The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-10-03

or special interest 10 the nearly o..
100000 people who pay personal in.
come taxes. 1t voted tentatively in
favor of wiping out income taxes
entirely for about 100000 people
January and reducing income tax
es for everybody else.
The Treasury had proposed the
same sort OF program. But the
committee plan makes bigger re-
ductions and uses a different for
mula for arriving at them. The
committee would reduce personal
income taxes by $2,500,000, 900. still
not drastic cut but more than the
$2,000,000, 900 asked by the Treas
ury.
Not Law Yet
The committee hasn't taken fl
nal action on the tax bill. Even
when it does. the bill won't become
law until the House and Senate
have passed II and the President
has signed It. The committee is
hurrying along. and hopes TO send
the bill to the House before the
week end.
Today the House began debating
government reorganization, while
the Senate was debating railroad
rates.
The bill before the House gives
the President authority to abolish
or merge any federal agency ex-
cept the ten big departments and
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion, Federal Trade Commission.
Securities and Exchange Commits
sion, and General Accounting or.
flee.
Some Republicans will fight to re-
duce Mr.. Truman's authority by
adding more agencies TO that list.
Rep. Randolph (D-vs) said he
will try TO amend the bill to per-
nit merging Of the War and Navy
Departments.
In that connection, Senator Ed
win Johnson (D-Colo.) proposed to-
day that the armed forces be
merged into a Department of Ma
tional Security" with five prongs
Army, Navy. Air Forces, Indus
trial Mobilization, and scientific
research.
Congress Talks About Palestine
The Senate seemed in a mood To
put itself formally on record as
favoring the opening of Palestine
to Jewish immigration.
A parade of Senators, some very
close to the Truman administration
addressed the Senate yesterday and
hammered at Britain's failure TO
open Palestine TO the Jews OF Eu.
rope.
Today. Senator Wagner (D-N. "
told a reporter that now is the time
to revive resolution declaring the
Senate in favor Of opening Pales-
tine. Last year, he and Senator
Taft (R-Ohio) teamed up to sponsor
this resolution, but decided not TO
push it in wartime.
Today's Senate argument is on a
bill to end the special, low rates
paid by the government to "land-
grant" railroads. which expanded
during the last century by receiving
federal gifts OF land. The House
already has passed the bill.
Senator Ferguson (R-Mich.) step
ped in today, proposing that the
special rates run until next July
until military rehabilitation is
largely finished.
A special Senate committee be-
gan a big study Of the oil indus
try and its postwar prospects.
Chairman of the group is Senator
O'Mshoney (D-Wyo.).
StIli Shortage Of Paper
The House newsprint investigat-
ing committee asked the State De-
partment to explain how much
newsprint will be needed by for
eign countries and where 1t will
come from.
Here's why the committee Is in.
terested: There is still a world
shortage of newsprint, the paper
that newspapers are printed on.
Late yesterday the House passed
a bill to allow the government to
sell merchant ships built during
the war. The bill sets up a price
formula and other regulations. 1t
was sent TO the Senate.