Evening Star Newspaper, December 15, 1931, Page 16

A—16 = SUPPORT FOR NEW TAXES 15 ASKED Ogden L. Mills Appeals to Nation for Aid in Budget Crisis. B the Associated Press NEW YORK, December 15—Under- secretary Ogden L. Mills of the Treas- ury said last night increased taxes are necessary to insure against weakening the Nation's credit structure. In an addre before the Economic Club he appealed to the men and women of the Nation to support the new tax meas- s defended President Hoover's ion program. explaining that the ral Government fa a prospective deficit of 123.000,000 for this fiscal vear and an estimated excess of ex- penditures over recaipts of $1,417,000,- 000 in 1933 “This credit structure of ours de- pends to a very great extent upon the elief that the Government will meet its financial obligations promptly and punctiliously on every occasion and in every emergency,” said Mills. “Our currency rests predominately upon the credit of the United States. npair that credit and every dollar you ile will be tainted with suspicion. wre to balance cur budget n confidence and n les ¢ conditions pre- enough to result in real dam- al s2id the im- sed higher taxes Treasury offi Position of the 8 w taxes. telephone and those on checks and drafts, would be much less than similar levies impesed in Great Britain and other foreign countries Mills asserted the burdens which the Government asks the people to assume ( the ~Bioliotheque Nationale *are not intolerable burdens. particu- Sarly when we are asked to assume them to meet the necessities of a real emer- gency.” In an open forum following his set epeech, Mills scored calamity prophets and suggested a series of pillories on the subtreasury steps for the rumor- mongers. He expresses himself against cancel- lation of war debts, and said he did elieve lowers of the tariff at this cive to business re- Prohibition Queries. Dozens of questions were presented the repeal of possible income measu Beer would br: s ith a is a ma mmon wets are in_a small n both hcuses. When the t a majority that favors re- modification. then something e about it. The Treasury the eighteenth amendment ions were presented con- v of the United e gold standard. Mr the table with his fist rose as_he dencunced ) " in replyirg Not to Go Off Gold. He said he would state the United tates is going to remain on standard « if it was n°t int there Jnited State g | another question he| “You have seen Government bonds drop 10 points. The Treasury has had pretty definite notice that even the bor- wing capacity cf the Government is | ed” WILL ADDRESS HEBREWS | Col. J. Miller Xenycn to Talk to Congregation Tomorrow. Col. J. Miller Kenyon, who has been rominently identified with civic af- s a member of the Board of e and Chamber of Commerce, will k before the Brotherhood of the Hebrew Congregation at of that organization to- at 8:30 oclock in the Temple. f the Entertainment Com- also have arranged an_inter- program, with Mary Frances n and McCafrey's Grand Jazz nd, well known radio entertainers, to appear. DISCOVERS .HE 1S SHOT Wounded Man Hurt 30 Minutes Before Finding It Out. With a bullet lodged in his shoulder, James Foster, colored, 28 years old, of 451 M street walked the streets 30 min- utes yesterday before he realized he had been wounded, he told police. Foster reported he was in the vicinity of Missouri avenue and Fourth street| when he saw one colored man pursuing another and heard a pistol report. He added ne noticed a slight pain in his shoulder, but thought nothing of it un- til he reached Ninth and water streets southwest. On discovering he had been shot he went to Emergency Hospital. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. ‘Book review hour, Women's City Club, 9736 Jackson place, 4:45 p.m Turkey Waple Social Center, rtment, Fifth Baptist ol. Pythian Temple, 1012 4130 to 7 pm. Citizens’ Associa- of Christian Mystics, . 2300 X street, 8:30 pm, Meeting, Gold Star Mothers, Hamtl- ton Hotel, 8 p.m Dinner meeting, Georgetown Clinical | Bociety, Hamilton Hotel, 8:30 p.m. Meeting, Independence Bell Chapter, D. A. R, Willard Hotel, 8 p.m. Meeting, Agricultural Soclety, Jard Hotel, 8:30 pm Meeting, Chanwas Club, Willard Ho- tel. 7:30 pm. “Minick,” modern comedy, American University Dramatic Club, auditorium- gymnasium of university, 8 p.m. ‘wil- Lecture, Dr. McCartney, Church of | the Coverant, 8 p.m other’s Club, St. James’ eventh _street and | Rhode Island avenue northeast, 8 p.m. Bingo party, Hope Council, Sons and | Daughters of Liberty, Naval Lodge Hall, 8:45 pm. FUTURE. Luncheon, Rotary Club, Willard | Hotel, tomorroy, 12:30 p.m. | Luncheon, District of Columbia | ‘Bankers' Association, Willard Hotel, to- | morrow, 12:30 p.m Luncheon, Optimist Club, Hamilton | Fotel, tomorrow, 12:30 pm. Luncheon, Sozicty of American Mili- ory Engineers, Army and Navy Club, temorrow, 12:30 p.m. \ Luncheon, Lions Club, Hotel, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, Exchange Club, Carlton otel, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m, Mayilower By the Associated Press. In England a married man with A $100,000 income in England $22,030. England, unmarried man, $485; England, first dependent, States, $400 for each dependent. The United States figures are posed tax program. 183,352 NEW BOOKS Growth in Last Year Raises National Collection to 4,299,288. A total of 188,352 volumes was added to the Library of Congress collection in the last year, it was announced to- day in the annual report of the librar- ian, Herbert Putnam. This is the sec- ond largest addition in the Library history and a total of three and a half miles of steel shelving is required for the new books. The total collection, Mr. Putnam says. now numbers 4292288 volumes, exclusive of millions of maps, manu- scripts, musical compositions and en- gravings. This makes the National Li- brary_the second largest in the world— in_Parls probably being the largest. The British Museum stands third Especially important additions have been made in the fleld of manuscripts, Mr. Putnam reports. The most im- portant accession of the year was that of the collected papers of President Gorfield, presented by his two sons. Covering the period of Mr. Garfield’s public life from 1861 to 1881, the letters are arranged in 252 bound volumes. Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, pre- sented by the Civil War gegeral's daughter and daughter-in-law. Butler's Intters covering the period of the Civil War are especially numerous. The manuscripts _division also re- ceived the papers of Rear Admiral John 200 letters sent to James Gordon Ben- nett, editor of the New York Herald, by ing the Civil War. Mrs. Philip H. Sheridan, widow of the Civil War general, has transferred to the custody of the Library of Con- gress her husband's extant papers. M than 1,000 letters and papers of 'w Johnson were acquired from ville, Tenn., grandson. A collection which eventually will be of great value to the histo , it is be- lieved, is thit of the papers of former Senator John C. Spooner of Wiscon- sin, presented by his son. Financed by John D. Rockefeller, jr., agents of the Library have searched the wife of the President's | Hairs, Black: ish Tile and Greens; trimmed with Persian Lamb, Raccoon, Kolinsky, Beaver, Skunk, Mink, Wolf, Badger, to 42. THE WOMENS SHOP - RALEIGH HABERDASHER 1310 F STORE HOURS: 8.30 TO 6 British Taxes Compared NEW YORK, December 15—The difference between American and British taxation was emphasized by Undersecretary Mills of the Treasury 1n his address here last night in this way: year annual income pays $650; in the United States, $31.50. A $10,000 income in England pays $1,800; in the United States, $153. The comparison of exemptions was given by Mills as: England, married man, $730; Ug)lled States, $2,500. $245; ADDED TO LIBRARY Next in size is the collected papers of | A. Dahlgren and a collection of about | war correspondents for his paper dur- | . Andrew J. Patterson of Green- | COATS OUCLES Tweeds, and Camel and Black Fox. $59.75 COATS FUR - TRIMMED $59.75 AND $69.75 COATS $69.75 TO $89.75 COATS $89.75 TO $125 COATS EXTENDED PAYMENT PLAN privileges without extra charge Use Your Charge Account or open one during this sale NG__STAR, WASHINGTON, one dependent and with a $5,000-a- pays $48,000; in the United States, United States, $1,000. other dependents, $195; United those under President Hoover's pro- archives of Great Britain, France, Ger- many, Spain, Austria, Switzerland, Can- ada and Mexico, securing great masses of facsimile copies of documents im- portant in American history. One of the Library’s most notable accessions was that of 1,733 volumes |from the private library of the late | Czar. These were offered for sale by | the Soviet government and purchased | by a New York dealer, from whom the | National Library acquired them. PLAN TO LIGHT TREE ACTRESS GAVE HOSPITAL G. A. Hastings, President's Secre- tary, and Wife to Attend Rites at Tuberculosis Hospital. An outdcor Christmas tree at the | local Tuberculosis Hospital, recently do- nated by Miss Helen Hayes, well known New York actress, will be lighted by | George A. Hastings, administrative sec- retary to President Hoover, and Mrs. | Hastings at a ceremony Christmas Eve. | | They are to press the button which will | | turn on the lights arranged on the tree, The trec-lighting ceremony is to be conducted by the officers of the hospital and of the Tuberculosis Association, which finances the occupational therapy department there with a portion of the funds raised through the sale of the Christmas seals. | Miss Hayes, the donor of the tree, is |a former Washingtonian. 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