Show H 0 MAKES SURPRISE GAll CALL Chief Executive Gives Views At iJ Joint Session i 1 p Declares s S.- S. Situation Situa- Situa tion Becomes Rapidly Worse Vors Makes Urgent Appeal President Hoover assuming leadership of the fight for a balanced balanced balanced bal bal- budget went personally before before before be be- fore the senate last Tuesday with witha a warning that an adequate tax rill bill must be passed promptly asa as asa asa a matter of national emergency His appearance appearance marked the first time the president ever has addressed the senate and the first time ime since President Hardings Harding's term that any president has done so In sober friendly persuasive I words the president told the senate senate senate sen sen- ate that the economic situation has las become worse during the last few days that the American dollar dollar dollar dol dol- lar bulwark of the worl's wort's currencies currencies currencies curren curren- cies is at a discount abroad and that intelligent immediate remedial remedial remedial rem rem- action is necessary He proposed in the emergency an extension for a limited period I of the special excise taxes tates in the I revenue bill to a amore amore I Imor more mor general excise tax with food and clothing clothing clothing cloth cloth- ing exempted In doing so he drew a sharp line between this form of taxation and a general sales saies tax thrown out of the original tax bill by progressives progressives progressives pro pro- of both parties There are many special manufactures manufactures' manufactures manufactures' manufactures manufactures' manu manu- taxes In the bill now the president pointed out As a matter of urgency he is ready to support an extension of these taxes he said and will wm support them if passed by congress But he lie left the way open for foran foran foran an alternative if congress has one by saying Whether this be the course or not some further emergency ta tax sources should be incorporated in inthe inthe the pending bill biU Events that led to the presidents president's presidents president's presidents president's dents dent's decision to go to congress himself and tell the peoples people's representatives representatives rep rep- resen frankly what he heI thinks were In themselves dra dra- I matic I |