Show I ROUND MERRY GO ROUND A GOP Wrangle Stirred by Tax Pledges By Dy DR DREW V PEARSON v WASHINGTON Last WASHINGTON Last weeks week's door closed-door conference of Republican Republican lican senators was one ono of ot the ute hottest In several months It was one of tho regular meetings of all G GO GOP 0 P senators to discuss discuss dis dis- cuss general legislative policy and it was featured by a scrap between Ohio's Senator Robert A A. Taft and Oregon's Wayne Morse F Fin Finance i n n a n c e Committee Chairman Eug Eugene ne Millikin of ot Colorado also put his foot toot in It In fact Millikin paved the way for the forensic fisticuffs by announcing that it was es essential essential essential es- es that a tax reduction be driven through The Democrats Democrats Democrats Demo Demo- intend to delay the tax bill until all the major appropriations appropriations are made ade Millikin said adding We cant can't be sucked in by those tactics I want the support of of this conference continued the Colorado Colorado Colorado Colo- Colo rado senator in very demanding demandIng demand demand- Ing InS tones I want to know if there Is any man in this room I cant can't count upon to vote for Immediate Immediate immediate im Im- Im- Im mediate consideration of ot the tax bill Senator Morse former dean of the University of Oregon law school and chairman of the war labor board immediately rosato rose rosa roseto roseto to his feet I want to say to the gentleman gentleman gentleman gentle gentle- man replied Morse that here Is one member of this conference conference conference confer confer- ence from whom he can have no commitment The people of Oregon sent me here to vote on the floor of ot of the senate not in this conference I 1 want to hear the debate on on the whole question before I 1 make up my mind There are several Democrats for whose judgment on these fiscal matters matters matters mat mat- I 1 have high regard and I want to hear what they have to say Further Im I'm not yet ready to conclude that the Democrats are simply playing politics on this whole matter while my Republican can colleagues are simply concentrating concentrating concentrating con con- upon being states states- men I prefer to presume that all members of the United States senate are governing their actions by what they conceive conceive conceive con con- to be the public welfare Gentleman from 1 Missouri Missouri- Millikin and Taft winced They looked even more embarrassed when Missouri's Senator Forrest Donnell took the floor I will never commit myself to any course of action in this conference he saidI saidI said I I protest any attempt to turn this conference into a caucus I 1 think there is value to a discussion dis dis- discussion of views here but I 1 will not be bound When I 1 vote it will be on the floor floor- on on the basis basis- of arguments publicly m made d Millikin dodged by explaining that it was important for him to k know n now o w how his colleagues might vote so he had simply asked a question in order to get some information for himself Donnell shot back that he was not impressed by that reply reply reply- that it had seemed to him and to others that Millikin was doing more than simply asking a question Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts sup supported p 0 r t e d Donnell saying he had never heard a mere question asked in such a tone as It uIt would be a mistake to change the nature of ot this conference conference con con- ference Lodge went on If u we start requiring people to commit commit commit com com- mit themselves then the very g good od attendance weve we've been havIng having hav hay ing log is certain to fall tall off oft Senator of ot Michigan Michigan Michi Michl- gan also agreed He expressed concern that the effectiveness of the conference would be hampered hampered hampered ham Senator Taft however did not agree He Ho jumped in to stress the need for attention to party strategy The leadership must know these things he said No uNo one is bound but we must know the feeling of ot the conference con con- ference West Vest Virginias Virginia's Chapman Rev Rev- chimed in to support Millikin explaining the Colo- Colo radan had simply sought your tentative opinions I If that is so shot back Senator Senator Senator Sen Sen- ator Donnell he should have rephrased his question That is different from demanding to tok k know ow if it there is any man here hereupon hereupon hereupon upon whom he cant can't count for tor support Suggestion to Housewives Housewives- Dont Don't hold on to your sugar ration coupon for 10 pounds which the department of agriculture agriculture agriculture agri agri- culture recently decided was re redeemable redeemable redeemable re- re June Juno 1 Instead of July 1 One reason the redemption date of this coupon was moved up a month was to avoid shIpping shipping shipping ship shIp- ping conflicts with the bumper wheat crop rop expected this year Your April 1 10 pound 10 po u n d stamp Is good until September and the thc moved up up d-up June 1 stamp will be good until October 1 when sugar rationing is due to expire If It you want a 0 plentiful and continued supply of ot sugar therefore waste no time re redeeming redeeming redeeming re- re deeming some acme of ot these stamps stamps- before wheat shipments arc are given priority over sugar shipments shipments shipments ship ship- ments during the wheat harvest har har- 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