Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-20
Finance Committee Ignores
Proposal in Approving Ex-
tension of Nuisance and
Excise LeVieS.
FLOOR FIGHT PLANNED
TO FORCE REVISI0NS
President Proposes Increases in
Rates on Big Incomes and Asks
Inheritance and Higher Corpo-
ration Assessments-New N. R.
A. Plan Expected.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Senate Finance Committee re-
fused today TO add any of President
Roosevelt's wealth tax proposals in ap-
proving the House resolution extending
$500 900, 900 of nuisance and excise
levies expiring June 80.
Higher taxes on the wealthy we're
proposed yesterday by the President
in a special message to Congress. He
asked this action to reduce large in
comes and to prevent concentration
of great wealth.
Considerable difference of opinion
existed as to whether he wanted the
program passed this session. There
was a clear implication he wanted
most of it enacted before adjournment,
but some leading Democrats privately
opposed this. The Senate Committee
voted to extend the nuisance taxes for
one year instead of two as voted by
the House.
Senator La Toilette, Progressive, Of
Wisconsin proposed that an inheritance
tax and higher surtax and corpora
ton taxes be incorporated in the reso-
luton, but Chairman Harrison an
nounced the sentiment" of the COM
mittee was that the proposal should
go through without amendments.
Fight to Be Renewed.
La Toilette said, however, he would
renew his fight on the Senate floor.
1t was indicated the committee ma
jority would oppose the amendments
on the floor.
Harrison expressed the belief the
Presidents program could not be put
into shape for passage this session.
He also said the President did not
want his new tax program to interfere
with the nuisance tax proposal extern
sion.
The committee, on motion of Sen
ator Gore, Democrat, of Oklahoma
voted to extend the nuisance and ex-
else levies and four tariffs for one
year.
Harrison said the one year extern
sion was voted because sit is hoped
that conditions will improve so much
that we won't have to extend the
taxes more than one year"
The Presidents recommendations
for new taxes also entered into the
decision for a shorter extension, Har-
rison said.
Committee members felt the ques-
ton of another years extension could
be considered next session along with
the tax proposal
Doubts Action Now.
Harrison said action on the Presi-
dents recommendations was up to the
Ways and Means Committee of the
House, but he felt it would be i'm
possible" to do anything with them
this session.
La Toilette notified the committee
he would. offer amendments on the
floor to carry out the Presidents
recommendations, but he said, 81 don't
believe the Senate is going to act
specifically or adopt program with
cut more serious consideration"
Confidants of the President, mean
while, passed the word that he is con-
sidering a new and broad N. r. A.
designed to be, in sense, a COM
panion measure to the tax program.
Democratic leaders indicated pri-
VateIy the Presidents program was so
extensive and required SO much study
that it should go over until next year,
despite the fact 1886 is a campaign
year.
Tax drafting experts estimated it
would take at least a month to frame
q bill to carry out the Presidents
program. Democratic members of the
Finance Committee contended the
congressional session would be pro-
longed six weeks if new taxes were
pushed now.
Secretary of the Treasury Morgen-
THAI declined to make public the ad-
ministration's estimate of what the
new tax program would return.
The Secretary said he would avoid
any Interpretation of the measure
until he was asked by Congress.
Information Available.
aft they want any technical in
formation based on the message, we
have it ready for them" he said.
Until I am invited, however, shall
have nothing to say"
Congressional chiefs indicated Presi-
dent Roosevelt would be consulted
again to remove any doubts about
whether his share-the-wealth tax pro-
gram is must" for this session.
Chairman Doughton of the House
Ways and Means Committee did not
(see TAXES, Page A.