Evening star., 1937-06-09
Income Levy and Proposal
to Sidetrack Auto Weiqht
Revenue Chief Items AS
sailed by Critics.
TAX ON CONGRESS PAY
HELD SURE OF DEFEAT
Hull of Wisconsin Says Such Rec.
ommendation Would Bring Re.
turn to Committee in Is Min.
utes'-Levy of Statesmen, Tran.
sients Hit.

The threatened revolt against the
new s6,000,o00 tax increase program
oroKe out in full fury in the House
District Committee today, with indi-
cations that a number of changes
Will be made before the omnibus bill
goes to the House for approval.
Criticism was leveled chiefly at the
proposed income tax and a plan to
dump an estimated s1,5O0.OOO revenue
from the weight tax into the gasoline
tax fund, instead of allocating it to the
general fund, where the anticipated
budget deficit will exist in the COM
ing fiscal year beginning July |.
attacking provision in the income
tax plan that would force members of
Congress to pay a levy on their SAL
ares. Representative Hull, progressive.
of Wisconsin declared:
If you try TO put a tax on mem.
pers OF Congress and their employees.
TINS bill will be returned to the
committee by the House in Is min
utes''
Salesmen's Tax Hit.
Hull also condemned a provision in
the business privilege tax plan which.
ne charged, would result in the i'm
position of tax on every transient
and every travelling salesman who
comes into Washington.
you've got something in this bill
That We never heard of anywhere in
the United States Hull declared.
You would tax every transient everv
man hauling cord of wood and every
travelling salesman. You're not going
to get anywhere with that"
Representative Dirksen, Republican.
| OF Illinois, who championed the IL
come tax plan in the subcommittee
that drafted the new program, en-
deaVored to defend the proposal to tax
the salaries of members of Congress.
why should members of Congress
be exempt?" he asked. They share
in all the services and benefits of the
District whether they pay taxes at
home or not"
The attack on various features of
the tax program was led by two PENN
sylvania Democrats-Sacks and Quinn.
Hull periodically Joined in to criticize
and finally served notice he would
offer an amendment to exempt men,
bers of Congress from payment of the
income tax.
Takes Recess Until PM
Shipping at various features of the
bill started soon after Corporation
Counsel ElWood H Seal attempted to
explain the proposals for raising addi-
tlonal revenue to Offset the prospective
budget shortage. The discussion de-
layed final action on the measure and
the committee took a short recess until
l pm. to get permission Of the House
to meet this afternoon for another
session.
Representative Kennedy Democrat,
OF Maryland chairman of the subcom-
mittee which prepared the tax pro-
gram, explained at the outset Of the
discussion that no effort was made to
raise more than s6.149 900, the amount
of the expected deficit on the basis of
the 1888 District appropriation bill as
it left the House. He pointed out, how
ever, the Senate had increased the
prospective shortage by about $780,.
900.
Representative Nichols. Democrat.
of Oklahoma, a member of the Tax
Subcommittee, explained an effort had
been made to establish a sound tax
| program for the District"
Chairman Norton. who returned un.
expectedly from speech-making tour,
directed discussion of the bill as con.
sideration of it was begun.
Representative Quinn first criticized
the failure of the subcommittee which
framed the tax program to bring the
motor vehicle weight tax "in line"
with a similar tax in other States.
Representative Sacks then expressed
(See TAXES PAGE A-5)