Evening star., 1935-06-27

The Senate To-Day approved
hurriedly negotiated conference
agreement extending the S500,000,-
900 nuisance taxes for two years.
BY the Associated Press.
Senate and House conferees today
agreed upon a two-year extension Of
$50I ,991 900 in nuisance" taxes, which
otherwise would expire at midnight
Sunday.
As they reached that agreement,
legislative drafting clerks we're put to
work by the House Ways and Means
Committee on President RooSevelts
new wealth distribution taxes, with
Chairman Doughton asserting hear
ings probably would begin Tuesday.
He said, however, he had not yet
agreed with the rates suggested earlier
this week by Chairman Harrison of
the Senate Finance Committee, eSti-
mated to raise s340, ,0oo, 900 annually.
To Speed Tax Extension.
They would impose levies on in
heritances, gifts, incomes above ST.
00O, 900 a year and graduated taxes
on corporations.
The separate nuisance tax extern
sion resolution will be put through by
Saturday, Democratic leaders asserted,
predicting that both House and
Senate would accept it without diff
ficulty.
AS originally passed by the House
it would have extended the expiring
taxes two years from July l. The
Senate reduced that to one year.
The taxes affected include the l.
cent a gallon Federal levy on gasoline
and Scent first-claSs letter postage.
Belief that the Presidents wealth
! distribution tax program cannot be
finally disposed Of by Congress for
"a month or two-and emphasize that
two'-was expressed earlier by Speak
er Byrns at his press conference.
when Congress adjourns depends
upon how extended the tax bill hear.
ings are" Byrns asserted. In my
Judgment IL win take q month OF
two-snd emphasize that two-to get
it finally disposed of.
"I don't know whether the bill will
| involve more taxes other than those
suggested by the President. But my
guess is there will be lot Of pressure
for changes and adjustments Of other
taxes. I'm hoping that because Of the
Summer, however. it will be possible to
put the bill through earlier than it
otherwise would.
But you can't put q bill like that
| through in a day"
Rushing Other Bills.
Byrns added that by the time the
tax bill Is ready for the House-in two
or three weeks-he hopes to have all
other administration must" bills out
of the way.
Other legislators said the House
would not reach q showdown vote or
the Presidents tax plan until the last
week in July, at the earliest, and that
the Senate would act perhaps three tc
six weeks later.
These plans emerged from tangled
situation which found Presiden
Roosevelt disavowing any intention o.
seeking to push the taxes through
Congress by Saturday night.
Democratic leaders said today tina
instead Of attaching the new levies OF
inheritances, gifts, corporations anc
large incomes to the nuisance taxes
the Presidents program would b
made into a separate bill and pu
through the regular course.
Eow s,a SanotaT pnlHiTS.
son, Democrat, of Arkansas, Demo
cratic leader, had announced plan Il
attach the amendments to tht
nuisance levies, and Chairman Harri'
son, Democrat, of Mississippi, also saiC
such action would be sought.
The widespread impression was thai
the New Deal was aiming at passage
by Saturday night since the nuisance
bill embodies taxes which expire June
80 unless extended. This impression
gave rise to criticism by some Repub-
licans and Democrats, who demanded
less haste"
T Republicans commented ironically
Yesterday as Democratic leaders saic
there would be no haste. Rising ir
the Senate, Senator vandenberg, Re-
publican, of Michigan. asked II tbs
leaders still had in mind the Saturday
night goal.
Nobody has ever suggested that we
should pass it by Saturday night" re-
piled Senator Barkley, Democrat. oi
Kentucky.
THE newspapers were all In error
then" Vandenberg said, smiling.
On Capitol Hill, Democratic legis-
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