Long Rebuffs Treasury Plea On Surtax: Hopes Dashed Dirksen Estimate Long Rebuffs Plea For Surtax..
Pg- AJ_________________________________________________________________________________________________________   ÐÊ</br></br>Treasury Secretary David M. Kennedy pleaded in vain with the Senate yesterday to divorce the surtax extension from tax reform to speed the battle against in- ÛÏLinking these two problems may mean that we fail in both our objectives,Û he fakUfeeaSenate;flinanåÇeiiGom4</br></br>ÛÏI plan to announce to the Senate that our tax reform hearings are going to be just as broad and comprehensive Long dashed any hopes of -speedy consideration of the extension by announcing thaO ^ hearings on the reform part of j the package will not get under way until the week of July 21. He gave Senators until July 18 to introduce reform amendments, of which there is ex-j pected a flood.	j</br></br>A high Administration j source nonetheless expressed optimism that the surtax issue! might still be split off from the reform proposals in the Senate, particularly once the latter begin to take shape.</br></br>He also suggested that the House Ways and Means Committee may report out its own reform package well before the Senate Finance Committee completes its deliberations. Ways and Means Chairman Wilbur D. Mills (D-Ark.) has pledged that a bill will be sent to the House floor before the Aug. 13 recess.