Word: smooting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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James A. Frear, "La Follette Republican" and member of the Ways and Means Committee, made public a radical tax program for the progressive bloc of the House in the next Congress. The immediate effect was to draw from two "regular" Republican members of the Senate Finance Committee (Senators Smoot and Watson) statements that any general revision of the revenue laws would be opposed...
Prominent in the opposition to radical tax changes will be Senator Reed Smoot of Utah (who according to seniority rules will in the ordinary course of events be Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee), Senator Watson of Indiana (another member of the Committee) and probably most of the "administration" Republicans. In favor of the tax changes will be Representative Frear and the progressive bloc, probably allied with the Democrats, and, most important of all, Senator La Follette, who next to Senator Smoot is senior member of the Finance Committee, and might possibly (by a coup of the progressives) become...
...angle was put on the investigations into the sudden rise in the price of sugar from seven to ten cents by charges of Senator Reed Smoot of Utah against sugar refiners. Senator Smoot's attitude bears weight because he is next in line by seniority right for the chairmanship of the Senate Finance Committee?the committee which passes on tariff measures. What is more, he comes from Utah, one of the four leading beet sugar producing states. These states (Colorado, Utah, Michigan and California) produce over 70% of native beet sugar...
...Senator Smoot points out that the Fordney-McCumber Tariff cannot be held entirely responsible for a rise of three or four cents in the price of sugar, since the new rate is only an increase of .76 to 1.05 cents a pound over the previous tariff...
...affairs is likely to be felt as soon as the 68th Congress assembles. The chairmanship of the Finance Committee is left vacant by the retirement of Senator McCumber. This committee handles tariff" and other financial measures; so control of it is very desirable to the La Follette bloc. Senator Smoot, who is classed as a reactionary, would, according to seniority precedent, naturally become chairman. But next to Smoot in seniority is La Follette himself. It is entirely probable that the Progressives, using the fact that they control the balance of power, may attempt to elect their leader to the post...