Evening Star Newspaper, December 18, 1931, Page 6

NEW TAXES WOULD HIT NONRESIDENTS Workers From Virginia and Maryland Face Levies Un- der D. C. Measure. What Is a “Person”? Do you know what a “person” 1y residents of the District wondering what the ' term ns and. for their benefit, the meorhe tax bill defines it as terth ‘person’ shall medn 5 y individual, trust ation, joint stock n organized for profit, unless o expressly stated.” Are you. as an_individual, “organized for ptofit?” ied From First Page) of being referred to a committee for study. Therefore, he declared, he did not have :ufficient time in which to with all its pro- sh it is too late now to | the House with respect | tax provision, Mr. | ‘cied that the Senate visions do anyt | win resentative who Appeal to T David _J. Lewis of represents the sixth | onal_district, which | mery County, said he | amiliar with the in- | if it contained a an_income tax on d who are employed | he would appeal to! of Maryland to -have | <ed out of the measure | Scnator Tydings is in | today and could not | t tax provision in the | ads as follows | is hereby imposed and collected and paid an- | to the en- herein defined. except provided. from all and from ev: busi sion_or occupation ct of Columbia | ¢ Units Busy. ting of the Committee > and Budget of the | Civic Federation is n to determine that organization when it reaches ston County, Robert N of the Arlington ration, is planning ing of the chairmen of and Legislative Commit- | reanization to map out | ) defeat the measure. 'man of the Pub- t_Committee of deration, de- ntion of the tax comparable to tax v all prop- 1 trade. profession or oc- | earried en in the District of mbia by residents and non-resi- like * nment employes, according to formation,” he declared, “are not empted.” ugh Reid of De v. said member of the Virginia gates from Arlington be had been advised of the District income tax 1 have on res@ents in Arling- who earn their incomes in rict, but had not yet seen a the m ure and therefore 1d comment until presented to me,” us and deserves im- d concerted action.” to well informed civic lead- ton County there is one to Virginia’s opposition to the » in that Virginia also assesses t income tax, thereby in the same position with > District. The Virginia i. provides for taxation ned in the State re- idence of the earner, provided also in the District measure inia income tax law provides on the incomes of single Friday, Saturday an OUR MEATS ARE U.S. G later. | Reed and Davis Are Given Appointment Rights in His District. Move to Oust Pennsylvanian From G. 0. P. Party Is Started in House. | BY the Associated Press. It will cost Representative McFadden dearly for having assailed President Hoover in the House. Chief Executive on the moratorium has spot where it hurts. By arrangement General Brown, the Keystone Senators, Reed and Davis, vesterday took over the privilege of naming postmasters in Mc- Fadden's district, vital character of this patronage move was contained #1 Reed’s comment on a former Representative who was treat- ed the same way for similar cause: “We named all his_pastmaster ap- pointments as long as he stayed in the House—which wasn't long.” In the House, where McFadden as- serted the President had “sold out” to Germany, a move was begun at the same time by Representative DArrow to compel McFadden to prove his asser- tions or be read out of the party. Dar- | row is the Pennsylvania member of the with Postmaster OES: e | POWerful Republican Steering Commit- tee. Snubbed at White House. The White House today took its first formal notice of McFadden's attack. Democratic in the House, particularly those on the Ways and Means and Banking Com- mitees, were invited to a White House breakfast, but McFadden's name was omitted. He is the ranking Republican on the Banking Committee. Walter Newton, one of the Presi- dent’s secretaries, in announcing the list of guests, sald “one name was ¢ persons up to $1.250 a year and on mar- | rate specified in this sec- | ried persons and heads of families up | officers, to $2.800, with added exemptions of $400 for each dependent. The rate of taxation Is 1'. per cent up to $3,000, 2!y per cent on the next $2,000 and 3 per cent In excess of $5,000. In so far as the residents of the Districi are concerned the income tax bill will strike its hardest blow at home owners. Thousands of residents of the District, it is pointed out, are buying homes on the installment plan, gradually paying off mortgages looking to final ownership. In the Federal in- come tax law there is a provision which allows the deduction of the total amount of interest pald on homes from the gross income before computation of the tax. In the Djstrict income tax measure, however, there is a specific provision that this interest shall not be allowed as a deduction unless there is income from the property which would be tax- able. The vast majority of homes are used as dwellings only with no income, it was explained, and therefore the interest paid on trusts or mortgages may not be deducted in computing the District income tax Another peculiar provision in the biil | also is contrary to the principles a | cepted in the Federal income tax la The Federal law permits deduction of the taxes paid to the States or the Dis- | trict of Columbia in the form of income | taxes or any other taxes. On the con- | trary the District tax bill would reverse | the ‘process and refuse to allow deduc- ‘llon for payment to the Federal Gov- | ernment of the Federal income tax. | Thus, it was pointed out, that in the two particulars of the deductions for interest |on homes and for deductions of the | taxes concerned, the new District law would be far more drastic than the Fed- | eral law. Authority Has Precedent. The authority by which the District of Columbia may tax employes of the Federal Government is based on precedent in the National Capital, but it is entirely different from the prin- ciples of taxation prevailing between the Federal Government and the gov- ernments of the States. ‘Through a long period of years the precedent has been built up through legislation and by court decision that the Pederal Government and the States are separate political entities. Under this theory the Federal Gov- OVERNMENT INSPECTED d Monday Specials Twe Stores to Serve You 311 7th St. N. W. Clyde Litton, Manager Phone NAt. 2939 3145 M Street N. W. James Carter, Manage: Phone WEst 2023 Meat—Made from the best sage Seaso: BACON &-_.».143¢ BUTTER - BUTTER PORK = Lean Lean BEEF A grim hint of the | —— and Republican leaders | M:FADDEN SHORN OF PATRONAGE FOR ATTACK AGAINST HOOVER | i His sensational denunciation of the | brought retaliation by his fellow Re- | publicans of Pennsylvania, right in the LOUIS T. McFADDEN. passed over for obvious reasons and by unanimous consent.” ‘We intend to act to all practical purposes as though Representative Mc- Fadden had died,” Reed said. “Several years ago a Representative from Read- ing, Pa., got enthusiastic and claimed | William S. Vare and I were crooks. I put the clamps on him.” Under the new procedure the two Senators will parcel out the postmas- ter patronage, following the same course as exists in districts represented by Democratic Congressmen. and his district comprises a large num- ber of rural counties. Says Reed Unchanged. | _READING, Pa., December 18 (# Brief and to his way of thinking “to the point,” former Judge Robert Grey Bushong last night replied to Senator Reed, who recalled “'Bushong’s asser- tion in 1928 that Willlam Vare and | Senator Reed were ‘“crooks.” | “All I have to say,” Bushong de- | clared, “is this: | “Senator Reed is the same jackass 'in 1931 that he was in 1928." : st ernment cannot tax State employes or | nor can the State Govern- | ments tax employes or officers of the | Pederal Government This is based on the idea as explained by the courts that “the power to tax is the power to destroy.” If one of | these politicel entities had authority to | tax the other, it could sharpiy restrict | the other's power and authority. Under | this restriction the Federal Government | cannot tax the employes of the neigh- boring States of Maryland Virginia. It is conversely true that the State of Vir- | ginia in its income tax law exempts from taxation the salaries of employes | of the Federal Government who reside 1 in Virginia. But in_this city the situation is re- versed. The status of the District of Columbia government is not recognized | as being equivalent to that of a State | as regards this prohibition against in- | | terpolitical taxes. In the first place, the | Federal Government, which does not tax employes of the States, does exact Federal income tax on employes of the District of Columbia Conversely, it is held by authorities, the District of Columbia in its new in- come tax law would have the right to tax the salaries of employes of the Fed- e S 0 e McFadden’s home is in Canton, Pa., | CAPPER ASKS AID FOR DISTRICT AGED Introduces Bill to Provide Financial Assistance for Needy Cases. A plan under which the District gov- ernment would extend financial assist- ance to aged persons with meager in- by T an Capper of the Senate Dis- ll‘lg: Co';nmltue,pm nator Capper's bill would designate the District Commissioners as nnz?ald- 8ge security board to pass on applica- | tions for old-age assistance. Any per- : son 60 years or over having no child or other person who would be legally re- !s?)?nslble for their support, could ap- Fund to Be Reimbursed. At the date of application the ap- plicant would have to show that his | year and that the applicant did not have property valued at more than | $3,000. The board could then award an amount which, when added to existing income, would make not more than $9 a week. This would work out to be $468 & year. The funds would be furnished by the District. The bill also provides that when & recipient dies, leaving property, the relief fund would be reimbursed in the amounts | the person had received, with 3 per cent | interest. Senator Capper also introduced two other bills, one adding a new penalty clause to the zoning law and the other authorizing unions or associations of | employes to adopt labels to designate | the products of their labor. | Provides Stiff Penal(y. | The zoning amendment, provides that any building erected, used or altered in violation of zoning rules would be de- clared a common nuisance, and the | Police Court could impose a fine of not more than $100 a day for each day its | use was 80 _continued. Senator Prazier, Republican, of North Dakota, introduced a bill to prohibit ex- periments on living dogs in Washington A similar anti-vivisection bill was con- sidered but not passed in the last Con- gress, eral Government, from the lowest to the highest A study of the rates prevailing in the Federal income tax law, and those in the District of Columbia law shows that on smaller incomes, the District rates are higher, but on larger incomes the | District rates are lower than the Federal | levies. The District rates run up to a | maximum of 5 per cent, but the Federal tax hits a maximum of 25 per cent Officers and employes of embassies iand legations would be considered as exempted from payment of the Dis- trict of Columbia income tax, insofar as their income came from a foreign power, it was explained, but if either officers or employes of one of the em- bassies has income from American sources, then this income would be | taxable under the new District bill, ac- cording to an expert interpretation g Beges e During a trial in a police court in Barry, Wales, a man threw an egg at the magistrate’s clerk. scoring a per- fect bull's-eye on the side of the head or her income did not exceed $468 a | FRIDAY PLAY T0 BE GIVEN | - BY GIRL RESERVES Toys Repaired as Gifts Will| Be Shown at Ceremonial Sunday Afternoon. A Christmas play, a processional of | | small grade school pupils and choral | numbers will feature the annual Christ- mas _ceremonial of the Girl Reserves of Washington at the central Y. W. C. A Sunday afternoon. An added attrac- tion will be a display of the 8,000 toys donated by the public and repaired by the Girl Reserves for distribution Christmas eve to unde-privileged chil- dren. 5 The play. “Why Chimes Ring” will be presented at 4 o'clock in Barker Hall under joint supervision of Mrs. Alice Sigworth Morse, drama director, and Miss Mary M. Burnett, music director of the Y. W. C. A. A processional of | grade school members of the Girl Re- serves will be a prelude to the play. Afterward the Girl Reserves will | sing a program of Christmas carols in the lower hall of the Y. W. C. A. Build- ing, which will be decorated in keeping with the holiday spirit. The Girl Re- serve staff at the Y. W. C. A, headed | by Miss Mabel R. Cook, is in charge of | the ceremonial. | Those who will sing in the choirs in- | clude: Peggy Yost, Maria Mandes, Vir- giia Wakeman, Marjorie Brooks. | Frances Laughton, Rosalie Stuart, Mary Louise Cole, Blossom Millbrook Emma Jane White, Ruth Smith, Dor- othy Dyer, Marcy Tipping, Amelia Stuart, Lois Berman, Mary Colmetz | Alleen” Wrightson, Grace Schopmeyer. | Eva Goldberg, Shirley Peterson. Betty | Everett, Ellen Lauch, Anne Ames, Bet- tie Jones, Eleanor Boughern, Pat Mar- | | tin, Louise Carroll, Marian Butler, | | Mary Louise Graham, Betty Squires | Mamie King, Dorothy Bean, Evelyn Al | sop, Elinor Hilldrup, Mildred Brewer Corrie Litus, Rosemary Watts. Mildred | Brunner, Dorothy Greevy, Margaret | Watts, Christie Laycock, Teresa Rooney, | Helen' Maxine Evans and Margaret Gooding. | WEISSMULLER IS SUED Winnie Lightner's Sister Seek 10 Per Cent of His Salary. E i08 ANGELES, December 18 (A).— | Johnny Weissmuller, swimming cham- | pion, faced a court action yesterda a suit filed by Thea Lightner, actor's: agent, who seeks 10 per cent of the swimmer's salary. Miss Lightner charged she ent into an agreement with Weissm: September 17, which gave her exclusiv rights to obtain motion picture engage- | ments for the swimmer | She charged that on October 15| Weissmuiler secured a motion picture | contract and that she was entitled to | 10 per cent of the procee Miss | Lightner is a sister of Winnie Lightner, | movie actress. — . France Limits Fish Imports. PARIS, December 18 (#)—The Offi- cial Journal today published a gover ment decree limiting imports of ca fish from the United States to 1. 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