Evening star., 1949-02-13
Scott Dares Truman
= To Move for Repeal
OF 6. 0. p. Tax Slash
By Gould Lincoln


President Truman If he feels the
Government must have $4,000,-
100000 more in taxes this year to
seek repeal of the tax reduction
bill which the Republican, control
led S0th Congress enacted last
year and passed over Truman
veto.
THE Republican tax reduction
reduced individual income taxes
by a total of about $4,000,000, 900
and took 100000 taxpayers off
the rolls entirely" said Mr.. Scott.
"Mr. Truman denounced 1t as q
erich mans bill
wouldn't you think that the
logical thing for him to do would
be to ask the repeal of the Repub-
lican tax reduction bill?" Mr..
Scott asked. THAT would give him
the $4,000. 100000 he is asking.
He doesn't dare do so and won't
dare do so. Those 100000 tax
payers who were relieved Of taxes
have 100000 votes-maybe more
If some of them live in the Pen
dergast wards of Kansas City,"
Speaks in Bridgeport.
The Republican chairman
launched his challenge during a
Lincoln Day address in Bridge
port, Conn. He said it was the
duty of Republicans in Congress
to wage a day in and day out fight
against administration proposals
which are not in the best interests
Of the people.
He charged that the Truman
administration has retained power
by making promises to the people
which it knew it could not keep
and which it would not keep If
It could.
Mr.. Scott said that "the ad-
ministration is trying to kid the
American people into believing
that the Misdeal boys are trying
to repeal the Taft-Hartley Labor
Act" During the 1948 campaign
Mr.. Truman promised to repeal
the act, and so did Chairman NC
Grath Of the Democratic National
Committee.
Within a few days after the
election the Democrats began to
talk about revising or amending
the act, Mr.. Scott continued. The
administration finally sent a bill
to Congress designed to double
talk some labor leaders into think
ing the act was being repealed and
to doubletalk other people into
thinking that most of it was being
retained"
Civil Rights an Example.
Another example Of the Truman
administrations double talk. MIR.
Scott said, is found in the jockey
ing over a change in the Senate
cloture rule and the civil rights
program. President Truman, he
said, had promised during the
campaign to bring about the en-
actment of his full civil rights
program.
But Mr.. Trumans own Demo-
crat floor leader. Senator Lucas
of Illinois. prevented the Senate
Rules Committee from taking
prompt action on the proposed
changes in the rules Ito end a
fIibuster)." said Mr.. Scott. He
charged that Senator Lucas and
other Democrats were following
the same old pattern (which we
have seen in operation ever since
the Democrats came into power IN
1888 and which persisted when
they had far more than the two
thirds majority needed to end q
Senate filibuster.
Civil rights legislation, Mr.. Scott
said, lis kicked around and
shunted from hand to hand like
a hot potato until near the end
of a session. Then it is trotted
out for few days filibuster and
then the Democratic leadership
decides that other pressing sub
jects must take precedence"
Mr.. Scott predicted that the
Republicans will gain control OF
Congress in the 1850 elections.
I'VE have the Truman admin
istration and we will have it for
four years." he said. THE best
we can do about that is to police
its every act and try to block
some of its more outrageous at
tacks on the public welfare"
Discussing Republican problems
Mr.. Scott promised close cooper
alton between the National Com
mittee and State and congress
sional campaign committees. He
said that steps have been taken
to set up policy committee, pre-
liminary to the call Of national
Republican conference.
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