Evening Star Newspaper, December 14, 1932, Page 4

MLLS SAYSBEER TAK N ENDLGH Secretary and Rainey Clash i Over Treasury Estimates i of U. S. Income. (Continued ¥From First Page.) the House probably would take up the beer proposal next Tuesday. He hopes to have & vote before the Christmas Tecess. Citing_the need for additjonal reve- nue, Mills urged the committee “to take the leadership in promoting & non-partisan program” to balance the budget by “the adoption of a general manufacturers’ excise tax.” He also recommended continuation of the I- cent-a-gallon gasoline tax. Democratic sponsors of the Collier | bill, who see in it a means of cutting down the deficit, have estimated that with a tax of $5 & barrel on beer and "20 cents a gallon on wine, about $230,- 000,000 would be returned in revenue annually. “The department believes,” Mills said, “that the administration of the beer tax would be practicable though it is not_clear why the distinction is made between the fermented liquor covered by the bill and cereal bever- ages with less than one-half of 1 per centum_of alcohol by volume, the tax on the latter being retained at the rate of 1!, cents per gallon. “This seems illogical and may give | rise to difficulties of administration and 1 think you should consider whether | tax-paid beer should not be distine- tively marked by stamp or otherwise. License Tax Ambiguous. “Purthermore, the bill is ambiguous on the question of whether the license tax imposed on the wholesaler and re- tailer of - fefmented liquors under the internal revenue laws applies to the seller of the new beverage. 3 “The provision, however, relating to the taxation of vinous liquors appears to the Treasury Department as impos- sible of administration, in that it gives no working definition’ of what liquors are subject to the tax. s to the revenue which might be expected from the ‘proposed tax on beer at the rate of $5 per barrel, the Treas- ury estimates the amount at $125,000,- 000 to $150,000.000 for the fiscal year 1934. If, however, malt sirup, which is taxed at a relatively low rate under the present law, is subjected to compensa- tory tax, the ultimate yield of the tax on beer could be increased somewhat.” Mills said the Treasury figured that beer consumption in 1934 amount to 33.000,000 barrels, or 42,000,- 000 barrels,” depending upon the num- ber of States in which its sale might be made legal in the coming fiscal year. He listed 16 in which immediate sale could take place after enactment of the legislation and nine in which it might be sold. But he then scaled down for various reasons the Treasury's estimate of beer consumption to from 25,000,000 to 30,000,000 barrels. Public Reaction Uncertain. “It should. be remembered that the fndustry, at least as far as legitimate production and distribution are con- cerned, is not now establisned and that home brew and bootleg beer are ap- parently manufectured on a Very con- siderable scale,” he said. “The time which would be required for the com- mercial production and normal distri- bution is problematical. “Moreover, there is very considerable uncertainty as to the change which may have taken place in the public taste for a beverage of the alcoholic content provided in the bill, particu- larly when consideration is given to the number of younger men from 21 to 35 Who have not been accustomed to the use of such a beverage. “After making these further adjust- fents, we estimate the probable con- sumption of tax-paid beer in the fiscal year 1934 al 25,000,000 barreis and 30,000,000 barrels, respectively, for the two lists of States. These figures in- dicate collections in the amount of $125.000,000 and $150,000,000, respec- tively.” States in which Mills said “the im- mediate sale of beer is reasonably cer- | tain” were listed as Arizona, California, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, ‘Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Dzkota, Oregon, Penn- sylvania, Rhode Island, Washington and Wisconsin. Those in which “the early sale of beer | listed may reasonably be expected” he as Connecticut, Colorado, Indiana, New Hampshire, Delaware, Illinois, Louislana, Minnescta and Vermont. Asserting that a deficit this year “is nevitable,” Mills said. however, that with the general manufacturers’ sales tax and continuation of the gasoiine levy the budget could be brought into balance in the following year. Beer Alone Insufficient. “The (beer) measure standing alone will not produce the revenue needed to bring the budget into balance,” he in- | sisted. “But if the committee should favor -its adoption, it could, ip combi- nation with these other proposals, be made to furnish a base of taxation suf- | ficently broad to give adequate assur- ances of a balanced: budget: “If the gasoline tax be continued for another vear and. a general manufac- turers’ excise tax along the lines of the measure reported by this committee at the last session be adopted, the budget can be brought into balance, and at the same time a number of the more in- equitable unproductive dnd administra- “might | the main been financed by certificates and notes, with a maturity of not ex- five years. - - - “With $6,268,000,000 of Fourth 4% Liberty Bonds matur! by 1938 and caliable in 1933, and with $536,000,000 of First 4! Liberty Loan bonds now callable, a refunding, is viding bonds offe do not carry interest rate in excets of that which the high credit of the United States calls for. Balanced Budget Needed. “The success of such an operation would be greatly facilitated by s bal- anced budget. It would have, in my judgment, & most favorable effect on the long-term money market and vital- ize the whole credit structure. “The avtll-blllt{ of capital on rea- sonable terms would, in turn, create one of the conditions essential to business recovery. It would be enormously help- ful in stimulating improvement in the capital goods industries—that is, the heavy industries. & “The market believes the funding of short-term dept into long-term bonds o be inevital The uncertainty as to the time and terms of this operation, added to the uncertainty as to when the budget will be bglanced and the Government retire from the market as a borrower of additional funds, are dis- turbing and unsettling factors.” At the conclusion of his statement, Mills wae questioned at length. leading finally to & heated cxchange with Rep- resentative Rainey of Illinois, the Demo- cratic floor leader and a charge by Mills that his veracity on the tax bill enacted last year had been challenged. “Do I understand that the adminis- tration favors the bill?” Rainey asked. Other Phases of Question. “I am mnot here to give you the ad- ministration’s attitude” Mills roared back. “I am here only to discuss the revenue features of the legislation. Asid> from the revenue phases, there are social and constitutional questions in | this legislation, which do not fall within the jurisdiction of the Treasury Depart- ment.” * “Will President Hoover sign the bill?” Rainey pursued. “Oh, Mr. Rainey,” Mills said with a shrug, “you know no one speaks for the President.” ~ “Do you favor the bill?” “I am not here to present the Presi- dent’s views or_the administration’s views,” Mills replied. “I am not here to express my personal opinion.” Shifting to Mills' recommendations that a sales tax be adopted to balance the budget, Rainey asked: . “Why did we not receive support from the administration on the manu- facturers’ sales tax last year?” “You did from me—i00 per_cent” Mills shouted, shaking his fist at Rainey. “I indorsed the bill your com- mittee reported out in a radio broad- cast.” Rainey said the Treasury had made miscalculations in the anticipated defl- cits in the past three years and added that in the formulation of the tax bill last year “you, the Secretary of the Treasury, admitted you were wrong by $400,000,000 in balancing the budget and you did nct know how much the deficit would be until you got outside help.” Says Baruch Helped Out. “Now I think we ought to set the record straight,” Mills replied. “The figures we submitted to you were on the basis of September estimates, and I then said they were tentative and that sub- sequently I would submit revised fig- ures.” Referring to a visit Bernard M. Baruch made to Washington during the formulation of the tax legislation, Rainey said Mills suggested this “out- side help” be called in. “It was never made at my sugges- tion.” Mills said. “They made no con- tribution. I never agreed with their figures. They agreed with ours.” Rainey insisted Mills had been short | in bis estimate last year that the deficit would be $920,000,000, and added “Now let's be truthful about this. Even the Secretary of the Treasury | ought to be truthful” | Standing on his toes and flushed, Mills waved his arms and shouted: “As long as my veracity is challenged T would like the record clerk get me the record.” A committee clerk left the room and produced & copy of the hearings before the committee last January and read a section in which Mills said his figures | were tentative. “The purpose of my questioning is to show you that vour suggest’ °s have not been of the slightest value,” Rainey said. “The committee adopted your rec- ommendations and they have failed to ‘p,rodaxce by 50 per cent,” Rainey in- | sisted. | “I recommend the sale tax in March,” Mills shouted again. “No man on this committee heard you,” Rainey replied. Estimates Were Bad. “T don’t know what more a Secretary of the Treasury can do than to make an anouncement that he supported the sales tax 100 .per cent and then made a talk over a Nation-wide hook-up | supporting it.” |~ Representative Doughton, Democrat | of North Cardlind, asked again if Ber- | nard Baruch had not presentéd estimates | of revenue to the Treasury last year. | ~“T'll give you the facts” Mills told | him vehemently. “I don't know what you are talking about when you mention Baruch and his estimates. Let me tell ycu that the only estimates you ever had came from the Treasury. “The_estimates were bad. I admit that. If you want to take the re- sponsibility off my shoulders and_ put them on Baruch, very well, but 1 have told you the truth.” “I'm glad you admit they were bad,” Rainey broke in. “Your estimates have | always been bad.” Representative Treadway, Republican, of Massachusetts broke in at this point ito protest Rainey's questions, and said | that was no way dress the Sec- tively undesirable existing excise tnxes; be repealed “The necessities of the clearly call {cr some such program. By June 30, next, we will have closed three successive fiscal years with large deficits “While in the years 1931 and 1932 the Treasury sold substantial blocks of Jong-term bonds, these deficits have in situation | Maybe this furore {up_an alibi for not balan | budget, I don't know.” Recommends Tax Now. | Representative Vinson, Democrat, of | Kentucky, took up the questioning to ocbserve that the statement Mills had THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15TH 6TO9P. M. 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There ensued & hot exchange between Vinson and Treadway on the accuracy of dates, and then the ww}(:mc'l swung back to Mills, but he b aside further querles to declare ve- hemently “I am working for you, not for a political party. I want to see this next administration come into office with a budget that is balanced, or on the way to be balanced soon.” Cites Dwindling Incomes. Mills told the committee he felt the limit had been reached in taxes on higher incomes, for “as you know, the highe: incomes are rapidly disap- aring.” “I therefore don't think there is any further faith to be placed in the in- ccme tax &s a revenue raiser.” He said he believed that if “you adopt my recommendations” there is a pos- sibility of lowering income taxes. Representative McCormack, crat, of Massachusetts, asked much have we got to raise to balance the budget in the fiscal year 19342" “About $307,000,000 plus what amoun! our foreign debtors do not pay,” Mills replied. “The $307,000,000 :is based, of course, on the continuation of the 1- cent gasoline tax.” “Why do you recommend the sales tax and not recommend the beer tax?” askéd Representative Doughton. Explains Beer Tax Stand. “Assuming that the Judiciary Com- mittee reports out a bill amending the Volstead law, which is within its juris- diction, and it is passed by Congress and then you ask me how much t place” on beer, then I would say that Bs & Tevenue measure it is desirable,” Mills said. “But 1 don't know whether this bill is_constitutional or not. I don't know what 2.75 per cent means. I don’t know whether it's intoxicating or not. I am not qualified to pass on a social ques- tion like this, and as Secretary of the Treasury I have no right to say whether it 1s constitutional. In fact, I think it's none of my business.” Representative Estep, Republican, of Pennsylvania, asked whether further savings could be made in Government expenditures. “I think it would be difficult to cut | expenditures any more below the Presi- dent's budget estimates.” Mills replied. Mills sald he would recommend the sales tax as & temporary measure. Questioned on Malt Tax. Representative Ragon, Democrat, of | Arkansas, requested Mills to make a recommendation as to what tax should be put on malt. However, the Treasury chief said he would rather not make a flat recommendation. but if the com- mittee insisted he would Treadway asked if the Treasury HARMONY PARLEY National Conference to Await Completion of House Hearing. 'The National Conference of Organi- zations Supporting the Eighteenth Amendment and the National Temper- ance Councll, both scheduled to open | sessions today at the Dodge Hotel, post- poned their meetings until’ after the hearing of dry leaders on the beer bill | by the House Ways and Means Com- | mittee, Attending the national confere.ice are | delegates from 33 dry organizations. The purpose, as outlined by Dr. A. J. Barton of Wilmington, N. C., the chair- man, is to reach an agreement among the various organisations supporting prohibition and to promote co-operation and a feeling of unity among them. He sald the conference will prepare a state- ment of policy, but that this statement is not binding on the member organi- zations. 80 Leaders in Group. The National Temperance Council consists of about 80 dry leaders, headed by Mrs. Ida B, Wise Smith of Des Moines, Io First sessions of the National Con- ference of Organizations Supporting the Eighteenth Amendment probably will begin this afternoon. On the agenda is a series of discussions by dry leaders under the general head “Where Are We in_the Prohibition Issue, end Why.” The political and legislative aspects of prohibition, originally scheduled for | ths afternoon, probably will be the sub- | ject of tonight’s meeting, while tomor- row will be given over to committee re- ports. ’ Education Extended. Extension of its program of educa- tion among students and professors was decided on this morning at an annual meeting of the directors of the Intercol- legiate Prohibition Association held in the Dodge Hotel. It was decided to organize s group of oung college graduates as discussion leaders among college students through- out the country. It is expected 10 such workers will be in the field soon, each operating throughout a group of 100 colleges. Speakers on specialized ohibition | subjects also will tour colleges and | speak to groups of undergraduates. The association decided to hold a conference | here January 7 to further this program. | Dr. D. Leigh Colvin of New York, chair- would | man of the board, presided this morn- object to placing a continuation of the g 1-cent-a-gallon gasoline tax on the beer bill. The gasoline tax expires next | DEFAULT AséA'LED June 30. “The Treasury,” Mills said, “is not trying to tell this committee how to write its tax bills, but I think the whole tax program should be wrapped up into one bill. I think it should all be lumped together. I think that the party’s pledge to balance the budget | should go hand in hand with the beer | pledge.” Discusses Sales Tax. | AS “INGRATITUDE” BY U. S. SENATORS _(Continued From First Page.) | regret having pursued that course. We cannot afford to ignore it.” Senator Steiwer, Republican, of Ore- DECEMBER -14, 1932. LOWER RAIL WAGE Speaker SIR_WILLMOTT LEWIS "TO ADDRESS TRADE BOARD. Executives Request Continu- ance of Present Cut for Six Months More. By the Assoctated Press. CHICAGO, December 14 —Extension of the present 10 per cent wage reduc- tions of rallway labor for six months beyond the January 31 deadline was proposed .to the brotherhoods today by | W. P. Thiehoff, chairman of the rail- | way executives, at their jolnt wage con- | ference. The managements stipulated that any | further changes in railway wages should be taken to the Rallway Labor Board | and should affect the basic rate of pay. Mediation Is Provided. Under their proposal, labor and em- ployers both would agree that no notice mflhun&.q!lnyd-mtoehuc: ‘Then there would be no further resort 10 temporary wage cuts, no more sum- ‘mon! of conferences between man- agements and brotherhoods. Instead, the problem would be laid before the mediatione agencies provided by the | railway labor act. | This was the second plan submitted by the railroad executives at the ses- | slons that started Monday. Rejected First Plan. | Yesterday labor rejected the first tender, in which the carriers asked that the January 31 deadline of the current | temporary reduced pay be wiped out and the rates extended indefinitely. Alexander F. Whitney, labor chairman, asserted his delegaies were without power to execute such an agreement and that it was tantamount to yielding to their employers the right to change the basic wage. After receiving the new -nn-uon.; the brotherhood representatives went | into private session today to discuss it. Tke joint conference was adjourned un- til tomorrow. Washington correspondent for the Lon- don Times, who will be the guest of | honor and principal speaker before the | Washington Board of Trade at its De- | cember meeting tomorrow night at 8 oclock in the Willard Hotel. Maj. Ernest W. Brown, superintend- ent of police, also will be honored by the trade body in recognition of his efficient handling of the recent hunger Taarch on” Washington. GEN. ALLEN’S WIDOW DIES AT HOSPITAL Illness of Well-Known Woman Described as Form of Sleep- ing Paralys; MISS ELISABETH PIERCE TO BE BURIED TOMORROW Well-Known Church and Social ‘Worker Died Monday at Methodist Home. Mrs. Henry T. Allen, widow of Maj. Gen. Allen, U. S. A, died at Walter Reed Hospital last night, after a brief | fliness. She had been in the hospital since Thursday, suffering from what physicians .termed a form of sleeping paralysis. Mrs. Allen, who came to Washington EXTENSION ASKED road. the six mon extension ‘;lne bl S ~ !‘m‘:,:nl Ul July 1, 30 days betors 18 expira- | granaShildren. She had lived here 75 in 1909, -had traveled extensively all over the world. With Gen. Allen, she had spent & number of years in Russia and Germany, where her husband was military attache at the American em- bassies. She also lived in France for some time. | She was widely known in this city ' in social and welfare circles. She was | & member of the National Women' | Country Club, the League of American Pen Women and took an active part in the Soldlers, Sailors and Marine Corps Club. Gen. Allen, who commanded the 90th Division, A. E. F., in France and the Puneral services for Miss Elisabeth | Frances Pierce, 79, well known church | and social worker, who died Monday, will be held at the Methodist Home, | 3901 Connecticut avenue, tomorrow at | 10:30 am. Burial will be private. Miss Pierce was born in Boston No- | vember 17, 1853, the daughter of Charles | W. and Mary Horton Pierce. She had resided continuously in Washington | since coming here about 30 years ago. | For many years Miss Pictce was active in the affairs of Foundry M. E. Church and was a member of the board of that institution when she died. She took a prominent part in patriotic and Representative Cullen, Democrat, of 'gon, sald “the American Government New York, head (Ivlf the Tnmrlnany de!}t;- | would do well to pattern its course after '?3?.2&““ Mills what sales tax he :{m; er_npxoygd by Andrew Jackson at ProOh the basis of present business,” iirentened téhéerfli“fi'mr!?-‘"“’"’m Mills_replied. “a 225 per cent tax| Senator Keyes, Republican, of New e T e e e R L ,000. natural i Mills said &n imposing list of spe- | At mys co:rl:gen‘:e with Secretary cial taxes now in effect could be re- |Stimson, Ambassador May submitted & pealed with the enactment of the gen- | note stating that circumstances are such a “special budget” through the issue of o s oo he Tegular | o o CAET 0L anepEEICTTAs Anc budget items for public construction. |talk over the outlook. There were reports recently that| Opne of the Democratic leaders, Rep- President-elect Roosevelt Was iVINg | resentative Bankhead of Alabama. ,5_ considerable study to & proposal under | precsed disappointment with France. which self lighidating construction | py¢ hoped “that we may be able to &;o)erls would be financed by Nd | work out a satisfactory settlement.” ues. Representative Stevenson of South Chieftains in the dry cause smashed | e Just o SR pay her their full force against the Collier beer | debt. I don't see anything we can do bill yesterday V’{)OI'P 11}1‘6‘ Cgmm‘ltée» |but stand pat, and when they want They were led by Bishop James Can- | more money say: ‘Well, your r is non, jr. of the Methodist Episcopal no good. ygu‘veydehulmdyin u‘:p;m. Church South, who asserted Congress Now borrow your money from Poland is without authority to fix the alcoholic | or_somebody.”” content of beverages, and they en-| Representative McFadden of Penn- thusiastically battered their argument |sylvania, ranking Republican on the :rt‘ th{e cnu‘m:nltbeemdbee}pxle close question- ;'Bar;klng Co‘r!nmrl‘:_;ee. took “this position: g from its mel TS, - arent ince’s position is - Drawing the largest crowd that had icuugpon theyflct. thxtr:l)\e mo“m;:ri;crln Y V] | an stion, nC the wets testifying, the drys put for- |that some unknown understanding ward Deets Pickett, research secretary |reached at that time has not been ful- of tne Methodist Board of Temperance, | filled.” Prohibition and Public Morals; Mrs. | - Ella A. Boole, president of the National S BN Women's Christian Temperance Union, Soft Tires Waste Gas. social work of the District, being a member of the local chapter of the | Daughters of the American Revolution and an honorary member of the Board of Directors of the Y. W. C. A. She also was interested in the activities of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society and was a member of the Guild of Army of Occupation in Germany, died in 1930. Since his death M Allen had resided at the Shoreham Hotel. | A _son, Capt. Henry T. Allen, jr., U. 8. A, of 2601 Calvert street; two daughters, Mrs. Frank M. Andrews and Mrs. Joseph W. Viner, and a sister, | Mrs., Wallace Wakem, all of this city, 1 survive. | American University. = 1A, The funeral services will be conducted | = by Rev. Prederick Brown Harris, pastor | In the first nine months of this year | of Foundry Church. A brother, William Plerce of Denver, Argentina shipped nearly 3,500,000 tons survives. of wheat abroad. 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