Show 0 national topics interpreted d by william bruckart national prest press building washington D C washington politics varies little from week to week or from admires to admonis mistakes tra tr atlon tion there Is are costly much the same reaction to smart maneuvers and much the same consequence when a politician makes a bonehead play those who make the mistakes pay the penalties and just now one hears bears an abundance of discussion in washington as to whether mr roosevelt has made a political mistake that may cost him dearly later on it will be recalled how low in 1923 1029 senator william E borah of idaho exacted a pledge from can candidate dilate heibert eibert II hoover that it if mr fr hoover were elected he would immediately call a special session of congress to deal with the agricultural tariff mr hoover carried out his promise and in so doing brought about his eventual downfall ile he asked congress for a specific thing namely revision of the tariff affecting agricultural imports so that american agriculture could live cut but COD congress gress as congress does so many times refused to stay in bounds it got out of 0 hand so badly that when the hawley smoot tariff bill finally was enacted into law it turned out to be a boomerang of the worst kind it overwhelmed mr hoover and all of those who iho attempted to justify it now to bring the parallel to date mr roosevelt has asked congress for a three point tax program it Is another one of those specific things no sooner had his special message landed at the capitol than house and senate members began going around to see how bow it could be expanded each member had his own ideas and each member began insisting and continues to insist on having baving those ideas included in the roo roosevelt I 1 S e V elt tax bill from this tax program will result a good many observers believe a da on the president and his aspirations for reelection next year the efforts to expand the tax bill and a good many of them are going to be successful represent only the beginning the thing Is like a sno snowball w and snowballs have a way of getting tin too large to manage sometimes es they roll down upon the boy who started to make them when the president first tossed ills his tax message into what was presumed to be the last stage of the session he explained that the purpose of the new taxes was ultimately to balance the budget and at the same time to lay a foundation for redistribution of wealth after the lie first flurry in which the administration spokesmen at the capitol tried to rush through a bill examination disclosed t that at t the h e schedules lie he had proposed accomplished neither a balanced budget nor the objective of redistributed wealth the potential yield of the income tax on the greater incomes failed in nay any way to produce a wealth redistribution nor did the proposed tax on inheritances and gifts yield a great return because in none of the instances are there th ere large sources of revenue to tap when the president offered his tax bill he suggested informally that the probable yield would be about annually congressional examination amini tion of the schedules developed a conviction among leaders at the capitol that the yield would not be in excess of annually then along came secretary who expressed various arid and sundry ideas about taxation but made no recommendations ions whatsoever that according to the trained political observers here was another mistake it left the door wide open and naturally there was forthcoming a perfect deluge of the tax ideas born among individual members after the presidents message was delivered while it la Is too early yet to predict the final form of the tax legislation it appears on the incomes to basis of present clr cir be hit hard cu instances cum stances that the new bill will tax the incomes of 0 a great many hundreds of thousands of persons at a heavier hencler rate than they now are paying they will get the full force and effect of these tax rates next march 15 when the first installment of 0 taxes on incomes of 1033 Is due thereby hang the possible political couse consequences of the presidents tax message people never like to pay taxes and to pay taxes now with economic conditions what they are Is much more distasteful than in prosperous days so the political observers in their discussion around washington now contend that mr air roosevelt will have much to answer for if the republicans and new deal opposition have the ability to utilize the material made aal available labIe to them previously in these columns I 1 have referred to the possible strategy of the president in seeking reelection election re through an appeal to the masses this course has been freely charged by those who contend that the public works relief fund which he has available to spend as he sees fit may be used to advantage in a political wa now that congress has given every indication of its determination to go beyond the presidents tax proposal ind and assess asses taxes against most a all I 1 or of is vie the new phases of a political char I 1 acter referred to earlier have become much more signil significant leant 0 0 although little blood has yet been shed there has been a major casual casualty tyl air already ally in the clash kellogg pact between between ethiopia to be burled buried and italy it appears that the pact of 0 paris otherwise known as the kellogg pact and the treaty for the renunciation of war Is about ready to be burled buried in an east african grave with an eye toward the dispute between Ethl ethiopia opla and italy secretary hull of our state delart department ment has proclaimed anew amei Ameil leas cas belief in the tha sanctity of the treaty arranged during the term of office of secretary frank B kellogg and foreign minister crl and of france ile he has said very definitely that the united states looks to both italy and ethiopia to live up tip to their obal obligations athons under that treaty be cause each nation Is a signatory thereto cut but while mr nulls eulls pronounce ment must be regarded as a most commendable thing and his attitude must be accepted as properly representative of 0 american conscience the fact that the united states expects the two nations to live lire up to their obligations does not insure that result indeed there Is every reason to believe that the kellogg pact Is about to become if it has not already become just an other scrap of paper in frequent conversations one hears the question asked why is the unit ed states taking such ln interest terest in the controversy between italy and ethiopia those nations are thousands of miles away they represent little that has a direct contact with our eco or political life as they stand stand today why then should the american gov government interest itself in that controversy except on a basis of the american peoples natural love tor for peace the answer Is simple one can go back through history and discover where every important war had its be ginning over issues of no more concern cc rn to other nations directly than issues between ethiopia and italy one must become a bit disturbed in examining the political structure obtaining throughout the world today it Is in the nature of a keg ke of powder japan and russia are at bayonet points because russia feels japan Is expanding in the par far east and Is seeking eventually to take over a portion of the territory so long under control of the russian boar bear besides there Is a chinese question in the far east with the japanese encroachment upon chinese affairs this condition has left a bad taste in the mouths of many statesmen and it will be influential if 1 and when there Is a realignment resulting from the crisis in africa president roosevelt has taken some notice of the plaint of members ot of house and senate revises who have been feel must list ing the effects ot of intense heat heal lie has partially redefined the list of must legislation that he wants passed before congress adjourns heading this list of course Is the tax le legislation Is and it Is more than intimated that he will not agree to an adjournment until a new tax law has been passed and signed mr roosevelt also Is inclined to insist that congress enact the bill which will deny corporations or citizens the right to sue the federal government on account of losses allegedly sustained through the governments gold policy this legislation from the administrations standpoint Is imperative because unless courts are dented denied jurisdiction in such suits it Is an undoubted fact that there will be many of them filed before congress recon venes next january thus it if the administration desires to avoid serlona serious court battles in the face of the supreme courts decision in the famous gold cases it must prevent the filing of those suits once they are filed an net act of congress cannot prevent the tha rendering of a final decision and the adjudication of damages if 11 any are found another measure which the president wants enacted Is the banking act of 1035 1935 it has undergone considerable revision at the hands bands of the senate subcommittee committee sub presided over by senator glass of virginia but the latest word from the white house Is that the administration will not insist upon the radical provisions originally written into the bill by governor eccles of the federal reserve board the eccles plan it will be recalled was regarded by many as certain to t result in placing control of the banking structure in a politically minded federal reserve board the glass revision Is considered to have eliminated that danger the president has encountered a serious obstacle in the banking bill however that Is related to political questions As the bill now stands banks would bs be permitted to underwrite issues of corporate securities that Is to act as agent for the sale of 0 those securities mr roosevelt Is seeking to find some way by itrich the underwriting bank con can lie le prevented from In inventing its oll funds in leoso securities a danger lie regards aa H grave rave I 1 D w newspaper per rw imo n |