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JtHa IJatic: 1 Capital ii i i n By c:...ra raLDina f Washington. Neone knows where the figure at $340,000,000 first men tioned In connection with the Pres ident' tax proposal the amount certain schedule would raise came from. But It 1 no secret that - wall no clever work had been done In figuring the returns, tor they were obviously wrong, the, figure . did mean something. ,: What the figure meant was the estimate of a certain brain truster. now very much in the saddle, of what the treasury needed each year . in addition to present revenues. , The reason the figure's 'were' so far wrong, In fixing the amount which these mysterious levies would - raise (for no one has ever admitted parenthood fox the figures either) waa that the administration, after working ont the schedules, did not ask tlw treasury to. put Its experts on them. The reason for this was not an Oversight, but the, fact that : Treasury Secretary Morgenthau had , just expressed nimseir in such vig- orou terms against the tax pro posals being made at that time that the brain, trusters who had won the : President's approval hesitated to ;. ask tms::i:-:i'!x.; But let no one be deceived about , the significance of the figures, des pite (be discrepancy that the rates '. mentioned do not produce the $340, " 000,000. -The rates were not imagined by : enterprising newspaper reporters. Nor was the $340,000,000. Both were ' , conceived Inside the administration and formally given out I The only advantage of the de nlala Is that the administration Is : now free to produce an entirely dif ferent set of rates, and an entirely different total, and Insist that these new figures represent carefully worked out atudlea of the problem. While the Republicans can never prove that the first figures were offi cial. .Want More Taxes All of which is only Important politically. Actually what Is Impor tant Is that certain trusted and at the moment successful advisers to the President believe the treasury should have $340,000,000 a year more In taxes than are now coming In. Also this opinion was held prior to the avalanche of decisions ,agalnst AAA processing taxes. , . If you will examine the highest scale of taxes on which Morgenthao reported to the house ways and means committee,' and the boost the whole level about one-fourth, the taxes would represent ' the itreasury Judgment . on what ' Is needed to make up for (1) the pres ent deficiency In revenue as seen by certain very potent in Influence with the President brain trusters, and (2) the loss of processing tax revenue. This Is not a prediction that any such rates will be enacted. The Presldent has no Ides of going any thing like that far. ' He never did. . His original Idea waa to Increase taxes only on very large Incomes. and Impose levies on very .large Inheritances and gifts. Also to boost corporation taxes by the slid ing scale aimed at bigness. It Is perfectly true that the sllf Ing scale corporation tax Is frankly regarded by insiders as Just an opening wedge. New Day in Politic. Maybe Business will come to a jreallzatlon that there Is a new day .in. American -poUtlcs as well as a (New Deal in Washington in time to .save Itself, but it is about an even bet ! It appeared some months back that the public utilities, long po etically the most stupid aggregation of successful men In other fields In America, had learned at least the .elemental rules of the new game. JBut even this demonstration does i not seem to have had much effect ion other business men. I The Immediate case in point' Is jthe administration drive against jblgness, exemplified In the sliding scale tax on corporation income. If it were Just a boost in taxes no one except perhaps the Immediate jtaxpayers would be interested. But ilts avowed object is a "better so !dal order." Which means' that . the' sliding scale Idea Is Just the opening wedge I that the present proposed top rate ' If the administration has its way Is 'only the beginning that the '.eventual object is to make- little lone out of big ones.. . . ! . And "big ones" does not Just mean a lew enormous corporations such as United States Steel, Gen eral Motors, American , Telephone, etc. It Includes virtually every cor poration big , enough to have Its stockrVsted on the New I or It Stock exaOgWlbt- Or on the Curb, for , that matter.- '-'. , ; . v w'V :fy ' The highest proposed rate, 17 per cent, applied on all corporate ' dudes all corporations with in comes In excess of $1,000,000. , Ac tually, for all the talk of taxes be ing reduced on "small" corpora tions, only those with Incomes be- r- 4bp fores) "edr :,i ' .. 1 i . joiM T' J vice of both y Morgenthao r'oley. It rep s' triumph . for .furter left vlng branch of - the New Deal Uing V.'r 3 Tactics y ' Whereupon Business,-1 following the tactics of long ago, attempts to ngnt it through; the United states vnamber or Commerce and u fa tlonal Association Of Manufactur ers, neither of which can scare a representative from a doubtful dis trict or worry a New York senator. . Just why Business In genera does not take a leaf from the amazing success which attended the' letter writing campaign of public utility stockholders Is hard to figure. Not because this letter writing - cam paign really did the utilities 'much good. The final bill Is tough enough on the holding companies almost to suit Boosevelt '.'N-'i'.V " The significant fact Is that this letter writing campaign ; resulted In a 110 majority In the house of representatives for precisely 'what the letter writers demanded. The fact that the letter writers did not demand enough really to save their bacon Is not of consequence, in this connection. They got what they asked for from the house. Why Ickes Worries "We have only two unemployed persons, and they have been unem ployed for 80 years." i That crushing answer, made by the little' town of Colebrook, way up in northwestern Connecticut near the Massachusetts line, Is one of the reasons why Harold L, Ickes gray hair Is getting thinner. Why the public works part of his activ ities seem to be bogging down. Why some administration officials are wondering if it would hot have been better providing, of course,: the White House bad thought of It first to let Carter Glass of Virginia,, Alva Adams of Colorado and' ether senators have their way about sub stituting two billions of doles for four billions of works relief. But that Is not the only prob lem which is worrying Secretary of the Interior Ickes and the .White House and which Is illustrated by Colebrook. , ' When the word first got round that Colebrook could have a big grant of federal money for a fine new road there was much excite-. ment round and about the Tillage. The progressive . element, was all for It It. would mean the spending of money and prosperity. i But opposition was not alow In showing Its head.: The handful of. merchants might want more custom eri, but the summer residents did not., want a lot of workmen messing 1 the place up. 'Again the merchants might like the idea of. a fine new through road, that .would cause many auto tourists to .stop 'off, make purchases, at least buy meals. But the folks who have been the mainstay of the community for- a generation, living up there on money made elsewhere, did pot want ithe tourists trouping through, did -not wsnt the flavor of the old commu nity "spoiled," In short." wanted. to keep' Just as they were.. But the Progressives did not give pp. They kept on, fighting;' Then suddenly It was discovered that the money so kindly tendered by . Mr.' Ickes would Involve using a new. road plan approved by. the state- highway commission. f This would necessitate cuttiag a' corner off the beautiful and historic old church which Is the center of the whole Colebrook legend. Didn't Like It ? ' Even the progressive -' element officially, ignorf Treasury ,. Sec and Brain Tn resents a con the Brandels-Fi didn't like that ; But they, did not give up. And they might have won. their fight at that' and Mr. Ickes' might have purred - over another "soundly placed" public works proj ect But there- was more trouble to come, the sort of trouble that is always magnified In exactly Inverse ratio to the size of a community the agonising yelps, of taxpayers afraid of .higher assessments) For It ' was suddenly ' realized by these gentlemen and ladles, for there are a lot of widows .owning property around Colebroot. that Uncle Sam was only giving 45 per cent of the. money. Fifty-five per cent would have to be raised by the local taxpayers.- In short that there would have to be a bond Is sue, and they , would have to pay the Interest and sinking fund for this Issue for the next 19 or 20 years. For the rest of their lives, as most of them saw It ; ., All for what? .: : v ';.;': ' To have a new road through their township, which would bring In tourists-: which -only the'' mer-. chants : -granted, that would bring a flock f "aliens" In to work m the road, and destroy jhe simple pastoral touch of which - the com munity boasts; and finally would chop off a corner of their historic church.' And only two unemployed " person In the township, neither of whom, Opponent confidently1 asserV ed, eould be Induced to so much a look at a, pick or shovel, to .con nection with 'the new work. . Sq the town suddenly discovered that Connecticut had a Jong and prtdeful history of Independence, that It. was: not becoming for Colebrook, proud of It own and Nutmeg tradition, to accept Char ity from . the federal- government And the proposal wa turned down. "Mossbacks," ald the progres sive. ; rj.'.;; - ' " trlots," said the summer resl- C'.r.y Vht WV'J rvl- When on ? i v I HugQ, Boeing Bomber Built 4 (qb rT' '.' After a year of secret operating this greatest bombing plane In the world,' the Boeing 209, was completed for .the army air corps at Seattle and. appeared for test, flights. If has four 700-horsepower' motors, a wing spread of more than 100 feet and Is 70 feet long. Its -weight 14 about 15 tons and its expected speed 250 miles an hour. ' ':'- ' ' ' i ? :V: Jf-' v" ;'"' V.;-'- -i.-r . . . - . :,1.t : :v ?.vi,''.;ii: NO, MORE .will IT 3- be caaght unprepared for ' ravages of - :v. DUST . '! , . .f-. . ,. Three-fourths of all the farm land used for clean-tilled crops in the United States ts subject to erosion and damage from' dust. storms, ac cording to the Department of Agriculture.-The loss is estimated at $400,000,000 tc year.:. Erosion, de stroyed 8,000,000,000 tons of soil enough to fill a freight -train that would encircle the world 87 times at the equator every year. ; . During the next ten' years the forest service will plant -&500.000,-000 tree In-hundreds of narrow strip, each a- hundred feet wide and a mlle apart,- In an effort to stop wind erosion. ; ' . . Educational; programs and other aids are being given to farmer throughout the country to aid them in combating the'great, thirsty, yel low plague of dust . 'i-fi'yy : In the area where the TTA op erates work Is bejng pushed rapidly forward, a shown below, to plant Virginia' seedlings which ' when grown will give battle to the; dust torma. " ':',: .DlU'lii.T t' , 1 side of i . warm - r- i. together tit t youngster, re .ted term, the east iork city Is a vciy but the children gRt I one another off. The vlng the ; -cooling stream d n't i i preclate It mm Senator ' Shipstead & 4 Senator -Henrlk Shlpstead of Minnesota, champion of recreation for the young, stepping up to scratch to show the youngsters of Washington bow to pitch horseshoes.' The senator "went to bat" for the boys after police bad barred them" from pitching in' an alley In-Washington. -';' Washington I looking after youth In' a big way these dayc. President Roosevelt, with bis National Youth administration. Is particularly anxious to find 16bs for unemployed youth, and to enable depression-struck youth to complete its education;; Fifty nnrfWMA. - ' i aLj cc: 1 1 ' ,, .but tbeL-3's 5 -' tals.es t! a v:"GAr:E '.'' ' -. "Pete," fhe hippopotamus In the Bronx too, . New Xorlt celebrated his thirty-second blrtiulay the other day and.one.' of his .admirer pre-, sented him with a tiny.' cake with' one candle, i This; photograph ' wa taken , Just before the gift dlsap; peared in Pete's capacious ma ; Another birthday was celebrated recently when, a baby was born to a hippo -in Chicago. ' v;-t, , , ArmJ;Air Corps -I SHpws Thiem How r ; million dollar will be spent for the ' ' . , "There's a Couple of Boys Good Citizen' , By James J. Montague .rr.ODSON was .over here the .1 other day and beard me grous- ' jbgabout our local government; , Xook at that street" I was say ta&i "torn up for the seventh time this summer to put some new kind t'vof pipes or. , conduits down.- ; 4 Jjook at those . kids' playing tag among the tomato plants I have Just set out. Look at -the paint on the house, put on there only last week, ft' all smudged up with soot from the neighbor's chimney. He burns soft seal, although there's a city or dinance against it What's the. use of paying taxes that keep going. up every year when you don't get any kind, of government T : I can't sleep at night because of fighting cat and barking dogs. I put.tbe.asb cans on the ' back . stoop, .and. the man who come to take them away apparently runs them through rolling -mill when -they're emptied out, and' brings them- back flat as pancakes. The other day lid elec tric wire blew down on my front yard fence and set It on fire. It's a wonder It didn't kill somebody." . "The. trouble with you," said Jud- son. "is that you're not a good elu- i;-'"What' do yon mean rm not a good citizen t Don't I pay toxes, and exorbltaaf taxes atthatr f, "Of course yon pay taxes, but so does everybody.' But you're too lasy to Insist on getting some return from them. Ton Just sit around and grouse-instead of doing your duty by complaining. . Why don't yon step out end set to, example for other people by keeping your Officials on the job?, '. ;- f. ?$:'J?-s-' CaU them np and kick the next time anything goes wrong. If they don't pay attention to you go down and see them, and assert your rights as a taxpayer." Those fellows have got to be elected,' and If they find out. you're Id' earnest and cant be turned arid by promises, they'll be have ' themselves. , " But If yon lie down add let them walk over yon without letting out a squeal, yonH get. a . bum deal- and you'll deserve t."' : -X' j-:' .' . ? f , Having delivered Oils homily, led- son. departed, and Jeft me alone with my thought. I rose next morning a determined man. Jndsnn was'.'rlghf ; I weuld no longer'be Snpne snd belpleis, . 1 would show those fellows whotri my vote helped elect " that they would have to de liver snmethliur; or 'bear fronf me. I wttnld. oraanlise my neighbors, and the' force of our combined opinion would make Itself felt') . The next morning t. heard a' dis turbance tn my back yard, and look Inc out of ; the. window ; observed two of ' the neighbor' small .boys engaged In sr fight In the middle of my asparagn bed. T .wa about to yell at them to . get out of , there, when I .remembered my new deter mination, i ri f ' '',? rThoie boy were trespassing on my property. It was the duty of the J ponce to protect me worn them.-' I ielephoned headquarters, giving my name and jBddreHS. ' y .i. ;i' . ' "Welti, buddy.'! tnqulredi'a 'olce at the other' end of Ihe line, "what can we do for youT?. :i: "There's a couple of boy fight ing In my asparagu bed." V i . "Fighting, hey? f The little deVltal Well by will be boy." ; :! .; . - "I want u to tend somebody-np here and put them .out? ' -. "Wby "itmyt yon pot them ont yourself ? Are ye skeered of thlrn?" "But It'sjyo'nr bnslnes to do- It. not mine, .That's what you're paid forr ,' ' - " "What's the names of the boys?" "CiiBSldy .v X easldy, hey? What' did yon say the address was?" ! ' . , "I told him. ,..,-'" r' "Well, you're out of luck. Them boys' 1 the kid of the chief cousin Owyn. And I'd advise you to go down an' watch the fight ln dtld of takln' op the time of men that's ot their duty to perform." I hung up. Determined to see the chief later on, T went downstairs to breakfast I had hardly opened tile paper wheif I- heard the sound of pick axes and ahovels tn my front yard, and going ont discovered ev- 1 nn ti en- -di In ci'tliiij down S ' 1 Fighting In My Asparagus Bed.1-. ; .' . I demanded"' what they were do-' , ngi v r ':& y,. ,i'i,1-; They replied '-truthfully" enough, that they were cutting down.a tree; ,'1 asked .'then wVi'-J;7...V They ; shrugged '.their Ishoulders. That was what they were sent there -to do,;they-sald.;tv'-:;'J:':;:vj v-fif 'V I found-out th'at the public' work department '. had sent them and again, went to the telephone. Ul waa referred -from one depart ment to another,' then to ' a third, and finally was told "that the 'tree had been condemned aa rotten, , and' an order .had been Issued for Its emovai.j si ; h Desperate, I called up the mayor. ' - He was none too pleased about It but he admitted - that -the dev partment might be wrong, and Sent But by. that .Um the -tree -Wait, stretched but; on, the ground.: 1 was told by-'the foreman of the' crew ' wb6fcdld;thei job that it I: was dissatisfied I could go ahead and kue. , Maybe I shall, though ,1 don't think It, will help much.',.,! By this time I waa a little weary of following Godson's advice. Nev ertheless, when I - heard vthe asb cad' man on th back porch en-' gaged Id. sabotage of the cans I went out jo expostulatejvi,:',-,:, rWhyr do you flatten f ttoiecans ont?" I demanded' VtIu' vi - He looked at me with a pleas ant mllej ' VThey don take up so much room on the truck," be aid, "an" I got Clot of them to, bring back' every 56'; ;;-'. ;': -1 -Supposing I report yoa to. your jiGo ahead." -'vii? 'itiV I did go ahead, but the boss, . an other ' commissioner,: .informed - me "for my private ear,? that the gar-; 1age men were the leaders for. the party over In the Italian district "Ton l and I both ' belong ' to the party, he "faloV;r"W(''.' cant .kick np a row over a few - busted cans and take a chance on losing the next' siecttotv'can "we?" 'ktSJh can,? I told'Wia.;.; y ; ' "Well, I can't However you caa talk it over with, the mayor If yo want 'toi" 'C.i "ii ;.-;.;::'.:,,-;p V. .;. V Bo I talked it over with ttevmity oe. He wa shocked, h sauVHe'd never dreamed that such a. state of affairs had been going on, oe he'd have stopped It at once.; Depend on . him,. there would be no fur- ther ground for jcomplalnt i. : I left the telephone' In a more' calm atate of mind, After all, Jud-: son was right It had been .worth while to make a. row. If I got high enough up In the scale I would get Jse-p..t-4y.ViKa ' But after' threii weeks, t when there wa n6 allevlatlonr of 4m : troubles, 1 once more : called up the ' execuUvey W -CM;',; ;i . .fr''J. "Howi about my complalntsrt 1 said. ; '. fx''tj'y-y "What complaint? Who are you?" tgave my auiKfei. ft; .yAv&V-" "Oh, yes, I remember now.' 'But' listen. -The boy have (decided 'to put me up for mayor, again,' and the situation's kind ., delicate. Can't you wait hUH everything's . fixed up1',':-i,'i::;ft--'::',. !, ..."No," .I saM. -v. v ' . "Well, .don't. then. And M von don't like the way 'we do thlnsrs here you'd better, move out of the wnu. uvk .uii jruu auppuse my com missioner: are going to get Uidr Work done If(you call' them up e r ten or fifteen mlnutea and lake t: i , away frbm their '.work with yo r tale of wo? I can give you t a . names of a lot of towns ffou enn move to If you don't Uk4 It here." i started to answer, but he bad hung up.;-;-;.';,,r.- Just wait till I see that fellow Judson again; ? ' ' 6. maiot. WNO ervlo. ' ' Italy' War Gift I.I. Italy, obtalded the Talands ' gosta, south' of the city of : Jugoslavia, and " the !. ': Cherso; Lussln; and other mailer, Island . In ; the Quarnero, south : of . the r Flume,, which belong to I SnnsliadM for I Sunshades are provi ' during hot, dry wen!'"--The sim-Jhs ' n f.9 i bamboo t i f '" - r '.':'"'&';':" ., v;' . . '".; V.' f'!.:' ;" vCiW-'' :v"ii'-i:'.'.'.'V. i ; - y:-,r:t
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