The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-17

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are extremely apt to manifest
their resentment on next election
day. at the political expense of
the lawmakers they consider re-
sponsible for IL.
All members Of the WAYS and
means committee are worried, but
the is Democrats, with the posi-
BILE exception Of Chairman Dough-
ton, are worried most. The 10 Re-
publicans will be in a position to
tell their constituents that, being
In a minority, they couldn't help
the coming tax boosts. The Dem
ocrats' only excuse will have to
be that the boosts were unavoid-
able In the face of the present ma
tional and worldwide emergency.
OF course, they try to assure
themselves that the average voter
is patriotic enough not to care
what 1t costs to aid thu, democra-
cies and prepare for Americas de-
Tense. Nevertheless, they know
darned we'll that it will require a
heck of a lot of patriotism to
soothe most taxpayers feelings
the next time they hear from
Uncle Sans revenue collectors.
Chairman Doughton is compar-
atively CHEEKY probably because
he believes nothing can beat him
in his North Carolina congress
sional district in 1912 It already
has sent him to Washington Is
times uninterruptedly. He's next
on the representatives list after
Congressman Edward T. Taylor OF
Colorado, with II terms and Tay-
lor's next after Congressman
Adolph ]. SABBATH of Illinois, the
father of the house, with IS.
Considering his 16 successive
successes with his home folk,
Chairman Doughton doubtless is
justified in his apparent confidence
that he'll win again.
Others Are Scared
The rest Of the committeeman,
though, obviously are thoroughly
scared.
All the Democratic representa-
tives are nervous, for the whole
house Will have to vote on the tax
bill shortly and it'll be a SOCK
dolager, even II the ways and
means committees initial draft is
modified a bit The Republicans
In general, just as in the commit
tee, aren't so anxious, since they're
In helpless minority and can ex-
plain themselves on that ground.
In fact, G. o. P. National Chair
man Joseph w. Martin has hopes
of gaining control of the house in
November, 1912. for his party. To
do 1t he'll have to overcome q
margin Of Ill seats against him,
which looks like being quite a
chore. All the same, that's the
target he's shooting at
Parenthetically, Joe Martin GER
tainly won't campaign openly as
against the tax hike, for, though a
Republican, he's declared heartily
for national unity at the current
juncture and that sort of a cam
paign wouldn't be good strategy
on his part.
Still, unity notwithstanding, he
is out to capture the house of rep
resentatives II he can, and II he
isn't reckoning that that new
schedule Of imposts, to be adopted
by an overwhelmingly Democratic
congress. won't weigh with the
taxpayers, he isn't as slick poll
tician as he's given credit for
being.
The senate will have the propo-
sition to rassel with as soon as
the representative are through
with it. and thatll mark lines OF
care in senatorial brows, especial
ly in the brows of the finance COM
mittee members. who'll have to
tackle it first.
But the ideas this
AS fiscal legislation. the thing
has TO start in the house of repre-
sentatives, and. in that house, IL
has to come first out of the ways
,ADd means committee room.
In the Spotlight
Thus the representatives ways
and means outfit IS initially and
outright violently right under the
taxation spotlight, like no other
group on Capitol Hill. It makes
those boys as conspicuous as the
Washington monument, with a
searchlight turned on 1t at night.
What they'd hoped was that
President Roosevelt, In asking for
his $4,000, 100000, would explain.
in detail, just how he wanted 1t
raised. Then they'd have said,
Since we're all for unity, F. d. r.
must have exactly what he pre-
scribes." Accordingly. they'd have
framed the bill that way. And II
there was any subsequent kicking.
they'd have replied. well, kick
TO F. d. r. Don't blame U.S."
But all F. d. r. told 'em was
that he needed $500, 900, 900 and
he wanted 1t in a form tina,
wouldn't make the rich richer or
the Door poorer" He wished the