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Show - S SN ; ; m&N mN J & . N NHEARD ' and andHEARD HEATO HEARD HEATOar HEARDar arfutnd'the arfutndthe ar < nmd\Ke nmd Ke and1the nmdKeNATIONALCAPITA and1theNXTI \ ' NATIONAL NXTI NATIONALCAPITA CAPITAL / ONXL ONXLW ONXLASHINGTON " - T T TASHINGTON ASHINGTON , . D CMarh CMark C -Marh Marh -Mark Mark - Marhmg Markrng MarkY WASffiNGTON W f f ing mg rng up increases in n receipts receiptsrom receiptsfrom receiptsyy [ Irom from rom 48 of 65 classes oftaxes oftaxes of oftaxes taxes the internal mternal 1 evenue revenue revenuebureau levcnuebureau evenuebureau bureau reported that its total col- col collections col collections - . lections JectIons for the first quarter of thIs thIsfiscal thisfiscal thisfiscal fiscal sear . ) ear climbed $164 164 $ 000 000 over overthe overthe overthe the same period a year agoThe agoThe ago agoThe The increase , , a rise of almost 20 20per 20per 20per per cent cent . , pushed aggregate collec coUee- coUee collec- coUeetions collections collections - - tions to $1,009,994,623 1009994623 $1.009,994,623 1.009994623 $ , . , , . , compared comparedWIUI comparedwith comparedwith WIUI with $845.471,253 845.471253 845471253 $845,471,253 $ . , , in the correspond corresponding correspondmg mg ing pe peiapd d last year TreaS Treas Treasury ' ry officials said it was thefirst the thefirst thefirst first time tune since smce 1928 that first qU'trter qUtrter quarter qU'trtercollectIons quartercollections quartercollections ' collectIons had exceeded $1,000000- $1,000000 1000000 $1,00000000 $1,000 1000 $ , 000- 000 000009 000.003 000003 , . - 00 009 : > The receipts , howe\ howe however howeer \ er , were v.erc verc . \ \ ere be- be below below be below - low the January March quarter lastyear last lastear year ear , , when then \ \ hen collections aggregated aggregated$1,079,000 aggregated1079000 $1,079,000 1079000 $ , , 000Leadmg 000Leading 000 000Leading Leading Leadmg the upturn last quarter quarterwere quarterwere quarterwere were receipts recclpts from corporate and m- m in- in mdIvldual individual in individual - dividual dIvldual income , capital stock , , hquor iiquor L- L h- h ii- ii Lquor - | quor , cigarette , gasoline gasolme , and auto auto- automobIle automobile automobile - mobile levies Increases of a milllon million milllondollars milliondollars milliondollars dollars or more \ were \ ere reported m in mtac intaC mta-t mta t ta-c ta c - - categoriesBiggest categories categoriesBiggest Biggest PunctureThe Puncture PunctureThe The biggest puncture m In the picture PiC- PiC PiCture pic picture - ture of climbing chmbmg revenues came m in mthe inthe mthe the agricultural adjustment tax col col- column column column - umn These levies produced $40,855- $40,855 40855 $40,855548 $40,855548 $40.855-548 40.855548 $40.855 40855 548 $ . , , - 548 m In the first quarter of last year yearbut yearbut yearbut but , because of invalidation lDvalldahon by the theSupreme theSupreme theSupreme Supreme court , contributed contr1buted nothmg nothing nothmgthiS nothingthis nothingthis thiS year With the exception of ofthIS ofthis ofthis thIS item , no decrease of as much muchas muchas muchas as $1,000 1000 $1,000000 1000000 $ , 000 " was "as as shown for the thequarter thequarter thequarter quarter this year m in any single smgle clas clas- clasSificatIon classification classification - sification sificationIncluded Included among declines dcclInes of less lessthan lessthan lessthan than $1,000,000 1000000 $ , , , , were returns from fromtaxes fromtaxes fromtaxes taxes on wines tines \ \ mes and cordials , , crude crudepetroleum crudepetroleum crudepetroleum petroleum processed brewers ' ' wort wortand wortand wortand and malt , . chewing chewmg and smoking smohmg to- to tobacco tobacco to tobacco - bacco , and special taxes on brewers brewersand brewersand brewersand and dealers m in malt lIquorThe liquorThe liquor liquorThe The largest increase mcrease m in a smgle single smglelevy singlelevy singlelevy levy was reported for corporatIOn corporatIOnmcome corporationincome corporationmcome mcome income taxes ta\.es ta.es ta .es es taes ' \ . " which rose $42,344,139 42344139 $42,344,139to 42344139to $ , , to $198 198 $ 931,476Complication 931,476 931476 931,476Complication , Complication ComplicationLewis Lewis Deschler , parl1amentarlan parliamentarian parliamentarianfor parl1amentarlanfor for the house of representatIves representativespredicted , predIcted possible legal complica complIca- complIcations complications complications - - tionshen tions \ when \\hen hen then the next congress con con- convenes convenes convenes - venes Unless the new house is able ableto ableto ableto to elect its speaker speaher and other offi- offi officers officers offi officers - - cers at its 1ts opening openmg session , January January3 3 , the electoral votes cannot be becounted becounted becounted counted m in tune tUDe time to inaugurate thenext the thenext thenext next Presideni Preslden Presrden on January 20Deschler 20Deschler 20 20Deschler Deschler , whose task tash is 1S keepmg keeping keepmgthe keepingthe keepingthe the house of representatives out of oflegal oflegal oflegal legal tangles , blames the 2 20th 20thLame 20thLame 0 t h hLame ( Lame Duck ) amendment to the theConstItutiOn theConstitution theConstitution ConstItutiOn for the probable diffi dIffi- dIfficultIes diffi- diffi difficulties difficulties - - culties ' It just lust isn't isnt lsn't lsnt ' a house until it or- or orgamzes organizes or organizes - ganizes gamzes , " he explained explamed , "and and " some some- sometunes sometimes sometimes - times tunes it requires reqwres several weeks to toelect toelect toelect elect the officers"Next officers"Next officers officers"Next "Next Next " year the house will have haveexactly haveexactly haveexactly exactly h\ h hleeks two h0 \ 0 \ weeks \leeks leeks Meeks to organize m in intime mtIme mtime tIme for inauguration mauguratIon of the PreSl Presi PreSldent President President dent , " he addedNo added addedNo . No More "Old Old " Congresses " The famous ' lame duck " sessIOns sessIOnsof sessionsof sessionsof of the old congress were elimmated eliminated elimmatedby eliminatedby eliminatedby by the 20th amendment They ran ranfrom ranfrom ranfrom from December until March 4 The Theold Theold Theold old congress was able therefore , , to tocount tocount tocount count the electoralotes electoral t \ votes \otes otes otes Now the thenew thenew thenew new congress must elect officers at atIts atits atits Its opening openmg session so as to be able ableto ableto ableto to count the electoral votes the next nextday nextday nextday day , as required reqwred by law . Deschler said that the presence of ofa ofa ofa a third thlrd party m In the presidential elec elec- - election elecbon election - tion bon campaign always complIcated complicatedthe the qualifying qualIymg ! of the winning wmmng can can- candida candidate candidate - dida didate te teFor didateFor For instance mstance , if rl a third party cap captured captuned captured tured tuned a single smgle state and the oUler other oUlerelectoral otherelectoral otherelectoral electoral votes were about evenly dI- dI dIvided divided di divided - vided between the two major majorparhes majorparties majorparties parhes parties , it 1t might turn out that nei- nei neither neither nei neither - ther of the big parties had a majori maJori- maJority majority majority - ty of all the electoral votes In that thatcase thatcase thatcase case , the election would be decided decidedby decidedby decidedby by the house If the delay occurred occurredthe , the President Presldent might not be chosen chosenbefore chosenbefore chosenbefore before January 20 , the dav day da ) be he must mustbe mustbe mustbe be inauguratedInvestigate inaugurated maugurated inauguratedInvestigate Investigate BidsJustice Bids BidsJustice Justice department officials are aremvestIgal1ng areinvestigating areinvestigating mvestIgal1ng investigating "hundreds hundreds " and hun hundreds hundreds hundreds dreds " of cases m in which firms firmsseeking , seekmg seeking government contracts for forsuppbmg forsuppl torsupplying suppl suppbmg ) mg construction material materialsubmitted , submitted identical bidsAssistant bidsAssistant bids bidsAssistant Assistant Attorney General John JohnDickinson JohnDickinson JohnDickinson Dickinson , head of the Justice de- de department's department's de department's - - partment's partments ' anti anb trust department , is isresponsIble isresponsible isresponsible responsIble tor for the investigation of ofbids ofbids ofbids bids which might be collusive He HeassIgned Heassigned Heassigned assIgned three attorneys to the job"Our job"Our job job"Our "Our Our " investigations are simply simplyfact simplyfact simplyfact fact finding findmg We are not doing domg detec detec- detectIve detective detective - - tive work work , . , " he saidPresIdent saidPresident said saidPresident President Roosevelt suggested last lastJune lastJune lastJune June tha that t if federal agencies re- re recel recerted re.coned reconed . - cel\ cel celed certed \ ed identical bids they should shouldbe shouldbe shouldbe be turned over to the Justice de- de department department de department - - partment for investigation The sug suggestlOn suggestion suggestion gestlOn gestion , , made to the ten regular regulardepartments regulardepartments regulardepartments departments and twelve independ mdepend- mdepend mdependent independent - ent eat offices brought a flood of re- re reports reports re reports - - ports to Dickinson's Dickinsons Dlckmson's Dlckmsons ' ' office . Steeland Steel and Cable BidsOne Bids BidsOne One case involved a group of man man- manufacturers manufacturers manufacturers - ufacturers and jobbers to sLlpply supply sLlpplysteel supplysteel supplysteel steel tubing tubmg for the Grand Coulee Couleedam Couleedam Couleedam dam reclamation project in Washington Wash Wash- Washington Washington - ington state Another case concerned concernedbids concernedbids concernedbids bids for tor copper cable and wire for fora fora fora a transmission trmsmlSSlon : line lme on the North NorthPlatte NorthPlatte NorthPlatte Platte project m in Nebraska . "In In " each of these cases , " Secre Secre- Secretary Secretary Secretary - - tary Ickes said , "while while " most of the thebIC thebids thebide bIC bids were werc idcnbcal identical , , at least one cne bidder submitted submlttcd different and lower lowerfigures lowerfigures lowerfigures figures and contracts arc ore bemg being bemgawalded beingawarded beingawaided awalded awarded " " The North Platte Plattc contnct contr.ct contrct contr7ct . was wasawarded wasawarded wasawarded awarded to the Nehrmg Nehring Electrical ElectricalCorks Electricalworks Corks \ \ arks of DC De Kalb III Ill , on a low bId bIdof bidof bidof of $16 16 $1648769 1648769 $ 487 69 Of the fourteen bids bidsreceived bidsreceived bidsreceived received on the job , seven offered offeredthe offeredthe offeredthe the goods at a delivered dehvered cost price priceof priceof priceof of $16 16 $ 501 50151 51 . , , and two others had hadIdenhcal hadidentical hadidentical Idenhcal identical bids of $1650110 1650110 $1650110Ten $16 16 $ 501 16Ten 16 16Ten Ten bids were received for the thesteel thesteel thesteel steel tubing tubmg on the Grand Coulee Couleedam Couleedam Couleedam dam project , , and seven were iden- iden identical iden identical - . tical with a delivered cost of of$22 of22 $22 22 $ 013 22Dlckmson 22Dickinson 22 22Dickinson Dickinson Dlckmson and his : aids :1ids 1ids are arc ex- ex expected ex expected expected - pected to complete their investiga investiga- investigation investigation investigation - - tion by early December A report reportwlll reportwill reportwill wlll will be made to the attorney gen general genoral genoral eral oral , and it is understood that U13t the theattorney theattorney theattorney attorney gcneral111 general gcneral \ will \\111 111 till \ then submit submitrecommendations submitrecommendations submitrecommendations recommendations to the President . , . Ask Higher Rates Proposals for tor increases mcreases in m per per- permanent permanent permanent - manent freight rates were filed wIth wIththe withthe withthe the Interstate Commerce commis commis- commisSIon commission commission - ' to tocompensate tocompensate tocompensate sion by the nation's nations railroads rallroads compensate to some extent cxtene ' ? for the theloss theloss theloss loss of $115 115 $ 000 000 in lD revenue when whenemergency whenemergency whenemergency emergency surcharges expire at the theend theend theend end of the year . They said s3ld the proposed changes changesCO changescot changescovering CO\ CO cot COermg \ ermg ering virtually vlrtual1y the entire rate ratestructure ratestructure ratestructure structure would w \ ould increase mcrease some rates ratesand ratesand ratesand and reduce others , but on the whole wholewould wholewould wholewould would result m lD in a "somewhat somewhat " lower lowerle lowerletel lowerlevel le\ le leel letel \ el of charges than that now m in meffect ineffect meffect effect " The commission comnusslOn was not asked to toapprove toapprove toapprove approve the changed rates , but to topermit topermit topermit permit the filing filmg of the rate tar tariffs tariffsfor tarulstor Ts Tsfor for consideration conslderatlon as a whole lD instead insteadof tead teadof of having havlDg to present hundreds of ofmwvldual ofindividual ofindividual mwvldual individual petitions petitionsIn In submitting submlttmg the proposed in- in increases In Increases r- r rcreases . - creases , the roads told the com com- commiSSion commission commission - mission they were cOI confronted ronted w1th with witha w1tha a situation sltuatIon demanding demandmg "Immediate Immediate "Immediatesteps "immediatesteps "immediatesteps immediatesteps " steps to prevent a substantial de- de decrease decrease de decrease - - crease m in their revenues " Serious Situation ' ' For the first eight months of of1936 1936 , , " the petition said "the the " net netmcome netincome netmcome mcome income of class one railroads ral1roads was wasapproximately wasapproximately wasapproximately approximately $16,400,000 16400000 $ , , , , Durmg During Durmgthe Duringthe Duringthe the same period the emergency emergencycharges emergencycharges emergencycharges charges authorized by the commis commis- commisSIon commission commission - sion produced revenues to the class classone classone classone one railroads of $77,000,000 77000000 $ , , ' ' Without the emergency ch1.rges ch1rges ch'irges chirges ch1.rgeshlch chirgeswhich . ' , \\hlch hlch which \ \ will expire expireJDecembrr Decembrr December 31 , 1936 19313 1936in , lD in the absence of of further 01 ciders orders ders by bythe bythe bythe the commission , class one ral1roads railroads ral1roadswould railroadswould railroadswould would have failed to earn by ap approxlmately approximately approximately proxlmately proximately $60 60 $ 000000 000 000 their fIxed fIxedcharges fixedcharges fixedcharges charges for the first eight months of of1936 1936 " . The petition petIbon noted traffic had been beenunprovmg beenimproving beenimproving unprovmg improving but said the roads could couldnot couldnot couldnot not withstand the loss of revenue revenueresulting revenueresulting resultmg resulting from the elimination ellmmatIon of ofsurcharges ofsurcharges surcharges without wlthout a revision of ofbase ofbase ofbase base rates It asserted that the cost costof costof costof of labor , supplies supplles and material had hadmcreased hadincreased hadincreased mcreased increased over $300,000,000 300000000 $300OCO,000 300OCO000 $ , , , in lD the thelast thelast thelast last two years"Even years"Even years years"Even |