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Show BILL ASKS FOR 900 MILLION WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 K.V.I The trcasury-postoffice departmental depart-mental supply bill, carrying $900,-025,598, $900,-025,598, and providing an increase in internal revenue personnel to stop "tax dodging" was reported favorably to the house today by the appropriations committee. The new measure provides a $3,-000,000 $3,-000,000 appropriation for employment employ-ment of 750 additional revenue agents and 265 stenographers to check individual tax returns of more than $25,000 and corporation returns of more than $75,000. Auditing of these returns is expected ex-pected to bring additional annual revenues of from $50,000,000 to $75,000,000. The bill carries $10,700,000 for domestic airmail contracts which is $1,300,000 less than for the present year. Foreign mail service costs were estimated at $28,850,-000, $28,850,-000, the same as at present. |