Show This Week In Washington tl D. D CIt C. C C It Il looks as If the general ral ta tax ta fl revision revision i sion siou which Congress leaders leader had bad hoped to postpone until ll next session may mar b bo the live lIvo issue v. v which hidi this session of Congress will have to todeal todeal todeal deal with The Thc Presidents President's action in m calling attention to instances s of Jr lax avoidance by certain rich men and Inv In sti- sti asking for fOI a Congressional 5 gation gatlon has lias brought of or loopholes ia la the tax in sharply to the time fore It h has s Inde J. J taken the place which Mr 11 Roosavelt's Supreme Supreme Su Su- preme Court reorganization 1 plan plum has occupied for more moro than t three HC mouths months as the time mal main topic of interest nu 1111 Capitol Hill While hile the President has not receded re- re e- e ceded from his belief belleC that the Su Su- Supreme Supreme preme Court needs new blood 1 it is the time best opinion here fiat his plan will not be at least at this tin session It might be bo possible for Cor a compromise compromiso measure providing pro for two additional judges instead of or si sir to get through the though I that is questionable but the lion Ilion I In the lie House is now regarded ss as 5 strong enough to block action Not NoL Evasion lint But ut A The rhe whole point of the lie tax loopholes loopholes loopholes loopholes' loop loop- holes holes' is that the thc revenues which I were expected from the undistributed earnings tax tax enacted last year ear have failed to materialize and tho the Treasury experts wimp who wrong about that tax are trying to tofi fi find d an out for or themselves by blaming the lie failure of or revenue upon men mach and corporations which have taken a advantage of holes in ill the in- in como collie tax laws to pay less than the to have havo Treasury thinks thc they ought paid There Is ia no direct assertion that tha l lI 1 I an anyone one has done anything anything- illegal The Time unnamed individuals are not Is ism accused of oC tax evasion which m Illegal gal but of tax lax avoidance b by I methods which ma may be bo morally deplorable deplorable de dc- de- de but which arc entirely with within in the time law The Time trouble is with tho the I tux tax 11 laws ws and the present effort will willbe willbe willbe be to plug up tho the loopholes of which these individuals have taken aan a an antage tage Mon Men whose income Is so large that the payment of or taxes upon it isa Isa is isa a serious matter can afford to hire legal experts to show them how they they can call avoid payment of taxes which the ordinary citizen has bas to pay because because because be be- cause it is not nut worth the cost to gO 50 gOto goto to time the trouble of or avoiding them And one ono of oC tho big problems is how Itow to plug up loopholes through which which n 1 few Cew rich men mOll can crawl without Inflicting hardships upon the vastly y larger number of or taxpayers who with do 10 do donoL noL not hot try to dodge j To 10 N mw Public One Ono result of the tho sudden In ih tax-avoidance tax will be he to bring out before a Congressional committee commit I tee the time names of men who are accused accused accused ac ac- of taking unfair advantage of or weakness in ht the tax laws Gossip Continued on an la last t page This Week In Continued from page one around Washington is fa i tho rho A hopes particularly to tu show how upi upa up motor manufacturer several it a i largo large members of a avery very er wealthy family am 11 and the headD of three Important chains chain of- of 0 dally daily nc It remains doubtful how far Congress Congress Con Con- gress will go bO in that direction but bur it io to a reasonable certainty th that certain certain certain tain practices which the present tax law permits will he be made illegal and that the pre pressure sure for a complete tension revision oC or the tho tax la lava laua will become come stronger Tax avoidance alone would ot Jt t account a experts say sar for more I Ithan than of the shortage iu in this thi cara estimates e i If that much Relief The rite prospect grows grous strong strong for Cor forthe Corthe forthe the enactment at this lilis session t of a anew anew anew new wage hour bill which will specify in terms just how many hours pOlSO persons S engaged In any labor affecting affe af ting interstate commerce may work and aud the minimum amount per hour which they must bc be paid This remove the main objection c- c tion Lion upon which the N. N R. R A A. A was declared unconstitutional that of or delegating too too much making law-making authority to the executive The Tho present belief is that the wages and hours will be fixed at forty That is lorty hours a week eek at not Hot less than forty c cants an hour or 16 16 a week as a the minimum minimum minimum mini mini- to be a mum wage There is Ic i bound hound stiff sUf debatt on th the proposal to fix that standard which would have to toa I a apply to Negro 1 labor 1 bOI in the South Southa to white labor in tho the 13 o a well wen a as North an and that does not appeal strongly strong to tho the southern representatives ti tives s in Congress Congre s. s The inside story tory of or the defeat of the tho attempts in Congress s to to tore re reduce reduce reduce re- re duce the 3 appropriation for or relief from rom the billion and a half haH which the President requested is that W W. P P. A. A Administrator ni Hopkins sent out word to many states slates and communities telling how various W W. I P T A A. projects must be dropped if th the tn appropriation were cut Letters and telegrams of protest be begin flooding Congress and few members wanted to take tho the responsibility of standing for or election re-election In 1938 1 with a record of having ing opposed opposed opposed op op- posed the flow flaw o of Federal funds into their districts The political 1 power wielded by the Relief Administration tion is one of the strongest influencers influence iu in Washington |