Evening star., 1947-07-18
House Overrides Truman's Veto
Of 1913 Tax SIash> 299 to 1913;
Senate Vote Due Later Today
Still Wrong Kind
And Wrong Time,
President SAYS
(Tert Of Tar Bill Veto, Page A-3.J


President Truman today We
toed the Republican tax-reduc-
tion bill for the second time and
the House quickly voted, 299 to
108, to override the veto. The
vote was q more than the re-
quired two-thirds.
The House acted with speed and
sent the message to the Senate,
where it was predicted the vote
would be to sustain the President
and thus kill the $4,000 100000 tax
cut bill,
Voting to uphold the veto were
los Democrats, two Republicans
Hull of Wisconsin and K. Carl An
derson of Minnesota, and the one
American Labor Party member,
Marcantonic of New York. Sixty
three Democrats joined 236 Repub-
licans in voting to override.
In announcing the results of the
vote, Speaker Martin said the bill is
passed notwithstanding the objec-
tions of the President"
Senate COP. to Press for Vote.
Chairman Taft told reporters the
Senate Republican Policy Commit
tee will press for vote later today
on the veto.
The House roll call showed sub
stantial shift of Democrats in sup
port of the measure, which provides
for tax reduction effective January
/. 1S48. The chamber previously
had voted 266 to 137-two short of
the required two-thirds-to sustain
Mr.. Truman's veto of the first bill.
which would have made the cuts ef-
fective last July /. just as he did
in vetoing the first bill, Mr.. Tru-
man again said the tax legislation
provides the wrong kind of tax re-
duction at the wrong time"
Cuts Range From 80 Per Cent.
If the Senate should upset predic-
tons and vote to override, the bill
will provide cuts ranging from 80
per cent In the lowest taxable in
comes to 10.5 per cent on incomes
over 1902, 900.
Republicans virtually conceded
the Senate will pitch the new meas
ure in the scrap heap. The'cham-
ber voted, so to 30. to pass the bill
two votes short of two-thirds ma
iority that will be required to make
the bill law over the veto.
So COP leaders say failure of the
Senate to override will erase all
prospects of relief for 100000 in
come taxpayers next year. They
promised to throw the tax issue into
the 1948 presidential campaign.
Just before the House began its
roll call on whether to override
the Presidents veto, Chairman
Kuntson of the House Ways and
Means Committee, author of the
bill. told his colleagues:
TT is highly improbable, if this
bill is killed, that another effort
will be made to pass it. The issue
will be submitted to that great tri-
hunal - the American people - in
1948, and we will let them decide
whether they want tax reduction"
Mr.. Truman SAID there has been
no lessening of the need to make
substantial payments on the public
debt"
This is still the wrong kind of
tax reduction and this is still the
wrong time to provide for tax re-
duction," the President declared.\
Saas nehf Cuf Need
The President said there is no
convincing evidence that a re-
cession is imminent" in the national
economy. At the same time, he
added, there is mo lessening of the
need for debt payments"
Moreover, Government expendi-
lures are still necessarily high and
the Nations responsibility for inter
(See TAXES, Page A-6)