| Show THE DAILY WASHINGTON l IER I l' l Y- Y ROUND GO GO ROUND Trade Mark Mart By Drew Pearson and Robert S. S Allen and Authors Author of Washington Oo RoUnd Man Mori Merry Round WASHINGTON WAsHINGTON Prohibition Prohibition repeal will mean juicy tax relief for automobile owners and business men if the president acts on the recommendations of the treasury The department has submitted a confidential report to him strongly urging the discontinuance ance of three emergency m taxes enacted at the special session of congress when repeal ar ar- ar rives The taxes are A cent charge on gasoline gasoline gasoline gaso gaso- line 5 per cent stock dividend assessment and the excess profits ta tax on corporations S The law gives the president resident power to abrogate abrogate abrogate abro abro- gate these taxes any time within the year that repeal is voted If as is practically certain the eighteenth amendment is extinguished be before before before be- be fore Christmas the president has the authority to discontinue these taxes by the simple act of issuing an executive proclamation The revenues derived from these taxes would be made up by br the liquor tax In its report the treasury informed Roosevelt that this tax will be at the old rate of a gallon gaIlon It recommended an increase in this charge but without fixing a n definite fi fig fig- ure ureA The suggest d cl range is between 2 and 3 3 a gallon but nearer 2 than 3 Too high a rate the treasury says would make liquor costs prohibitive stimulate bootlegging bootlegging bootlegging boot boot- legging and illicit production HOLY SHIPS General Charles McK tom tom- new commissioner com om- missioner of the shipping board is having an amazing time working out the New Deal for shipping The general who spent a good part of ot his life in the army signal corps doesn't pretend deal about merchant marine to know a great great- but he pretends to be a lot more ignorant than he is For years the shipping board has followed a deliberate policy of giving away government government- owned ships for a song Some of its subordinates subordinates subordinates nates still would continue that policy On one occasion General listened to their discussion in silence A practical giveaway giveaway giveaway give give- away of several ships ships' was proposed Finally the general spoke upAre upAre up Are these real ships youre you're talking about Yes Ships that sail around in the ocean or just juston on rivers and creeks Ocean going Ocean vessels Mr Commissioner And you want to sell them for that price Yes Well what's the matter with these ships Have they got holes in em SUPREME IE COURT SPECTRE Roosevelt's friends criticize him for shortsightedness shortsightedness shortsightedness short short- sightedness on the tobacco fight most fight most because of the inequality of the agreement but agreement but for a reason few people realize The big issue before the supreme court this winter is going to be the constitutionality of the recovery acts Among these is the agricultural agricultural agricultural agri agri- cultural adjustment act under which the to tobacco tobacco tobacco to- to bacco agreement comes Roosevelt is counting upon the liberals on the thc supreme bench to support support support sup sup- port this program But it was these same liberals who exposed the American Tobacco company at the courts last session In one of the most scathing opinions ever handed down Justice Stone castigated castigated cas cas- cas- cas d G George orge Washington Hill and his executives executives executives tives for taking million dollar bonuses Other liberal justices backed Stone up Some of them have even intimated that the treatment given tobacco the tob tobacco cco companies under the A. 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A might influence e their decision on constitution constitution- lity ROUND MERRY-GO-ROUND George Washington Hill HilI president of the thc American Tobacco company keeps his hat on while sitting in iii his off office ice O Outside his office is an art old cigar store Indian once a favorite of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in Portland Me In order to set the right tempo for the radio dance music which advertises his cigarettes Mr Hill frequently dances with a partner in the studio of at the National Bro Broadcasting company He is a widower has three children and re requires requires re- re qu quires res all his executives to leave their phone numbers in case they go out to dinner m in the evening He is likely to call them as late as 3 a. a m. m lt When Emil Durig Swiss sculptor was evicted evicted evicted evict evict- ed from rom his Connecticut avenue studio recently recently recent recent- ly Ii he smashed his works of art The first thing he smashed was a bust of Sol Bloom Which the congressman had refused to pay for a S SIt It looks like the next move in the attempt to help sugar help sugar growers will be the Costigan plan for a sugar bounty This would take the thc form lorm of a direct payment of domestic sugar growers and has the advantage of helping them at the expense of the thc Philippines and Hawaii Sugar from these two tern territories being tories being American American- doesn't have to worry about the tariff Copyright 1933 br by United Feature Futuro Syndicate Inc |
