Evening star., 1949-01-04

member of the District committee,
has promised to resume his work on
the Fiscal Subcommittee of which
he was chairman during the last
Congress.
The District has to have more
revenue" declared Mr.. Bates. 1T
is such a pressing problem that l
hope the fiscal subcommittee will
get to work on it immediately
Mr.. Mcmillan said he planned to
increase the Democratic member
ship en- the House Fiscal Subcom-
mittee in addition to the two pres
ent holdover members, Mr.. Smith
and Representative Klein of New
York.
Mr.. Bates will be asked to pick
at least one member from the Re-
publican ranks to sit with him on
the minority side, Mr. Mcmillan
said.
Likens Sales to Gas Tax.
MI. Mcmillan also recalled he had
voted for the sales tax when it was
under consideration before, and
would vote for it again.
All taxes are painful" he de-
clared." but that is the most pain
less. 1t is like the gasoline tax, you
paw as you GO
/ If the situation is pressing
enough. he said he would be willing
personally to approve a combination
sales tax and high-level income tax
bill passed by the House last ses-
sion.
The bill called for per cent
tax on retail sales except medicines,
food and some other articles. 1t
amended the l947 income tax law 10
increase the exemption to $4,000
and make liable to the levy all resi-
dents of Washington who have
maintained place of residence here
for at least seven months.
The Districts budget for the COM
ing fiscal year beginning July l now
is being prepared for transmission
to Congress. While details of the
budget have not been announced, it
is known that the city this year
virtually scraped the bottom of the
! financial barrel. Consequently, the
forthcoming budget is expected to
require more revenue to bring it into
balance.
May Not Revive Committee.
| Mr.. Mcmillan indicated he would
not revive the District Subcommit-
tee on Home Rule and Reorganiza-
ton of the District The revised
home rule bill introduced in the
House yesterday by Representative
Auchincloss, Republican. of New
Jersey probably will be referred in
stead to the Judiciary Subcommit-
tee, it was indicated.
The Judiciary Subcommittee prob
ably will be headed by Representa-
tive Harris, Democrat, of Arkansas.
who took an active part in the fight
against the Auchincloss bill in the
last session. The other Democratic
member of the subcommittee in the
last Congress was Representative
Abernethy. Democrat. of Mississippi,
another opponent of home rule here
AT least one other member Will be
named to increase the majority of
the Democrats.
Representative O'Hara. Repub-
lican, of Minnesota yesterday intro
duced in the House a bill which
passed the Senate in the last ses-
sion but did not get through the
House, to set up a new code here
/ for corporations. 1t will be consid-
cred by the District Committee.
| Mr.. OHara said he understood
the District corporation counsel is
working on plans to revise the bill
and the measure probably would
come before the Judiciary subcom-
mlttee.
Bills to assure all persons in the
District full and equal privileges in
places of public accommodate and
schools of the District were intro
duced by Representatives Powell,
Democrat. of New York and Daw-
son, Democrat, of Illinois.