Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 123, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 May 1920 — SOLDIER RELIEF BILL NOW READY FOR THE HOUSE [ARTICLE]

SOLDIER RELIEF BILL NOW READY FOR THE HOUSE

Washington, May 20.—The soldier relief bill was reported out today by. the house ways and means committee after it had voted to include a 10 per cent stock dividend tax retroactive to March 15 as part of the plan for financing the legislation. Republican leaders plan to bring the 'bill before the house Saturday. . v The final committee fight centered about the stock tax ,ten democrats reinforced ‘by ten republicans succeeding by a margin of one vote in forcing adoption of the levy. By the same vote the combination blocked elimination of the tax, and after considerable jockeying ordered the biH reported by a vote of 16 to 10.