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THl'RSPAY. OCTOBER 14. 1943
ON THE SPOT
When individual* get done paying titeii taxes tlm year,
thev will have a belle. idea ot what industry naans when it
implores the government to .efrain from takin t away all the
profit which corporations should be. laying aside loi the ‘dutnge
over to civilian, produc t ion a; the e.nd of the wai
"When the President muni ailed industry ,i< the job givet
in his recent radio . remises to future, veterans." said Wilfred
Svkes, President of the Inland Steel Company, "he put us
on the spot It government does not permit as to deliver. it
can then move in on us with its responsibility for the idle
\vur vet ora ar.«l 'va'i ; i.ui 'u,) kt‘!s t *
It is one thin- to tax true ear profits or true excess profits
to the limit as a war necessity It is something entirely differ
ent to prohibit industry from budding up necessary reserves
If tax inequities nrc.yvnt industry front making reeded future
developments, those responsible, for such a condition will shout
that capitalism is bankrupt, add seek even higher taxes to pul
government into t° tht* death <»t A.neiiean piivate
enterprise.
AMERICAN AIR LINES COOPERATE
American leaders of air transport believe that after the
war this nation's interests will he best served by stio.ng co
operation between the various lines operating in this eountiv.
in order to meet the competition of foieign line* or combinu
Free and open competition oil a worldwide basis, subject
to reasonable government regulation, is the goal set by Amer
ican air lines 1 hey urge that government plans be based on:
Private ownership and management; fostring by the govern
ment of the 1 ’fitted -States of a sound worldwide air •transpor
tation system; freedom of transit in peaceful flight world
wide: acquisition of civil and commeicial outlets required in
the public interest
This nation will need an an transportation system linking
all sections of our country with trade areas of the world for
postal service, commerce and national security. I’ndoubtedlv
years of inter notional discussions lie ahead on this subject.
But tile fact that leaders in American commercial aviation are
broadminded enough to take the initiative in a cooperative
approach speaks well for the success of continued an suprem
acy for our nation.
POSTWAR JOBS
Tho quest ion of what, is going to become of war workers
when the war ends and production of war equipment stops is
one of the questions which Washington and industry are Ow
ing to answer right now.
So t'iir tlte solution has not heeit found. Large industries
which know t he-\ ean employ an enormous number of men
when they are ready for all-out civilian production, don’t
know what they can do about those workers while they ate
installing 'new equipment for peacetime manufacturing
Unless some answer is found, there is bound to he a
period of six' months or a year of widespread unemployment.
At present there is enough money saved by the people of
this country, in war bonds and in savings banks, to almost
guarantee a major buying spree ami period of prosperity after
the war. l!ut if those savings have to be spent to support
families temporarily unemployed, enough will he used up to
explode all our dreams of new cars, new homes or new any
one plan which has been given some consideration has
been to compel industry to give war workers a six-month va
cation with pay during that transition period. L!ut such a
solution would indirectly cost the consumer billions of dol
lars and would force smaller companies into bankruptcy.
BASEBALL’S BIG DAY
If there was some way to harness .enthusiasm, and trans
fuse it into war work, we could probably have (tone a long
way toward winning the war with the abundance of enthusi
asm expended on the World's Series baseball names
According: to reports front New York and St. Louis, the
excitement created by the battle between the Yankees and
the cardinals this year was greater than at any time in history.
Hotel rooms wele sold out weeks ahead. Restaurants were
tilled to the gills, night clubs were turning thousands away
and the bull parks were bulging at tile sides.
In spite of war transportation problems and busy war jobs
baseball fans pouted in from all sections of the country. To
millions of Americans the war news took a back seat as the
inning by inning scores of our annual baseball classic kept the
wires hot.
During the war time it may seem to some a sacrilege that
a mere game could be given such nationwide attention But
actually, this interest in baseball during wartime is in no
sense unpatriotic. The best proof of that is the fact that
service men were among the most excited witnesses of the
games—and even on foreign fronts many a former baseball
fan was temporarily more interested in how the “series" was
coming out than in bow bis own army was progressing.
It still seems too bail that we cannot stir up national ex
citement over our war effort to the pitch shown over the bat
tle of battles on the baseball diamond—but that is no reason
for condemning baseball and its followers.
GTON
WASHINGTON,L).C. (XWNS)
—“Expect little and you'll not be
disappointed," Hep. Earl Wilson,
of Indiana, wrote his constitu
ents in regard to the new session
of congress. Representative Wil
son declared that congress has no
program and that most members
of both parties are primarily con
cerned with getting re-elected
next year.
Tlie black picture painted by
Representative Wilson may be
ovei-pessimistic. Hut there is in
creasing evidence that politics,
which congress finally did side
track on a few occasions during
the past year, will from now on
play a stronger part in the con
sideration of all legislation.
The big demonstration of this
will come wlhen congress begins
I analyzing the gigantic new tax
I programs proposed by the Presi
dent. A general principle of good
: politics always has been to vote
for all appropriations and against
all taxes, Every congressman
l-nows that the easiest way to
.lose votes is to levy increased
taxes on those lie wants to. vote
j for him.
tint since eon};;essmen know
that softie new lax legislation
inust be passed. tlieie will be a
"land scramble, on the part of
, most members, to see that the
| new taxes are levied on anybody
j other than those they represent.
Congressmen from farm areas
will oppose all levies that would
1 take tax money from farmers,
congressmen from industrial
ai fas will try to protect labor
from further taxation, and con
gressmen from wealthy areas will
tight against higher taxation on
high incomes and on corpora
: 1 he President's program, which
1 will he the starting point for
I working out tax plans, calls for
increased taxes on medium and
high incomes, part of which
would lu- lebated after the war.
It also asks for high excise taxes
mi luxuries. including a big
boost in the tax on alcoholic bev
erases, cigarettes, cigars, theater |
admissions, transportation and
toilet preparations. Under this !
'plan itheat^r ad mi si son tatces i
would be raised from 10 to 00 j
per cent, honor taxes from SO to !
$10 a gallon, transportation tax
es from 10 to 30 per eenj, cig- !
arette taxes from $3.50 to $5
a thousand and there would be
new taxes on soft drinks, candy,
gum. greeting cards and other
non-essenstials.
It is likely that these excise j
taxes, with some revisions, may go ;
through. They don't hit any con 1
sunier group too hard and their |
passage wouldn't influence votes |
as would direct income taxes, j
Hut it seems very doubtful if
the whole amount asked by the
President—a total of $10,650.
000.000 in extra taxes—will ever
be provided.
I here is expected to be a |
great ilea! of debate over tlie j
proposed high increase in taxes |
on alcoholic beverages which j
may take on the complexion of j
a debate on the enaction of na- ;
tional prohibition. For it is fear j
ed that additional taxes on !i- 1
ouor would make the cost of it j
so high that it would act as an I
open invitation to bootleggers to j
go back in business on almost as
wide a scale as during prohibi- j
tion days.
The most optimistic predictions I
of congressmen are that congress j
might enact from tive to six bil [
lion in additional taxes but there j
are few that expect any new tax ]
legislation to be passed before I
next rear And the working out i
of a program will be slowed up
by pressure groups.
Out until tax legislation fi
nally goes through, there is no
doubt that congress will consider j
little other major legislationi :
Members will continue to discuss
the draft of fathers until each
member has had his say "for
the retold' and will probabls
then spend its times with such
intangible considerations as post-i
war planning and postwar rela- ]
tionships with other countries.
ABOVE^ HULLABALOO
THE CONSTANT SEARCH
FOR PEACE ON EARTH
About 1.000 year* ago a drea
' my pout, m tilt- ancient land of
Sumer. was theorizing upon the
imaginary wonders of everlast
ing 1’eaee on hartli. He inscrib
ed his thoughts upon a tablet of
clay. This tablet was unearthed
50 years ago by a University of
Pennsylvania expedition and was
translated by Hr. S. N Kramer
of that seat of learning. This
: Sumerian rhapsody pictures a
world free from want and fear;
i a world of security in which tin
decrees of the rulers are righte
ous and just; a universal (iod
worshiped in a universal tongue;
peace on earth and a union of
1 all peoples in one harmonious
this charming visionary was
apparently not as optimistic as
was the tenor of his verse, for lie
'appears to have been writing of
a I'topian period which did not,
I had not. but might have existed.
"At tile time of writing' his
| country seems to have been in
j volved in the perennial pastime
j of warfare, which then—as now
makes life only about half worth
I living.
Is it not extraordinary that of
all the great men—and women—
i who have lived since, arul before
I that day, there have been so
; many who could wage glorious
warfare—-but so few who could
' keep lite peace? Is it not incredi
ble that knowing the devastation
which war creates, the great lea
ders of world thought and cul
ture have been unable to devise
a means of preventing it?
If the world was completely
ignorant of the "past perform
lances” of the god called "Mars”,
and had no record of the millions
1 upon millions of human lives
! which hail been sacrificed to his
; insatiable hunger, it w ould be
reasonably Understandable that
I the world could become involved
jin such a holocaust as humanity
'is suffering today. Hut the world
; knows what war means. It has a
I record of destruction dating back
(5,000 years. It has only to look
1 back 25 years to lind these piti
j fill statistics; Total mobilized
forces—05.038.810. Killed and
died—8.g38.315. Wounded casu
alties—2.1.219,452. Prisoners and
missing— 7.750.91 9 Total casual
ties—37.494.186.
Thank tlod the fighting forces
have not fared that badly as yet
in World War II; but they are
(on their way toward that ghastly
j record if the reports of losses on
the Russian front are to he cred
j ited.
| Civilization is still in its swad
| filing clothes but it is neverthe
less old enough to know that it
I may never get out of them un
j less it devises some scheme to
' put an end to the slaughter of
j warfare. This war. heavgn knows
I is serious enough, but try to con
ceive what a World War fuoght
j 50 years from now would he like
| One fleet of great airships could j
(land a huge, fully equipped army
i overnight in almost any part of j
the earth. Another could easily.
(carry enough high explosives of j
even today’s vintage—to destroy I
Xew York or London or Berlin,
and every soul in these cities, in
one round trip. A war like that
could very easily break down tin
control which keeps us function
ing and bring on a world-wide
state of anarchy from which we
might never recover.
It is possible to put an end to
warfare: but it requires a com
bination of brains and selfless
vet known Will the sufferings of
ness which the world has never
this war brine forth the man who
possesses that combination?
SIX
INCH
SERMON
„ REV. ROBERT H. HARPER
Jesu* and the Sabbath.
Leuon for October 17: Exodu*
20: a-11; Isaiah 58: 13, 14; Mark
2:23—3:6.
Golden Text: Mark 2:27.
The lesson text includes the
commandment to Keep the sab
bath day holy, with the reason
given that the Creator rested on
the seventh day and hallowed it;
the teaching of Isaiah that the
sabbath should be a delight, and
the attitude of Jesus toward the
holy day.
When the disciples plucked
grain on the sabbath and were
condemned by the .Pharisees, Je
sus indicated that it is right to
satisfy hunger on the sabbath.
David and bis .men were not held
guilty of impiety when they ate
the shewbread of the tabernacle.
Also, in the case of the man with
a withered hand, Jesus showed
by His own example that ijt is
right to labor to do good on the
sabbath.
The Lord's statement that the
“sabbath was made for man. and
not man for the sabbath” should
guide us in deciding what is
right for ourselves on the sab
bath. that is, on Sunday, which
has been adopted by Christians
as their holy day. Life is more
complex than when the' com
mandment of the sabbath was giv
en. Cessation of all work on Sun
day would disrupt everything.
As Jesus declared He came
not to destroy the law' but to
fulfill it. We are in no danger of
being too strict in our obser
vance. but we are in danger of
being too iax. Let us permit our
selves only that which is abso
lutely necessary and ensure to
ourselves things for which the
which the Sabboth is designed—
the rest we need, ai d opportuni
ty to worship God and minister
to our spiritual nature.”
—BUY BONDS—
‘ Mission to Moscow
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IS RLALLV*'iOO BUSY
\ OR IS* HE JUST
STALLIN' ?
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“Behind The Scenes
In American Business
—By John Craddock—
NEW YORK Oct. I I — As
soon as the bans on various con
struction materials and man
power are lifteu. some thirty
billions tit' dollars worth of con
struction will yet coder way, ac
cording to a study just comple
ted by the National Asosciation
of Real Estate Boards.
Included will be about a mil- !
lion private homes. While these j
do not represent the bulk of tbe j
projected buildniy work to be!
done after the war. they are of i
greater interest not only to bllil
deis. but to bankers, furniture!
furniture and equipment dealers
and retailers generally in indi- i
vidual communities. ;
In the average l'. S. communi
ty. according to the association's ,
computations an average of
will be spent for the con-!
sliuclion for each person in the
population, and of this amount, j
an average of $oo pvl person in i
present population will be sent!
on home construction
With these figures business
groups ntay readily compute the
likely post-war construction pros
pects for their own communities .
and armed with that data, they j
will be in a position to plan for ■
the resumption of normal peace- j
time pursuits— making due al- i
lowalice for their own ideas of j
the extent to which their own
community prospects may vary j
from tile national average be- |
cause of special cii cumstances |
which often are known only id- i
tally. . i
CH ECKIXll SAFET Y'—Hidden !
almost completely from view I
among the far expanses of the !
new Pan American .World Air- :
ways million dollar maintenance I
building at Miami. Fla., is an in- .
strumeiit which plays as vital a
role in safe flying as do the con !
trols of each aircraft This in- j
strumeiit. a Potentiometer.' makes j
more certain the high quality !
and stamina of steel anti alumin- j
um plane parts. It is a product j
of the Horwu. instrument Co., a j
division of .Minneapolis Honey- !
well Regulator Co. All four ma
jor PAA airport maintenance i
buildings are equipped with the |
Brown potentiometers.
I HIN'C To COME — A flexi- !
hie machine which will level,
smooth, pulverize and pack the !
soil in one operation, leaving a
nely mulched surface and a firm
ly packed subsurface.” according
to its maker. T. (i. Schnleiser of
Fresno, Calif Frulite a com
pound for helping to retain the
original color of processed fruit
without changing its uavor A
pro-stressing operation for con
struction steel which will permit
concrete walls only 1-2 inches
thick, reinforced by the specially
treated steel.
LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMP —
Apparently due to hold its title
a long time is magnesium, light
weight champion of all metals
now availahe for industrial use.
Magnesium is and will he as
plentiful as seawatei or the salt
brines for beneath the earth
which are the sources of this am
azing metal now being produced
to meet demands of war at 70
times the pre-war rate.
Its increasing use in aircraft
to lighten weight and increase
Pay loads and tensile strength of
our military planes has brought
about tremendous expansion of
magnesium foundry facilities by
the Bendix Aviation Corporation,
one of the nation's pioneers in
perfecting castings of this metal.
The company’s foundries now
produce nearly 400,000 pounds
of magnesium castings per month
and increased foundry facilities
soon will boost the annual output,
by this one manufacturer of air
craft devices ^ to 8,?>«0 000 lbs.
Half the castings turned out by
the corporation to supply it' own
reiiuirenients in the manufacture
of precision aircraft proilucts
are of bagncsiuni. which now has
"arrived ’ to occupy an enviable
and useful place in the laini-ly of
light metal alloys.
CARGOES IN' THE SKY A
low dramatic incidents, picked
from the flight Iocs ot Liberator
Express transports, can now he
iold with permission of the War
Department-—ahd "hey give a
suggestion of the future of this
new form of cargo shipment. Mil
itary airports locked by blizzard?
in the frozen Alaskan wastes
sent an SOS for snowplows,
which were loaded aboard a Lib
erator and dispatched in time
to eleai the runways. Tank trucks
were cut in half for shipment hv
air to Labrador mil welded to
gether again'at then destination.
Bombers, unassembled with spare
and replacement parts have been
shipped to world l'tonts. These
random notes of air cargo u.-.e.
listed by Consolidated Vultes
Aire) aft Corp., which designed
and built the Liberator, suggest
that express planes when they
are freed front military needs
nt 'V be used to meet any emer
gence which can arise Mood
stricken communities, isolated
cillattes of Whittier s poetic de
towns and merely the snow-bound
scription need no longer fear they
will he cut off from supplies.
IlIl'S O’ Business — Formica In
sulation Co., whose plant is six
miles from downtown Cincinnati
to "sell" war jobs The live re
bus opened a downtown mhranch
mainin: horseshoe manufactur
ers in the country have been
deemed essential and have recei
ved priorities for their supplies.
A farmers market has been
set up at the cates of Albina Lu
pine and Machine Works.
Savina: electricity means sac-,
inp in critical mateiials such as
copper, timps,eii. and molybde
num used in lipht bulbs.
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BOND DAY
bonds oven America
Deep within San Fran
cisco's Chinatown lies
St. Mary’s Park, a
mere speck on the city
map, 'out it is here that
a new landmark greets
the eye of the visitor.
It is an heroic statue
of Dr. Sun-Yat-Sen,
first president of China.
Chinatown
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Year* ago the French
ertcted a statue to Dt
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