Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-04-27
Senate May Act
Within Week ON
Sales Tax Bill
George Agrees 10 Let
II Come Up Aheod
OF Trode Measure

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today after senate leaders lacl-
c&sed a ~tl,lnsn~As la ave II ths
earliest poSs4hle consideration ara
after Chairman George 81 Ire
Senate Finance Committee agreed
TO lei II come Up ahead al Ire
important reciprocal trade agree.
ments ball
THIS tentative sort @. tuning
~as reached al The enc ot aAy
Of negotiations including a Fneet.
ing Of the SENATE Democratic Po!.
Icy Committee whsrh aided g5se
cause bat arrived Al no speelne
conclusion
Bills with High frlartt,
Still ahead of the Distract rev
enue bill MAS final action en- the
labor social Seeayity Appropriation
bill, expected today then action
on the little school health bail.
n call Of the Senaies consent
calendar and then the bis bill
for Federal aid 10 education,
The argumentativs subject az
extension OF the reciprocal trade
agreements also had a higher
priority IN the national scheme
Of things. but late Yesterday
Senator Oeorge said he would I've
Willing 10 wait o day or two 10
set the pressins city finance
question settled
Had he moi agreed the city
revenue bill~-sith DELAYED pay
raises for some 1000 city en-.
piofes hanging In the balance
along with the mere meeting Of
the costs Of q bare bones 1880
oudget--misht have had 10 watt
an additional tao weeks ios se-
ton
That there would be shArp fight
in the Senate over adoption Of
the tax hlll--sven though the
effects Of the House passed salsa
tax plan we're grsatly softsned nv
written into the bill
by the Senate District Committee
was indicated by q minority
report by four Senators
Called Burden ON Peer.
The report nied with the Sen
ale yesterday, attacked the sales
tax plan a. one that "llehtens
the burdens OF the rich and IN.
creases the burdens Of the poor
and insisted there we're adequate
substitutes.
II was filed BY Senators John.
ston OF South Carolina. Nicely Of
West Virginia and Frear OF Del
aware. Democrats. and Hendrick-
son, OF New Jersey. Republican.
They proposed as substitutes Q
great boost In the Federal pay.
ment. . hrosdened personal tn.
come tax with nearly doubled
rates. higher liquor taxes anA .
bigger boost In the city'k realty
tax rate than had BEEN adopted by
the House or proposed by the SEN
ate District Committee
After scanning the minariiy re-.
port. District Committee Chair
man McGrath told reporters "An
! can say Ia that these arguments
are a. old as the Districts
deficits" He supports the sales
tax plan.
Sehoeppei Racks Sales Tax.
Senator schoeppel. Republican.
Of Kansas q member OF the Fiscal
Subcommittee which drafted the
Senate revenue bill. also discounted
the arguments Of the sales tar
opponents.
Sales taxes have been In opera.
ton In 3 good many States" no
said. and this should have pro-
vided Q pretty good laboratory test.
When you look over this record
carefully I doub. II you ind the
results that the opponents cay are
10 b expected"
He agreed there vas an honest
difference OF opinion" among
Senators and others but concluded
there 10 no other decent way Of
meeting the Districts huge money
need short Of depending on o great
boost In the Federal payment"
He added he would not consider
that alternative o fair deal
The four sisners OF the minority
report on the tar bill TOOK the
opposite view. They eoutended
that. by other means than q sales
tax. the District could raiss no
ieas than s73. 900 900 In the nsYt
fiscal year and $40 600 900 . year
thereafter By other means.
Substitutes snxsessea-
A. substitutes for any sales lew
fhey proposed:
An increase tn the Federal pay
ment Of at least" 81 900 900. shiis
calling the present tI7 900 900 Ped
erai share wholly inadequate
A broadening Of the eity's per-
soral income tax 70 apply To ell
actual residents and O nearly DOT
bling OF the present rates. which
they said would produce about
SIS 900 600 In added revenues for
q fun year.
A substantial" increase In Dis
trict liquor taxes.
An increase In tire Dassrt<s tar
rate on real estats--shs group
holding that TO raise the rate
by 10 cents would not be ~uHrsa-
sonable."
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