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Show SALES TAX PROPOSAL LEFT 00T Largest Peace-Time Tax Bill Goes To Conference. WASHINGTON, June 1 (U.R)--Pleas from press, public and president jammed a $1,-116,000,000 $1,-116,000,000 tax bill through the senate today in culmination culmina-tion of h lo'i hour session of excitement ami surprise. Secretary of Treasury Mills 'old the United Press that sum would balance the national budget to all practical purposes. A:; the unprecedented peace-time burden was adopted, the senate appropriations ap-propriations committee reported to the senate a $238,000,000 economy program to aid the budget balancing. balanc-ing. The tax bill passed the senate at 2:2b a. ni., almost 12 hours to tho minute & ftcr President Hoover appeared before the senate with a plea for wpecd in a national, emerge emer-ge nry. By a vote of T.l to 11 the senate sent the tax bill to conference with representatives of the house. A few days should see the measure on its way to Mr. Hoover's desk. In 15 days the senate disposed ol the bill despite hitter, non-partisan dispute. Tariff battles swept over it. But the con.', oil, lumher and copper schedues remained in the ; bill. Taxed industries organized I against it, but to no avail. In a r up rise appearance before the senate finance committee just before yesterday's session began, Secretary M ills reported that new sources of revenue had to be found lo balance the budget. Income taxes, gasoline and electricity elec-tricity for power and light were selected. They were given a $257,-000.000 $257,-000.000 additional burden. Mills also advocated the manufacturers manu-facturers sales tax and in his personal per-sonal plea before the senate President Presi-dent Hoover said he would accept such a tax recourse. But the finance fin-ance committee and the senate voted that project down. The latter lat-ter by 52 to 27. |