Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-11-13 | Page 4 | A Washington Daybook

t iA Daybook w www J By HERBERT FI Ul IMER P WASHINGTON Nov Thoros Thoro's 13 There's Theres quite a bit of or speculation around the capital as to why Senator David ARced A A. Reed Recd is crying co so lustily for a s sales I tax as the way out of the dilemma in to which the treasury now finds It self P Pennsylvania's slender earnest and sharp in the past fast has been regarded as one speaking speak speak- ing n with authority when he had any anything anything th thing g to say MY about floral fiscal matters Ho He ranks second to that high priest of finance finance- Reed Smoot on on the tile senates senate's senates senate's senores sen sen- ates ate's finance committee And on the thelena lena he upon by his colleagues as as' as being the spokesman for tor Andrew Andew Mellon Reed Peed seems to keep in p pretty tty close touch with Uncle Andy dawn down at atthe atthe atthe the treasury atall times More biota than once the of the shy hY little secretary secretary sec sec- rotary x ot of f the they treasury have been conveyed conveyed to to the tho hill hUl by the rho voice of ot Reed rA JiE A TEST TEST BALLOON BALLOON Is the Pennsylvania penns senator playing playIng playing play play- ing tho rho same role now his sales axles tax idea I There are those in who suggest that probably Reed sounded I his idea t to i see Isee what the reaction I would be It might be a s. balloon which Mellon has hns ca caused sed to be sentI sent I up to see which way the wind is blowing I It has been intimated however that high hish officials ot oL the treasury are opposed to the sales elates tax tax- Yet Mellon already has called attention to the tho fact that at he warned congress congress congress con con- gress against too early repeal of some solve of the excise taxes Reed Recd seems to be sold on the ides Idea He has talked it over with the pr president l- l dent and remains apparently unshaken un un- shaken in his belief He Is a insistent tent that the time has come when we wc must face tho music Theres T eres ere's another thing too which should hould be remembered Reed is a s staunch munch administration supporter and 8 as regular in tn his Republicanism m mas as a 8 party stalwart should be A REPUBLICAN REPUBLICAN R REGULAR GULAR About only party def Uon c-Uon of any ny consequence in his record i ii when he broke brok away from the administration administration ad ad administration ministration in the fight to repeal the national origins clause of the immigration gration act Reeds Reed's stand on this issue da daway date way back Gossip has hu it it- that he het t told d President Hoover long before befort the question came up for tor disposition tion lion in congress congress- his attitude an anthe and the way he would vote Incidentally Reeds Reed's s 's senate nate seat has a curious aspect At present both of Pennsylvania's senators thai from Pittsburgh James J. J Davis Davis' Dav term expires ices in 1933 1033 Reeds Reed's tenure runs ii 1935 If Ie Davis is reelected there might be difficulty for another Pittsburgh Pittsburgh- burgh burgh- er cr later