Evening star., 1934-04-10
Proposals Would Haye Add
ed SIS, 900, 900 and $40,-
100000 in Revenue.
MICHIGAN REPUBLICAN
PLANS RECONSIDERATION
Leaders Shift Program, Which
Observers Believe Will Pro-
long Session.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Senate today rejected the
Couzens emergency proposal to add
10 per cent to all individual tax re-
turns next year.
The action followed rejection of
the King schedule proposing increases
in income and surtax rates over the
Finance Committee scales, which
would have added an estimated $40,-
100000 in revenue.
The additional 10 per cent tax,
estimated to yield another $55,000,-
900 for recovery needs in the one
year 1t would operate. would have
been applied to the amount Of nor
| NAL income tax and surtaxes due in
1885 on 1884 income. For example,
person owing 500 in taxes would
have been required to pay $110.
The vote was 46 to A against the
Couzens amendment, but Senator
Couzens changed from aye to no be-
fore the decision was announced in
order to move for reconsideration.
Before Couzens changed, the vote
was a tie and the amendment would
have been lost anyway.
Roll Call on Proposal.
The roll call on the amendment fol-
lows:
Democrats for:
Ashurst, Black, Bone, Brown. Bulk
ley. Bulow, Caraway, Connally, Costi-
gan, Dill. Duffy, Erickson. Fletcher,
Gore. Hatch, Hayden, King. Logan,
Long. McGill, Murphy Melley. O'Ma-
honey, Overton. Pope, Reynolds, Rus
sell, Sheppard, Stephens, Thomas
(Utah). Total, 30.
Republicans: Borah, Capper, Fra
zier, johnson, La Toilette. McNary, Nor
beck, Norris. Nye, Robinson Undepen-
denD, Schall, Vandenberg and White
Total, Is.
Farmer-Labor: Shipstead. Total, l..
Grand total for A.
Democrats against: Adams, Bach
man, Bailey, Bankhead, Barkley, Byrd,
Byrnes, Clark, Coolidge, Copeland,
George, Glass, Harrison, Lewis, Lon
ergan, McAdoo, McCarron. Mcclellan,
Robinson (Arkansas,. Smith. Thomp-
son. Tydings, Van Nuys, Wagner and
Walsh. Total, 25
Republicans against: Austin, Bar
bour, Carey. Couzens. Davis. Dickin-
son, Fess, Gibson, Goldsborough, Hale,
Hastings, Hatfield, Hebert, Kean,
Keyes, Metcalf, Patterson. Reed.
Steiwer, Townsend and Wolcott. Total,
81.
Grand total against, 46.
Defeated in Tie Vote.
Senator Kings proposal was de-
signed to increase the normal rate
from 4 to per cent and to levy a
range Of surtaxes from 3 to IS per
cent.
It was defeated on a tie standing
vote of II to IT.
Rejection Of the King amendment
, to the revenue bill left in the meas
ure the normal rate of per cent and
the surtaxes running from 5 to SO
per cent.
Senator La Toilette, Republican, Of
Wisconsin, last week lost an effort to
boost the normal tax to per cent
and making surtaxes 6 to II per cent.
Leaders Shift Program.
Asking for more speed In getting
rid Of the tax bill, congressional
leaders made known that they had
shifted the legislative program for the
remainder of the session.
The new outline would include the
following bills in the order named:
Airmail, sugar control, the Copeland
bill to regulate advertising and sale
Of food, drugs and cosmetics, recipro-
cal tariff and stock market regula-
tions.
Most observers believed that should
this program be adhered to Congress
would not get away before June Is.
Striking at the incorporated pock-
etbook" uncovered by the banking in
quiry, the Senate yesterday had ap-
proved without debate the Finance
Committees proposal to levy high sur
taxes on the undistributed adjusted
net income Of personal holding COM
panies.
Under the plan the first 100000
of such income would be taxed 30
per cent and all over that figure 40
per cent. The House bill provided
q fiat rate of IS per cent
An amendment by Senator Reed,
Republican, Of Pennsylvania, exempt
ing surety companies from the tax
was approved. Chairman Harrison
saying he was, willing to let this
matter 60 TO conference with the
House.
The holding company levy was the
only important Affirmative action
taken during day Of slow progress.
Democratic leaders do not expect
the bill to be passed until tomorrow
or Thursday.
After Senator Couzens formally in
troduced his amendment Senator
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