Evening star., 1934-04-16

Three Senate Republicans corraled
the largest laurels. if laurels they be,
| in the revised version of the new tax
bill which the Senate finally wrote
and passed. CouzenS Of Michigan
offered the ten per cent surcharge on
all income taxes. individual and cor
porate. which the Senate approved;
La Toilette of Wisconsin offered the
final boost in Federal inheritance tax
rates which went into the bill, and
La Toilette, too, put over the pro-
vision for full and mandatory pub
licity of all income tax returns; the
mighty Borah of Idaho put over the
elimination of the corporation con-
solidated tax return privilege. Except
for coconut oil, the major battles in
the Senate's consideration of the tax
bill revolved around the foregoing pro-
posals. and insurgency was in the
saddle on both sides of the Senate
aisle. Many highly important amend
ments we're adopted by the Senate
without a record vote. but from start
to finish and in the space of nine
DAYS there were total of 18 roll calls
on the tax bill Gncluding final pas
sage) on which every member OF the
Senate went on record either yes" or
mo" or absent. Also, except for COCO
nut oil. no one in the Senate chamber
professed to know with any certainty
where the President stood with re-
spect to the particular amendments
which were put to vote. 1t was
case of every man for himself.
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Speaker of the House Henry T..
Rainey was first elected to Congress
in 1902. In the Republican landslide
| of 1920 he was defeated, but returned
| to Congress in 1922 and has been
there ever since. This means that
Mr.. Rainey has stood for election
fourteen times and been victorious
| thirteen times He was renominated
| in the Democratic primaries in 1lli-
nois last week, showing under his pr1-
mary opponent. Speaker Ralneys
triumph in his primary contest is
hailed as an Endorsement OF the
| new deal But this seems rather far
| fetched. His defeat would have been
an extraordinary political upset. His
denomination, under the circum-
stances. would seem to be political
commonplace. Speaker Rainey's real
fear. publicly confessed. is that the
| Tories have their knives out to take
his scalp next November.
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| When Postmaster General Farley
/ moves into his new quarters in the
new Post Office Building, now ready
| for occupancy, he will find private
shower bath opening off of his private
office He will find a private elevator
at his disposal, making it possible for
! him to enter and to leave his office
unobserved by the general public. The
entire office suite is, indeed, the last
word in splendor-a mammoth recep-
ton room, large private offices for
Mr. Farley's aides and various ante
rooms. Everything is paneled in dark
wood and each Office has its open
fireplace and private lavatory. Last,
but not least, is a private. tiny, built
in wall safe. concealed behind false
partition. None of these things, how
ever, are of Jim Farley's planning.
They are his inheritance from the
dead past of the Hoover administra-
ton, along with the airmail contracts.
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| The citizens and taxpayers Of the
city of Thief River Falls, Mimi, are
entitled to feel considerably baff1ed
and befuddled as to where they stand
with the P. w. A. Press release 636
from P. w. A., announcing rescission
of various previously awarded allot-
ments for non-Federal projects said: