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THLKSDAV. DECEMBER 2, 1943_
A REASONABLE REQUEST
Much thought i.- bring g-ven to the problem of providing
reemployment for m< n ieuumng from miliiuiy service. fc>o
far us possible, old jip- are bvmg kept available. but this
does not apply to one group ..; the server whose jobs were
the result of years nl training ami vndiv'uluai etlort.
When a docloi goes to Wa: 'nis job cannot he preserved for
him. His patients must go elsewhere. When he returns, he
must find new patient-, a slow, tedious task that will not he
made anv easier .v. file fact that ten* of thousands of other
doctors releasvl from armed forces will be doing the same
thing.
However, the I'loct.-.s a..- ::■>! kicking. All the average
doctor asks is a chance to cork in tlie way that he is best
fitted by enviiotiiueiu ami training—-the way of the individual
doctor under the tra.itit.ona: AiVeti. ,.n medical system. It is a
reasonable deque.-;.
IT S A B-26!
Twenty'live years ago a favorite pastime of children tand
adults., too) was to sec imu correctly they could identify the
makes of automoivjlo as tin-y'.sped •
Now most of US would' probably get a ow score in that game
since so many fars .-cmlyie one' another and because we have
long past lost in-ci st m trying to distinguish between them
But many a small hoy today amazes !u> paients by his
ability to identify makes of airplanes. When lie sees them
in pictures 01 ;n tr.r sky. cm call tel! by tile wings. >y tht
motors and the genet a shape whether he m looking at a
Martin ;. Uiberutor llnniimm Wildcat.
Up to the ' nr-: •: intmsm: m planes has been
in those user f ■ ar. B " ' " — - ■" ' ' ronnai
again and planes if id ;e>cru.ti..Rs are flying the airways, we
can expect mail,' a miai.'T.y to si: hi the . hmil playing the
game of "1 know a at : hat is" and deciding, at the -ante time,
what kind if a pium- fe .s going fly alien he grows up.
SUBSIDIES—GOOD AND BAD
A subsidy, avoiding to Webster's dictionary, is "any gilt
made to aid another financially ' or "a government grant of
money to aid 01 eiivoirag.- a private enterprise that serves to
benefit the paid:.
So far as the sm n f Mi Webster's definition is con
cerned, the re see ms to m . j'.art-P'iii.ir daiigei ill oui govein
ment engaging in. subsidies f our lax money is used to aid an
enterprise which bein-rm us the extent of our nvestment in
it. we can’t iiave ■" m..ub 'e sick aiiout.
But what we do want to guard against is letting our con
gressmen legislate sal sidles which ate limited to aiding' an
other fitianehilly ’ Th u kind of a subsidy is synonymous with
charity—and if • ••• ace going in foi charity ve want to de
cide foi ouiselve- "no is going to be the beneficiary. If
such- subsidies are handled by congress, we can rest assured
that the leading beiit f'u in: ws will be the congressmen them
selves.
During the coming' months we are apt to hear a lot of
arguments in del 'fist of government 'subsidies. So it would
he well to keep the t a definitions .in mind—to make sure
that our government doesn't confuse the-two and think tiiat
it is doing us a fj'iv. • every time it decides to approvA* a hand
out. We should make sure, if the government does approve
subsidies, that i.t sticks, to tile kind that really "serve to benefit
the public."
THE TRUTH ABOUT TAXES
The federal government, in draining away billions upon
billions of dollars from tile earnings of private citizens, will,
if the tax laws are not wisely written and wisely adminis
tered. cripple production and bring disaster and tyranny to
the people.
This fact is becoming more apparent each day. In dis
cussing the post-war Federal tax system recently, Roswell
McGill, former underse- rctar\ of thi Treasury, declared: “As
citizens we will have to ha\e an opinion on these fiscal prob
lems, and it might as well lie an informal opinion."
For many years, the tax .lavs were directed towaid forcing
the cost of g'overtitre onto the shoulders of corporations
and individuals with large incomes. As the cost of govern
ment increased, an attempt was made to cover the increase
without touching the pocket-books of the great mass of voters.
That can no long *r he done. Every worker is beginning to
feel the cost of the war anil the continuing high cost of gov
ernment. 1'nless he learns the truth about taxes, lie will suf
fer for more than he has to date.
One of those truths is that industry is being taxed beyond
the point of diminishing returns. During the war it will hear
these taxes without slackening pace, as a patriotic duty. Af
ter the war. it will he a different story. According to Mr.
Magill: “Corporate tax rates are at a high point in our fiscal
history. They ought to he reduced as soon as they can be to
a much lower level. As a nation, we would be better served
with a high leVel of business activity and lower tax rates than
with moderate business activity and high rates."
Industry can provide reasonably full employment after this
war and at the same time give the country a progressively
higher standard of living. Whether it actually does or not
depends to a large extent upon whether taxing is beyond its
ability to pay becomes a permanent policy of government.
WASHINGTON, L). 0. (NWNS)
—The spending spree on which
the government started in I9d2,
and which has been gatheding
momentum ever sincei appears to
have reached a definite turning
point as both representatives
and senators applauded the de
mand tor economy made by
the House ways and means com
mittee in its report on the 194."
Revenue act.
Although the senate will un
doubtedly change the bill consi
derably, it is not expected to
make changes which will mate
lially enlarge the amount ap
proved by the house group—
I only one-fifth of the amount
asked by the administration.
For many of tile members of the
senate have made it clear that
they heartily agree with the
!statement of the house comniitte
j which said:
"The conclusion of the coin
j niittee fcvas that maintenance by
the government of the proper
proper psychology, and freedom
from the feai of inflation, on
the part of every consumed, is
considerably more important
than the absorption of current
excess buying power through ad
ditional taxes.
"The committee is hi inly
convinced that the proper psy
chology can be maintained only
by strict economy in government
expenditudes. through effective
price control, rationing and wage
control."
Taking the attitude that the
amount of taxes asked by the
President would “threaten the
Inundation of the middle class
in America" and would kill the
goose that lays the “tax eggs,”
the committee approved addi
tional taxes totaling S2,1-10,000,
000. but strongly indicated that
this was definitely the, end of
increased taxation. And the
Committee made it 'dear that
from now on additional revenue
must be lai-'Ctl. not from the
taxpa vetl but from the govern
ment itself. through reduction
of unnecessary mid wasteful
spending.
0
! A general sales tax, which it
Was feu by some committee
members would do the most to
help prevent inflation by putting
a direct tax on spending, was
understood to have been killed
! by pressure from the Adminis
: nation, but it is possible that it
■ may yet be revived by the Sen
1 ate.
j Debate on the tax bill, which
: included the insistence of so
many members of congress that
| government expenses be reduced,
indicates that from now on eon
j gless will drastically cut or vote
down appropriation measures of
' all kinds. The great demand for
Ian end to farm subsidies grew
out of this same wave of economy
: in congress and will possibly
I lead to drastic wage control leg
islation if the labor unions are
jable to put through their new
! demands for increased wages to
' be paid out of tax money.
Although the majority of
j members of congress seem to op
i pose the continuance of farm
subsidies, there is mixed feeling
on whether they should be elim
inated immediately, for it seems
apparent that the termination of
subsidies would result in incfea
sed food prices to the consumer.
(The problem is admittedly com
plicated, but seems to boil down
to a choice of meeting the in
] creased cost of food production
| through the taxpayer or through
(the food consumer. Under the
j present subsidy plan the middle
and high income group is actu
ally paying for part ol the food
consumed by the tower income
group.
Meanwhile. what might be
termed a "ration point subsidy”
I —the decision of ..the Office of
I Price AdininistratroH to give
I extra meat ration points to the
j housewives who turn in much
I needed kitchen fat. is being
watched with interest. Washing
ton planned? are busy thinking
up other ways by which ration
points might be used, in place of
dollars, to out some of our shak
ier war programs back into work
ing order.
HITTI.ARAT.OO
By LYTLE HULL
OUR LIBERTIES I
' .1
h. turn ot war the cti sens ot |
a democracy like the United
States or Britain must subordin
ate certain liberties, to which
they have been accustomed in
order that the combined energies
of th nation may be concentrated
into one powerful striking unit.
Just as an army, mad'- up of nu
merous divisions—which in turn
are made up of thousand.- of in
dividuals — mlist op?) ate undei
efficiently—so must .m diverse
one directing head to function
forces of a nation be funneled
into one united effort.
All good citizens understand
this necessity and are willing that
it shall be enforced, and being
masters of their own and their
country’s destinies, they author
ize its enforcement. And then
come the long periods of worry
ing about whether or not they
will ever regain the liberties
which they believed they were
handing over, in temporary foim
only, to their elected managers.
It is very probable that there
are thousands of small men and
women employed in Government
who are concentrating their ef
forts upon retaining for life the
jobs which they now hold without
which they might find themselves
and their families in serious pre
dicament. These are the •‘deep
riven villains railed — hissinglv— |
“Bureaucrats. These are the 1
folks who supposedly weave met - j
aphorical spiderwebs in which the !
liberties of the. people ate to he
enmeshed. They have their load-'
ers, also, and these are as a rule,
sincere theorists who cannot be
lieve that a hundred and thirty
million humans turned loose in
the “new world"—which they be
lieve will exist after the war—
can conceivably avoid anarchy
unless regulated by a centralized
paternal government in which
they themselves have a large fin
ger.
There is nothing new in this
situation It has always been
thus. We have been through the
same worry over and over again
and not necessarily in wartime
only. The ancient newspaper files
of the Civil War period, of the
Teddy Roosevelt period, of the
First World War days — reek
with apprehension about our
“lost liberties’’.
There are others besides the
; bureaucrats who believe the
country will eventually collapse
! unless they can get control of its
; people and of its destinies. These
are sometimes sinister forces-—
sometimes not. For the moment
the Runoists are submerged, hut
i w e still have our local Commun
| ists (unrecognized In the Russi
tan government) and our Social
iists.
Now we may call Socialism
anything we like—the Cermans
call it National Socialism (N'azi
tsm)— hut under any name it •
smells the same and means the
managemnot of our liberties hy a 1
party of human , beings — not 1
gods
Communism in this country
would result in the identical
existence, with the added pleas
anti v that Communists operate
jn the theory that their form of
’ovenvnient cannot succeed if its
political opponents remain earth
nound.
If \v. and the British were a
people who had always lived ini
;ler the iron list of autocracy vre
would naturally be more pliable,
But we are not; and il is almost
incongruous to even imagine the
American people, or the British,
allowing a handful of high min
ded—or of sinister—human be
ingR just like themselves in eve
ry way i xcept for a passionate
mania to “rule’'—telling them—
under penalty of death or im
prisonment—what they should ot
should nef do. We authorize it in
wadtime—we would pulverize it
in peacetime: and all “big men”
in our two governments know it
and would lead the pulverization
squads.
Inch
iSmtioti
t REV. ROBERT H. HARPER f
The Sin of Covetou*ne»»
Le»*on for December 5—Exodut
20:17; Luke 12:13 25.
Golden Text: Exodut 20:17
Though ilie last of the Ten.
the commandment against covet
ousness is not the last in impor
tance. For the desire for that
which is another’s, whether his
goods or his wife, is a grievous
sin.
Evidently Jesus considered as
covetous the man who said to
Him, "Teacher, bid my brother
divide the inheritnace with me,"
for the Master immediately war
ned the people against covetous
ness, stressed spiritual values,
and told the story of the foolish
farmer.
II was said of one king of
England that he was one of the
best of men and one of the worst
of rulers. The foolish farmer
also was one of the best of far
mers and one of the worst of
men. And he made three great
niistake.su that brought him to
eternal ruin—he was an utterly
sellish man, lie thought he could
feed his soul on corn, and he
imagined lie had unlimited time
to eniov the things of earth He
had l!V>d for himself alone and
he planned to build greater barns
and hoard his last crop; he said
to his soul, ‘‘Thou hast much
goods” as if his soul could be
stabled and fed like one of the
oxen of his farm, and lie said to
the goods, “Much goods laid up
for many years; take thine ease,
eat, drink, be merry.” But God
said unto him. “Thou fool, this
night is thv soul required' of
thee.”
"So is he." Jesus *aid “that
layeth up treasure for himself
and is not rich toward God.” And
‘So Lillie Time’
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Parenthood
a by
MRS. CATHERINE CONRAD EDWARDS
! Associate Editor, Parents' Magazine
THE CHILD WHO TALKS
BACK
Here's a problem I'm sure ma
ny parents have laced. \v bat do
you do with the child who con
stantly talks back and tries to
argue every time you leli nun to
do something'.’ How you deal
with that child depends on what
the child habitually argues about
If he whines over obeying a re
quest which he himself knows
has to be obeyed eventually, the
best technique is to show him
vedy quietly but very iirmly that
; his whining accomplishes noth
ling. We refer particularly to the
| rules of health, going to bed,
[coming to meals, etc. There is
! really no argument about these
and it doesn't take a child long
to realize this fact. Hut it he
wants to annoy you or gel your
attention he will start stalling
for time Naturally you don't want
him to gain his ' end, so you go
about your business and before
long he will tire of directing
j his wails to deaf ears.
But if the argument has to
i do with something about which
i there are two sides— your side
jand the child's sidi—then why
: not let him have his say vvhen
j ever that is feasible? Most ot us,
i if given a chance to state out
■case, are willing to accept defeat
i if the other fellow’s ease is the
I stronger. And children are, as a
I rule, reasonable. It 's being sat
'on all the time, neve: being al
j lowed to disagree just because
you are younger than your par
ents, that makes children rebel
iious. Fo>- that matter, naven ,
vou seen wives whose husbands
dominated them, or husband
whose wives were the dictators,
take advantage of every little
opportunity to talk back? They
are so seldom successful in hav
ing their sav that they are con
stantly on the defensive.
Children react in much the
same wav to constant domina
tion. Trv giving as few com
mands as possible, and then stick-.
jn.v to those without a lot ol
talk And trv listening to your
child's reason for wanting br
own wav now and then. And it
his reasons are good from his
'point of view, even if they do
cause you some inconvenience,
let him have his way. Is11 t he
more apt to learn independence
of spirit and action if you le'
him make a decision now and
then? Moreover, having some
choice in things which do not
affect his health or his safety
will give an outlet to the child’s
natural self-assertiveness and
make him more willing to comply
with your wishes in situations
where an adult’s decision is es
j sential.
Take a specific situation in
which children are particularly
’nclined to talk hack. W hat
would vou do. for instance, with
the child who plays hard and at
■i high pitch of enthusiasm and
refuses to come in and leave his
■slav when it is time fov bed
This situation is *>ne of nv"1v
in which child psychologists he
lieve than an ounce of prevention
is worth a pound of cure. A
He urged the disciples not to be
anxious about material things,
pointed to the ravens as an evi
dence of God's care for the least
of His creatures, and reminded
them that they were of move
value in CloiPs sitfht thun all
birds. So may we beware of
eovetousness, and trust in the
heavenly Father for all of our
needs.
few minutes before it is tune to
leave his play, tell him that he
has five minutes more and that
you will then rail and he must
come quickly. You will he sur
prised to find how being pre
pared in this way eases the situ
ation for the child and makes
him willing to cooperate One
mother says that she and her
children have signals. For in
stance. when the porch light is
snapped on in the evening her
son knows it's bedtime. He does
not have to have bis mother call
him, but unite on his own initia
tive. seemingly, iie can say to
his friends. “Well, I've got to
eo now. Goodbye. See you to
morrow."
It is a good idea to help your
children "'save face" Make obc
dienee and the necessary rou
tines as easy for them as possi
ble. The unpardonable sin. from
their point of view, i- to be em
barrassed before then friends.
So have vour control as quiet
and unobtrusive as possible.
butter
The annual supply of buttei
in 10-1-1 will be about -1 pounds
per nelson less than in the years
before the war.
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