The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-09-17
Tax Bill Soaking

tictiS anu DtefAs7s iCPubiASeAtit against
Mcclellan democratic, for, and Nc
Nary, republican. against; Reynolds,
democrat, for, and Lodge, republican,
against. Radcliffe and Stewart, who
wero absent and not paired, were an
nounced as favoring the reduction.
Both are democrats.
The final vote ON the passage of
the measure which means in the final
analysis less food and clothing and
adequate shelter for millions of poor
people. already deprived of necessities
was 67 for and against.
The vote follows:
For the BilI--67
Democrats-51
Adams, Andrews, Bailey, Bankhead
Barley, Bilbo, Brown, Bunker, Byrd,
Caraway, Clark (Mo.), Connally,
Downey, Eastland, Ellender, George,
Gerry, Gillette, Green, Guffey, Hatch,
Hayden, Herring, Hill, Hughes, John
son (Colo), Kilgore, Lee, Lucas, Ma
loney, Mcfarland, eMad Murray, o.
Daniel, Overton, Peace, Radcliffe, Rey-
nolds, Roster, Russell Schwartz,
Smith, Spencer, Thomas (Utah), Tru-
man, Tunnel, Tydings, Van Mugs,
Wallgren, Walsh
RepubIcan-16
Austin, Barbour, Brewster, Bridges,
Brooks, Burton, Butler, Capper, Dan
aher, Holman, Lodge, McNary, Tobey,
Thomas Qdaho), Vandenberg, Wiley
Against the Bills
Democrats
Clark Qdaho), McCarran.
Republicans
LANCER, Nye.
Progressive
La Toilette.
These absentees were announced
in favor of the bill:
Democrats-Chand Chavez, Glass,
Mcclellan, Murdoch, Pepper, Smath-
ers, Stewart, Thomas of Oklahoma
and Wagner.
Republicans Aiken, Davis, Taft
and Reed
Labor Disregarded
President Murray of the CLIO stated
that the tax bill was in effect wage
cutting legislation through taxation,
and the stand of the organization was
clearly put by Allen S. Haywood, di-
rector of organization in a radio adj
dress in which he said
1.-THE CLIO has taken the position
hot f,,n
and should be obtained from the sur
plus wealth of those who are making
huge profits at the present time, and
that it should not be squeezed out of
the wages and lowered standards of
those who are least able to pay"
LaFolIette Fights
Valiantly fighting the vicious bill to
the "last ditch" Senator LaFollette
declared that sit conforms to no
standards of justice or fairness.
1T soaks the poor while confirming, |
and entrenching the cor
Dorate wealth and power engendered |
by the defense program. 1t levies the |
major share of the cost of about de- |
'ense on those who have the least |
to protect and those who
nave the least ability to pay.
Whole Principle Is Changed
"The bill is a hodge-podge of in
with no underlying
principle of taxation whatsoever ex- /
,ept that like many previous tax bills
t 'plucks the goose that squawks the
east Unfortunately, the small in
lividual taxpayer who will dig deep Il
nto his pockets to pay these bills has
lot made himself heard
st is my firm conviction" he added
that the pending bill, which makes
n intolerable tax structure infinitely
worse, should be rejected and a thor
revision of the tax struc-
ure based upon the sound principle
f ability to pay should be imme-
lately undertaken.
Takes which mean reduction of
n already unconsciously low stand
rd of living are proposed to be levied
in the pending BILLY while fat profits
rom defense spending get off with
My relatively minor share of the
,tal burden"
La Toilette submitted a proposal as
substitute for lowered income tax
which provided higher
ites and lower exemptions in the
state and gift tax schedules, but this
as defeated by vote of AZ to 20.
his would raise 1902, 100000 annu-
ly he explained
THAT would be loss of $1O1, 0O0,-
,0,' he added, 'but that would be a
reap price to pay if congress could
sure the people in the lower income
CUP that we are not going to at
ok them with a tax pincers move
ent.
Under the committee BILL" he con- =