Evening star., 1941-07-29
House Leaders Mass
Strength 10 Bring
Tax Bill TO Floor
Adoption Of Rule Limiting
Amendments Seen Despite
Critics Cog Charge
n, the AEknr1affH Press

b the AsEoc1atec Press.
Administration leaders marshalled
their forces to get the S3 ,529 200 600
tax bill to the House floor today un-
der rarely used parliamentary pro-
cedure designed to curtall strictly
the number OF possible amendments.
Although critics denounced the
method as gag rule, indications
were that it would be sanctioned by
the House, and that the hill would
be approved and sent to the Senate.
possibly Friday, in virtually the
form recommended by the House
Ways and Means Committee.
The rule would authorize three
days OF debate and bar all amend
ments but those sanctioned by the
Ways and Means group.
Imposing the heaviest individual
and corporation income taxes in
the Nations history, the revenue
measure would bring Federal tax col
lections during the year ending next
June 80 to S11 ,302 900 900,
lnulN1uudI lDGOmES ldpPtus
Ways and Means Committee ex-
perts estimated that although the
new levies would produce only about
81 300 900 900 during the remainder
of the current fiscal year. they and
the existing taxes would yield about
so per cent of anticipated Govern
ment expenditures during the first
full year OF operation.
AS recommended to the House. the
/ bill would tap individual incomes fol
abou: sl,152 900 900 additional an
nuslly through drastic system Of
surtaxes starting at 5 per cent on
| the first dollar of taxable income
Through higher excess profits
taxes and revised method Of com
putting them and increased surtaXes
corporations would be required u
put up about 1892 100000 of tn,
new revenue. The balance woult
come from higher estate and gif
taxes and long list Of new or IN
creased excise taxes.
Late yesterday. the Ways ant
Means Committee agreed TO three
minor changes in the measure, ont
OF which would subject newspaper
and radio stations 10 the proposed
S per cent excise tax on their month
" telephone bills The committee
specifically named those types o
firms. experts said. to make it clea
that the tax applied TO them despitt
an existing provision exemptinl
their leased-Uire circuits from taxa
ton.
Joint Returns Likely TO Stand.
Although Republican House mem
bers already have signified their in
tention of using the bill as an op
portunitv for attack on the admin
istrations non-defense spending
policies. chief target of criticism ir
the measure itself was the provision
requiring all married couples to fl,
joint returns. Under existing law
they can file separate returns anC
thus frequently escape taxation a
the higher surtax rates.
Unless the Ways and Means Com
B
reverse itself on the proposition
however. there seemed little lkeli
hood of its elimination.
Some legislators indicated the
would voice demands for furthe
lowering of personal exemptions s
as to make more persons tax con
scious but this. too, seemed doome
to failure. However. Chairma
Doughton OF the Ways and Mean
group told the House Rules Com
mittee yesterday that Congress
doubtless" would find it necessar
later to lower the exemptions an,
impose a general sales tax in orde
to meet the demands of defens
financing.
We're not at the end Of this ia.
road yet" Representative Doughtol
said.