Show t IA A Washington I By nER HERBERT ERT FLUMMER PLUMMER WASHINGTON Jan 11 Its ll-Il's Its It's a Democrat of the old school who sits in th that lt scat C lt of the mighty the mighty the chairmanship chairmanship chairmanship chair chair- manship of the house ways v and means committee committee-as as congress approaches approaches ap ap- this ticklish proposition of increasing t taxes His name is James W. W Collier He lIe halls hails from VIcksburg Miss 1 and is isone isone isono one ono of the veterans of the tho house of representatives Colliers Collier's committee will consider all proposals advanced to increase the country's revenues re His Isis post is one of or the most powerful in congress A cautious man who is thorough h hin in everything he attempts the Mississippian l has centered his long career in congress around the ways and means committee He hns has been in congress ress continuously since 1909 and andall andall andall all but four our of or these twenty-three twenty years he has sat on ways and me means WORK BEGUN l ALREADY Already Collier hR has hns h had ld his baptism baptism baptism bap bap- as lS chairman of this committee And it was with one of the most important issues ever to come before the congress the congress the moratorium on war debts I True passage of the IW was ls virtu virtually llly assured from the st st. but at the same time it had to I considered and passed in ord ordE fashion The burden In the ho rested on Colliers Collier's shoulders His Ills speech in favor of the mi mr which a majority of his c CI had reported out favora was a rather tame affair Not m rn opportunity was afforded lf to ju lu ju what ml might ht be expected of or him hint the way or leadership in the fut rut when more controversial issues ai u A better estimate will be had ways and means and congress roll rol further into taxes and the tariff QUIET Until Democratic control of ot house thrust him forward Into sa t s ta a position of prominence Collier more or less Jess in the b bi ground as far for i is his activity on floor noor was concerned By nature is rather quiet About the only time he fori fors taxes tariff and the like is when takes down a fishing pole and t I his luck luek In streams around old Vicksburg |