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Show SMOOT SCORES BONUS PLAHS Utahn Says Short Term Government Securities Best Way to Pay n . O. HAYW VRI). International News Service Staff Correspondent t WASHINGTON. Fob. 11 Soldier bon us legislation haa been held up lr tho bona by refusal of senate Republicans Re-publicans to agree to sori- of the schedule as adopted by the house, . . and means committee to the necessary $150,000,000. It hud been th Intention of tl n house committee to set the compon-sation compon-sation bill passed before t th- next woek, but Repre 81 Pordney, of Michigan, committee chairmen! arted tonight that t.'ibi was improbable. In ordor to facilitate an agreement with the senato finance eommlitee in tax features of tho bill, a special committee has beon named to work out a compromise plan for the proposed pro-posed tax on the undivided profits ol ornorations and on capital stock. The special committee Is made op of Senators McCumbor and Smoot and Representatives I.nnfrworth and Coplev Tho tax proposed b , house committee wan 2 1-2 per cer on undivided profits and one-tenth of one per cent on capital stock The Republican senators maintained that this levy would prov e to be too he icy a burden on business. S-nators McCumbe- and Smoot ind Representative Pordney went to the White House tonight to discuss he proposed tax schedule with President Hnrdlng. They wore closeted with the president for half an hour but reported re-ported no ngreemen'. Secretary of War Weeks and Representative L.-.ns-worth were called Into the cont. r-enoe r-enoe Senator Smoot later arraigned the I house program of taxation for raising rais-ing bonas money as "most unwise He deolgred that some of the tax proposals are outrageous and that the country is today overburdened wl h taxes and In no shape to stand Imposition Impo-sition of additional taxes He dei line. to enumerate the proposals ho char acterlxed na "outrageous." Smoot expressed the belief that "the most sensible md most practieab'c way of providing for the bonus II through tho Issuance of short term government securities." it was the opinion of Represents' I live Fordnoy that the finance com-I com-I mltteo would agree lo the entlrt house tax program with 6llfrht modi-I modi-I ficatlons. oo |