Evening Star Newspaper, October 26, 1924, Page 3

TAX SNARL RENEW DRIVE ON EXEMPTS Move to Curtail Issues 071 Non-Taxable Bonds Aided | by Publicity. ! BY N. 0. MESSENGER, By a Staff Correspondent. | NEW YORK. October 25.—Surpa 1g in interest to New Yorkers, over- shadowing for th€ moment even the | presidential campaign and the coming | clections the publication of the| figures of the income taxes paid by | numerous wealthy New Yorkers. The publication was entirely unexpected, ! #nd to most of those concerned doubt- | less seemed impossible of belief that | it could have happened to them No doubt, it was a gross invasion | of -the rights of the individual, deem- d protected by the safeguards of the Jaw. Most people had probably for- sotten that the last revenue act had | opened the lists to inspection orfelt| that the right of inspection would | not mean publication. i Record Many Surprises. But another clement greeted the| publication with delight, superim- | posed upon curiosity over the affairs | of their more well-to-do neighbors ! in the community. They have that| little trait of human nature which causes people to wonder if the other fellow is as rich as he thought to be. The gossip of the financial dis- trict is that there were many sur-| prises in the returns of prominent <capitalists, some of them exhibit-| ing figures far below what the dis-| trict thought they would show. This| Jed to the thought that possibly. there | ~were cases in which the taxpayer had “held out” on Uncle Sam. The disclosures were decmed significant in one sense, in that they showed | %he existence of an immense volume | of tax-exempt sccurities, based on the | is supposed wealth of the taxpayers. This is expected to lead to anolhcr; drive in the next session of Congress | ffor the curtailment of the issuance | ©f tax-exempt securities and stiffen | Tesistanco against the curtaflment. | In political cireles there is ossip ! &s to what political effect, if any, the | published disclosures will have. It| is difficult to sce what political pur-| pose the administration could ac complish if it went out of its way | 1o open tho lists on the eve of the election, and Secretary Mellon vigor- ously disciaims any such purpose. According to him, it was in the or-| dinary run of the day's business. | Light on Campaign Gifts, Taken in connection with the con tributions of the rich to the Re- publican campaign fund, as shown in | the public statements of the national | committe , it is quite evident that the | extremoly rich individuals and big| corporations are not “whacking up” | with the Republican campaign fund.| Indced, there will be ground for com- | plaint that many of those who might | e expected to contribute generously n the “tight-wad” class and justly subject to-reproach, on the basis of their indicated means and| their actual contributions. “You | baven't any claims on us,” the com- | mittee can say, “Nobody ean charge hat the big rich control the Republican organization.” It is expected, however, that Sen- | ator La Follette' will seize the occa- | sion as un opportunity to charge that | the exhibited existence of immense ‘ortunes must mean that some part| { them are being used for the pur-, pose he has charged—Wall sStreet” alleged attempted domination of the ! polities of the country—and he will probably hound the subject to a; frazzle in his addresses this ek. Ttj looks like water over La Pollette's | wheel. Hard-Hitting Stage. This week is to witness some rough- and-tumbie campaigning in this sec- | tion of the country. La Follette has| already entered Northern New York ! with a characteristic speech arraign- | ing class against class and at the, same time Charles G. Dawes came | into New Jersey and openecd a direct | attack on the Senator’s Socialistic | policies in a big meeting in Newark | Saturday night. It was a 100 per| ctnt American speech, delivered with | 1he General's usual vigor and frank- ness of expression. La Follette will and speak in New Jersey also. i The fight between Roosevelt and Gov. Smith gets hotter with the op- | posing candidates now at clinches. Gov. Smith had a great demonstra- | tion at_Albany Saturday night and | D e SPECIAL NOTICES. 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CO. very point now under dispute. | campaig ! week. | cau THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, ‘D.’ C, INCOME TAX OF CIVIL WAR DAYS RECALLED BY ! | 1 W hich Permitted PRESENT FUROR Congress Debated and Finally Recalled Legislation|. Obnoxious Publica- tion’ of Business of Citizens. [ —— T BY HAROLD B. ROGERS. Publication of income tax records has always been a sore point in Amer- ican life. As the nation ogles, peers, peeks, and pokes its curious way into a maze of fascinating names and figures these days, history groans and gives up its d ghosts of vesteryear—the shades of post-Civil War tribulations when the | taxpayer and his friends and neighbors were hard ridden by the self-same vexatious problem and Con- Zress wrestled for many seasons with | very odious, indeed, in many parts of the | which exists today in the minds of such “odious” and “obnoxious” things. For, with the old experimental in- come tax laid hir 1861 came publica tion shortly thereafter in the news- apers of that day of the entire & lists. Then arose a howl of proftst from the taxpayers, and a fight in Congress, which lasted for vears be-. fore the practice of publication was { finally abolished. Strangely do the strong sentiments | expressed ‘these days match the ex- pressions found in the proceedings of Congress in 1866, condemning the bus- iness of baring financial and business secrets of America through the in- come tax lists. Point Warning Now. Investigators who have probed the record of those post-Civil War days say they find an odd similarity in the situation anrd point with a warning finger to the results then. which not only ended tax pubMcity, but the whole income tax as well in 1872, Other ‘opposition at that time con- tributed heavily to stop that first ex- perimental income tax, experts agree, but there is none who will deny that | the “odious™ publication of records in the newspapers of the day had a part in the death of the law, which was allowed to “expire.” “During the greater part of time that the income tax was in force,” said Joseph A. Hill, in the Harvard University Quarterly Jour- nal of Economics, in 1894, “it was the custom to publish the incomes of in- dividual taxpayers in the local new: papers. At first, in accordance with the instructions given by the com- missioner of internal revenue, all in- formation in regard to individual re- turns was withheld from the public. But in the absencc of any express legislative prohibition of publicity, and under the pressure of newspaper enterprisc. the custom was soon established of publishing full lists of taxpayers and their incomes. “In support of this practice it was urged that its effect was to increase the assessment and secure more complete “turns. But it is a_question whether its advantages in this respect were the great cnough to offset the annoyance | and some injury to which it often sub- Jected the taxpayer, and the odium which was attached to the tax in con- sequence. The practice gave rise to much dissatisfaction and complaint, but was not abolished until prohibited by the act of 1§ Similar Interpretation. One of the lively fights in Congress to abolish the publicatson of returns, dur- ing which the debate reflects d ion which now is raging over the ethics of the whole matter, took place when Rep- resentative Garfield of Ohio presented an amendment to the tax bill of 1866 to allow public inspection, but prohibit pub- lication. Representative Garfleld succeeded in obtaining a passage of his amendment, which, however, failed of enactment that year, according to Seligman’s “The Income Tax,” which reports the new act “introduced only a few amendment. The fight over Garfield's amendment, as revealed by the original records of the Congressional Globe, took place at a ght session of the House meeting in commiltee of the whole May 23, 1866. The debate waxed lively, and to the Repre- went for the Colonel tooth and na The betting odds are still 7 to 2 in favor of Gov. Smith, with the Repub- lican leaders obstinately holding on to the hope that the expected great Caolidge plurality will pull Roose- velt through. John W. Davis came back to New York vesterday from his'second West- ern trip and immediately started in £. to be continued all this He news regarding the Democratic coming from the States with big electoral votgs. Not Afraid of La Follett.e One feature noted in his attitude is his disposition to miminize the eriousness of the La Follette radi- calism. He charges the Republicans with setting up a straw man and try- ing to confuse the issue. He assumes to be not at all alarmed over the menace of La Folletteism. A dispatch from Indiana quotes his running mate, Gov. Bryan, as mentioning for the first time the possibility of the elec- tion going to "Congress and urging all good Democrats to stand by the Democratic ticket. With Gov. Bryan the wish is probably father to the vers Congress would raise the possibility of his reaching the White House through the vice presidency. Lverybody is agog with interest | over the covert threats of a big polit- ical sensation behind the Untermyer charges before the Borah committee. | Republican leaders say they were not worried, ‘“because there is not any- thing to be exposed® It is realized that Mr. Untermyer has done a good job of advance agent work in shrouding the case in mystery, but it is also said that un- less he “can produce the goods” the reaction will be deadly tg his efforts. = . Gude’'s “Mums” e —are Jeautiful beyond compare—1212 Advertisement. WILL NOT RE RESPONSIBLE FOR DEBTS BEFORE SELLING YOUR OLD SILVER GET our prices. We pay considerably more than you can get elsewhere. We also buy dia. monds. gold and platinum. We carry a Jive of solid silvar teasets. antique Enelish Americsn. SHEFFIELD PLATIN NY. Conn._ave. 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ROME, October 25.—Southern Rus- sla, especially the district of Khar- Koff, has been the scene recently of bloody conflicts between peasants and Soviet emissaries who have been trying to confiscate cereals for ex- port despite the famine in many parts of the grain country. According- to reports reaching Rome the peasants,’armed only with the most primitive of weapons and farm tools, have killed a number of the soviet officials. These in turn have been avenged by the red army. The reports say the troops have killed thousands of peasants by stuffing their mouths with dirt and thus suffocating them. The people of Kharkoff have gone on strike in sympathy with the peasants, because the city is threatened with the grain is exported. - High prices offered for cereals in western Europe are said to have in- spired the Soviet authorities to con- fiscation to obtain funds for the army and propaganda abroad. This in spite of the large decrease in land under cultivation this year, which makes the situation in many districts desperate, e is in a remarkably con-|¢ come down on his way to Baltimore | fident spirit, considering all the ad-|annum. mine if | sentgtive Garfleld's amendment pro- vided “that the list of incomes in the officé of the assessor and collector shall be oven to the inspection of the public, but neither the assessor nor collector shall furnish such list or any portion thereof for publication, nor permit the same to be copled for publication.” Garfield Defends Views. Representative Garfleld, detending his amendment, said: “One feature of the | internal revenue law which has made it | country, and perhaps justly so, is that | provision under which the business of every man has been dragged into put v through the newspapers. This has | very much disturbed the relations of business men toward e othe It has subjected men’s affairs to Yhat no man would willingly consent. We all know that the reason why in the present law tacilities were afforded for the publica- tion of these lists was the apprehension cases a failure to make (he proper re- turn of income. But sir, it is believed that the same object can be secured by providing that these lists shall be open to the inepection of the public so that any man who desires to ascertain what income return his neighbor has mad can have access to the list, but that th list sha¥l not be furnished systematically for pub'ication, and be paraded in the press simply to gratify public curiosity Representative I'rice of lowa ob- jected to the amendment, declari that revenues were increased by pub lication of returns, that “if a man makes a fair and honest return he has no_objection to its being made known,” while “if he does not make a fair and honest return, then every- body ought to know it.” Humor in Debate. Laught® was provoked in House by Representative Hale, who remarked: “It strikes me there are two classes of honest men who may have objection to the publication in the newspapers of their income: the one class being those who have large incomes and the other those who have not Representative Morrill. admitting there was “no question that the pub- lication of these lists has a tendency to increase the revenue,” wa a to publication of returns. ‘It an |inconvenience.” he reported. “and |causes a great deal of compl t, not only among the wealthy, but among those who have modera mes. If a man has been doing a disastrous | business either in a mercantile or | manufacturing line, he does not quite |like to have the fact immediately | published to the world. 1f, on ti contrary, he has been doing a very prosperous business, he does not like |to have that fact pub d, becaus it might lead to serious competition.” | Along the same line of thought. | Representat Garfleld held forth this way: “Suppose man has had losses during the year, that his ifcome would be smaller than people expect it to be. ow, he would not want to ict that he know N the | them all down upon him when oth wise he would come out safely | “There is no reason in the world {unless the public interests require {that the private affairs of individuals | should be brought out d paraded in the public papers Amendment Passes. Following this debate, and when several minor amendments to Repre sentative Garfield's amendment had been lost, the vote recorded as follows: “The committee divided, and the tellers reported—aves 56, n counted. So the amendment agreed to.” The Civil War income tax, though |roundly scored by its opponents and the source of sharp controversy con- cerning the publication nevertheless is pointed to rians as useful to the strusgiing Na- tion its late war and post-war days. As a whole the tax was “v | ductive.” according to Dewey financial history ‘of the United States, collegting a_total of $317.000.000 in | the period of its operation up to 1573, This first tax on income was au- thorized August 5, 1861, Dewey ex- plains, “at a rate of 3 per cent on the excess of all incom. This was increased and again in 1865, until incomes be- tween $600 and $3,000 were taxed at 5 per cent and above $5,000 at 10 per cent. As the immediate war necessi- ties became less pressing, the limit of exemption was advanced to $1.000 and in 1867 to $2,000. In 1872 the tax was abolished.” PUBLIC APATHETIC ON TAX PUBLIITY Few Except Reporters Take Trouble to Examine New York Records. v pro- in his in 156 1iq the Associated Press. - NEW YORK, Octqber 25.—Big busi- ness still buzzed - excitedly today about publication of income taxes, but the general public turned a cold shoulder on the hubbub. None of the district revenue offices was crowded. Only a dozen persons appeared at the customs house and not that many went to the third dis- trict office. Those who came were for the most part women. i A girl who is engaged to be married | made. *A woman separated from her husband sought to determine how much alimony she should claim. ¥our other women for reasons that they did not disclose were eager to learn the incomes of their husbands. Confunion Continues. Indecision on the part of internal | revenue collectors as to whether in- come tax payments were or were | not open to public inspection con- tinued the confusion that began on Thursday when Washington officials {lifted the vell of secrecy that had | surrounded the books and announced | that they were to be classed as public records. | In the metropolitan area the situa- tion again was marked by lack of agreement on what were the rights of the public and on what position should b taken by the bureau. In one district the books were open to public inspection: in two others the public was refused access to them. In all three districts, however, where individual -names were submitted the information requested was supplied. ttitude to Papers. In the attitude toward the news- pers. there was also manifest a lack of uniformity. offices no attempt was made to dic- {tate whether the information could jor could not be published. In others reporters were told that no informa- tion would be given out for publica- tion. In the second diktrict reporters were assisted by the stafl. In the third district every attempt was made by tbe stall to hAPEE the press. that there might otherwise be in many | * | taxpayers, | taxpay S6 as to alarm his creditors and bring | ons, | to- ! above $800 per {wanted to know how much her fiance | In some of the | SENATORS TOSEEK | [ apbrmonias. mconte max merums MADE BY D. C. AND NEARBY RESIDENTS FURTHER PUBLICITY Members Who Sought Spot- light on Returns Prepare to i Make It Stronger. | i i | | | | By Consolidated Press. Instead of being alarmed at what they have accomplished In the way of publishing income tax returns, the Senators who stood most prominently behind the publicity provision in the last tax law have sent word to Wash- ington that they intend to strengthen and clarify the law so that the doubt the Government legal officers may be {completely swept away. ! These Senators belleve great good has been accomplished even In the partial printing of income tax returns, [ They say the lists have shown what rich men really are supporting the | Government, and have zlso disclosed { those who are contribufing fairly Iit- | tle to the upkeep of the Nation. They | hope to write a new provision in the law which will permit the publica- tion by newspapers of-all amounts paid to the Government. | The law as it stands today repre- sents an attempt to provide cofiplete vublicity, with a “jo which all but nullifies that purpose. The Sena- | tors who threw the Mellon tax plan out of the window and adopted their jown stood behind the Norris amend- ment, which provided that the list of their addresses and the amount paid by them should be avail- {abie for publ, spection. ©Old Guard Fought. The old guard Senators fought this ovision tooth and nail, but they dis- ‘overed in the cud they could not de- feat it: Well, the old guard may die, but it never surrenders. What did it do next? 1t continued in the law the old and conflicting provi- sion that no part of any tax return should ‘b “printed” or published” in_any way not provided by law. This was tho paragraph of the law which applied in the old days when no publicity at all was contemplated. Unquestionably the framers of the new statute Intended to leave it out or to modify it, for it seems ridie- | ulous that the returns should be open | to all sorts of public inspection and vet the priating of them be made | & Federal penal oftense. | 1€ he is re-clected, President Cool- | idge unquestionably will recommend to Congress in his annual message the adoption of the Mellon plan of taxation. This wijl throw the whole fight once more ‘onto the floor of Congress, needless to say the publicity provision in the law will be the storm center of discussion. Senator Norris fight to make the ! use effective and the oid | 1 renew attack upon {t. fight Lecomes bitter there | is a prospect that the insurgent bloc | in the Senate may te a provision into the bill providing for complete publicity of all tax returns, showing the source from which incomes are derived. the amount of non-taxable | securities held by an Individual, the exemptions claimed and all of the other intimate details that 50 to make up the histo: of each indi- ual’s transactions with the Gov- | ornment Publicity S ill Limited. | At present the law permits the in-| {spection only of the list of taxpayers | land the amount paid by them. Tne| “tlt-r direction of the President, how ever, certain members of Congress {and certain Senators may see all of | the tux rcturns and get whatever in- | formation they desire from them. {Also the tax officials of the States n v likewise examine the Pederal! returns. But the general public as yet Is limited to the knowledge only | |of the net sum paid by each individ- | {ual and corporation. . ! Those who reeall big surtax “tax returns, {men invest | non-t. able |interested | Clearly hay the contention do not make for but instead drive their money in idle urities, are especially in the published list. some of the richer men who turned in comparatively small amounts to the Government must de- |rive a good part of their incomes rom non- able sources. It is pos- ible also that some of these men last | cear lost considerable money in the hrinkage in value of securities held them. One of J. P. Morgan’'s part- ners paid to the Government, for in- stance, a sum cight times iw excess | of that paid by Mr. Morgan himself. | Bverybody connected with the Gov- {ernment, from President Coolidge | down, was denying today that there | was ‘any political motive back of | making the tax returns available to | the public at this time. It was point- | ed out that most of the men affected by the publicity provided by certain of the New York newspapers were those who have contributed quite Jargely to the Republican campaign fund. Stirs Great Excitement. In any event the Treasury's move | nas stirred up a hornet's nest and Washington still is buzzing with the | excitement of it all. 1 any demands have come to the ! to find out what sums have been paid by Senators and Representatives in Congress. These returns were made in their own revenue districts, however, and were not avallable here. Al income tax returns made by Washington residents go to Balti- more. It was reported from there to- day' that same Washingtonians had ted the offices of the collector and had taken very nearly a complete list of all the sums paid from this city. 1t is perfectly apparent that even where the newspapers refrain from publishing the lists, pfetty full in- formation is to be passed from mouth to mouth concerning the rich resi- dents of every community in the United States. That is why it is con tended that public inspection virtual- ly is the samé as ‘“printihg” and *publishing.” (Conyright, U. S. INCOME TAX LISTS STIR FRENCH INTEREST Pnp’ets’ Express Surprise at Vast Sums Paid by Wealthiest Americans. { . —The French prominence to 1924.) Kk ociated Press. PARIS, October pre gives great American dispatches regarding the publication of income tax returns. Surprise is generally expressed at the immense sums paid the Treasury De- partment by Ford, the Rockefellers and Melton. The fact that Jack Demp- | By the A | Woodward, Henr: (Continued from First Page.) K Killian, Franklin V., 508 Thirteenth sireet, $29,270.15. Kronheim, Milton, 1764 Lanier place, $575.15. 3 Kite, Harry A, 2178 Wyoming avenue, $1,143.34. ding, $6,394.69. Kent, Otis B, Colorado Bu. 1 Letts,John.C., Thirty-second and Ellicott streets, $21,111.40. tevl. 1'{:«“01: HA,l 36 Macomb sltrlzel, g‘l)gzg yon, Frank, 401 Colorado Building, $4,002.13. 2 Lawrence, David, 34 West Kirk street, Chevy Chase, Md., $8,700.68. Luchs, Morton J., 2844 Connecticut avenue, $39,471.80. = Low, Frank N. Manager of Parker Bridget Company, $2933.02. Lansburgh, Henry, 420 Seventh strect northwest, $405.26. Lansburgh, Solomon, 420 Seventh street northwest, $567.40. Lane, Arthur Bliss, 1409 Thirteenth street, $5424.80. OCTOBER 26, 1924—PART 1. Littlepage, Thomas, Union Trust Building, $4.853.09. ' Lee, Ralph W 1514 Newton strect northwest, $6.204.97 i Luttrell, N. H, 2101 Connecticut avenue, $22845.21. Lambert, Wilton J., Munsé¢y Building, $5199. Latimer, Robert E., 2373 Champlain_street. $7. Lincoln. Robert T, 3014 N street, $27.810.27. | Leonard, Bernard, 1463 Harvard street, $6.730.16. .M Mapes, Carl A, 1317 F street, $6.92844. | Mills, Hanson, 2 Qupont circle, $8290.70. Myers, Mary H., Stoneleigh Apartments, $8073.48 i Miller, Allison N., 3145 Newark street, $8,548.65. | Miller, William C., 3429 Thirty-fourth street, $8,580.34. o McLean, Mrs. Evelyn, Washington Post Building. $16.14170~ MacFarlane, W. W., Transportation Building, $13,453.0M | Masonic Hall Association of D. C., Ninth and F streets, $3.071.23 I Mann, Charles R.. $1,076. Martin, William H, Takoma Park. $1.115.13. Myers, George H., 2310 S street, $3.960.07. . N = - i Nordlinger. G., and wife. 307 Federal-American Bank Building. $7.27193. | National Union Insurance Company, $3437.51. | o { O'Brien, Blariche 0., 1726 New Hampshire avenue, $36,111.79. i p Perry, Edmund H.. 818 Washington Loan and Trust B: ing, $6971. Phillips, Clifford, (Duncan Phillips, guardian), 1218 Conngcticut a\'er;ue, $23,160.05. Phillips, Eliza L., 1218 Connecticut avenue, $70,192.83. Phillips, Duncan, 1218 Connecticut avenue, $28,445.77. Poole, John, 1315 F street, $72620. Phelps, H. Glenn, 1417 K street, $5.192.58. i Peyser, Julius, Wyoming avenue, $1,528.14. i R { Ruffin, Dr. Sterling, $5,065.03. Robinson, Wilbert, manager, Brookiyn Base Ball Ciub, $898.10. Riefkin, Philip M Rust, H. L S Shirley, Swager, $1,338.54. Stum, John S. 1416 I street, $5,763.20. . 1736 Columbia road, $7,374.89. 912 Fifteenth street, $37,611.76. Radcliffe, W. L., 907 Sixteenth street, $12.290.33. Ross, Samuel, Eleventh and G streets, $5,162.94. { Dwellers of Ancient Ame Shannon, Herbert T., 713 Fourteenth street, $36.714. Shannon, William .. 3200 Woodley road. $1.017.58. Sager, Charles D., 924 Fourteenth street, $934.40. Saunders, William H. 1433 K street, $7.624.06. Spaid, W. W., 725 Fifteenth street, $6.793.30. { Smith, Andrew T., Transportation Building, $8.239.08. Saul, B. Francis, 3232 Thirteenth street, $5,163.90. Steuart, Guy T.. 130 Twelfth street northeast, $10.113. Steuart, Leonard P.. 140 Twelith strect northeast, $10,417.56 Sorrells, H. B.. xteenth and I streets, $7,441.00. Somerville, Thomas Co., 312 Thirteenth strect, $8422 Southern Railway Co., $1.771,892.98. Security Si Schafer, E. T., and Co.. $14,554.63. Small, Robert T., $1,587.12. Spencer, Henry B., Munsey Building. $11.067.26. Smoot Sand and Gravel Corporation, $42.731.89. { Stokes, Sylvanus, jr. 2520 Massachusetts avenue, $1 ghth strcet, $2,141.20, , Chester, sr., 710 Eighth strect, $3,631.66. E 519 District National Bank Building, $6,033. 1610 Park road, $9.98278 Tobriner, Leon, 317 John Marshall place, $6.505.33 | Thom, Corcoran, 1725 I street, $8,749.34. v Veerhoff, O. L, 1320 F street northw w ington, Brooklandville, Md., $67,103.17. | Wheeler, William G.. Wardman Park Hotel, | Walker, Dr. Reginald R.. the Parkwood, $4.1932. i Weller, Francis R.. 1300 Farragut street, $6.955.91 | Woodward, Donald, 1736 R street, $17.265.07. Walsh, Carrie B., carc Washington Post Building. $20.710.11. White, John Campbell, care of State Department, $5,230. Washington Coca Cola Bottling Works, Washington Terminal Company, $36,757. i Washington Brick and Terra Cotta Company, 604 Eleventh street, $8318. Sno Snow Chester, jr., 710 E Tribbe, E Tompkins, Charles H. Washington Post Company, Was! Wick, Catherine O. Y’ torage Company, $20,007.26. . C.. $£20.141.00. 31.39. .371.47. $18.199.564 Wiegand. Martin, 451 Maryland avenue southwest, $4.860. Wallis, Hugh, 617 Twelith street northwest, $13,780.14. z Zihlman, Representative Fred STONE’S RULING ON TAX PUBLICITY AWAITED (Continued from First Page.) discussion, as it rose into the excite- ment of a nsation. And. judging from scores of con- versations, heard in all corners of the city, not-in many months has there been a development which has so seized upon the feelings of the American people, and touched their pride.to expressions of growing dis- content. % Politieal Possibilities. The atmosphere has not cleared sufliciently as yet to offer any clear- cut picture of the political possibili- ties wrapped up in the surprising eyents of the past few days. Much may depend upon the deci- sion of the Attorney Genmeral and as to what actlon the Treasury, or rather the Department of Justice may take in the matter withim the next few days. With election a week from Tuesday the matter is sure to be far—enough along by that time to evoke a‘more or less definite reaction in the public mind before the voter goes to the polls. ‘Republican leaders at' the White House were not the least disturbed by the public- reaction already evident against publication of the income tax returns, inasmuch as, it was pointed out, President Coolidge, Secretary Mellon, Secetary Hoover and others of'the President’s official family had ‘warned of the serious consequences possible and opposed enactment of thc publicity clause. - No- official- pronouncement so far. has come from the Democratic side of the battle for ballots, though Democrats privately disclaim any re- aponsibility as a party for the policy of publicity, sponsored by Senator Norris, a Republican. . Stand’ef La Follette. Senator La Follette, Independent party candidate for. President, how- ever, came out with an attack on the position of the Treasury, and cham- sey pays nearly as much income tax as J. Pierpont Morgan, appears to have keenly struck the French sense of humor. Le Soir says that President Cool- idge is a poor man compared with Douglass Fairbanks, while the In- transsigeant declares that “America is a country where one earns much money, but where taxes are appal- ling.” { Will Give Card Party. | The Baltimore division of the Woman’s Aid of the Pennsylvania Railway System will give a 500 ‘card party tomorrow evening at 8:30 o'clock in the gymnasium at the went end of Union Station. ‘Refreshments will be served, « - ploning the publicity of records. He wired_Senator Couzens, chairman of the committee authorized to Investi- gate the Intermal Revenue Bureau, urging - that ' Secretary Mellon and Commissioner of Internal Revenue Blair be called before ‘the commit- tee to explain their position, and-“by what authority they seek to subvert the will of Congress.” The Nofris amendment to the tax bi]l was passed through Congress by a coalition of Democratic, and “pro- gressive” Repubjican votes; with many Republicans voting against it. The Senate vote in committee of the whole was as follows: - 3 For the amendment—4s. ‘Republicans, 14-—Borah, Brookhart, Capper, ; Cummins,- Ffazier, *Gooding. Harreld, Howell, Johmson Calif.; Cumberland. Md i S S | | Jones, $27328 Jones. Wash.: Nor- | beck, Nor: Democrats Broussard, land, Dial, Glass, Har Ladd, McNary, 32—Adams, Bruce. Caraway Dill, _Ferris, Harrison N. M. Kendrick, King, Mayfield, Neely. Overman, Ralston. | Reed, Mo.; Sheppard, Simmons, Smith, | Stanley, Stephens. Swansonm, Under- wood. Walsh, Mass.; Walsh, Mont. Farmer-Labor, 2—Johnson, Minn.; Shipstead. Against the amendment—27. Republicans, 25—RBall, Brandegee, | Bursum, Cameron, Curtis, Dale, Fen nald, Fess. Hale, Keyes, Lodge, Me- Kinley. McLean, Moses,” Oddie, Pep- | per. Phipps, Reed, Pa.; Smoot, Stan- Ashurst. ! Cope- | George, Heflin, | EYES OF SCIENCE Only a few much-favored | eyes of men of science have been privileged to look upon vitamins, yet everybody must | have these nutrition factors | in abundante to assure | growth and sustain strength. | Scotf's Emulsion for fifty years has earned world-widereputeasabuilder | of strength. It is the much favored food-tonic that sup- plies vitamins in abundance. Scott’s taken regularly helps grown peopleand children alike realize strength and vigor. Sicott & Bowne, Bloomfield, N. J. | | i | s COLLECTORS. ATTENTION! 1 can sup- ply o inal letters, documents or sigma- Tures o famous men of all Dations of the st 400 yeas. 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Laskey, attorney, of this | city and former United States dis- trict attorney here, issued u state- ment last night in which he charged that the publicity provisions of the 1924 revenue act had been made re- troactive by the Treasury under a Wrong interpretation of the la Mr. Laskey declared the first year to which the provisions of the pub- licity section apply would be the ta able year 1924, which will not be re- ported to the collectors of- internal | revenue until March, 19 “There is no more reas ing retroactive the £ions of this title,” Wadsworth, Waggen YOU NEED A KEY You need our instant dupli- cating service. Duplicate key, 25c: Bring your locks to the shop. TURNER & CLARK, Basement, 1233 New York Ave. n for mak- blicity provi- aid Mr. i “and applying it to the in: returns for the year 19 would be for making retroacti for instance, the provisions for sirtax inciuded in the same t tle, which are clearly inconsistent with the surtax | | payable in 1923. Mr. Laskey claims that thc provision is part of title 2, and applicable only to incomes of this vear, which will Le reportable next March, Undet Mr. Laskey's contention the Treasury could not have placed the publicity provision in operation until next year. | The returns now being made public, | he claims, were made by the public | under the old law protecting their | there pub- licit Finding the Lost | Use a Star Classified Il Ad to tell of something you have found and you will usually find its owner. Or, if you are the victim make your loss known in a Star Ad and the finder will then be able to find you. 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