Evening star., 1935-08-18
NFEREES FAIL
T0PATCH TAX BILL
Harrison Announces Plan to
Hold Session Tomorrow
on Disputed Issues.
BY JOHN c. HENRY.

More than three hours of confer
ence consideration of the pending
1854, 100000 administration tax bill
failed last night to bring any agree
ment on the major differences existing
between House and Senate versions of
the measure.
Announcement to this effect was
made by Senator Harrison. Democrat,
of Mississippi and head of the Senate
conferees group, after the session ad-
journed shortly before midnight. The
conferees will meet again at 9 o'clock
tomorrow morning, Senator Harrison
said, in an effort to reach an agree
ment on the principal controversial
issues and report the legislation back
to their respective bodies by Tuesday.
Before then, however. President
Roosevelt will have returned to Wash
ington from his short vacation at Hyde
Park, and it is believed that Demo-
cratic leaders of the conference group
will ask his stand on at least two of
the stumbling blocks facing the con-
ference
West Seen at COnfeence.
With regard to White House inter-
est in the pending legislation, it was
noted that former Representative
Charles West Of Ohio. newly appointed
Undersecretary of Interior. but more
generally known as liaison man be-
tween the White House and the Cap
ital. was in and around the conference
room last night. Robert H. Jackson,
counsel for the Bureau of Internal
Revenue and administration spokes-
man before the Senate Finance Com
mittee, also attended the conference
session last night
In making his announcement after
the meeting, Senator Harrison said
that the conferees were progressing
very we'll in considering the legisla-'
ton, but that no final disposition had
been made of any of the major pro-
visions. No record votes were taken,
ne said, on the minor agreements
reached.
The Senator said that the con-
fereeS. also serving on the alcohol
control bill, would dispose of the
revenue measure before returning 10
the alcohol bill which precipitated a
three-hour deadlock yesterday NOM
ing.
Three Issues Give Concern.
In connection with the revenue leg
islation, three issues we're believed to
be giving conferees the most concern.
those being the Borah amendment to
make income from future issues of
Federal securities subject to taxation,
the McCarran amendment repeating
the so per cent tax on silver trans
action profits and voiding other sec
tions of the silver purchase act of
1884 and the Senate substitution of
higher estate taxes for the House
schedule of inheritance levies.
1t was revealed that Democratic
conferees were particularly anxious to
get the word of President Roosevelt
on the first and third of these points.
In his message to Congress on June
10 the President suggested action
aiming at constitutional amendment
by which issuance of Federal, State
and local tax-exempt securities would
be banned. In connection with the
Borah proposal, which would with
draw such privilege from Federal is
sues only. administration spokesmen
in the Senate headed the opposition.
Because OF some popular support of
the proposal, however, it is known
that the conferees are hesitant about
throwing the amendment out without
specific word from the White House.
As for the inheritance tax provision,
tSee TAXES, Page So