Show SENATE READY TO ENACT TAX lON BY FE BE I 1 09 VIE VEW J IDe- IDe Despite De Despite Leaders O Of spite Threats ats Against Some Soine Provisions MORE AMENDMENTS Committee to Inspect Tax Meets With Favor DAY Y IN IX WASHINGTON W Plans for tor a 0 new Arctic flight disclosed President Coolidge delivered I his annual semi budget address Secretary Hoover outlined a System of national waterways Judge Wallace M McCamant ex- ex explained his remarks about Theodore Roosevelt elt Improvements in hawaiian were recommended by bythe bythe the bythe the war department Secretary Jardines Jardine's agricultural tural tural relief relict stand was assailed In the house A fight against repeal of the Inheritance and gift girt taxes opened In the senate WASHINGTON Jan 30 Dy The Associated Pre The Prea-The Pren i iThe The The tax reduction bill ties was IlS to a 0 dozen lozen new amendments today e on vital provisions s as tho BOnate spent a a hour four session wrangling over o tho ho lInt con section to b h reached In consideration of ot the measure asure While Whilo iio io r rate te were reached to today ay Senator Republican Michigan opened the promised fight repeal of the We Inheritance tax tzu offering amendment to restore the th In in- in and gift lift tax rates rate now In tn enforcement support the I amendment nt from western estern f senator of both parties Is I anticipated by Senator Couzens whoa move would not riot only block the proposed repeal of the tho Inheritance levY voted by ly thu th senate senar finance com corn committee but would n negative e catl the reductions in this fax X t provided by tho ho house FINAL FIX VOTE OTE SOON With the bill no 10 cleared of all non controversial Items lead lead- leaders ers era were confident that de threats threat of ot against several eral vital rate rate provis provis- provisions provisions I lon ions a 11 final vote could be ob- ob ob tAllied by February it Which would a assure assure- sure tax reduction by 15 when first tLC lox install install- month menu on 1925 are due Approval was sivea today to toa toa toa a provision pro up r I h perma perma- permanent permanent nent congressional investigation commIttee which woul would be dl- dl di dl directed r d cJ to lo Inspect n tax re- re return turn re-turn turn and nd investigate administration lion tion of th the Internal re bu- bu burean bu bureau reau rean At tho Iho request of ot Senator Couzens It was WIlS rend uc-rend that the woul would l c na to te report alt all Information discovered ered to fon con gross gress This Thi was d described by members of o the finance commit commit- committee committee tee as aj a compromise on publicity of Income tax payment now repealed m in the th pending bill and was so 80 o accepted by both bolh n can and Democratic cukr rp of the committee Nonnis connis Senator Norris n Ne- Ne Nebraska Ne Nebraska braska however ha 1130 hai offered an amendment proposing mat all In- In Income como In-como como come tax returns b bi bi- bi opened to public Inspection In this con con- Continued On Page Pasc rite rhe SENATE ENATE READY FEBRUARY 10 1 0 Continued l I From Page Pasc One Senator Couzens also In- In Introduced introduced In Introduced today another amendment amend amend- amendment amendment ment requiring all alt decisions of the Internal revenue bureau on tax cases to be bo published d Some of the work of ot yesterday was undone when Senator Reed Republican Pennsy Pennsylvania ob- ob obtained obtained ob obtained consent for tor reconsideration reconsideration ra- ra tion of the proposed repeal Dl of the capital stock tax involving a loss of oC annually In reve reve- revenue revenue revenue nue Chairman Smoot of ot the finance committee in charge chare of the bill indicated he would couple consid consid- consideration consideration consideration of ot this Item with the pro pro- proposed pro proposed posed ono one per cent increase e In n the corporation tax which was by the committee to offset the loss which would be b occasioned by repeal ot or the the c capital Mock lock lev levy Democrats have served notice they would tight fight the pro pro- proposed proposed pro proposed posed corporation tax raises raise f DEBATE TE TE TEA A proposal by Senator McKellar Mc- Mc McKellar Mc Kellar Democrat Tennessee see to cut from tour four to two years the time within which additional as- as assessments assessments as assessments could be levied agaInst taxpayers or that taxpayers could ask for refunds provoked an- an another another an another other spirited debate debat over oyer admin admin- adminIstration administration of tax cases CaBS by the tho revenue reve reve- revenue nue nuo bureau The Tho question went over Senator Glass Democrat Vir- Vir Virginia Vir ginia n a a former secretary of o the I treasury renewed hi his charges of miserable oppression In In the administration of tax cases bythe by bythe bythe the the- bureau Both Doth Republicans acs and Demo Demo- Democratic Democratic Democratic cratic members of tha finance commIttee insisted tt Lt would bo bG possible Im- Im Impossible Im Impossible possible for tor the government ado ado- ado ade adequately to audit and clear up all pending tax disputes within a 0 two two- year two year period UT n TAKES HAND BAND This led Senators McKellar and King Democrat Utah Uth Into a a dis- dis discussion dis-cu dis L C slon of tax refunds millions of dollars of which ho hG declared II- II II legally Itally had been returned to a afew few taxpayers Copeland Democrat New York offered an amendment to exempt municipal corporations from pay pay- payment payment payment ment of back taxes as 33 a 0 a result of ofa ofa f a 0 recent decision that their In- In Incomes incomes In Incomes comes aro arG liable to taxation He also proposed to exempt athletic clubs in which there are gym gym- gymnasiums cym ym- ym from front the tho 10 per cent club tax Senator King Introduced Introduce amend amendments ments to cut the th membership of the board ot of tax appeals to 1 members with with terms terms of five e years and to continue their salaries at 00 Instead of as pro pro- proposed pro proposed posed by the bill |