Show I Inside d S Stuff t ff Politics n S 1 e U Finance WASHINGTON By Paul Mallon The house Is In a radical mood un un- un- un Cloakroom sentiment has continued shi shifting ting to the left since the sales tax defeat The political success o of that venture encouraged ed the trend Complaining letters from back home also helped There is no telling how this feelIng feeling feeling feel feel- ing will find expression There may be a rebellion against adjournment June 10 without direct unemployment relief relic legislation Not much legislation legisla legisla- tion is coming up before them LittIe Little Little Lit Lit- tle tIe opportunity exists for socking the rich and helping the poor 0 It There seems to be more progressive sentiment in the house th than n there is outside Usually progressives feast feaston on bad business Now the they claim the he west is getting etting conservative and Wall street is the only remaining tome home of radical Ideas A Pinchot investigator reached that conclusion on a recent western scouting scouting scout scout- ing trip He went out to lay the groundwork for Cor an Hoover anti-Hoover campaign cam cam- He found everyone sitting on his hands and holding tight to what he has left There was plenty of dis dis- dis- dis satisfaction It was disorganized and had no focal point He advised against trying to organize it in a apolitical apolitical apolitical political movement o Go 5 Meanwhile Wall street is screaming for as much aid as the farmer ever thought of The R. 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C and reserve board are arc administering artificial economic respiration to io it Big business business busi busi- ness men are talking seriously about desirability of price fixing government government government govern govern- ment ownership of railroads and the five-day five week S C The inside coalition on the tax tx bill is working smoothly It appears now the stock exchange tax may be re re- re in spite of the initiative e taken by Al Smith the financial community is convinced that Washington will do nothing whatever about International debts This is regarded as nate The policy o of drifting into re repudiation repudiation re- re will wili stimulate hard feelings on both sides and further delay necessary necessary necessary essary economic readjustments i 9 Clays Clay's Economic Service has made madean an analysis of the effect of past de depressions depressions de- de in reducing the vote of the party in power This analysis Indicates indicates indi Indi- cates that based on past experience the Republican Republic m vote should decline from 59 per cent of lr the total to be between between between be- be tween 49 and 51 per cent In other to 4 cents a share That is what the treasury recommended The dividends dividends divi divi- tax is certain to be thrown out the window Heavy business burdens in the administrative features will be mitigated The surtax surta rate will probably probably probably proba proba- bly be jockeyed around to a 48 per percent percent cent maximum instead of 45 per cent authorized by the house It will be made effective on incomes of or multi multi- millionaires The intermediate brackets brackets brackets brack brack- ets will vill be revived so the scale will willbe willbe be less burdensome The change may produce more revenue The i 1 is getting back to the cent 2 tax on bank checks That will vill undoubtedly be one o of the means of making up tip revenue lost by the stock and dividends tax deletions The tax on electrical consumption Is running into disfavor However it may be necessary Generally it looks nw now as though the senate will viii have a somewhat better better bet bet- ter bill than the house c. c w Some of the causes for failure of the progressive movement in this crisis crisis cri cri- sis will be exposed In a book shortly to be published It is called Sons of the Wild Jackass Two Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington newspapermen wrote it ft The Washington correspondent who w was s to have written Why Hoover Cannot Be Reelected has called it t or oil off with the publisher He decided the political situation has changed since he sl signed ed up to write writ under that title Reed is still playing around with the sales ta tax ta idea He will wm make the finance committee vote on It it Smoot thinks it Is a waste o of time He knows the senate would not accept accept accept ac ac- ac- ac It even if it the comm committee ad adopted It Then there is the house where it was turned down twice The sales tax strate strategy appears to tobe be played out for the present I NEW YORK By James McMullIn Iel words the 1928 Republican percentage percentI percent percent- I age was so high reflecting a long term terra growth that even a heavy switching of votes due to the depression depres depres- sion is not certain to throw the party out of power Several political analysts analysis in the fi financial financial Ii- Ii district believe that any Democratic Democratic Democratic Dem Dem- candidate except Al Smith isa is isa isa a two to one choice for election a a 9 Roosevelt Anti-Roosevelt sentiment in New York is growing crowin in strength and fer fer- vor Many men who have no particular particular particular par par- use for Hoover have stated that they will vote for tor him In preference to Roosevelt |