment.
Despite the fact President Hoover
still sits in the White House and the
Republicans have nominal control of
the Senate, the control of legislative
programs has virtually passed already
to the Democrats. For that reason the
New York conference on budget balanc-
ing and other important matters took
on added significance.
The Democrats in that conference
laid down definite fiscal program.
Included in it was proposal to 'lower
the base" of the income tax by reduc-
ing exemptions and to increase the
normal income tax rates. This Is the
4cdIu1G hIlCl1 1ldo dlOuScQ 0JOIIl Vi
resentment-which is not confined to
Republicans.
Good Chance Given Beer Bill.
It does not appear now that this
part of the program can be put through
at the present session of Congress. A
second feature, the final enactment into
law of the beer bill and the levy OF
the proposed tax on beer, may &c
through the Senate and be sent to the
President. Mr.. Hoover SO far has made
no public announcement of his atti-
tude toward the beer bill 1t has beer
predicted both that he would and that
he would not sign the measure.
The income tax feature of the tar
plan OF the Democrats plus the beer taz
were expected to take care of $685.
000, 900 of the $4o2, 900, 900 deficit, esti-
mated by the President. The other
$227,000,000 was to be cared for by
cutting the appropriations for the next
fiscal year S100, ,000, 900 below the budget
estimate and by the re-enactment OF
the present Federal tax on gasoline, cal
culated to raise $127, 100000
With a practical certainty that the
budget balancing program of the Demo-
Gratis cannot be written into law, it Is
obvious that new program must be
evolved now and put through or the
budget balancing must go over to ths
next Congress, with a special session
soon after Mr.. Roosevelt takes Office
March 4.
The income tax features of the Demo
cratic plan do not please either thost
Democrats who favor the general manu-.
facturers' sales tax or the more pro
gressive Democrats who attack the sale
tax. Nor does it please the allies O.
the Democrats in the Senate, the Pro
gressive Republicans.
1t seems more clear than ever, there
fore. that the talk by the Democrati,
conferees in New York of their hope
OF avoiding special session of the new
Congress is idle.
Farley Speaks in Baltimore.
Apparently realizing the situation, tht
Democrats already are attacking thu
Republicans in Congress and the Presi.
dent on the theory they can impres.
the country with the responsibility O.
the Republicans for a special session
after March f.
AT a jackson day dinner in Baltimor,
last night, James A. Farley, chairman
OF the Democratic National Commit
tee, conceded that there would be meet
Tor the call of special session. HI
said the expected failure of the bee
bill through presidential veto woulC
make 1t necessary. Mr.. Farley said:
Nobody is smoothing his (Roose
velt's) way for him. We have alread,
had foretaste in the events of thu
present Congress of what he has Il
expect from the opposition"
He referred to the failure OF tn,
House to put through the resolution
for the repeal Of the eighteenth amend
ment which he attributed to the lam,
duck" Republicans who voted aga'us
the resolution. Mr.. Farley Continued
that a veto of The beer bill by tn
President would be a second oppor
tunity for the lame ducks" to "a
their treacheTous stuff
"It is really not extraordinary" sa.
Mr.. Farley, that the dying Republican
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