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Show CONGRESS HAtTS ABES PLANS Adjournment Awaits Army Appropriation and New Revenue Bill. WASI I INGTOM, Ocl. A. Congressional leadern today held up their plans for a rl i.' Unite recess or adjourn men t over the November elections until the new revenue bill and tho seven- billion -dollar army emergency appropriation measures take more definite form. The senuto .was not In session, but leaders In the house agreed lo put Into effect an informal rcfess by meeting and adjourning each day until October H, when the army appropriation measure is to be reported by the military commlitt-e. S.-nate leaders hoped to put into etiect some similar arrangement. Whether coiirenH wil; adjourn over the elections admittedly depends upon the speed matte by the senate finance com-tultteo com-tultteo in completing the revision of the house draft of the revenue bill. The committee spnrded up its work today, meeting earlier thati heretofore and remaining re-maining in session until a later hour. Some commit tec members believe It may be impossible to report the bill to the senate In time for consideration before be-fore the November elections. Conse-iU-nty. they felt that a brief adjournment adjourn-ment may yet be possible. Chairman Simmons said toil ay, however, that he would insist on the senate reconvening Immediately after the elections and would oppose the plan to adjourn until November Novem-ber LO, as outlined before Mr. McAdoo called at tent ion to the urgent necessity of quick action on the revenue measure. The finance committee today adopted an amendment requiring all single persons per-sons with a gross income of $luuo and married persons whose gross Income is $'(iihj to Jile Income tax returns. The house bill requires returns when the net income exceeds $ lOuu and S-'OUO, respectively. respec-tively. Chairman Simmons explained that the amendment requiring returns from gross incomes instead of net is designed de-signed to give the treasury department, instead of the ind Ivldual taxpayer, the dei iMon regarding deductions and exemptions. exemp-tions. Most of the house provisions exempting ', certain classes of corporations from tax- j ation were approved. |