Show f. f s o National Topics Interpreted by William Bruckart National Pres Building Washington D D. D C C. C optics Washington Politics varies littie little little lit lit- tle tie from Crom week to week weck or from Cram adm ad ad- m ministration I n I 1st s t ration to Mistakes r ra ration a t i Ion o n. n Arc Are Costly There Is much the same reaction to smart maneuvers ers and ond much the same conSt consequence when a politician makes a bonehead pIa play Those who make male the mistakes pay the penalties penal tics ties and Just now one hears an abundance of discussion In Washington Wash IVash- In ington ton as to whether Mr Roosevelt has bas made matle a political mistake that may cost him dearly later loter on It will he recalled how In 1923 Senator William E. E Borah orab of oC Idaho exacted acted a 0 pledge from Crom candidate I Herbert Hoover that If tr Mr Hoover t r were elected he would Immediately call roll a special session of ot congress to todeal todeal deal denI with the agricultural tariff Mr Ir Hoover carried out his promise and In so doing brought about his eventual downfall He lie asked congress congress con con- gress press for tor a specific tiling thins namely revision rc of ot the tariff affecting o agricultural agri rl cultural Imports so that American agriculture could live But nut congress congress con con- gress as congress does so many manyI t I times refused to stay In tn bounds It ItI I got Jot out of ot hand so barll barfly badly that wh whoa when 1 the Smoot Hawley tariff bill finally I was enacted Into law It turned out ont outto outto to be a 0 boomerang of ot the worst I kind It overwhelmed Mr Hoover and all nIl of or those who attempted to Justify It tt Now to bring the parallel to date Mr Roosevelt noose has asked congress Sor iJar a 0 three point tax pro program ram It ItIs ItIs ItIs Is another one of or those specific things No sooner had his special message gc landed at the Capitol than n house and senate members began going around to see how It could be expanded Each member had his own Ideas and each member began Insisting and continues to Insist on having those Ideas Included In the Roosevelt tax bill From this tax program will result a good many observers believe helle a on 01 the President hent and his a aspirations for tor re election next year The efforts to expand the tax bill billand billand billand and and a good many of them are goIng go go- Ing to be successful successful represent represent only the beginning The thing using Is like a snowball sno and ond snowballs have a way of ot getting too large to manage Sometimes they roll down upon the boy who started to make mane them 0 When the President first tossed his I- I tax message Into what was presumed presumed pre pre- sunned to be the last stage of the session lIe he explained that the purpose purpose purpose pur pur- pose of the new taxes was ultimately ultimate ultimate- ly to balance the bu budget get and at the same time to lay a n foundation for redistribution of ot wealth After the first Hurr Hurry flurry In which the tion spokesmen at nt the Capitol tried to rush through thorough a 0 bill examination disclosed that the schedules he had proposed accomplished neither a balanced budget nor the objective e of or redistributed wealth The potential potential po po- yield of the income tax tux on the greater Incomes failed railed In any anyway anyway way to produce a n wealth tion Nor ur did ld the proposed tax on Inheritances and gifts yield a n great return because In none nono of ot the Instances Instances In In- stances are ore there large lurge sources of oC revenue re to tap When the President offered his hl tax bill he suggested Informally that the probable yield would be beabout beabout about 3 annually Congressional Con Con- gressional examination of the schedules schedules schedules sched sched- ules developed a 0 conviction among leaders lenders at nt the Capitol that the yield would not he be In excess ot of annually Then along alons came Secretary who expressed fed various and sundry Ideas glens about taxation but made mac no recommendations recommendations rec ree- wha whatsoever cr That according to the trained political observers ers here was another mis take It left the door wide open nn and naturally there was forthcoming log ing a perfect deluge of ot the tax i. i leas born omon among Individual members mem mem- rr berg bers after the Presidents President's message was delivered ell While It Is too early yet to predict predict predict pre pre- dict the final anal form of the tax legislation legis legis- legislation lation It appears Incomes Incomes to on an the basis of or orBe Be Hit Hard p present resent c I Ire r c u m m- t stances that th tha new bill lIl will tax the Incomes of or a 1 great many hundreds of oC thousands of or persons at nt a heavier ler rate rute than they now now A art are paying They will wail net get the full force and effect of or these tax rates next March in Iri when the first Installment of taxes r en a Incomes of ot 1935 Is due Th Thereby r hY hang bang the possible political poll poli tic tic-al consequences of or th the Presidents President's Pres- Pres dents dent's tax tux message People never nen r like ilke to pay tuxes taxes and antl to pay now with economic conditions what y the they are arc Is much more distasteful S 1 1 than In prosperous days das So Su th the political observers rs In their discussion discus discua I sion slon around Washington ton now contend contend con con- tend that Mr Ir Roosevelt elt will twill havi- havi I much to answer for Cor If it the Republicans and New Deal Deol opposition have ha the ability to utilize the material ma ma- made available to them Previously Pre Pre- In these columns I 1 have ha referred to tn the possible strategy y of or orthe the President In seeking re-election re through h an au appeal al to the masses This course has ms been freely treely charged chart by those who contend that the public works works relief relict 1 fund which he be has available to spond spend as ns he sees Ot fit may be used to advantage In a political way Now that flint congress has given every cry Indication of oC Us its determination tion to go beyond the Presidents President tax proposal and assess taxes against most all of or us ns the new phases of a n political character referred referred re re- re- re to earlier have become much more significant Although little blood has yet been shed there has hos been a major casualty casualty cas- cas already In Kellogg Pa Pact t the clash between to Be Buried Ethiopia and Italy It appears that the Pa Pact t of ot P Paris rIs otherwise known as the Kellogg pact and ond the Treaty for Cor the th Renunciation of or War Is about ready to be burled In an on East African grave With an nn eye ee to toward ard the dispute between Ethiopia and Italy Secretary Secre Secre- tary Hull of ot our State department has proclaimed anew Americas America's belIet belief belief be be- lief lIet In the sanctity of the treaty arranged during the term of or office of Ot Secretary Frank n B. B Kellogg an and Foreign Minister Briand ot of of France He has said very definitely that the United States looks to both Italy find and nd Ethiopia to live up to their obligations under that treaty because because because be be- cause each nation Is a signatory thereto But Dut while Mr Ir Hulls Hull's pronouncement pronounce pronounce- ment must be regarded ed as a 0 most commendable thing and his attitude must be accepted as US properly representative representative representative rep rep- of oC American conscience the fact that the United States expects expects ex ex- the two nations to live up to their obligations does not Insure that result Indeed there Is every reason to believe that the Kellogg pact Is about to become If It It has hns not already become just another scrap of oC paper In frequent conversations con one hears the question asked Why Is the United States taking such In Interest interest In- In terest In n the controversy between Italy and Ethiopia Those nations are thousands of miles away They represent little that has hns a direct contact with our economic or political poUt poUt- ical life as they stand stan today Why then should the American gO government government govern govern- ern ment Interest Itself In that contro contra controversy versy except on a si l basis of ot the American peoples people's natu natural l love lo for peace The answer Is simple One can cnn cango cango go back bad through history and discover discover dis dis- cover cr where ever every Important war ur had Its Us beginning over Issues of no nomore nomore nomore more concern to other nations di directly directly di- di than the Issues between Ethiopia and Italy President Roosevelt noose has taken some scale notice of the plaint of members members mem meal bers of ot house and Must List senate who have Revises been keen feeling the effects of Washington's WashIngton's Washington's Wash Wash- ington's Intense heat lie Ile has partially partially par par- redefined the list must of le legislation th that t he lie wants passed passe before before before be be- fore congress adjourns Heading this list of ot course Is the ta tax legislation legislation legis legis- lation laUon and It Is more than Intimated intimated Inti InU- mated that he lie will not agree to an nn adjournment until a new tax tas law has been passed and signed Mr Ir Roosevelt also Is Inclined to Insist that con congress ress enact the bill which will deny corporations or citizens the right to sue the fe federal eral government go on account of ot losses allegedly sustained through the governments government's gold goltl policy This legislation legislation leg leg- from Crom the administrations administration's standpoint is Imperative because unless courts are ore denied Jurisdiction tion lion In such st suits suits' It Is an undoubted c ed fact that there will be many of or them flied filed before congress reconvenes reconvenes reconvenes recon recon- venes next January Thus Thu if the administration desires to avoid serious seri serl- Otis OilS court battles In the face of the Supreme courts court's decision In to the amoos fa fa- famous famous moos gold old cases It must prevent the tiling filing of those suits Once they are filed an nn act of Ot conre congress s cannot prevent ent the rendering of oC a final decision decision de de- cislon and the adjudication u of ot damages damages damn dam dam- n ages es If It any n are ore found Cound Another measure which the Pres President dent ident wants enacted Is the banking bunkIng act of 1035 1935 It has un undergone ne con considerable con con- revision re at nt the hands of ot the senate sub-committee sub presided over by Senator Glass of ot Virginia but the la latest est word from Crom the Ule White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse House louse la is that the administration will not Insist upon the radical provisIons provisions pro pro- visions written Into the hill bill b by Governor rO Eccles of or the Federal Federl Fed Fed- eral erl Reserve deserve board hoard The Eccles plan illan It will wail be recalled was regarded regarded re re- re b by many as os certain to result In placing control of ot the banking structure In a n politically minded Federal nl Reserve c board The Glass revision Is considered to have eliminated elks cUm I lasted ted that danger dander The President has encountered a 0 serious obstacle In the tho banking bill bru however that Is related to political qU questions As the bill now stands banks bonks would be permitted to underwrite underwrite under under- r- r write Issues of or corporate securities that Is to net act os agent for the sale of ot those securities Mr Ir Roosevelt elt Is seeking to find some way by which the underwriting bank can be prevented from Investing Its Us own funds In those securities a dauber danger he rc regards as IS grave rn c C e Western Nf Newspaper w pap pr r Coloa |