Evening star., 1937-06-14
Measure Can't Be Called Up
Again Before June 28.
Work on It Blocked in Sec
ond Vote of Day.
PLAN is ATTACKED
AS "UNFAIR, UNJUST"
Dies Leads Barrage, as Smith
Follows Him in Plea for
Time to Study it-Nichols In
terjects Plea for Roll Call to
Save Proposal.
BY JAMES E. CHINN.


Revolving against the Kennedy ON
nibus tax bill, the House today re-
fused to permit the District Commit
tee to call it up for consideration by
vote of 227 to IS.
Another attempt to call up the
measure cannot be made before June
28 the last so-called District day OF
the month
Delay Danger Stressed.
Immediately after the vote was an
nounced Representative Nichols, Demo-
crat. of Oklahoma, a member OF the
subcommittee of the District Commit
tee which framed the tax program,
took the floor to stress the serious
effect of the delay in passing on the
tax bill
Il had no idea the House misunder-
stood this legislation" he declared
1T I had, would have attempted to
explain it."
The first attempt to call up the bill
was blocked by vote OF l76 to 80.
Members cheered and applaunded the
result. Nichols then forced roll
call on point of no quorum in an
effort to force the House into COM
mittee of the whole for consideration
of the measure. But the 227-to-75
ballot turned him back.
Representative Kennedy, Democrat,
Of Maryland, chairman of the sub
committee that drafted the tax pro-
gram. took the defeat philosophcally
Asked by newspaper men what he pro-
posed to do, Kennedy replied
Nothing I'll let it set for awhile. "
Income Tax Revolt.
The revolt against the tax program
centered around the proposed income
tax chiefly the provision that would
impose tax on non-residents. Men,
bers believed this provision would
force them to pay the levy as we'll as
their constituents who work in Wash
ington.
Many of you voted as you did, -
Nichols declared, because you were
told it would impose the District in
come tax on you. That is not So No
one would have paid except those
legally domiciled here. You all know
what 'domiciled' means. If a Fed
eral employe maintains a residence
here he should pay here
Nichols told the House there are
only two methods by which the antic-
ipated 100000 deficit can be met
in the coming fiscal year is by a tax
bill that the citizens want or by in
creasing the Federal payment toward
District expenses.
You have said by your action to-
day" he declared, that you don't
want the citizens of the District to
pay the taxes for the maintenance OF
the city and at the same time that
you are willing to take money that
your constituents pay and give to the
District of Columbia"
Even before Representative Palmi-
sano, Democrat, of Maryland, acting
chairman Of the District Committee in
the absence of Representative Mary
T. Norton, Democrat, of New Jersey
attempted to call up the bill, two men,
bers took the floor to denounce it.
Representative Dies, Democrat, of
Texas was the first to attack the meas
ure as unfair and unjust" He was
followed by Representative Smith
Democrat, of Virginia, who appealed
to the House to delay consideration
until the members had time to study
its effect on the folks back home.
Dies declared he would not support
any bill that proposes to tax the in
come of members of Congress and
served notice he proposed to introduce
number of amendments. One OF
lSee D. C. TAXES PAGE A-4l