Evening Star Newspaper, November 4, 1927, Page 4

REGULATION CHANGES URGED iouse Committee Is Told Board of Tax Appeals Docket Is Swamped. the Associated Press. laving heard specific suggestions r readjusting taxes on corporation %m individual incomes, the House ¥ays and means committee today de- Ferred turther testimony on tax revi- “#on to hear recommendations apply- fig to general administrative features the revenue law and Board of Tax ppeals. tnesses presented for the record number of technical proposals for Fmendments, aimed to simplify the A The first witness was John M. Murphy, New York City, representing dhe Committee of Banking Institutions BA Taxation, an organization compris- 3bg 40 national banks, State banks, ust companies and private banking Fastututions in and around New York. FHo struck the keynote for the day hen he disclaimed any intent to re- Tuest tax cuts. “My purpose,” he #id, “Is to submit recommendations For revision of tax r ations which Fave proved and burden- Fome to the taxpayer and of no ad- Fantage to the Government.” Would Simplify Sections. = Murphy submitted the susgestions Bis organization already had made to the joint congressional tax committee. These included propesed amendments fo the tax on capital gains and to per- Mit deductions for capital losses and tor simplification of the section ap- Blying to credit on earned income and dlimination of the requirement for list- g tax exempt securities. He also lled for abolition of the necessity ¢ prorating exemption where the dtatus of the taxpayers changes dur- ing the year, i Murphy recalled Secretary Mellon's Proposal of tax exemptions for in- [domes derived from American bank- ars’ acceptances held by foreign cen- tral banks of issue, and suggested its @xtension to exempt “profits of non- resident aliens arising from the pur- ghase and holding of banks’ accept- ances to maturity.” This present tax, je argued, discourages the investment 3{ tforelgn capital in the United ates. Immediately prior to the start of the jways and means hearing. the Treas- hury Department advised the joint com- ittce on internal revenue legislation, hat petitions being filed with the oard of tax appeals ekceeded -the fmumber disposed of by more than 200 per month. The Treasury report, in part, adding: o “The office of the general dounsel Hb literally swamped with work. Al though the nature of the problems re- nains substantially the same, thé bur- den has been transferred from the Bu- X Appeals. . “In cases before the boatd involving mounts of $10,000 or more, the Gov- iernment has succeeded in . sustaining only about 50 per cent of the deficien- gies assessed. “The period of delay hetween the date of the bureéau's action and the ureau can finterests in ding against the tax| ining wavers, by faf tect the Government's or, after to de- “There are only 11 attorneys in the office of the general counsel who have ved in the office more than six prears. Since July, 1924, 52 attorneys have resigned from the general coun- 1's office. There have been in the in- me tax unit alone 4,727 resignations professional and technical officiale during the last seven years.” | While this view by the Treasury of ponditions confronting the Board of ax Appeals did not me Known un- today, the legal profession and the Proposes $79.65 Worth in Taxicab, But Girl Says “No” By the Associated Press. ’ CHICAGO, November 4.—When Paul Palace, 21, started his pro- posal of marriage to Miss Irene Casteleo, 17, in a taxicab, the meter read 35 cents. When it had reached $79.65, about 18 hours lat:r, he had not yet persuaded her. He decided to continue in the par- lor of her sister’s home, But arrive ing there last night the couple was met by the police. Besides the taxi charge of $79.65, he faced another charge of kidnaping in court today. U. S. SITE EVACUATION SEEN BY JANUARY 1 Treasury Considers Bids for Rough | Excavation on Location of Two Buildings. The Government may not require evacuation of property in the square bounded by Tenth, Eleventh, Little B and C ‘ects on the site of the In: ternal Revenue Bureau Building, un. til around January 1, it was learned today. This property, which ig belng ac- quired by condemnation proceedings, THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4. 1927, Woman Tax Witness Tells Committee She Knows How Daniel Felt in Lions’ Den Levity on the part of witnesses and committeemen alike enlivened the usually drab and decorous sessions of the House ways and means committee yesterday during the tax hearings. When Miss Martha L. Connole of FORMER CANTON CHIEF IS GRANTED NEW TRIAL Ry the Associated Press. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, November 4. | —S. A. Lengel, former chiet of police of Canton, convicted of first-degree murder in connection with the killing of Don R. Mellett, Canton publisher, July 926, was granted a new tri v the District Court of Appeals, sitting here. The new trial was granted on ac- count of insufficien lence to sus- tain the verdict, ror in the trial court's charge, admission of incompe: tent testimony and a remark alleged East St. Louis, 1Il., took the stand to insist on increased exemptions on the ince tax for single persons she g T've often wondered how Daniel felt in the lions' den, and, standing here now, I know.” Miss Connole remarked that she was not excluding single men ‘rom her appeal. In response to a sugges- tion that she might be ermbracing them she sald, “No, I'm ‘not embrac- ing them, but I'm willing to. 1'd be afraid to ask a single man about his financial affairs, for fear that he would suspect me.” Another touch of humor enlivened the meeting when Isaac W. Frank of Pittsburgh, disclaimed belng a preacher in g that income donat- ed to charity be exempted from taxa- tion. *“You certainly preach a good sermon anyway,” =aid Representative Treadway, Republican, Massachusetts. presentative Garner of Texas, ranking minority member, added that Mr. Frank had displayed his lack of theological training by characterizing his suggested change in the tax law as “a good het." “I am a modernist,” said Mr. Frank, “and believe we should reverse the GOFF DENIES CHARGE FILED BY YASELLI Senator Answers Accusation Made of “Malicious Prosecution” While U. S. Attorney. By tho Associated Press. Counsel for Senator Goff, Republi- can, West Virginia, have filed in the Supreme Court a brief denying that he acted maliciously as a special as- sistant to the Attorney General in the prosecution of E. Paul Yaselli. on the charge of conspiring to defraud the Government in the purchase of the steamship Liberty Land by the Ital- ian Star Line. When the Government had present- ed {ts evidence in the suit against Yaselli the Federal District Court in New York City ordered its dismissal and Yasseli sued the West Virginia | Senator for malicious prosecution On Exhibition Water Colors of The against Yaselli, prosecuting officers were immune from | was free from any unworthy motive personal liability in the discharge of|and insisted that “a corrupt or ma- their officlal duties. virtually complete, must now be paid for by the Treasury under terrms of the court and the title completed be- fore vacation notices may be served. Property owners then will be allowed 30 days in which to move, so that the date for vacating the property may be around the first of the new year. The program of acquiring the prop- erty under condemnation terms is now being carried forward, but will take several days. In the meantime, the Treasury took under consideration today the bids re- ceived yesterday for rough excava- tion on the sites of both the Internal Revenue and Department of Com- merce Buildings. Warren F. Brenizer of this city was low on both jobs. He Dbid §14,250 on the Department of Com- merce, and $10,400 on the Bureau of Internal Revenue. The site to be excavated for the revenue building under the bid is now cleared and is about one-quarter of the whole building site. Buildings have not yet been completely cleared away, however, from the gite to be ex- cavated for part of the ecommerce building. The Hechinger Co. has un- til November 17 to complete wreck- ing huildings on this site. ———— Dog Shortage Worries. ‘The boom -in greyhound racing threatens to cause a shortage of dogs on the newer tracks in England. 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