Evening star., 1936-06-07
CONGRESS SEEKING
M|D-JUNE CLOSING.
Speeds Non-ControverSial
Bills After Conferees Take
Tax Measure.

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ary proposed raising badly needed
revenue through tar innovation OF
assessing undiStributed corporation
profits. House finally passed bill
containing this prouision, but Sem
ate Friday approved measure in
tohich only gesture is made towdrd
revenue raising By such means.
Defeat for presidential proposal
seemed likely in conference until
death OF Speaker Byrns and recess
for Republican convention pre-
uented speedy adjournment and as
sured administration of sufficient
time to put pressure on contereeS.
Ry the Associated Press.
With the bitter scrap over the Key
tax bill transferred to Senate-House
conference, Congress set out yesterday
to sweep legislative odds and ends from
the path of adjournment.
Leaders viewed as extremely unlikely
passage of any additional major legis-
lation.
They planned to obtain action on
five bills now in conference, or on
which confereeS have agreed, dispose
of some secondary measures, then wind
up the congressional session shortly
after rnid-June.
In a rare Saturday meeting, the
Senate acted on series of bills, mostly
minor then began marking time with
the House until tomorrow, when both
chambers will recess for a week.
Scores Attend Byrns Funeral.
For the first time this session, Cap
itol corridors and Offices presented a
deserted appearance. Nearly three
score Congress members were attend
ing funeral services in Nashville for
the late Speaker Byrns. Many more
we're pulling out for the Republican
National Convention starting Tuesday.
During the recess over the conven-
ton period, conferees on the tax bill
and the deficiency-relief, District OF
Columbia and Interior Department ap-
preparation bills will have an oppor-
tunity to attempt reconciliation of Sem
ate-House differences.
One of the first Senate actions yes
terday was appointment Of two Re-
publicans to the Tax Bill Conference
Committee. Senators CouzenS of Mich
igan and Keyes of New Hampshire
had refused to serve, but Hastings of
Delaware and Metcalf Of Rhode Island
accepted appointments.
Garner Names Eight Conferees.
Vice President Garner reSorted tC
Unusual procedure by designating eight
Senate conferees. That made room
for three members inclined to be
friendly to the program of President
Roosevelt and the House for sitter
taxes on undistributed earnings oi
corporations.
The House is expected to name It's
conference delegation tomorrow.
Some talk arose in Senate quarters
of a possibility that Senate conferees
might deadlock in four against four
vote Before they can recede from
any amendment, a majority Of the
conferees must agree to its discarding
In any event, a protracted confer
ence row appeared probable because
of the drastic Senate revisions of the
House bill.
Senator Black, Democrat, of Ala
bama, and La Toilette, Progressive, OF
Wisconsin, who battled on the Senate
floor for higher undistributed corpora
tion profits taxes, we're planning a re-
newal of the battle in the conference
They withdrew an amendment Friday
to insert sleeper levies on undivided
profits on assurance that the conferees
would consider it.
Conferees on the def1ciency-relief
bill, carrying $1,425, 100000 for con-
tinuing w. P. A. operations in the next
fiscal year. planned to assemble again
tomorrow.
Compromise on One Bill.
The way for quick final approval of
an anti-price discrimination bill, de-
signed to protect independent retail
ers from monopolistic competitors, was
opened yesterday when conferees for
-mulated a compromise.
Another bill, to require registration
of lobbyists, also is awaiting ratifica-
tion Of a conference report by both
Senate and House. Only House con-
frmation of conference agreement
is required to send the liquor tax bill,
.setting up an independent Liquor
Control Bureau, to the White House
Little chance for enactment of the
ship subsidy, Wagner housing and SUBJ
stitute coal regulation bills was seen.
Nevertheless, there was a possibility
that the House would call up the coal
bill tomorrow and that the Senate
would make the ship subsidy bill its
unfinished business.