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(One Day Nearer Victory) THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3l Page 4 THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER 194 On The Tar Heel Front IN WASHINGTON By Robert A. Erwin and Frances McKusick Washington. With a brand-new Congress convening on January 6, complete with the largest turnover in membership since the first New Deal, predictions on what will take place in 1943 are making the rounds at the rate of a dime a dozen. Everyone agrees, however, that if Democratic legislation is to hold sway, there must be little dissen sion in the party's ranks. The ma jority is too dose to allow dis agreements within the party itself. But behind this knowledge is the thought that there is a great pos sibility of some of the more con servative and dissatisfied Demo crats working with incoming Re publicans. If this takes place, some legislation may be shoved along under Republican sponsor ship. One thing which weakens the Democrats is a certain dislike in some quarters of its majority lead er, John McCormack of Massachu setts. A leader commanding more universal support would solve this problem. There again, we have the oft-mentioned split in the party. Could conservative mem bers and administration followers agree on another leader? Only time will tell whether or not tho expected split will come. One thing is favorable for a unified party, and that is the absence of Price Administrator Leon Hender son, who has incurred the dislike not only of the farm bloc, but of members representing Urban dis tricts whose Congressmen have complained bitterly against the involved and tedious question naires their businessmen-constituents have had to fill out. Although Congress has adjourn ed, the battle for little business was being waged until the last minute by committees on both sides of the Capitol. One prediction which is accepted by most members is that the new Congress, fresh from the people, with complaints of little businessmen ringing in their ears, and their own campaign promises still fresh in the minds of the people, will make a double quick effort to save little business men. The House Committee on Small Business picked up a world of valuable information- at Charlotte, the last stop of its Southern tour, according to its counsel, Tyre Tay lor, native of Sparta, who prac tices law here. Listed among the greatest con tributing causes to the present plight of small business through out the South was an impaired distribution system, price squeezes, burdensome questionnaires and regulations and failure to spread government contracts. The committee said the Small War Plants Corporation, a WPB subsidiary, was of little use. It -termed the efforts of the corpora tion "practically negligible," and Hcored its management. ' Probably no papers in the coun try carried as much about the resignation of Price Administrator Leon Henderson as those here in Washington. His fade-out togeth er with the holiday on gasoline . sales came the same day. How ever, there' was no weeping at the bar when he put out to sea. As Representative Robert L. Dough ton so aptly expressed it, "I don't suppose there will be many tears shed over Mr. Henderson. I've heard no mournings nor of anyone sitting up at night about it" Our own "Farmer Bob" approves of Henderson's prospective succes sor Senator Prentiss Brown, of Michigan, terming him "our kind of folks." He and Doughton are excellent friends. Senator Bailey had no comment on Henderson's resignation, but his secretary, A. Hand James, the Laurinburg Scotchman, concluded "It looks like Henderson and gas and fuel ' oil all gave out at the same time sort of a. photo finish." While we're talking about what will take place next year, and who will replace them, we mustn't for get that all-important item, our 1943 income tax. Although the Ruml (pay-as-you-go - and - forget-this-year's taxes) plan has been gaining in popularity recently. Chairman Doughton believes it will receive little consideration by his Ways and Means Committee next year, because it is "not feasible." The Ruml plan, briefly, would cancel taxes on the 1942 personal incomes and collect 1943 taxes on the "pay as you go" system. Doughton, although he does not disapprove the latter feature, de clared "you can't throw away an entire's year tax revenue." V Farmer Bod illustrated his point with a clear, easily understood comparison. "Suppose at the end of this year, you owe the grocer a hundred dol lars. Would he cancel that debt, simply because you promised to pay cash for your groceries next year?" he demanded. "The gov ernment can't afford to knock off a year's income either, you know." The plain-spoken Congressman charged that "men who have made big money this year would cer tainly like the Ruml plan, be cause their indebtedness to the government would be automatically cancelled.'' "I haven't studied the plan in detail," Doughton continued, "but the principal of the thing seems fundamentally unsound." He would not be opposed to a plan which would pay 1943 taxes as the year progressed, .however. Such a program, Doughton said, might not be too hard on the lower-income groups if they also could pay their 1942 taxes on a long term basis, possibly one-twelfth each month. As to the amount of revenue to be raised next year, Doughton had no definite figure in mind. "I'm afraid well be asked to draft a large bill," ,he said. "But we all know there is only just so much a person can pay, especially those in the lower brackets, I do hope most people have ' saved enough to pay this year's taxes, so the entire burden won t be too oppressive next year." Next year's tax program isn't the only thing Mr. Doughton has been concerned with lately. He.has asked Joel Dean, OPA director of fuel rationing, to: do whatever necessary to relieve the fuel oil shortage in Salisbury. Citizens of the Rowan county capital appealed to Doughton on the ground that coupons for fuel oil rationing were not yet avail able and they could not secure oil from their dealers. Meanwhile, they have suffered for several days and nights on account of tempera tures, that have ranged down to 15 degrees, Doughton's office was informed. , OPA officials here replied to Doughton's initial request with the statement that Salisbury rationing officials should appeal for relief to Theodore Johnson, State OPA di rector, at Raleigh, asking John son to authorize dealers to make deliveries without collecting cou pons. In the face of continued calls for aid from Salisbury, Doughton refused to accept OPA's reply as final and insisted that Dean act immediately. Senator Bailey is much disturb ed over the situation on the Army Air Forces installation at Greens boro which requires compulsory la bor union memberships for all workers. In a personal letter to War Man power Chairman McNutt, the Sen ator urged that McNutt give the matter his attention, "so those who wish to work for our govern ment and to help it in its great need may know whether they are to pay money for the privilege of rendering service and earning a living." The Senator declared he consid ered it "a damnable imposition that a man should be required to join any organization whatever against his will in order to work, and especially at thifs time when there is a shortage of manpower and we are under great pressure lest we lose the war by any delay Legion of Honor Medal for trellis V I ' I - " 1 A . ' - 1 Steel-helmeted CoL Edson D. Raff (left), of New York, stand at attention as French Gen. Edoard Welvert decorates him with the French Legion of Honor Medal, somewhere In Algeria. Raff led the first con tingent of U. S. paratroopers which flew 1,600 miles from England to go into action In North Africa. This photo was flashed by radio from London to New York. (Ctntral Pre$) in production. But I do not be- to have at your earliest cpnven- lievei there is any remedy ihis ience a statement of policy which side of a positive Federal policy, and since you are now chairman of I may give to the people of North the War Manpower Commission,'' I Carolina " am appealing to you. I would like Clerks and Tvnkt May Find Jobs W Social Security A representative of the ri.-i ice Commissinn :n ,e Civil s. eal office of the U S fJVM Service, on January if, ?'0yiB1 and appoint clerW. w exaai positions with c l.yp.lst t Board in BaltimorrMd,! perienced a ,0n ' Jla- hi applicants are sought itT e tem Mrs. Edith P lea' Applicants between 'tr. 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