Evening star., 1953-07-08
Profits Tax Extension Voted
By Reeds Committee 16 to 9;
Big Victory Won by President
Leaders Predict
House Passage
Of Measure
By Robert K. Welsh

over tne Dltter opposition OF
Chairman Daniel Reed, the
House Ways and Means Com
mittee today voted, 16 to 9, for
six-month extension of the ex-
cess profits tax.
Seven of the 10 Democrats
sided with nine of the Is Repub-
llcan members in reporting out
the bill in a stormy three hour
closed session.
The result was major victory
for the Eisenhower administfa-
ton forces and the House Repub-
lican leadership in a long drive
to overcome Mr.. Reeds blockade
against committee action.
After beating down a series of
proposed amendments to an ex-
tension bill, a majority of the
committee specifically directed
Chairman Reed to ask the Rules
Committee for a closed rule on
the measure.
This would prevent amend
mentS to the bill when it comes
up for a House vote, probably
Friday. House leaders have pre-
dicted that an extension meas
ure would get prompt clearance
from the Rules Committee and
be overwhelmingly passed by the
House.
No Comment From Reed.
Chairman Reed left the COM
mittee room with a curt mo
comment. Other members dis
closed, however, that from the
very start of the session at 8:45
am. he made strenuous efforts
both to prevent committee con-
Sideration of an extension bill
and then to amend or defeat it.
The committee vote, it was
learned, was as follows:
For eXtension-R epublic an
Representatives Simpson of
Pennsylvania. Kean of New Jer-
sey. Curtis of Nebraska, Martin
of Iowa, Holmes of Washington,
Goodwin of Massachusetts. Sad
lax of Connecticut, Baker of
Tennessee and Knox of Michi-
gan; Democratic Representa-
tives Cooper of Tennessee, Dinge,
of Michigan. Mills OF Arkansas,
Forand of Rhode Island, Eber-
harter of Pennsylvania, King of
California and O'Brien of Il
linois.
Against extenSion-Republican
Representatives Reed of New
York, jenkins of Ohio. Mason of
Illinois, Curtis of Missouri, Utt
of California and Byrnes of
Wisconsin; Democratic Repre-
sentativeS Camp of Georgia,
Boggs of Louisiana and Gregory
of Kentucky.
introduced by Kean.
The bill reported out was in
troduced originally by Represen-
tative Kean. 1t provides simply
for an extension of the excess
profits tax from July l to Jan
uary l. The levy expired a week
ago but is revived and made re-
troactive in the Kean bill.
Among the amendments un-
successfully offered by Mr.. Reed
and Representative Mason were
proposals to continue the excess
profits tax to october and to pro-
vide for an II per cent individual
income tax cut on the same date.
On the first day of the present
Congress. Mr.. Reed introduced a
bill for such an income tax cut
back on June 80 instead of next
December 81, as provided under
existing law.
The Ways and Means Commit
tee last February reported out
that bill with only four dissent
ing votes but the measure has
been bottled up in the Rules
Committee.
Reed Proposal Defeated.
The Reed proposal for the
October l arrangement was de-
feated, Is to 10. The somewhat
similar proposal of Mr.. Mason
lost. IA to IL.
When the committee met this
morning, it was learned, the
chairman noted that the agenda
called for consideration of two
pending bills relating to the
(See TAXES, Page A-3.)
~ AR