Tribune (Philippines : 1932 - 1945), Sunday 3 January 1932, page 9

Solons Revamp EconomicLeadershipPlan

Legislative Committees
Nine Start
ImportantProjects
Work Earlyon
ushered important special committees
With the legislature
new year in, nineassigned
of the will start work on the tasks to them.These
committees nationaleconomy,revision taxationsystem,
are
investigation
the on of
Philippinerailway company, reduction
of the
reorganization investigation
of public
utility rates, of governmentbureaus, of land
unemployment, identification
grabbing in Mindanao the of the remains
Bonifacio, portworks.
of Andres and ports and
Tomorrow the committees will
preliminary meetings to
hold begin
gathering
data upon which they
investigations.
will base their Rep.
Isidro Vamenta (N), chairman of
the committee on nationalecono-
announced
my, that he has in his
possession importantmaterial which
committee.
he will place beforehis
He further declared that he is rea-
proposed
dy to startwork on the
economic leadershipplan, prepar-
independent
atory to a future Phil-
ippines.
The committee on revision of
taxation system will likewise start
its work today,impelledby the
knowledgethat present business
conditionsnecessitatethe revamp-
ing of the taxes and tariffof the
Islands. Reps. Gregorio Anonas
(N), FilomenoCasenas (N), Leo-
nardo Festin (N), Felipe Buenca-
mino (N), and Juan G. Millan (D),

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are the committeemembers.

investigation
The of the opera-
Philippinerailway
tion of the firm,
in Cebu and Ilollo,will be started
possible,according
as soon as to
Rep Jose de Leon (N) commitee
chairman.He will today notify
all the members of his committee

to a meetingto decide an early

date for their departure for Iloilo
where they will begin the inquiry
operation
railway
into the of the
company. The members of the
committee are Reps ArsenioBoni-
facio (N), FabianMillar(N), Ve-
nancio Cudilla (N), Ruperto Ka-
punan (N), and Miguel Lukban
(D).
Feliciano chair-
Rep. Gomez (N),
committeeon
man of the public
utilities,announced
that he will call
meeting committee
a of his to dis-
holding series
cussthe of a of pu-
hearings,
blic to be heldat the leg-
islative building.The objectof the
hearingsaccording to the chair-
recommend
man will be to legis-
lation designed to require electric
companies, gas corporations
and
telephone
firms to reduceto their
rates at minimum. Present rates
pointed estimated
it is out were
duringnormaltimes and not on
presentperiod
the basis of the of
depression, when materialsand

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operation greatly re-

carts of are
duced.
The committeeon government
reorganization,
bureau headed by
Rep. Eugenio Perez, (N), is wait-
reports
ing for the of the depart-
secretaries
ment upon which its
committee will formulate its plan
revamping
for the of all govern-
ment offices.However, with or
withoutthese reportsthe commit-
tee memberswill today individual
beginto gather
ly dataon the sub-
ject.

The alleged land-grabbing scan-

dals in Davaowill be probed by
the committee headed by Rep. Fa-
bian de la Paz (N), who has spent
many years in Mindanao and who
conversant
is with the methods by
which the speculators manipulate
the lands in that island. The
chairmanannounced that his com-
mittee will shortly leave for Min-
danao, and that he will only ga-
ther the members to furnish them
with certain facts in order that
they may start their inquiry with
perspective.
the right
Rep. Enrique Magalona (N), who
heads the committee which recent-
completed hearings
ly on the un-
employment situation in Manila
announce,
will today or next week,
committee
the date on which his

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will startthe the general

survey of
unemployment situation
in the Is-
lands. The purpose of this survey
determine
is to the nature and ex-
unemployment,
tent of so that the
committee
may know what relief
measures to recommend at the
legislature.
next sessionof the
identification
As to the of the
Bonifacio,
remainsof Andres Act
ing Malority Floor Leader Varona,
committee chairman, will call a
meeting of committee
his to begin
identification
their work of at
committee,
once The it was learn.
ed, might request the service of
experts
to helpit.
The committeeon portworks,
according Valenciano,
to Rep. Jose
one of its members, will beginits
conditions through-
survey of ports
archipelago.
out the Only the ar-
rival of Rep PaulinoYbañez,
chairman committee
of the on pu-
blic works, is awaitedin orderto
investigation, Valenciano
begin the
declared.

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