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Show TAX flEDUGTIOH BIO PASSED APPROVES $337,000,000 MEASURE AS AGREED TO IN REVISION CONFERENCE Garner Attack Repeal Leaders And Blames American Bankers League For Proposal Lost In Conference WaHhlriKton. The house finally approved ap-proved the $387,000,000 tax reduction bill as agreed to by house and senate conferees. The house vote on final passage was 353 to 29. Taking direct Issue with Democrat-' Democrat-' Ic leaders In the senate, Mr. Garner warned southern Democrats they would have to fight their senators or "change viewpoints." The attack on the campaign for repeal of tho Inheritance tax, which was restored to the revenue bill, upon tho Insi.Htance of the house, preceded a vote on adoption of the conference report on the bill. Amid applause from both sides of tho chamber, Representative Garner charged that the American Bankers' league had "bought legislators to come up here and lobby for repeal of the Inheritance tax." "They got some congressmen In the other chamber," Mr. Garner declared, j "They are after me, but they won't get mo to change my viewpoint." Washington The $387,000,000 federal fed-eral tax reduction bill was taken up In the house for final approval or rejection re-jection of the conference revision and Immediately precipitated a fight over the question of repealing the estate tax, as voted by the senate. Representative Garner, Texas, minority min-ority tax leader, attacked the senate Democrats who approved repeal and the American Bankers' league. He blamed the league for the proposal, which was lost in the conference revision. re-vision. Washington. With leaders expecting expect-ing quick action tho compromise revenue rev-enue bill agreed to by senate and houso conferees and proposing a tax reduction of $387,000,000, was brought up for ratification in the house. Several members opposed the conference con-ference recommendations, but managers mana-gers for the measurae were confident the house would uccept the bill before night. . I |