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iCUTFORD, K. .
A, MARCH 5, 1943
PAGE THREE
LOOKING AT WASHINGTON
By Hugo & Sims, Washington Correspondent
Battle In Washington.
Insults Fighting Men.
Seeking Selfish Favors.
High Army officials make no see
ret of heavy casualties that will re
sult from American participation in
the present war. In fact, they ex
pect casualties to number 100,000 a
month a bit later. Exery extra
month that the war continues means
that many additional casualties.
We call attention to this Army ex
pectation in order to emphasize the
serious situation in Washington,
where congressional and civilian in
terference with military and naval
leaders promises to prolong the war
by many months.
Many Congressmen are more inter
ested in promoting private schemes
to develop political strength than in
perfecting our. war effort. In addi
tion, there are selfish interests seek
ing profits at the expense of Ameri
can lives.
While every American proclaims
his ardent desire to get on with the
war and terminate the struggle as
quickly as possible in order to save
American lives, many of these verbal
professions are belied by positive ac
tion tending to hamstring responsi
ble officials who are carrying out
the war program.
If the United States, by a super
human effort, both on part of the
armed forces and civilians at home,
exerts maximum pressure upon the
enemy during 1943, it is conceiveable
that the Axis in Europe can be de
feated. If, due to bickering at home, this
maximum effort is delayed, the war
will be prolonged and with its pro
longation, the casualty list will grow
longer.
The patriotic American, now safe
on the home front, must realize that'
the conduct of the war is a matter in j
the realm of trained military and
naval leaders.
If the nation has them, and we
think it has, everything is good, but,
if the nation has not developed com
petent leaders in its fighting services,
the situation is not improved by put
ting ignorant and untarined civilians
in charge of the war effort.
There is a growing struggle be
tween certain congressional members
and the President of the United
States. This fight embraces a war
upon our military leaders.
An apparent drive is on in Con
gress to coerce the Army and Navy
into accepting congressional opinion,
to wage a personal fight upon the
Chief Executive, despite the war, and
to pa33 legislation which military men
assert will be extremely injurious to
the war effort. .
The Congressmen have their argu
ment. It is mostly political. They
seek to exempt men from military
service, to determine the size of the
Army, to favor labor and farmers as
a class tnd to protect business in ex
orbitant profits.
These schemes are bad enough In
time of peace when they do nothing
but rob the national treasury. They
are potential treason in times of war
when they inevitably mean the sacri
fice of additional American soldiers
and sailors through the prolongation
of the war.
The civilian who expects business-as-usual
in the midst of a severe and
rigorous war is not an intelligent pa
triot This applies to the efforts of
business to secure profits in the
manufacture of munitions, to the ef
forts of labor leaders to secure spec
ial favors for agriculture as a class.
Each phase of this selfish conflict se
riously affects the fighting power of
this country.
It is not our purpose in this article
to go into elaborate details as to the
issues involved and alleged to be in
volved. We want every American to
decide that it is necessary for loyal
citizens to put the prosecution of the
war first and to leave until after the
war the settlement of domestic ques-
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This is not the time to push inter
nal reforms. Neither is it the occa
sion to sabotage reforms that have
been legally enacted. These fights
are for peaceful years.
Every American, whether in Con
gress, in an official position, or fit
honye, should subordinate this kind of
warfare for the only kind that
counts, the war upon the Axis.
The battle going on in Washington
has nothing to do with winning the
war. It involves petty fights be
tween high officials and agencies of
the Government. It includes the
sudden display of independence by
Congress as it wars upon the Presi
dent. It embraces the selfish drive
to secure profits from the war situa
tion which leads to clashes with those
who want to get on with the war.
None of these disputes contributes
to the support of our fighting men.
They do not recognize the imperative
needs of executive authority in times
of war. Many of them involve ap
peals to public opinion, which are cer
tain to disrupt civilian morale and
mislead many Americans.
The bickering is intense and one
capable Washington observer says
that there is mora thought, more feel
ing and more effort on the part of
those involved than they give to the
shooting war against Germany and
Japan.
The prospect of ending our war
against the Ax: ought to be inviting
to Americans whose sons, husbands
and fathers are risking their lives. It
should be our only concern at this at once for food or market any wheat
time. We should not permit sselfish : which has been stored. Wheat farm
leaders, whether they represent la-lers who meet 90 per cent of their
bor, business, agriculture or politi-lfarm war crop goals in 1943 wi!! be
cal parties, to impede the application eligible for AAA wheat payments and
of our full strength against our foes, wheat loans even though they exceed
The longer the war lasts, the more
Americans will die. Unless the peo-
pie of the nation give emphatic repu
diation to tactics now underway, the
war will stretch out many months.
The extra cost will be American
lives and it is just probable that
those who sit supinely will suffer in
sorrow.
Congress Studies Taxes.
Ruml Plan Fools Some.
1943 Payments At Hand.
Congress is making slow progress
in the matter of taxation, largely be
cause of the interest aroused by va
rious plans to put the nation's tax
payers on a current, or pay-as-you-go
basis.
As every reader understands, tax
payers will make income tax pay
ments in 1943 on their 1942 incomes.
Under the Ruml Plan which has been
widely publicized, the taxpayer would
make his payments in 1943 but they j
would be recorded as payments upon;
his 1943 income.
The objection has been raised to'V
the Ruml plan that it cancels a year's
taxes and the advocates of the plan
counter by the assertion that it does
not forgive a year's taxes, but merely
subsitutes one year for another as
tax base for collection in 1943.
In addition, the advocates of the
Ruml Plan have explained that the
national income flows like a river
and that taxes collected represent
buckets of water drawn from an ever
flowing stream. Consequently, they
assert, lowering the buckets at one
place in the stream will be as effec
tive as at any other.
Opposing this idea, those who doubt
the wisdom of the Ruml Plan point
out that the national income is like a
constantly flowing river, but that,
like a river, the national income is
subject to wide variations in the vol
ume of flow.
It makes considerable difference,
they assert, whether the buckets are
drawn from the river while it is full
or from the same river when dried by
drought.
The application of this illustration
to the Ruml Plan is clear. To re
lieve taxpayers of all income taxes
due on 1942 income would be to waive
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Ration Calendar
GASOLINE A Book Coupon No.
4 expires March 21.
SUGAR Coupon No. 113 lbs.,
expires March 15.
COFFEE Stamp N. 241 lb.,
expires March 21.
TIRES Class A. First inspection
deadline March 31.
FUEL OIL Period 4 coupons ex
pire April 6.
Gas To Drive To Work
Car owners who drive to work and
do not get enough mileage from their
"B" ration book may now get addi
tional allowances if they show they
cannot get to their jobs any other
way.
Applications must be made to local
rationing boards and must fulfill the
following conditions in addition to
needing more gas:
1. That driving is between home
and a fixed place of work, in connec
tion with their principal occupation.
2. That either a ride-sharing ar
rangement has been made or that the
vehicle carries a full load.
3. That alternative transportation
is inadequate.
Sugar Stamp Worth 5 Pounds
Sugar Ration Stamp No. 12, which
becomes valid March 16, is worth five
pounds, but it must last through the
end of May, a period of 11 weeks.
Stamp 11, good for three pounds, is
valid from February 1 to March 15.
Wheat Quotas Suspended
Wheat marketing quotas have been
suspended by agriculture secretary
Wickard in a move to insure adequate
food and feed supplies. This action
. lifts marketing quotas and
releases
000 victory farm volunteers will be
recruited from non-farm youth for
farm work during the Spring and
Summer months.
Rice, Bicycles
Rice is not rationed, the OPA has
reassured consumers. Another an
nouncement by OPA stated that
prices for used bicycles will be sub
stantially reduced in the near future.
More Rubber For Recapping
Owners of tires smaller than 7.50x
20 now may get their casings recap
ped with reclaimed rubber "camel
back" without applying to their ra
tioning boards for certificates. This
does not relax the need for continued
observance of rubber conservation
measures.
The change was made to
reduce the demand for replacement
tires by encouraging recapping, which
takes less than half as much le-
claimed rubber as a new war tire,
V-Mail Safer
More than fifty thousand
individual
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letters from American sol-
the collection of taxes in a year
whe nthe river is overflowing its
banks.
Moreover, if we consider the cir
cumstances ' various individuals and
corporations, there is a tremendous
difference between substituting
1943 for 1942 as the tax base.
If we take an individual citizen,
whose income amounted to $2,400 in
1942 and assume that it will amount
to $2,400 in 1943, there will be no
difference in the taxes that this in
dividual pays, regardless of the plan
adopted by Congress. The Ruml
Plan will not reduce by a penny the
income taxes that this $2,4O0-a-year
man will have to pay in 1943.
If we take an individual who had
an income of $4,500 in 1942 and as
sume that his income in 1943 will
drop to $2,400, the Ruml Plan, by
substituting 1943 as the base for
collections, will relieve him of the
taxes that would otherwise be paid
upon the $2,100 that represent ex
cess of 1942 income over 1943 in
come. Applying the same reasoning to
corporations, we discover that those
companies whose income in 1942
were nigner man their assumed in
come in 1943 will be benefitted by the
Ruml Plan. Corporations whose in
comes, in two years, are equal will
not know the difference. However,
corporations whose income in 1943
proves to be higher than in 1942 will
have to pay more.
The Ruml Plan means that a cor
poration with a $15,000 net income
in 1942 and a $5,000 income in 1943
will pay taxes this year on the basis
of the $5,000 income. However, a
corporation with a $5,000 income in
1942 and a $15,000 income in 1943,
will pay taxes on the $15,000 income.
The reason why many corporations
and individuals are vociferous in
urging the adoption of the Ruml
Plan is the fact that 1943 was some
thing of a lush year for many individ
uals and corporations. Naturally, if
they can persuade the Government to
pass over the collection of taxes, they
will be ahead of the game.
The argument has been made that
the passage of the Ruml Plan will
prevent a situation that occurs, very
often, upon the death of an individ
ual. His estate is compelled to pav
taxes on the Income that he enjoved
the year before his death and this,
sometime, is a hardship.
However, if the objective of the
Ruml Plan is to relieve this hardship,
the result could be obtained by an
amendment to present income tax
laws, amediorathnr the condition
complained of In event of death.
diers in England to relatives and
friends in the U. S. were destroyed
when a Canada-bound RAF plane
crashed in Newfoundland. The origi
nal letters wre reproduced at the
Army Postal Service's V-Mail Station
in England and dispatched by a later
plane for the U. S. This incident
shows the value of V-Mail over ordi
nary letters.
Farmers Get Gas For Six Months
Farmers may obtain gasoline for
their tractors, engines and other non
highway equipment for a period of
six months instead f three months,
under a change in rationing regula
tions announced by OPA.
The change is being made because
of the varibility of farming opera
tions which frequently make it diffi
cult for farmers to estimate their re
quirements for only a three-month
period. It will also save the farm
ers time.
Size Of Armed Forces
President Roosevelt said the goal
of 7,500,0fm men in ihe V. S. Army
by the end of 1943 was decided on
last August, lias never been changed,
and will not be changed. The go;il
for 1944, he said, will probably be de
cided this fall. This year's army
goal alsu calls for 700,000 officers,
which w uld make a total of 8,200,
000 men in the army. Adding the
goals set for the other armed ser
vices, the grand total of all our arm
ed forces by the end of 1943 would
be almost 11,000,000.
Outlaw "Combination Sales"
Sales of used wheel tractors, com
bines, corn pickers, corn binders or
power-operated hay balers in combi
nation with other used farm equip
ment or commodities have been pro
hibited by the OPA. Numerous com
plaints have been received that the
combination sales device is being em
ployed to force farmers to pay exor
bitant prices for such items. The
scheme used is to sell an uncontroll
ed machine of little value jointly with
a controlled item at a price which
greatly exceeds the ceiling for the
machine which is under price control.
Soybean Seed Available
Processors of soybeans and the
commodity credit corporation are co
operating to make additional supplies
of soybean seed available for plant
ing the 1943 crop. Supplemental
supplies will be available to farmers
from government stocks at not more
than $2.50 per bushel. These stocks
are stored in bins and country ware
houses in areas where there was no
frost damage last fall. '
Changes In Tire Quotas
The National quota of grade 1 pas-
, senger car tires for March has been
1 practically doubled. The increase
will take care of accumulated appli-':
cations, but will not be continued in
succeeding months. The quota of
tnirlt tires for March was redncpd as
compared with February but the
truck tire recapping quota was in-
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Small Business Gets Contracts
Taking of its first prime contract
for 10 million dollars and the nego
tiations of 36 loans totalling $2,568,
770 were reported to congress re
cently by the smaller war plants cor
porations. In addition, the smaller
war plarits division recommended to
the procurement agencies 1,191 firms
(who received business in the amount
i of $195,000,000 during the last 60
days.
Wheat and Corn Loans
The commodity credit corporation
through February 13 had completed
532,716 loans on 404,415,794 bushels
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of 1942 wheat amounting to $467,
235,969.57. The average amount ad
vanced was $1.13 per bushel. In that
same period 39,068 loans were made
on 46,176,893 bushels of 1942 corn in
the amount of $35,693,053.02. The
average amount advanced was 77
cents per bushel.
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