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WKXTY-KIOHTH VKAR ^ ™WSPAPEK «*«*»«> IN Τ H.S Sjv^^oKxourH CAROLINA «G *
= HENDERSON, Ν. C„ THURSDAY ΛΓΠ.ΚΝουΝ, APlill.i'l |<.|t ~
'•'VKl 'T SI M »Λ V r
New Tax Proposal To Congress
* ^ ^ *Γ Τ τ .
*^* ·¥· ·£
Nazi Stukas Rain Death On Transports
Seek Solution to Coal Tieup
I.. Κι.< i sole (îaines (left), chairman of the Southern Coal Operators,
.! ■■ · U. Steeltttan, cliief of ttie Federal Conciliation Service, and John
I . I · wm (ri(cht). United Mine Workers president, resume discussions
!■ X u York for re-opening the nation's «if· coal mine···. Southern soft
i.piT.iioi's returned to New Υ.ί k ;tt l'i ■·.!. n: Km. .-v.·]!', insistance
they I'c-iinie discussions with uiiion representatives.
Soft Coal Strike
To Defense Board
Southern Producers
Declare Negotiations
Blocked; Other Labor
Developments.
ι l>\ The Associated 1'ross)
11 ; 111 > · 11:11 doleiisc médiation
• . i, ■ and 1' ciiiy ! : el
c·111« the I! I·' ·:IXIt'·!11>.
S< ι rotary Perkins certified the 24
■ . i . . . ■,;i ti ' ■ ' ■ to I hi " >:I ;■·. :
.-■•iitiu-rn ..;.«·!·..:>··.·· withdrew
ι·ο|)ίΐ·|·ΐ·ΙΗ·1 Willi (ΊΠ L'lKtfC
M tie Workers in New York feal
.· · 'I'he si. cm ι ! -t! ··. rs tie
ι... i 'tie iic.U'Ί : Ι h iii- wei'i' **h''pi
Ιι ■■ it adlneked."
• '· ' ι ι m pi n i int Lib r dc\ t 1 >ρ
.·■ .ι ,·! ded'
!'» ii thiill: . lid ■ S uthern ι .nlw.iy
■ ■ .'I'M· 1 e) II '! ted Ity tin· Κιι·»\
. ill. 11 t< · I :,i ' t \ 111 · d tu e.N
ti ml til. r work week Ii dim 4U t" 4·
■ t t : : e ρη eut V ·<Α>' -ο ' le, 1·
1 :1 :1 . ■ l;, ι j ■ ίι !;;ι ι ! . : lleii l.ih'ii
ι" ί i .v 1 : ι ι Kit. ι ■! ill de.' ι ISO pi ' >
11 · 11 Muri.iy 11. Win WaHmioi
et Miel ιι;.ill n.ll'ieti il pi'Ci.il coin
: . ι. ed , ile ., ι" ,nl 1 lift ,d>··
'· '· ·.·:·,· . ι II ti e CI' > ' 'mted State.
W.. ml (ienei .,1 C'· .r
11" 1 .111· Hi.
Γ ι ! ' : id. ι i !>·. Siv H i and W i1. · ί
piii'kinji ci impuni'"- announced eifilv
ι " I Cl I : ■ v ;ipc 111CI :-il I - t'i >r tnol'l
t i .ί 11 .: I ntiii pindi n't 'on ι nui main
tci .lin· · \urkei in Chiens ·
Germans
Near Athens
■ . April lit. ' \ P) Till" ( ÏCI
"'•'M in i-y is in I ■ I 0 111 : '' 1 oi tllC
' "1' :■ and liiuhv. ay- and ι- ;ip
I'" ii i. !ij.g Allien:· Iiv u ;iy <> 1 The
bop:,. German 111· \\ > ; ■. 11 >« ■ : said
iixhi v.
i'l ■ · pn about 3 Γι 11 ' i I Cs rlnl'lil
W ' ' ■· ΛI '· .ι il.-, a tilt en >W I In·-.
'■κ· < ί . : '.m Ιιίκί' coin in ! lui- how
ind'i'i'trfl ι>ιι 1 ν II·-»* I>! t.·
1 !■'1 I ici ..ueeeedt 1 In "ircakiii-'
1 ''1 ■ > 'Iricii-r positions held bv a dii·
11 d I » ι' ι ; h rear una id in hi l· h
'ΓΙΐι γ M|.vlac pass. HK) mile.-" noi'li
"I MiK'ii·.
I>.\T (ii i ii an oflieial now. açency.
'i th.it m |!i(. drive tin ir'li Thes
s-''lv t.. Southern Greece the ni.i'.i
capiuivd -everal thousand Iïr:ti.-;"
"lrt .<·: ; 11 ,,ni camp aim; v'tli
' h ■ 11 cl ι1 ! 1 :* nf tanks and tr. muni
' " 'M- ■ pi "' ι inns and several three
ini-h Suns."
I un peated was the claim to .
liiTai.i ηι1;1>|η there such as was îe
prilled y 'sterday by authorized Ber
lin -nurces.
'Authorized quarters vesterdav
s Ί British attempting to iold tin
pass had been annihilated and Ger
i·". iii ρ·ι··/..ι· units were n;o\ ing t
Athens).
No Jobs Now
At New Base
Jacksonville. \|,ril 'ÎI.— 1ΛΓ1
—.l ick !.. 1 »Is tlic. ol lil.vtlie
Brothers ( ompanv today urged
workmen hoping for jobs on the
SI ί.;.7Λ.0(Μΐ .Marine base to lie
linilt near here not to come here
looking for work until a call is
made for their services.
"We are not set up vet."
lilythi said, "and we will not be
able to enipl^ people until \*c
are."
When labor is needed, he ad
ded. a call w ill be s ot out.
Nazi Warships
Believed
Damaged
L ii'ion. April 24 -( AP)- 'Πιο 26,
111)11 ! < 111 < ;. ι ;l I.I : 1 I K! HI'Csl I ! |) Si'lliini
I ρ . . t I; " i »i * ! 11 vrf.i" lu h.'i\ r i 'l'Ctl pill
ι.·.I <>: t '■111 h .-inn "lor romr months"
;ind h< ι ι· ik', tin Gneiseium, also
I n > in·· 11 d,::: .ii ; ci nl licit: Ji
ι aid - "ii I in·.- !. t · r Pre . Λ » »c ι it ion,
.. ιr . ,(^·.".icy, >aid tod.iy.
"There is it'ii on t believe that
during the mten- : vc KAF raids ;it
fin· ! !)<»th the St·! ι. 11Till m -t. whirh
\va> in dry dock, and the (ïneisenau
(Continued c.n **a^e Might)
Rear Guard
Defense At
Thermopylae
I
Fall of Athens and
End of 19-Day Old
Battle of Balkans Ap
pears Imminent; Nazis
Claim 160,000 Tons of
Ships Sunk.
( îÏV The Associated 1'n ι
lirili-.h expeditionary 11 ««,,., were '
• 1 'eri I : i ι I igliting (le perately t·> i
flay in the Thermopylae sector. llltl
miles north υ I Allien., πι what was
apparently a teai ",uard action to
(heel: Germany' blitzkrieg arniie
until the main bncly il the i.KK ha.
( mnarked I ron -mithei η Greece.
Get man a.ι.tor described seel li
nt ι la v. lde t ι .'illusion .is nazi
Stuka dive I ·ι >1111 >■ ι.- rained death ami ,
destruction .·ι troop-jammed British J
transport. .
lict 1 in Hiirc '.· asserted that a'
least Ki'l.Olin ton ot ships had al
ready been link, and an official
ί i, eel; cnh'muniqtte acknowledge.1
that a lull ι y wave· of si reaming
Μ η e had inflicted "considerable
i.aaiace to ship.-· and other iivstalla
t ΙΟΙ 1.-.
: Willie the I .11 of Athen and the !
lend ol the lU-day old battle oi the
i liaikan· appeared imminent, author
i itative quarters in London insisted
that BKK troops were clinging stub- '·
i unruly to deiense positions in th.:
I TTiëïrôopylae zone.
I It wa.- i:i thi hi lorie sectoi'. the
scene ol bloody strife 2,40(1 yea is
jpi. that the Germans claimed ve
. terdav their panzer columns had
; smashed the lii'itish rear guard . tin
ί plunged on toward Athens.
A British spokesman deelarcrl tiias
ι reports the British Hank had been
turned were without I>a-i-. He said t
I was "very doubtful." too. that the
Germans had seized the island oi
Lemon.-, near the Turki h-contmlied
: Dardanelles.
Hitler's high command gave few
1 details of the climatic struggle and
made η.» claims to a major dri\e
. through the allies "la.-t ditch tie
i lenses.
• In a fight with British rear
' guard. . we succeeded in breaking in
to Thermopylae position·, whic.i
u ere situate.1 in especially la\orahl.·
ten am." the ( lei man ei>n munii|ite
aid.
"Between Lavish and Lamia, ;i.)
I a it ish tail!: wen· captured "
A nazi pnkesinan ye-ie-day had
! asserted that the Germans "annt
liilated" the British rear giro d
British middle east headquarter
in Cairo reported teisely that Liar
troops "yesterday were in contact
with the enemy, but no important
engageai! nt- took place."
Kveii though reports in London
aid the pac oi the motorized lia, :
; rli ive had I.ι'· 1.< lied. Britain waited
impatiently for word of the Grecian
finale and wa prepared to hear the
, wurst.
ΛI it; id ν 1" \ v- «m r ■" « Π n| nnrthn η
Cîivoco ;mcl (iririr' northwestern
« i 11 j ι ν oi ;ihi >ut :».">().( 100 men which
j'ni acci pti (I unconditional . urren
I■ ι ] under the e .nibmed might oi
Germany and Italy.
The i'.ospoiu and Dardanelles
-, ,t , ! 11 ,i it 1 .elwcei ■ the Black and
Mediterranean e.t loomed po: .ible
a- the nest a\i; objective.
Johnson Reports Improved
Prison Conditions During
His Four-Year Regime
I).iil> IlisiMti li bureau.
In Hit· Sir VValirr Hotel.
U> 1IINHV ΛΜΚΙΙ,Ι.
l,'.,leigh, April 24. North Carolina
m ι ici lit y ι mi > ii is developed ,i mud
fin ,ιΐκΙ improved prison system to
the point win ii it is now regarded
by prison authorities Ί the nation as
among the best Ti ■ · in .-harp con
tract to their opinion a few years ago,
Robert Grady ^ ιίμί> direetor ot
the pen a I < I ί · i. ·ι ι - ;. i< I n making a
roundup π port to the Highway (.'on.
mission of the four years lie lias been
in ι lunge of the division.
"Today we are receiving lavorabie
publieit\ and are regarded by the
prison authorities ol tin country as
having made more progress than any
other outhern system and probably
more than any other system in the
count!y within the past tew years."
he .-aid in summarising the out.side
\ iew.
Tin· .Johnson report, |>■<*)ι;11c:l i!
:Ικ· request of I) Γ, McCraiy. acling
Ik .i'I "I the highwav comn:;·. .·>11 :.m
III it Was rc'\ aniped by triiu-irci .1
M. Broughton Inst week. co\er.- ,i
wide variety ol topics and giw
much ci. 11 : ι on prison activities
The director. who him.-elt will
siiiiii be shifted to another lipid ul'
tate activity a:- chairman ·it the
ABC board, more or lr.-s >uitai:cd ιιρ
what he1 views as his chiel accom
plishment in the repoit's opening
paragraph :
"Four years ago this department
was in a chaotic condition There
was friction everywhere. There was
a nervous tension and reeling that
something was liable to happen at
any moment. This not only applied
to the personnel but to the inmates, j
All ot this has disappeared and at ι
(Continued on Page T.vo)
EXTENSION OF
DEFENSE ZONE
SAID PLANNED
"Tiger's" Grandson
Mrs. Piorrc Β. Clemenceau, wife of
son of late French premier, the
World War "tiger of I·'ranee" ar
rives at New York. The young
mother, a native of New Orleans,
said she had fled from Bordeaux to
Marseilles to Dakar, Africa, then to
the air base at Boloma where she
boarded Uie transatlantic plane for
th^. U. Û.
Mere Plants
Projected
Contract Negotiations
Expected Within Two
Weeks on Huge Build
ing Program.
Washington April M.— (AI')
—Λ vast new program i:l ili'lVus"
plant constnii -timi and expansion
lo cost approximate^ SI.500.
(HHI.UIHl lus iieen ilia'tnl hv the
War (1. pal tm.nt. il was l'-amrd
to(I.i \. ι',ιιι! i. expeeti-il to π aril
the slatjc ol ei'iiiiact iieRolia
lions in tun weeks.
ΛΙι I ι i ·' ■ 1 ι'·; tnr· si ι .ι μ ι· ι ι n ii :
i>l delei'i ι ■ 11 * ··· ·ι Μ:,·ι - >ti ;« I .·«*..· i.\
under .···! · ι 'ni· m v. pi ι warn ;
ιίι ■ i;; 111 ·ι I
]. Ill,1' ' ■ " ι '' I h ' duetιιm <·η -
paeity 1·. ι . · * · * .ι ill · Li ρ—
ply I ιι I i - ι ι|! ι.; " · ■ ■ ..· ;m
Mill) nl ' 1 »> · Γ II >·; · ' I ! 1 -
cri "π . t μ , < ■ ; 'hi
[ι,Γ(·|· tv. Il ; /" I ' ι . ··. ι · i Ί ι
were based nil [iimtsfciing 11 '1 i ■ : 111. i >
nun1 I · ' ! · 'Ί1 i' I'' ' ι ; -
tilill ' ill ! II I III I· I
Suii ι m '· ι ■ ' ■ ι
fur |->riii!i:: ' il M : 1 ι ·;.
tin· 111 ill . ρ e;i" !;> :· n
ι · !-.■ ·:■■ i .ii'
Til,. > ρ .·, mi v.::s ιι I 111·.· tone!
tu lr . λ , r . .ρ; . ·■■. mis' · ι:
Ρ ' ■
il It IT I! .·. ·· ' ' ί 'ft - dent
III ai.ti: Ml': i '■ qui TV. ! ι! . ι
ported t" call Ι··ι· construeU' η ι I ιιρ
V.·, I I'l"! 111 til':' t11 1111 ' ι ι ι1 . « *' ■
I \ p. 111 I .11 I ' ' I . Κ . 1. t ti I I'l f »... 1 I 111,
ι. t i 11 ■ ι type· I ' .11 I'"11 ··· I <»··· 'in · -' -
.· trtii ι ι ι ι ν ι ■
i rami lnei,.i n nd I'.- . n, : ■ ι
111 I" .. Ill"
pae Ii. ". The ι ,1', ;■ '■ · ..m,;,,
i'l" I r «'111. : >' pi.·' '
vers:· ill In i-ni: a a ι · , · -t ιί e m
plants ν '· 11 .· ., Maie
■ it I it typ · · ι ■ ; pi
The pi. l..';i a I V. · >ul:d 1 ι ·
piii'tial ί ν ι >\ I Hid· 1 ei'-ntly ι i ι ,e ted
by President IÎ '··. ..-'t ίητ tin· s",.
(Η)Ο.Π(ΚΙ.ΙΙΟΙΙ I ase-lenrl appi. .p: latin:
and p.a 11.ill.·. h> eiiiistrurtum anci
expansion I'utiti- tt'ven to the Annj
directly bv C"ii).;!'e .· .
WEATHER
ΚΟΚ NOKTll CAROLINA.
< loud*. shower»·· in east and
southeast portions tonight and in
southeast portion Friday: cooler
in east portion tonight and on
souUic.ibt ibabt I i ilia J .
M.ayor LaGuardia, in
Speech a t Ottawa,
Says Provision Made
For Offshore Defense
Beginning 1,000 Miles
at Sea.
v.'. ί . !» ι Λ I') —Λ
majo 1 ; de
;■ ii ■ ■'·■:>- ι 1 ι ι <>i the
.With ■ ■ · '■ · ι·;
\ . ■ I I · .; 111, ■ It"-H Iildliy
!>\ 1 :»i .·· :!■·· t'nit·.ii
Slate , >
·]■■ ' 1
em it.". ■ i:i; ι : ■ ·■ : .·:* · .nc:
fient.11 ι . ■ ni r I ·■ vim* on it* ο I
the strain un part oi Brit»in'ii mos,
iniji.ι ' ι;'Λ I ne 1 * t in the
absence "I dota:!·. the I il signili
eanee ..! . ueli u piilicy v... ;i moot
qui s!iiΊΐ.
Ol lie. ι : : e : ι· u .ve nu t neourag"
ment tu ti c rep :! ■,! t·.t widened
(U l'en-·· 11 ···>!. luit the informed
quarter wher·· they originated eited
the statement ut New York's mayor
I-'mrelUi l.atïuardia that pros: i"ii
had been a ade lui oli.hure delense
• -· ιιιΐίΐΐί; at ,i line l.unO miles out to
sea.
LaGuardia, speaking chairman
·,; the mint l". S.-Canadian defense
I) ard, made hi.- assertion during a
iddie it Ottawa yesterday. The
ci; ruiii.st.niee,· led the belief here
11 .at he spoke with White House ap
pi o\ ai.
it pointed - it that LaGttnrdia
ι m le a hurried vi.-it lure Tuesday
a ci inference with President
K.i evclt belore departing for Can
al... It was likewise considered im
portant that before making his ad
tin - Ottawa he was quoted as
,.y ne, ' would contain a line "giv
ing the ν le answer" t the ques
tion . !.·■' far the United States
would .■ convoying war supplie
l.aC't . ·λ uld not amplify the
-tatci . · ti ■ Canadian press re
11.1 ted. ■ p::asi/ed later that
the *.· :«··)-«· limits should be
\ ei y si '.iiartant.
The 1. in m some Canadian
circle ' I.aCiiardia was fore
east mg 'm' t u Ί Γ. S. eonv ys as
far a.- d At mta·. This w ιmid
ρ re t · .· nl British empire
i us convoy duty
in lie- . ι ί ! '>t the North
At la ni a : I ' · ■ ■ i >\ rehll'i iree the
1 lot 111 ··:·! ill· ι astern halt
\> '· ere .'lu-st sMpptag has been lost.
U. S. Aide Ivilîcd
Col. Gerald Brov.t*r
/'. l'h ont photo
•e
Serving Arm· π ί τ, η ? ! y air
oh>rrvt r wi-tii 1 'ι■-· ί·r■. . i. ,: Λir
Kom· iti the M. ; i ι . ' ; ι -
aid i>i'nu · r wa. I· : < > . i.
250 nvilcis southwest <»r Kba^touftij
Kii.VP't. No (k'tnii.- \v·.·: « : rev» ,
but it wa a- ui <i 1' w t.- ! i.i 1
While ob: ervinu at'iinn between the
KAF and A Ni ;iii iorces.
Southern Says Service
Might Be Suspended
to Conserve Diminish
ing Coal Supply.
Richmond, V.ί.. April M —
( AIM—The Virginia stale cor
poration commission said lodav
that the Southern It » i î\\ a ν had
notified it that 40 local passen
ger trains in the South umhi
have to he suspended to conserve
it*·, diminishing coal suppl\.
The commission immédiat Iv
dispute hed telegrams to \ ir
ghiia's congressmen. calling at
tention l<> (lie "serious situation"
resulting' ir ?n the work slop
page in the soil coal mines.
•-p ■ S· m! l·. < · ! · η Τί;' .. y i. , «ί
isi cl ii ." the !<·]( ^rnn -did. I π a
<. c. !>· · . I <Ί iinniitlil· |'.i M!.:.
';; 1·. .·· · . ' ι Κι,
η (vu br ■·<!■ iv π·?! t'(i :f 11,
Babson, Still Optimistic
A-J To War Outlook, Says
Oil Will Win tor jJn fain
ι;\ lux.I ι: H l'.AI'.SOV
< ορ.\ rifclit I !> 11 Publisher-.
I ■ ii.iix ia] I4iirc.ni. lui .
! » " ί ι Γ. rk. Λ1. ι... . Λ j 11 . ι I S< ι
n.\ ' ■ i ·; 11. ■ 11. I-. ;iro eommentiny U|
piviinn tin· v\ai m·th. :
ί i'li"'.r lut' tu "bull in". !.
' i'i ■ !" wi li tu ι emind reader*
• .i and nil may lie the
m ' : ι :. .ι !·■ r ι leeia II ν ι > 11. ( Jer
..'y Mini to war tu seeuie
iudepeiKlent oil supplies for hersoli
I ; - ·. ii'mii in doing mi, shi will
I .. > a and Iir willing t" qtlit I!'
η ι it : inci-i'ii. m t inn·, she
• ill : ■· . vi.rd 11 ! : i.iki - no dit I'erenre
! .. ·\ι ι:ι:·»>' tin mi and.- ol plan·.· .
1 .ί . ..mi ;l 1111 a r 11 it's Gertnyny h>is
^ v 'ii I. t hi■ <>iI needed 11 · op
ι · tii ι : ! ι< ι.*nt ly.
<•«■I'm.»n> 11.ι■·. Wall I.iltle Vrl
1 · · ' all >"·!-·ΐι« publie belie\ γ that
thus ι..ι Germany ha-, «mi great
■ ι ; ι They point tu tin· c 'iaiue.-t
ι ι π :.· ,·>\ Lia. Poland Κ aie.·
I '.ι ί , Η'·Ι, aid. Ν- .ru ay. Huilai 1.1
lui '. · ' ' · ■ ' With t hi* ι xeeption cl
!ι ,ι· ... : ut· 11 ί these an· oil-pr
ci 11 ί · ·, ι -..· imii'it'^ Thereine. they
11·;» 1 ly .m· a dray upon Germany's
• ■il - i ? i > j ι ! > In rt Germany i- prao
!·ι·;.!!.ν · ;:t ' ··!;<> from oil exee| t
•m· I hi i· and Hunumia. lia ly.
Spain, and other Κιιΐ"]»·;ιη countries
ii· In Iploss ι iΊ\ Germany with
oil.
Italy h ■ η··! !h en defeated ir.
battle either "il land >r μ·:ι She has
lost only ali""t !■> per n ut ol hei
!.a\v tan'\s. .aid planes The reason
Italy i* doing so little beeaase of
her lack of oil. The ' e introi" of th'
Mediterranean mean- the eontrol o!
the I'.at'j Lai .-ai ι S ι
h;.iul ! ι
dill !.f: !..
w 1111t. ι η ι i ■
I η ; I ! I \ ;
II·.t
W.mli >.i, i.i it.·! Λφ.ιη.
Just 11" ■ l;
<«Uiintit\ i.i· I 1 |'i .
duel ion :iiul H«is bt-ien sondittg· sunv.·
ι il In 111 .,!>> : · W· ■ i'l.Y :
net '..'I'M .;· : ι
1·<·ι·ιΙ· i; ■ ■ ι·
Shi' .! !
fond to ν ni "1} · I ' ι. .
know l! i. ■' ■ .ι . ' ι I ; 11IV
\\ tjliid 1UII'. '.ι ' λ .t·,'.
■ Η u . h . .il;
£i\e lui oil.
Tin : ι oui»!.· η tin· Γ ·.■;:· i- : i.-·
. .-Il unfile !<>f ι. ; S., ι . laud
< . met rued. .l.i|mu I a In i ν ei ··
que: i'<l la; >·... ί 11. η .
ι .i du '!st. 11 i- tin ■ ! . ! IV ·:ίιι· · and
Sumatra which Japan really wants·.
Germany lia s j n ·: rd ■ ,1: . ide ti; -
with .lapa' : Il Cîf I !·,.!.> V. U- till
war. 11 is oil which the foreign min·
istfr of Japan reeentK rii-ia.-se.l
with Hitlfi·. Mu-ailitu. .,nd Staiin.
Oil From South Amcricii.
Oil ι·· at 1hc boltam ol "in· "friend
ly neighbor" policy \κ ith Mexico and
other Lathl-American countries. W·
have ii" ifai love for them, nor ha\
< Cull Un liai on Page Ei^at)
Morgenthau
Says People
Prepared
"American People
Are Willing to Fay
ί hat Price ' for Living
in 1-ree Land, Treas
ury Secretary Declares
to Congress.
V. : II, Aprii 2! —(Al1)—
Si·· . "·'.··>· Alurgeiiiuau ;■ -k> α I ori
i \ 1 ■ ■ Γ .·>,),50(1,(1(111,1.1(10 πι new
I ι .· . ,,ιι.ιΚι de I time production, it
duced nori-defcnse spending, and
ι. ι ,, 11 aga ι M l j j: j 11U·· rillf;.
" \\ · are laced Willi a μι · ,ι'ιΊ' chal
lenge I:.an any in tin ln-tury if tn··
:·. 1 ol.r. tin lu.ι-il; y head I 'Id
II it ί ι iu. e way·, antt means cnmnil
tee. "Il '/all; 1 · il . 11 -. ■1 ' i ι g. · all ι 11·
■ ι 'lise tiiaii y < t been made.
' Ί , ·· Λι. ,ιίίιμιι ) a · Ί , : aie piepa ι -
ι ι ; ι ii' j j n„e and ί ■
make 11 u'i IJ ι tigly.
"liui·. much v. -itii lu be a
lit·· man living η a he· land.' The
Al: '.'1 il'all pCUple all. >·. 1 i 1:11 g Lj pay'
Hull p. it··.·
Λ1· igiiitha ι mam ira speed it it··
Cuna. ;i'î mala in. iiijuat iiO'A lilt* lit".'.
l..xts .-ι. aid be îaised :n his ton.ial
·.,'.. ι. · nl. lit· aid others would pre
. · Ml tin Titasary's vit-u point.
lia.·· ti'La-L.'iy pi opo. als ha.f
-••η lep ι lid al t.'.e Cujîjtol lu ριο
: .-it·· ρ ιιιι.·ι·h es m income sui
taxes which may Xorcc many per
,-.t. ι : lu pay .-i.x times at. much in
ct.j j·· lax t.- bclore, and also lu ρ i'
eitlii ί' new ur .additional taxe.· un
> .11 drinks, licpifir. cigarettes, gasi»
lint, and many other commodities.
Turning tin: pi'opo ed tax inci ea.-e
"imprei "dented." Al rgenthau said
"in ne.', taxi's will seem a small
price lu pay" lor the security of the
nation lu be insured by the delensc
program.
Tugt'thi r with exi-ting taxes which
make the natmn's lutal itderal tax
bill in tie next 11 - cal year (begin
ning July 1) a built S12,|i0,l)00,&0l),
the secretary said "we shall luid
ourselves spending less than 15 per
( t ut of o.n national incume lor the
ii..'.'inai safety."
M ifgenthau described the new tax
:. in these ρ int.-:
I· st π: all. it presents a method
: ,.u as we gu J'ur a reasonable
proportion ol our expenditures:
•Si'i-i.ndly. il is destined su that
.·.. tr'.mns uf the people shall beat
·: e hart ul the burden;
"'Ih; d. it will help tu m bili/.c our
in··.· I"i detense by reducing
, 11 ■. η' .; : t >ni y that the public
:i , :,.· ····!: par.,lu tly le.-s iin
"ΑιιιΙ ! naily. it is de.· igned to pre
t :n price.·, by
ν ,., ," t 'in tary
... ; i i <i : ι outrunning
ι "Hie'. ·:ι.'
Γ· S I ·11
Churchill
For Second Time in
Three Days, Prime
Minister Asks Post
ponement of War De
bate.
I.oitdin. *ipril 'il.— (Al*) —
! m tin second linn· in throe
da\s. Γι inn· Minister Winston
ι I'ltrchill asked parliament to
il. i\ In postpone a debate on the
war. lull hinted that lie might
maki .1 broadcast on the Greek,
campaign in the meantime.
I'll pi inn· mii.i-.tfi \olnnleerc(l
Un rim.uk that he was aware
t!i llonse cxpcctcd a debate 011
ίhe war. and said it would be
held at tlu· earliest moment
wh · li enables the government to
aie a lull and reasonable ac
count ni what has taken place."
IN v. inird llyit "serious re>pun.-a
!·'!.:> re·!.· η tl.e government in
.ΐΛ - iiv ii...rse or making any
■m vvliieh might preiudicc Ire
success of the British, Australian,
X' · '/.ι ..1 incl and G eek .soldiers who
it ' time are m close contact with
the enemy."
He nave the hint of a possible
.··· adeast in replying to a member
\\ o cited the broadcast ol' Prime
Minister Robert C;. Menzies of Aus
tr:ilia two days ago.
Ch '· ■■ !] -aid. "1 have heen think
::ia wether I r.'ight not make s nie
statement of a general character, but
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