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Reed Sets Hearings
On Plan to Revise
Entire Tax System
In apparent frustration at Ad
ministration opposition to his
proposed 10 per cent income tax
cut. Chairman Reed of the
House Ways and Means Commit
tee today turned his attention
to an exhaustive overhaul of the
entire Federal tax structure.
The New York Republican
announced that hearings will be
gin June 16 on some 40 proposals
for revising the revenue system.
His decision is expected to throw
an additional roadblock in the
way of any extension of the ex
cess profits tax on business be
yond the present termination
date of June 30.
The committee is already con
sidering reciprocal trade ex
tension and proposals to sim
plify customs regulations. Mr.
Reed told reporters he will be
“too busy” to take up the ad
ministration tax plans “until I
get these other things taken
care of.”
Lists Hearing Topics.
Mr. Reed said the tax overhaul
hearings will cover such impor
tant suggestions as a deduction
for working housewives who have
to hire baby-sitters, increasing
deductions'for medical expenses,
allowing a deduction for college
education outlays, ending “dou
ble” taxation of both corporation
income and dividends and in
creasing allowances for business
depreciation and surpluses.
Mr. Reed noted that the last
complete tax revision occurred
77 years ago, in 1875. The time
has come, he has said, to study
the merit, justice and clarity of
each section of what he calls
the present “crazy-quilt” tax
code and rewrite, eleminate or
add new provisions as needed.
The New Yorker said the hear
ings will not go into personal in
come or corporation tax rates
themselves at this time, but will
Include a study of excise or sales
taxes—the levies on liquor, to
bacco, gasoline, furs, movie tick
ets and hundreds of other items.
His announcement made no
mention of plans by the Eisen
hower administration for a sim
ilar broad tax revision project.
Just what role the administra
tion survey would play in the
committee’s plans was not im
mediately clear.
Ready Next Year.
The committee's hearings were
expected to extend over many
weeks. The aim is to have a
composite tax revision law ready
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WOMEN IN POST OFFICE—For the first time in 150 years, women have been appointed to
the House Post Office on Capitol Hill. At a ceremony to celebrate the broken precedent are,
left to right: Representative Cole, Republican, of New York; Beecher Hess, House postmaster;
Mrs. Lois Nix Kinghan; Representative Allen, Republican, of California, and Mrs. Lucille Reese.
The women are registry, stamp and money order clerks. —Star Staff Photo.
33 District Veterans
Reach West Coast !
Thirty-three more District
veterans of the Korean fighting
were among those who arrived |
on the West Coast this week to
I start 30-day rotation leaves.;
They are:
Corpl. Jamrs A.
street N.W . Corpl. William H. Prather, j
i for passage by early next year, j
Meanwhile. Mr. Reed's fellow
j Republicans on the Ways and |
Means Committee said they are ;
ready to oppose solidly any ad- j
ministration proposal to extend j
the excess profits tax on busi
ness
The administration reportedly i
has been considering asking ior
an extension of the tax to help
ease an expected budget deficit
in the year beginning July 1.
The tax now brings in an esti
-1 mated $2.5 billion a year.
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L. Hitt, 1775 Church street N.W.; Corpl.
Theodore White, 423 Fourth street N.W..
and Corpl. Louis F. Malone, jr., . 948
Florida avenue N.W.
Corpl. Henrv A. Tavenner, 302 R
Twenty-fourth street N.E., Sfc. Clifford
R. Godwin, 150 c Massachusetts avenue
N.W.; Sergt. Robert J, Flanagan. 40s
Kentucky avenue S.E.: Sergt. James E.
Tate. 1328 South Capitol street S.E.,
and Corpl. Russell C. Palmer, 3481 Hul- j
meade place N.W.
Sergt. Jerome N. Bowers, 1838 New
ton street N.E.; Sergt. John B. Brown.
7300 Grafton street S.W.: Corpl. Morris
Crosby. 718 Third street S.W.; Sfc. Wil
liam A. Freeman, 1818 Vernon street
I N.W : Corpl. Leo Harrington. 2717 Wade
i road S.E.; Pfc. Junior E. Hines, 1831
Bay street S.E.: Pvt. Antonio Jackson.
I 809 Second street S.W.: Corpl. George
, W. Justice. 329 Kentucky avenue S.E.,
I and Pfc. James A. Lee. 835 H street S.W.
Corpl. John H. Moore. 5425 Con
necticut avenue N.W.: Sergt. Leroy A.
i Pickney. 3959 North Capitol street;
i Corpl. Rufus S. Richardson. 828 Callan
! street N.E.; Corpl. Frederick Smalls,
| 349 Eleventh street S.E.: Pfc. Jesse L.
i Staton. 120 Florida avenue N.W.: First
Lt. Lorenza Thomas, 4509 Eads street
N.E.: Pvt. Ralph A. Vest. 2419 First
I street N.W.: Pfc. Ernest L. Walker, 1255
i Morse street N.E.. and Pfc. Ah Can
j Woo, 627 H street N.W.
From Maryland.
Corpl. Anthony F. Cianelli. 850 Juanita
street Harve de Grace, and Sergt. David
iS. Oertl.v. 6003 Forty-third avenue.
! Hyattsville.
From Virginia.
i First Lt St. Julien Marshall. 914
! Twentv-sixth place. South Arlington;
I Cam. Lruce R. Payne. 11. 1400 South
, Barton street. Arlington and Sfc. John
' H. Wasner, 1123 Knight street, Fort
1 Belvoir.
Polio Victim Says
Tornado 'Scared'
Her Onto Her Feet
By the Associated Frost
WACO, Tex., May 14.—Foi
polio-stricken Mrs. Mercedes
Carbajal Monday's tornado had
a silver lining.
“I was flat on my back,” she
told a reporter yesterday, “but
that tornado scared me onto my
feet.”
Mrs. Carbajal said she has
been able to walk—with assist
ance—since she heard the.
ominous, black cloud splintering
! the house where two of her five
i children were.
; None of the children was hurt.
Before the tornado she said
she could move her legs “a little”
! but could not stand on them, as
the tornado ripped and tore the
house apart, she ran to her chil
dren’s aid.
Tornado's Death Toll
In Waco Rises to 104;
Damage SSO Million
By tha Associated Press
WACO. Tex., May 14.—The
known death tally mounted to
day as searchers dug deep into
the toumado ruins in downtown
Waco.
Today the 104th body was
taken from the debris.
Meanwhile, city officials stud-;
ied these figures; Damages esti
mated at SSO million; 196 busi
ness and manufacturing build
ings destroyed; 1,836 other
buildinsg and homes damaged
or destroyed.
The report was made last
night at a Disaster Relief Com
mittee meeting. The figures were
compiled by an Army engineers’
survey team sent here from
Dallas.
In San Angelo, where another
tornado struck shortly before
the Waco storm, the toll stood
at 10 dead—making a total of
111 tornado dead in Texas.
Two Hours of Sunlight.
The weather remained wet
and co’d. Two hours of sun
light yesterday were all Waco
had seen since the twister
smashed the heart of the busi
ness district Monday.
As the search became better
organized State highway patrol
men took over the responsibility
for policing the ruined section.
Workers reported at least 15
bodies had been dug from the
ruins of the R. T. Dennis furni
ture store. Survivors had esti
mated 30 or more persons were
buried in the crumbled wreckage
of what had been a 5-story
building.
Husband’s Body Recovered.
Last night workers recovered
the body of John William Coates,
who was talking on the telephone
to his pretty red-haired wife,
about 24. when the twister
pounced. He began to describe
the terrifying change in the
weather. Then he cried: “Honey,
the building’s falling in!”
The phone went dead.
! Mr. Coates’ body was found
: in the wreckage of Neeley’s Paint
: Store, where he worked.
Mrs. Coates’ father and mother
were in the paint store also.
Their bodies had not been found
early today.
Ships Go to Iquitos
For the first time since before
war, direct ocean steamship serv
ice has been resumed with Iqui
tos, Peru, which claims to be fur
ther upriver than any other deep
water port in the world.
Problem of Price
For Spanish Bases
Tackled by Olficials
Top officials of the Elsenhower
administration are wrestling
with the problem of how much
military assistance to schedule
for Spain in return for air and
naval base rights there.
The administration has de
cided to ask Congress to re
appropriate for the next fiscal
year $125 million appropriated
but not used this year, and add
some new funds.
But the amount of the in
crease has not been decided, in
formed officials said today. Some
of those concerned in the Span
ish negtoiations are urging an
extra SIOO mililon to make a
total of $225 mililon available
for use in the fiscal year start
ing July 1. But it is doubted
if the figure will be that high in
view of the administration’s gen
eral economy drive.
The amount this. Government
is willing to spend to help mod
ernize the Spanish armed forces
is a key issue in the protracted
negotiations with the Franco
regime for base rights.
Duftn Returns to Spain.
James C. Dunn, American
! Ambassador to Spain, was flying
back to Madrid today to resume
negotiations after 10 days of
conferences here with State and
Defense Department and Mu
tual Security Agency top of
ficials.
His talks here are understood
to have cleared the way for
winding up in a few weeks the
negotiations that have been
going on for more than a year.
A decision on the amount of
military aid planned for Spain
is expected to be relayed to
Ambassador Dunn shortly.
Most other issues in the ne
gotiations have been thrashed
out to the point where no major
obstacles to an early agree-
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ment remain, informed officials
said.
Details are being kept secret.
It is understood that the agree
ment will provide for the United
States to build several air bases
in Spain, and improve naval
facilities. The United States
would have the right to joint
use of these bases with Spanish
forces in the event of war. But!
no large American forces would
be stationed there in peace
time.
Major Policy Shift.
Such an agreement, officials
here pointed out, marks a major
shift in Spanish policy. Spain
kept neutral during the last
two world wars. The agreement,
contemplated now would commit
Spain to the American side from
the very start of a possible third
YviuTU war.
In making such a policy shift,
Spain has insisted on large-scale
American aid in modernizing her
armed forces. She wants mili- i
tary equipment of various kinds,
plus some defense support and
economic aid. The $125 million 1
appropriated by Congress last
year was not enough to meet
Spanish demands.
The arrangement in Spain is
entirely outside the framework of
the North Atlantic Treaty Or
ganization. Most of this coun
try’s NATO allies are aloof in
their relations with Spain.
American military experts be
lieve that adequate air and na
val bases in Spain are necessary
in any realistic plans for defense
against a possible Russian attack
in Europe. They would provide
a point to strike back from in
case the Russians should quickly
overrum defenses In Germany
and France.
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Woman Faces Gun Charge
In Scaring Ex-Roommate
A 34-year-old woman who told
police she pulled a .38-caliber
revolver on her former roommate
“iust to scare her” today faced
charges of assault with a dan
gerous weapon.
Ellen T. McVey of the 200
block of Ninth street N.E., was
arrested at the Chastleton Hotel
last night after the revolver was
fired in a third floor room.
According to Pvt. James S.
Croson of the third precinct. Miss
McVey went to the hotel where
her former roommate, Mary Lou
Saylor, 34, was living. The po
liceman said she pulled the .38
from ner purse as she walked in
and said. “This is it.”
Pvt. Croson said Miss Saylor
grabbed the barrel of the revolver
and it went off, but no one was
wounded.
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