Evening star., 1943-03-28
Veto Confronts
Any 'Rum|P|an,
Dies Declares
Drive to Cancel
Bio Part of AZ Tax
Opened in House
By the Associated Press.

The first prediction that Presi-
dent Roosevelt would veto any
"Ruml plan law" was put before
the tax-embattled House by a
Democrat yesterday, as a bloc of
members opened a drive to press
through a compromise pay-as-
you go tax measure that would
cancel substantial part, but not
all, of one years levies.
Representative Dies, Democrat,
of Texas said the Ruml plan to by
pass an income tax year was GER
tain of a presidential veto if passed
by Congress.
The Texan pointed his finger at
the Republican side and shouted.
you are going to be charged with
creating blood millicilaires' if the
Ruml plan, as embraced in a bill
by Representative Carlson, Repub-
lican, of Kansas passed the House.
He said he was willing to support
a compromise that would cancel
part of 1912 taxes in easing the
conversion of 44,OOOO 900 income tax
payers to current basis
Representative Robertson. Demo-
crat, of Virginia opened the COM
promise drive on the floor, in the
midst of the bitterest Republican,
lot Lot
18th Congress.
RObertson's Proposal.
The Vlrginian proposed that Con-
gress abate the pere cent normal
and l3 per cent first bracket surtax
on 1912 of all taxpayers. That
would erase the 1912 liability COM
pletely for 80 per cent of the tax
payers and mean substantial reduc-
tlons for others, he contended.
BY this method, Mr.. Robertson
said, $1,000 100000 of last years OBJ
legations would be cancelled, as
sacrifice to achieve pay-as-y -you-go
for virtually all taxpayers. but he
declared the price under the Carl
son bill, which he estimated at
So, $40, 100000, was too high
Representative Forand, Democrat,
of Rhode Island, presented in de-
tail the provisions of a bill he has
drawn embracing the Robertson
proposal. He said his bill provided:
l. Forgiveness of the first 19 units.
the basic liability on all 1912 income
tax returns '6 per cent normal tax
and 13 per cent surtaxO.
2, Withholding 20 per cent at the
source on all salaries and wages
g per cent Victory tax and II per
cent income tax.
3. Discounts up to per cent for
voluntary advance payments on that
part of the tax in excess of basic
liability, because that would be paid
currently.
4. Increasing exemptions for mem
bers of armed forces to $500 less
personal exemptions) on compensa-
ton received for military service.
5. Abatement of all taxes owed by
a member of the armed forces who
dies while in active service.
Carlson Assails Opponents.
Virtually all pending proposals
embrace provisions for the 20 per
cent withholding levy against the
taxable portions of wages and sala-
ries. increased exemptions for men,
bers of the armed forces and abate-
ment of all taxes outstanding
against a member of the armed
forces who dies while in active
service.
Mr.. Carlson, taking the floor in
this third day of tax debate, said
opponents of the Ruml plan ARE
resorting to pure demagoguery" He
declared it "is simply nonsense to
say that the Government would
be wiping out SlO,000,O00,OOO of as
sets if we put the tax clock ahead
The Treasurys analogy is wholly
false. Taxpayers owe the Govern
ment what the Government at any
time chooses to say they owe it
no more and no less
He said that under present tax
law, collections will be about $10,-
000,000,000, but under his bill they
would be about ,OOO,OOO,OOO in
1945.
"As further proof of the fact that
you will not be forgiven anything"
he added, you as an individual will
pay just as much tax money to the
Treasury during 1943 as you are
lSee TAXES, Page A-14)