Evening Star Newspaper, May 27, 1932, Page 5

THE EVENI NG STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, N [ " SALES TAX SEEN Believed Only Solution to Balance Budget in Pres- ent Tangle. BY MARK SULLIVAN. The stage into which the tax bill has | now gotten points toward a sales ta: supplementary to the other taxes now being enacted. If adopted it would be in substitution for the commodity taxes slready in the bill. This course seems the almost inevitable outcome of events in the Senate from day to day. It is also forced by conditions in the broad- est_sense. ‘When the Senate reduced the rate on automobiles from 4 per cent to 3, that action cut $14,000,000 from the expected tax receipts. At once the Finance Committee was obliged to meet and get that $14,000,000 by a new tax, which they put upon jewelry and some commodities. This process is likely to continue. The result is a constantly increasing number of scparate com- modities upon which a tax is laid. In time the number of these commoditie is likely to bec i sales tax. It 1s also clear that every| time a rew commodity is subjected to! tax (hc persons interested in that (‘(vm-r modity become willing to Fave a sales tax spread over substantially all com- | modities. The victims of taxes on in- dividual commodities will soon become & union wanting a general sales tax. Other Indications. ‘There is an even more fundamental condition pointing toward the sales tax. The objective of the whole program s | to get enough revenue to meet the Gov- ernment’s expenditures and _thereby balance the budget. This objective is sincerely held by a majority of both the Democrats and Republicans in the Senate. Balancing the budget. involves making an estimate of the amount of revenue that will be yielded by a given tax. This in turn necessitates making an estimate of the volume of business in the country. In these estimates, it was assumed, for example, that a 4 per cent tax on automobiles will yield $56,- | €00,000. This means it was assumed ! that $1,400,000,000 worth of nulomobxlos‘ will be sold during the year. These es- | timates of volume of business were made early in the year. If the tax bill had been passed at the time planned, some wecks ago, the estimates weuld probably have turned out correct. What has| happened, however, is that the p‘nxagv‘ of the tax bill will be postponed until{ probably close to July 1, with only half the calendar year left Because of the delay in passing the | tax bill and because of the unfor- | | | { i l { | AS INEVITABLE | ment for it, since the country is caught Sales Tax Plea Levy Called One Large and Sure Solution of Finan- cial Problem. The New York Times printed the following editoriai on the sales xl “Back to the Sales Tax. today. “Indications are multplylng at ‘Washington that the best way out of the taxation muddle will bs found to be to go back to the general sales tax. The original arguments for it have only been strengthened by what has taken place since its defeat by a sort | of hysterical upricing in the House. No catisfactory substitute has been de- vised. Every individual new tax that has been proposed has been bitterly attacked. The so-called nuisance taxes, which the Senate has been writing into the bill in still more offensive forms, are awaking throughout the country protests and resentment stronger than were or would be roused by a sales tax. The latter, if adopted, would unques- | tionably bring in the needed revenue and balance the budget. It would dis- tribute taxation with as near an ap- proach to an equality of all citizens as any tax levy can be expected to make. It would impcse a small burden upon emall consumers, but would be linked in the same bill with higher rates on incomes, so that it could not be said that the poor are treated unjustly. All | would be contributing to the necessary expenses of the Government in pro- portion to their ability. This would square with one of the soundest max- im= of taxat'on. “It has been alleged that it would be hopeless to try to revive the plan for a sales tax. But sentiment in | | Congress is. obviously, changing on mm subject. When the sales tax was first | proposed 1t had non-partisan support. | The leaders of both parties were for it, 1t was approved, though not originated | by the Treasury. Secretary Mills was| confident that its administrative fea- tures could easily be worked out and; that it would yield the large Tevenue | which is requisite. Although President | Hoover did not openly advocate it, he | gave it—and is now said to be prepared | to give it again—tacit indorsement. The general belief is growing that i is a fair and sound measure of taxaticw and might well be resorted to now in place of the many vexatious levies | which have been brought forward as n]'crnnti\'('s to it. “The objection is made that it is an emergency tax. This is really an argu- | | in an acute emergency, and Congress 1s desperately trying to find a way out of it. What the effect would be if it resolutely took up and enacted the sales tax there can be shacow of doubt. “It would lift the heavy cloud of un- certainty now resting upon business. It would put the ability of the Govern- ment to pay its debts beyond all ques- tion. Tt would make an end of sus- picions, so strong abroad and coming | | tunate effect on the country of the col- lapse of the first tax bill in the House and for other reasons it is now ap- | parent the resumption of business ac- tively will be delayed. It is now probably mpossible for resumption of business to reach sufficient momentum | pac within the remainder of the vear to| yield as much revenue from commod- | ities or from_incomes as was at first| anticipated. In short, the returns from the tax bill now being written can| hardly be as great as was hoped when | the tax bill was first planned. This | means (Bt new taxes must be laid, 2d- | ditional to the ones in the present bill. | The only additional taxes practicable to impose will be more taxes on the sales of commoditics. The aggregate of these will be so large that Congress will realize it might as well lay a general sales tax and be done with it. Additional Expense. ‘The necessity and probability of gales tax arice from yet another cause. It is evident Congress is going to do something for relief of unemployment, | presumably in_the form of loans, through the Reconstruction Finance | Corporation, to States for reproductive | enterprises. Whatever is done for relief | employment means expense. That ex- pense will be an addition to the expense side of the budget. Even if there is a bond issue, the yearly interest must be added to the expepse side of the | budget. The only way to offset this s more taxes on the receipts side of the budget. It would seem that the only practicable new tax must take the form of the sales tax in one degree of eompleteness or another. It is true that when the sales tax was first proposed the House rejected it overwhelmingly and almost savagely. Since that unhappy episode, however, the House has learned much. It has learned, among other things, that its own action postponed business recov- ery. The House is now in a different mood. It is certain that many who voted against the sales tax would now support it. The number of willing con- wverts increases daily. The net of the fundamental situation is that the leaders of both parties in Congress subscribe to the principle of a balanced budget. Such leaders out- side Congress as ex-Gov. Smith and Owen D. Young subscribe to it. A ma- Jority of members of both parties in both houses of Congress subscribe to ! it. Since their support of the principle of a balanced budget is sincere, those who hold it will be forced to realize utimately that the only practicable way to balance the budget will be, on the one hand, effecting economies and. on the other, laving taxes on so many commodities as to constitute in effect & sales tax. D. C. MAN HELD ON RUM CHARGE IN MONTGOMERY Officers of Bethesda Staticn Report Finding 12 Cases of Alleged Whisky in Car. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. BETHESDA. Md. May 27.—Joseph O'Brien of the 1000 block Massachu- setts avenue, Washington, D. C. was taken into custody on a charge of pos- session of 12 cases of liquor with intent to sell by Montgomery County Police- men J. S. McAuliffe and Frank Soper last night. McAuliffe and Soper were riding along Connecticut avenue in Chevy Chase when they noticed a heavily- Joaded car pass them and decided to investigate. search of O'Brien’s sedan disclosed the alleged whisky secreted in a rear compartment, the officers reported. TWO PERSONé ARE KILLED IN SEVERE BOSTON STORM Boat Shed Collapses When Struck by Lightning—Heat Wave ] ! Is Broken. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, May 27.—TWo persons were killed yesterday during a severe elec- trical storm that caused heavy dam- age in Greater Boston. David Doyle, 26, and Robert C. Mann, 10, were crushed to death by a beam of a large boat shed on the Dorchester waterfront which collapsed when struck by lightning during a burst of wind at the height of the storm. A two-day heat wave, during which the temperature rose to 93 yesterday, was broken by the torrential rainfall. From many sections of the Greater Boston area came reports of houses, trees and poles being struck by lightning. {a strong and determined policy {ion had been drafted for the House | was 72 to 3. to be entertained rather surprisingly at home, that the stability of our currency is endangered. The time has come for Congress to show that it is capable of | Te- specting _ taxation. If it now ‘turns, back to the sales tax as the one large and sure solution of its financial prob- lem, the effect of the bold move would | be instantly seen in higher hope and firmer confidence throughout the whole | country.” 1.75 SALES TAX PLAN OFFERED TO SENATE; EARLY VOTE IMPENDS (Continued From First Page.) sylvania, contended, however, that the clause would cost some States millions of dollars. New York and Pennsyl vania, he said, would lose from $20,- 000,000 to $50,000.000. Senator La Follette, Republican, of | Wisconsin, agreed with Reed, esti- mating the provision would cost the Federal Government $40,000,000 and the various States $150.000,000. Senator Norris, Republican, of Ne- braska, said he understood the provis- committee by attorneys practicing be- fore the Treasury Dipartment, whose clients would gain by its adoption. The vote eliminating the provision Bill $66,000,000 Shy. As the session opened this morning the bill was running behind its required billion-dollar yield by about $66,000,000. To bridge the gap, a considerable group was backing a plan to boost the income taxes once again. The shortage came about through re- shuffing the special excise taxes, cutting some of the more extravagant and re- inserting a collection of ‘“nuisance” levies. All day long yesterday, with sur- prising speed, tax after tax was ap- proved. The Senators in charge of the measure were run ragged keeping up. Leaders of both parties, fcr and against the sales tax, then spoke out jointly in an assurance that the needed revenue would be raised. Said their statement : “Although we have not as yet been able to reconcile our differences on de- tails of the pending tax bill, the under- signed are firmly determined that the tax bill will be passed in such form as | eventually to balance the budget of the National Government and to preserve the integrity of its currency, and we can assure the country that that is practically the unanimous sentiment of the Senate, regardless of party.” The “undersigned” were Watson, Smoot and Reed, Republicans, and Rob inson, Harrison and Walsh of Massa- chusetts, Democrats. Walsh is heading the sales tax fight. Reed, standing Mth him, claimed the majority, but the op- posing side insisted the claim was an empty one. KAYE DON ABANDONS ASSAULT ON SPEED MARK By the Associated Press. GARDONE, Italy, May 27.—Kaye Don, British speedboat driver, has de- cided to abandon his attempt to set a new world speedboat record on Lake Garda with his Miss England IIT. Don said he would return to England to discuss possible modifications in the boat with her owner, Lord Wakefield. The British driver once held the world mark before it was raised to 111.712 by Gar Wood of Detroit. “I wish the boat builders would think less of my life and more about speed, which is what I want in & boat,” Don said. “After all, risk is my stock in trade.” Back to Pre-War Prices $1.50 to Baltimore and Return T-day Umit Saturdays and Sundays 31.25 Good ntlrlln'.‘lllfl Sunday % 22 2, —_— A new sheet rubber, said to with- tand the torments of any laundry, is ing Inserted into the top of stockings n London, permitting the wearer to garters. W., B. & A. 12th st. and New York ave. n.w. TENNESSEE ANGRY ' AT CONGRESS AETS Dlscontent Greater Among Business Men—Tax Re- volts Are Organized. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Special Dispatch to The Star. NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 27.—Away for a few days to get a close-up of con- ditions in Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas, there is a striking revelation to the traveling correspondent almost | immediately. 'with which the behavior of Congress is viewed. The strange thing is that the so- called discontent which might be ex- pected to show itself in a depression is noticeable and more vocal among the | business men and white-collar classes | than in any other group. If members of Congress collectively or individually could hear what is being said about them, they would feel far from comp'imented. What has made a deep impression, for instance, are the charges of nepotism and the pub- lished evidence tkat members of Con- | gress are drawing money for relatives who do no work or cnly nominal tasks. Revolts Being Organized. The anger that this sort of thing has | awakened is one of the most significant | factors in the antagonim toward Con- | gress It may involve injustice hcr: and there but the prevailing belief is that most of the members of Cnngrtss who have their relatives on the pay! ! roll cannot be very faithful to the pub- lic trust or at least, as zealous about . making economies as they should be. Taxpayers' revolts are being organ- ized here and there against city and | county taxation burdens, but much of | the blame is visited upon the Federal | Government as well. The economy wave is unmistakably strong and there is no telling what will happen at the polls this year in individual cases, even in a State like Tennessee. Incidentally, this State has relatively less unemployment than the northern States. While this is due to diversifi- cation of industry and crops, it cannot be said that thoughtful people think | the state may be immune in the future from some of the severe effects of the depression, Some of the prominent people with | whom the writer discussed the general | situation here and in Chattanooga ex- pressed the view that Congress could do much toward improving the morale | of business if it would do something | decisive about taxation and economy, ! | that the uncertainty about taxes was| interfering with business plans, and | that gress would be welcomed on all sides. | Baker Often Mentioned. Politically, the State is by no means | definite in its predilections. It is true Gov. Roosevelt of New York can count the ‘Democratic delegation as his, but underneath the surface one does not | have to look far to discover that Roose- velt is by no means regarded as the ablest man the party could find. if it i conducted a search for the most tal-| ented individual to lead the Nation through an economic crisis. There is frequent comment on the name of Newton D. Baker, particularly | among the business elements, but the ! most interesting thing is the admission of Roosevelt’s weakness as a candidate. The conservatives, particularly, did not like his Atlanta speech. Just now, however, party politics is overshadowed by the desire to see Con- | gress balance the budget and settle the tax problem. ‘Tennessee doesn’t look unhappy—its bank failures and agricultural readjust- ment, of course, have taken their toll— but at the moment it presents the pic- ture of an aroused electorate trying to f.gure out just why Congress sesms deaf to the pleas for action. (Copyright, 1932.) LEONARDTOWN MERCHANT DIES SUDDENLY AT HOME George P. Loker Is Survived by His ‘Widow and Four Children, Two Living in Washington. Special Dispatch to The Star. LEONARDTOWN, Md. May 27— Gforge Peabody Loker, aged 62, promi- nént merchant of this city and well known citizen of Southern Marylan died suddenly at his home yesterda: He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Sally Lamden Loker, and the following chil- dren: Comdr. A. Morsel Locker of the; United States Navy, Miss Janice Loker of Leonardtown, M Mrs. Samuel Sowell and George Peabody Loker, j of Washington, D. C.; also the follow ing brothers and sisters: Judge William Meverell Loker of the seventh judicial circuit of Southern Maryland, Robert C. Loker of Leonardtown, Md.; Henry Loker, Mrs. Lucy Spaulding and Mrs. Rose Loker Raley of New York and Mrs. Louis F. Abell of Leonardtown. Requiem mass was said in St. Aloy- sious Roman Catholic Church here to- day, with the rector, Rev. Joseph Sheri- dan Knight, S. J,, officiating. Interment was in Med!!ys Neck, Our Lady's Roman Catholic Chapel Cemetery. Plant Sale Tomorrow LEESBURG, Va., May 27 (Special). —A plant sale for the benefit of the Loudoun Hospital will be held tomor- Tow from 10 am. to 3 pm. on the court house lawn here under the au-. spices of the Lcesburg Garden Club. L)ghtmng Knlls Man. ERIE, Pa., May 27 (#).—Lightning killed Denzel Klakamp, 20, a farm hand, near Waterford yesterday. “BALTIMORE ROSE” Sterling Silver PIECES $725 “THE BRIDE'S SET” 6 Knives, 6 Forks, 6 Tea Spoons, 6 Salad Forks, 6 Butter Sprea Bouillen Spoons, 6 Oyster Forks, 3 ‘Table Spoons, Butter Knife, Sugar Spoon, Cold Meat Fork, 2-pc. Steak Set. 1004 F ST. N.W. It is the grave concern | an early adjournment by Cone | Tablet to Gen. Myer Will Be Unveiled XERCISES NEXT THURSDAY IN HONOR OF ONE-TIME CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER. E. Five former chief signal officers, United States Army, retired, now living in Washington, are expected to attend the Maj. Gen. Adolphus W. Greely, Brig. Gen. James Allen, Brig. Gen. George P. Scriven, Maj. ceremonies. Left to right: Gen. George O. Squier and Maj. Gen. Ch: MEMORIAL tablet in honor of | Brig. Gen. Albert J. Myer, one-time chief signal officer of the Army, will be unveiled at | Fort Myer next Thursday at| 4:30 o'clock. Gen. Myer, after whom Fort Myer | was named, was the chief signal officer i during the Civil War and_established | the United States Weather Bureau. He DELANO REVEALS NEW RELIEF PLAN iUrges Nation-Wide Systemi on War Basis to Care for Suffering. Convinced after conversations with men in various sections of the country that we cannot go through another | Winter without a better method of | dealing with unemployment, Prederiz A. Delano, chairman of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. | today disclosed details of a relief plan he has worked o “It is believed,” Mr. Delano wrote in a letter to The Star, “that the ques- tion of unemployment has been too much associated with charity and too little considered as a well thought out { method of preserving men’s morale and | giving them a chance to do something pending the time when they can get regular work.” Urges Careful System. Delano outlined his | M. fcllows “Divide cities into small precincts— say, of 500 inhabitants, or 125 famili | with a resident committee named in cach precinct, who shall b> paid a small stipend and held responsible for keep- | g informed as to the health, living | conditions, etc.. of every citizen or fam- ily in their district “With such a plan in good working order, no relief would be given by any | city or State central committee except on the recommendation of this com- mittee. “Set up regional employment or relief centers equipped to care for all comers, with baths, simple meals, opportunities | for work, sleeping quarters, clothes, re- l-pairs, etc. It is proposed that employ Iin these centers shall be paid approxi- mately one-half of standard wages, and these work opportunities reserved as far as possible for unemployed men and women. This work must be regarded as in the nature of public service or duty, or as temporary work for em- plotes seeking permanent positions end wishing an opportunity to show their willingness or proficiency. Suggests Jobless Camps. “To relieve in part the unemployment | situation arrange to muster in the sound and healthy young men, 18 to 25 years of age, inclusive, into a volunteer in- dustrial army. Provide them with sim- ple uniforms (e. g.. cenim) and provide temporary barracks or tents within a few miles of the cities. This army will be under discipline by trained Army or | Reserve officers, and handled much as | was done in training camps during the | war. The purpose is (a) to take these men off the street. (b) to keep them | occupied, (c) to improve their morale, «d) to teach them discipline, orderli- ness and simple trades, (e) to give them | regular exercise and moderate work. ‘and (f) to feed and clothe them and pay them, cay, 50 cents per day. Remember, this is not obligatory, | | but volunteer work, and it might be ex- pected to reach, say, 2,000,000 men. Favors Moving Families. “To provide for families without work or means of livelihood move them from plan as TALISMAN, seariet. TErE PIK "RADIANCE, sitvery pink. ROSSLYN. eolden yellow. arles McK. Saltzman. died in 1880 in Buffalo, N. Y., where he is buried. A daughter, Miss Gertrude W. Myer, will unveil the memorial. The presen- [TAY 27. 1932. | ! will fire a salute of 11 guns and the a Clvaky Band will furnish the| r‘lve former chief signal officers of the Army, all retired and living in ROBBER IS KILLED; TWO0 MEN WOUNDED| Three Other Bandits Walk Calmly From Store After Fatal Gun Battle. By the Associated Press. PADUCAH, Ky., May 27—A pistol battle between Emmett Holt, commis- sioner of public safety, and one of four men who held up a downtown cigar | store resulted yesterday in the death of the robber and the injury of the official | and one of the proprietors of the store. Holt entered the store while the rob- bery was in progress, and a man who was surprised looting the cash register opened fire, shooting Holt in the jaw. | The safety commissioner returned the | fire, killed the robber, and wounded Morris Lydon, a partner, in the leg with | a stray bullet. ‘Three other men, who had lined ap- proximately 40 occupants of the store against the wall in a back room and | gone through their pockets, walked coolly through the front room after the | shooting, entered their automobile and |- drove off. They escaped after abandon- | ing their machine a short distance | avay. | ‘The robber who was killed, apparently tation address will be made by Maj. | Washington, are expected to attend the | of foreign extraction, has not been iden- Gen. Irving J. Carr, chief signal officer, and Col. Harry N. Cootes, commanding | officer at Fort Myer, will accept it on | len, Brig. Gen. George P. Scriven, Maj. kehalf of the Government. Battery C of lhe 16th Held Afl.lllery ceremonies. They are Maj. Gen. Adol- phus W. Greely, Brig. Gen. James Al- Gen. George O. Squier and Maj. Gen. Charlfl McK. Saltzmln Wins Art Award WASHINGTONIAN AMONG 15 HONORED AT ROME. | for Federal regulation of bituminous HENRY D. MIRICK. Personal congratulations of royalty were bestowed upon Henry D. Mirick of Washingtcn and 14 other American winners of the “Prix de Rome” today. | King Victor Emmanuel of Italy, said an Associated Press dispatch, visited the American Academy of Fine Arts in Rome and looked over its annual ex- hibition, including the work of young Mirick. He seemed greatly pleased. Academy officials and the King talked at length in English. His majesty dis- played a lively interest in the works of art. He shook hands with each of the prize winners. including, in addition | to Mirick, Burton K. Johnson of Chicago; Charles R. Sutton, Ottawa IIL; John M. Sitton. Greenville, S. C Walter L. Reichardt, Los Angeles William M. Simpson, Norfolk, Va.. Norman D. Lockwood, Ann_Arbor, Mich Mirick is a son of Mrs. H. B. Mirick | of 1809 Nineteenth street. He is a | graduate of the University of Penns vania School of Architecture. He went to Rome on a fellowship won in com- petition with students from all sections | | | of the country German Given Medal. BERLIN, May 27 ().—In behalf of the American, Historical Association, Ambassador Pf?d(‘hc M. Sackett today | | presented the Jusserand medal to Prof Otto Vossler of the University of Leipzig. Prof. Vossler won the award for his “American_ Revolutionary Ideals in Re- | lation to European,” published in 1930. Northern citles to the Gulf Coast States, | where they can be housed in simple cantonments. Simple raw food will be issued as rations, with facilities for cooking. For example, milk, sweet po- | tatoes, beans, coffee or tea, either to be | cooked by these families or else in cen- tral cafeterigs. It is estimated that | families can be housed and fed on farms | |In the Southern country at, say, 15 | cents per capita, and it 15 believed that | a fair number of these families will | want to find homes in the country and to start life anew under better condi- tion: POTTED ROSES IN BUD AND BLOO Fine high-grade potted roses in six-inch pots in bud and blcom. Large healthy specimens. 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I have known two instances of insurrection. ‘In a section of West Virginia where | in 1921 the United Mine Workers mobi- | lized 5,000 men under the very shadow of the State Capitol, who commandeered | trains, provisions, supplies and who were only turned back by Federal troops, this | organization does not even exist today. | “With legislation inviting organiztion | and forbidding opposition thereto, this | union would simpy send a corps of or- ganizers and agitators into each unor- ganized field.” Passage of the Datis- Ke!lv bill, he said. would result in the | “devastation” of Southern West Vir- | ginia. " Open Every Sunday Beautifully Designed Memorial Wreaths A splendid selection of individually destened artificial Memorial wreaths and sprays at attractive prices Selection”of Finest "Fresh Cut Flowers. Free Delivery to City and Suburbs FLORIST 's Opposite F£. Lincoln Cémetery NURSERYMEN Atlantic 0162—Hyatts. 85 Sold in small quantities. 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