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Washington Wash1l1gton - President Rooseelt's Roose Roose- RooseeIt's Roosevelt's - , \ velt's velts \eIt's eIt's eIts elt's elts ' most spectacular fight in the thenext thenext thenext next session of congress now seems seemslkel seemslikely seemsLkeb lkel likely ] . } to be on taxation taatIon taiation " , , It prom prom- promIses promises promises - ises to develop a battle approachingthe approachlDgthe approachlDg approaching the fundamental character of the theSupreme theSupreme theSupreme Supreme court enlargement fight of ofthe ofthe ofthe the ses session lOn now about to die The TheTreasury TheTreasury TheTreasury Treasury , working workmg under the m- m in- in mstructlOns instructions in instructions - . structions structlOns of the President , wIll willhave willhave have a measure already drafted draftedhen draftedwhen draftedwhen \\hen hen when \ \ congress convenes in Janu- Janu JanualY January Janu-aiy Janu aiy JanuaiyThere - - alY ary alYThere aryThere There is no dodging dodgmg the fact that thatthe thatthe thatthe the government docs does and will need needmore needmore needmore more revenue revenue-lots revenue lots - lots more All theearly the theearly early arly session talk about economy economyand economyand economyand and balancing balancmg the budget has long longsmce longsince longsince smce since blown out the window wmdow Con Con- Congress Congress Congress - gress appropriated plenty more morethan morethan morethan than the budget But that is only onlypart onlypart onlypart part of the picture Federal housingis housmgIS housmg housing IS just startmg-w startmg w startmg-will startmg will starting - will l expand epand " , And Andthere Andthere Andthere there will be other new w expensesBIggest expensesBiggest expenses expensesBiggest Biggest of all , however , is relle relief reliefHarry reliefHarry ! Harry L Hopkins Hopkms Ilterall literally ; } ' bites hlS his hlSfingernaIls hisfingernails hisfingernails fingernaIls with rage at the idea of ofcongress ofcongress ofcongress congress appropriating approppatmg approprating ; "only only " " one oneand oneand oneand and a half hal ! billion dollars for rellef- rellef relief- relief rellefwas reliefwas relief-was relief was - was especially espec1all } sore because of the theprOVISO theproviso theproviso prOVISO that this must run through throughthe throughthe throughthe the fiscal year . . He had hoped for forno forno forno no strmgs-to strmgs to strings-to strings strings - to spend the bllhon billion bllhonand billionand billionand and a half haU , , in 111 six or seven sevcn months monthsand monthsand monthsand and then ask for a deficiency appro appro- approprlahon appropriation appropriation - - priation prlahon He doesn't doesnt ' ' blame the Pres Pres- President Pres- Pres President President - - ident for this nigardhness mgardlmess-says mgardlmess says nigardhness-says nigardhness - says thePresident the thePresIdent thePresident PresIdent asked for only a b billion billionand billionand l10n l10nand and a half because the ' White House Housewas Housewas Housewas was told by Capitol Hill Hull leaders that thatthey thatthey thatthey they \ w \ ould not vote for any moreCriticism more moreCriticism Criticism of congress for this stin stm- stm stmgmessfor stmginessfor stinginess - gmess-for gmess for giness-for giness giness - for which Hopkins says saysmany saysmany saysmany many people must suffer-Is suffer Is sutler - - is bemg being bemgbroached beingbroached beingbroached broached all through the far flung flungnetwork flungnetwork flungnetwork network of relief relle ! agenciesBut agencies agenciesBut But , regardless of any an ; } ' particulardevelopment parhcular particular parhcularde particulardevelopment de\ de deelopment development \ elopment , , , the Treasury is gOIng gOIngto goingto goingto to need more money , and the Presl Presi Presldent President Prcsident dent is going gomg to tell congress how howto howto howto to raise ralse it Right there will come comethe comethe comethe the rubCongress rub rubCongress Congress Knows-Maybe Knows Maybe KnowsMaybeCongress Knows - Maybe MaybeCongress Congress thinks it knows knO\\S knO S \ \ about aboutralSIng aboutraising aboutraising ralSIng raising revenues-Just revenues Just revenues - just how to heep keep heepthe keepthe keepthe the shoe from pinching too painfully pam pain pamfully painfully fully , and just how to get enough enoughmoney enoughmoney enoughmoney money despite desplte tempering the WIndto windto wind | to the shorn Iambs lambs It has the prIde prIdeof prideof prideof of one signal victory vlctory over the Presl Presi Presldent President President dent , with a following followmg demonstratIon demonstration demonstra- demonstra demonstration - - ! tion of the accuracy of its Judg Judgment judgment judgment ment The President wanted to toelImInate toeliminate toeliminate elImInate the regular corporation m- m in- in mcome income in income - come tax entIrely-slap entIrely slap entirely - slap a very vcry hlgh high hlghtax hightax hightax tax on undistributed undlstnbuted earnings , and andget andget andget get the revenue from bigger blgger individual m in mdlvIdual individual dlvIdual dividual income mcome taxesIt taxes taxesIt It is noObVlOUS now nov no\ no \ " obvious ObVlOUS to an any ; } " one who whoeamInes whoexamines whoexamines eamInes examines " , the figures that if II congress congresshad congresshad congresshad had done precisely what the Presi Pre.l- Pre.l Pre.ldent Pre President : . i- i ident - dent . wanted .vanted vanted the Treasury would now nowbe nowbe nowbe be in m a much deeper hole than It ItIS itis itis IS Corporations did Justhat just \ what \\hat hat \ the thePresIdent thePresident thePresident PresIdent wanted done-for done for done - - for the themost themost themost most part They voted out extra extradlvIdends extradividends extradividends dlvIdends dividends to escape the new tax ta " , . , andboosted and andboosted andboosted boosted incomes as a result But Butthe Butthe Butthe the income taxes did dld dud not mount mountat mountat mountat at anything anythmg like hke the rate the Presl Presr Presldent's Presrdent's President's Presidents dent's dents ' advisers advlsers had calculated For Fortunately Fortunately Fortunately tunately for the federal strong box boxcongress boxcongress boxcongress congress insisted on retaining the theregular theregular theregular regular corporation income ta taxIn tax taxIn > . In the coming battle the conserva conservabves conservatives conscrvatives bves tives in congress wllllme will line up behind behindPat behindPat behindFat Pat Harnson HarrIson chairman of the sen senI senate senate senate I ate finance committee commlttee in a fight to tohberahze toliberalize toliberalize hberahze liberalize the ta tax " , on undlstnbuted undistributed undlstnbutedcorporation undistributedcorporation undistributedcorporation toI I corporation earnings earmngs Harnson HarrIson fa faI favors favors favors I vors a much more lIbel hbeial al pohcy policy pohcy'Wlth policywith policywith 'Wlth Wlth with ' respect to putting aside aSlde a sur- sur surplus surplus sur surplus - - plus tor for rainy ramy days da da\s da s ) \ s No conserva conservabve conservatuve conservative bve tuve on Capitol Capltol Hill takes much muchstock muchstock muchstock stock stockIn in the Roosevelt New Deal Dealcontenbon Dealcontention Dealcontention contenbon contention that under the new order orderthere orderthere orderthere there won tvon t be any rainy days Be Besldes Besides Besides sldes sides , they sivly slyly sl ; } ly point out , the Supreme Su Supreme Supreme preme court is still sbll functioning funchomng and andthe andthe andthe the Constitution has not been beenamended beenamended beenamended amended , , so the White House should shouldreVlse shouldrevise shouldrevise reVlse revise its own o\\n o n \ \ weather forecastsAll forecastsAll forecasts forecastsAll All the Roosevelt tax proposals proposalshave proposalshave proposalshave have contained just as much so soc131 social social c131 cial and economic reform as money moneyraising mone mane moneraising ) raising ralSlng Ne Next .t t > . January's Januarys JlOuary'S JlOuaryS , ' bill blll bull will Wlll be beno beno beno no exception It will wlll move agamst against agamstblgneSS againstbigness againstbigness blgneSS bigness It will strike stflke anew at atholdmg atholding atholding holdmg holding companies compames It will Wlll wall aim In Ina ina ina a general way , , at the distribution dlstflbution of ofwealth ofwealth ofwealth wealth Laugh Laughat at Farley FarleyEver Ever rver : since smce James A Farley Fancy Farleynamed Fancynamed Farlcynamed named Senator Arthur H Vanden Vandenberg Vandenberg Vandenberg berg as the Republican PresIdential PresIdentialnominee Presidentialnominee Presidentialnominee nominee for 1940 , , there has been beenlots beenlots beenlots lots of chuclllng chuclling chucl ling over Postmaster PostmasterJim's PostmasterJim's PostmasterJim's PostmasterJims Jim's Jims ' taking takmg in more territory , and andrunnmg andrunning andrunning runnmg running the Republican party as aswen aswell aswell wen well as the DemocraticBut DemocraticBut Democratic DemocraticBut But there was plent plenty ) ' of shred shrewd shrewdstrategy shre\\ shre shrestrategy shrewdstrategy \ \ d strategy behind Jim's Jims Jlm's Jlms ' move It justso Just Justso justso so happens that Senator Vandonbergis VandenbergIS Vandenberg IS far from being the easiest eaSlest fie Re fiepubllc"ln Republicin Republicin publlc"ln publlcln public-in public in - " to beat , in Parley's Parleys Farley's Farleys ' estuna estina estinaLion estunahon cstimalion hon Lion There are lots of Republicans RepublicansJlm RepublicansJim RepublicansJim Jlm Jim thinks could be beaten much muchmore muchmore muchmore more easily caslly . In fact if Jim were wereto wereto wereto to take down dO\'ffi dO 'ffi ffi \ ' his Ius hair and tell youthe you youthe youthe the cold truth , , he would admit adrl1l ( that thathe thathe thathe he he.ould \ would \.ould .ould . regard Vandcnbcrg Vandenberg as the thevery thevery thevery very hardest Republican to beat of ofpny ofany oany ( pny any nav nay not . . . on the tbe horizonWhy horizon horizonWhy Why then would he tr to try ; } to help helpnomInate helpnominate helpnominate nomInate hIm him9 him9Most ? ' Most of the Washington Washl11gton dlcpatches dispatches dlcpatchesiInCe dispatchessince dispatchestincc ; iInCe since Farley Fancy made his Ius prediction predlchon have stressed the point that Vanden- Vanden Vandenberg Vandenberg Vanden-berg Vanden berg - - berg would be about as strong as asany asany asany any Republican Repubhcan likely hkeIy to be nom nom- nominated nominated nominated - inated . They have gone on from fromthere fromthere fromthere there to the old political pobbcal logic that thatthe thatthe thatthe the man farthest out in front m in many inany inany any contest is the man most of the theother theother theother other candidates candldates shoot at , , and ond hence henceis henceis henceis is very opt apt to be crippled m In the thefinal thefinal thefinal final stretch The other candidates candidates"gang candidates"gang candidates"gang candidatesgang "gang gang " " " him , fearing that otherwise otherwisetheI otherwisethere otherwisetheie theI there e would be no chance for anyone any anyone anyone one of themThis themThIS them themThis This , most observers have figured figuredis , is what Farley wanted to happen to toVandenberg toVandenberg toVandenberg Vandenberg , thus greasing the way wayfor wayfor wayfor for the exit of the strongest oppo- oppo opponent opponent oppo.nent opponent - . - nent Franklin D Roosevelt-or Roosevelt or Roosevelt - - or who who- whoever who- who whoever whoever - - ever runs in m his placc-could placc could place-could place place - - could haveThe haveThe have haveThe The real truth is veiy velY very different dlfl'erent dlflerent ' 111- 111 in- in indeed 111deed in indeed - deed Farley is as more afraid of ofsometlung ofsomething ofsomething sometlung something else , by far , than he IS ISof isof isof of Vandenberg's Vandenbergs ' running What heis he heis heIs is most afraid afrmd of is that NO Re- Re Republican Repubhican Re Republican - publican pubhican will runt runtSupremely run ' Supremely ConfidentFarley Confident ConfidentFarley Farley is absolutely confident confidentand , and with considerable conslderable logic 10glC , , that thatwhoever thatwhoever thatwhoever whoever the Democrats nomInateassumIng nominateassuming nominate nominateassuming assuming -assumIng - they do not go plaIn plaIncrazycan plaincrazycan plaincrazy crazy-can crazy can - can beat any Republ1can Republican Republ1canwho Republicanwho Republicanwho who may be nominated The Demo Demo- Democrats Democrats Democrats - crats might not carry 46 states , asthey as asthey asthey they did m in 1936 They might not note noteven noteven e\ e een even \ en carry 42 , as they did m in 1932 1932But 1932But 1932But But it would be mightv mIghty hard for the theRepublIcans theRepublicans theRepublicans RepublIcans to beat them In fact factfaIr factfair factfair faIr betting bettmg odds right now ought to tobp tobe tobp bp be about ten to one that it will be beImpossIble beimpossible beimpossible ImpossIble to revamp the Republi Repubh- Repubh Republi- Repubhcan Republican Republican - - can organization orgamzatIon into 111tO a Winning Wmnmg ma- ma machine machine ma machine - chine by 1940 , even if they should shouldhave shouldhave shouldhave have an appealing candidate and a apopular apopular apopular popular pIa platformThere platform platformThere tform tformThere There are more factors enterIng enterIngmto enteringinto enteringinto mto into this tlns situation sltuatIon than are eplaIned explained eplaInedby explainedby explainedby " , by the debacles of 1932 , 1934 and and1936 1936 Or by Roosevelt RooseveItl ' There are aresltuahons aresituations aresituations sltuahons situations in individual mdlvldual states , not not- notably notably notably - ably New York , New Jersey , Penn Penn- Pennsylvama Pennsylvania Pennsylvania - sylvania sylvama , Ohio , Indiana , Illinois IllInols and andConnechcutall andConnecticutall andConnecticut Connechcut-all Connechcut all Connecticut-all Connecticut - all states that the Re- Re Republ1cans Republicans Re Republicans - publicans publ1cans simply slffiply must carry to tohave tohave tohave have a chance in m a presidential presldenhal elec elec- election electIonwhlch - . tIon-whlch tIon whlch tron-which tron which tion - which make the carrying carrymg of ofanyone ofany ofany anyone any one of them an uphill Uphlll job for forthe forthe forthe the Republicans Repubhcans RepublicansIn RepubhcansIn In all those states the old leaders leadershave leadershave leadershave have passed out of the picture , , and andno andno andno no competent hands or shrewd shrewdbraIns shrewdbrains shrewdbrains braIns have taken their places mthe In m Inthe mthe the G 0 P machines machll1es The New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Republican Republ1can organization orgamzatIon went wentto wentto wentto to pot along about 1920 Not a Re- Re Repubhcan Republican Re Republican - . publican pubhcan senator or governor has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen been elected since smce that year , while whiletbe whilethe whilethe tbe the majority maJorlty of the house delega delega- delegatIon delegation |