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Show FREE U. S. BONDS FROM TAXATION The administration measure designed design-ed to stimulate the sale of Liberty Bonds by making a larger amount of them held by individuals and corporations corpor-ations free from federal taxation was passed tonight by the house without a dissenting vote. All of the bill's important features exempting from income and War excess profits taxation the interest on Liberty Bonds up to $30,000 of the fourth Issue and $45,000 of previous issues, authorizing regulation of Liberty Lib-erty Bond transactions and increasing war savings stamps authorization ;frora $2,000(000,000 to $4,000,000,000 were left unchanged by. the house. The bill now goes to the senate with prospects of speedy enactment next week. The house spent the entire day considering the measure, putting over the war upvenue bill until tomorrow, tomor-row, when general debate will be closed. ' Leaders plan to begin Initial consideration of amendments Monday under a five minute 'debate rule! j |