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February 12, 1924

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FOUR REPORTS MADE ON MELLON TAX BILL FOR ACTION OF HOUSE; Formal Statement of Committee Majority Follows Secretary's Surtax Views. TWO REPUBLICAN OPINIONS Eleven Members Dissent on Some Features -- Frear Differs on Surtax. MINORITY SHARPLY OPPOSES Democrats Want 44 Per Cent. Rate -- Criticize Mellon Proposals. Divergent Plans for the Reduction of Taxes Are Reported to the House

By Special to The New York Times

Mellon bill submitted to House with four separate reports by Repub majority, Dem minority, individual report by Frear, and report by 11 Repub members of Com, to express views on disputed surtax rates

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Senate, 47 to 34, Asks Coolidge to Request Denby's Resignation; Ten Republicans and Two Farmer-Labor Senators Join the Democrats in Action Resulting From the Oil Lease Scandal.

By Special to The New York Times

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. -- By a vote of 47 to 34 the Senate at 5:15 o'clock this afternoon adopted the resolution which informs the President that "it is the sense of the United States Senate that the President of the United States immediately request the resignation of Edwin Denby as Secretary of the Navy."

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