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TAXPAYERS LIKE PAY-AS-YOU-GO ‘another page of this newspaper is a story about a poll taken by the Scripps-Howard newspapers to find put ‘what rank-and-file Americans think of the Ruml plan for pay-as-you-go income: taxation. : t- comes as no surprise to us that those interviewed are’ overwhelmingly in favor of such a common sense posal as that income taxes should be made payable in the year when the income is being earned. Americans natrally dislike being always in debt to their government, ‘and that is the situation in which all income taxpayers ‘have been through all the years the government has operated on the system of. collecting this year the tax assessed on last year’s income. In boom years it’s easy. A man who earns $5000 this year has no trouble paying the tax on $2000 earned last year. But in bad times, taxes are hell to pay. A man who earns $2000 this year just can’t find enough money for the tax on $5000 earned the previous year. . One significant thing, to us, in this public opinion survey, is that among the hundreds of statements by citizens in all classes there was not one mention of - the so-called “windfall” which it has been said would accrue to some taxpayers who happened to make more money in 1941 than they are making in 1942. 3 8 8 8

: hod : THE public's lack of interest in this supposed objection ; to the Ruml plan ought to prove something to the "Washington experts and politicians who have been stewing

A ‘around in their own juice, talking of the “windfall” as

though it were a big political issue. : “This apparently is another case of the people being ‘ahead of Washington. They are not fretting about side issues; they are keeping their eyes on the big idea, which to put income taxation on a current income basis, to ‘get rid of the one-year lag in tax collections, to make it

possible to pay taxes on incomes while the incomes are yolling in, instead of waiting to levy on incomes that are ‘al oe spent. ;

TOKYO BOMBING BASES AFTER retaking Chushien and Lishui, the Chinese are 4X ow on the outskirts of Kinhwa, last of three major air es within easy bombing distance of the Japanese mainand. They have also recaptured 250 miles of the strategic Hangchow-Nanching railway, and ard in the suburbs of

the great enemy base at Nanchang. ‘Moreover they are|

‘reported within 40 miles of Canton, China's largest south‘ern city and port. : So for the first time in many months of enemy victories there is a ray of light over eastern Asia. This is ue chiefly to the small new force of American fighting and bombing planes supporting the veteran Chinese ground orces. The last month has demonstrated how a little American air aid six months ago might have saved vast as of China, particularly the bombing fields which might have been active all this time against Tokyo. - While rejoicing over the current success of Chinese orces an erican planes is in order, it is much too early or unrestrained optimism. Japan has three large armies available for Chinese attack not now in use. The largest and best, variously estimated from a third to a half million men, is on the Manchurian border. If it does not strike at Russia before the early Siberian winter, part of it will be used against China. A second enemy army in Indio-China is believed ready to invade South China in force. And a third Jap army in Burma is in position to invade India, or to join with the force in Indo-China in a pincers attack on Chinese Yunnan. ~All of these threats are serious. The worst is the danger to India. For India is our last supply line to China, and to those three northern bases from which we hope to bomb the industrial and military heart of Japan.

MAINBOCHER WIN THE WAR?

'S novel to meet an important figure in this war who wears no stars, no stripes, no uniform, no title, not even given or a middle name. He is Mainbocher. No handle. imple and unadored Mainbocher. When he was a boy in Chicago it was two names, we inderstand, Main and Bocher.

fellow who fitted out the WAVES with uniforms. ‘With Stalingrad tottering and the Solomons in the ance, it is a bit refreshing to find ourselves engaged in the problems of feminine costume, a la Mainbocher, deribed by one fashion expert as “an important member of e haute couturier.” And to know that Mainbocher thinks job is “awfully serious,” having passed “exactly two ths working out the problem” of what our lady sailors 1 wear. Furthermore, that “the overcoat he designed first was have a swinging back but wisely he realized that a oman likes her waistline punctuated, so he put a trim on it with vague fullness below.” 8 =» 8

ss ® : ND that there is to be a havelock “of matching navy-blue wool, to be worn over the regulation hat for bad

ther, to protect the face and hair. The havelock was |

d for Sir Henry Havelock, 19th century general.” Also—that as for the hat, “the brim rolls up softly and forward,” while “the jacket is a flattering 25-ineh and the skirt has three gores.” : on, from blouses to stockings to shoes, and erable

then

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But after he had gone to aris and had made good as a dress designer he telescoped |! two for trademark purposes and now it's Mainbocher, |

Fair Enough oo

By Westbrook Pegler

NEW YORK, Aug. 31—When

we say that an employer doing a job for the government must hot discriminate against an applicant for work on the ground of race or religion,

as chief considerations and make race and/or religion the controlling qualifictaion, which are the very

things that we are trying to ;

eliminate from consideration in the hiring of workers. . When we have done this we worker of one group, whom we will presume to be a superior man in all respects, that: he can't

have a certain job for which he is peculiarly

desirable, because, in the rotation of jobs, it happens

to be the turn of a man belonging to another |

group who may be just mediocre, a whiner, a loafer and a demoralizer. In other words, Mr. A is disqualified on racial or religious grounds in favor

of a much less worthy individual and may be set |

to brooding against the system and then against the group, racial or religious, to which the successful

-applicant belongs.

That is no way to abate intolerance. That is the way to aggravate it. be

A Good Man Wants Fairness

IN A SENSE, political belief already is regarded as a qualification in private industry because, as

we know, if some big employer were to say that |.

he would hire none but Republicans that would be construed as coercion in labor relations and an attempt to impair the political freedom of the péople involved. And so it would be. But if we come to the point of insisting that he must apportion his jobs fairly on the basis of Communist votes in the past local or regional election, we recognize the political test ourselves while trying to abolish it. But we might easily come to that if we accept the principle of proportionate hiring based on race or religion. It is just a half-step further in the same direction. A good man doesn’t want to get by or be retarded on such considerations. He just wants fairness and will stand on his ability.

The Government's Test

OF COURSE, IN view of some recent utterances :

by Mr. Biddle, the attorney general; Mrs. Roosevelt and Elmer Davis, on the subject of Communism in the United States, I think an American employer

‘should be allowed to bar Communists.

Mr. Biddle officially declared the Communist party to be hostile to our government and Mr. Davis adopted as his test the attitude of any individual

up to and immediately after Hitler's attack on Russia. If they were isolationists and appeasers and called this war a fight for the British imperialism up to June 22, 1941, but switched over and demanded American participation against the Nazi aggressor on June 24, they are Communists to him. I see no reason why a private employer should be required to employ an enemy of the country whom the government thus identifies as such and still less why any government agency should consider

itself bound to compel that enemy's employment.

under any act intended to protect the collective bargaining rights or political freedom of genuine Americans.

Ability. Is NOT Proportionate

NATURALLY, EVEN IN pre-Pearl Harbor days, I would have barred all Nazis and Fascists also from public and private employment here." Membership in the bund would have been my test as to Nazis,

‘but the Fascists were more of a problem. They had

no such organization as the bund and were mostly just emotional and bombastic fools without stamina and courage. 3 : i Henry Ford has been accused of and condemned for hiring one or more Nazis before Pearl Harbor, but at the same time, as today, our government compels big employers to do business with union officials who qualify as Communists by -Mr. Davis’ test and as enemies of the United States by the statement of Mr. Biddle. : Some day, if our side wins this war, we will get all our rights and liberties back, we hope. When that day-comes, a man must be entitled to do his best; to be hired, promoted and retained on his job on his own merits, regardless of his race, religion or politics. : If it is wrong to discriminate against him because of his color or his conscience, it is just as wrong, and it amounts to the same thing, to discriminate against him because of the next man’s color or conscience. : Character, ability and ambition are not proportionate. They are very erratic in human beings and if you deny the better man a chance to capitalize his worth you injure something very fine in him and arouse something very ugly.

New Books . Crabb

THE FATHER OF Mrs. Helen Boyd Higgins made great men seem alive in the stories he told his children. He made their childhoods seem exciting and real. Since then, Mrs, Higgins, who is publicity director for the Service Men's club here, always has been interested in biographies. One of Mrs. Higgins’ favorite characters was Alexander Hamilton, but she seldom was able to find stories

; ” , siderable research and the result is “Alec Hamilton, the; Little Lion,” published today by Bobhs-Merrill. : ;

The fact is, Alexander Hamilton's boyhood is obs |

scure in history books. He was born in the West

Indies but writers disagree on the details. Ms. | Higgins places the event on Nevis island and describes |.

his boyhood on St. Croix island.

Hurricane Gave Hamilton His Chance

EVERY BOY HAS an animal or bird as a pet and Mrs. Higgins reasoned that Alec Hamilton was no exception. So Alec, while playing on the beach of 8t. Croix, heard a voice call “Hurry-up, Hurry-up.”

He found a crate labeled: “Huwrry-Up. ‘His Majes-

ty's Sailing Ship, Altha. London to Christiansted,

1765.” The voice inside called, “Hurry-Up. . Hi there

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we discard merit, ability, demeanor and reliability

must say to- a}

about his boyhood. She did con- |

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i eo ; : * so The Hoosier Forum I wholly disagree with what you say, but will _ defend to the death your right to say it.—Voltaire.

“WE CAN'T ALL FIGHT, BUT WE CAN HELP RED CROSS”

By John A. Friend, Ex-National Commander, Ex-Prisoners of War an

tion No. 1, Green

This letter is in behalf of the Red Cross, an organization which has

thumbs up since the last war. If all you do is donate to the Red Cross with both money or blood, your war effort o. k. We can’t all be in the army or on the front, but we can help the one organization that really helps the boys in need of help in any way possible that the Red Cross can render as soon as they are able to contact the person in distress. : I have donated money and blood. and intend to donate more for just one reason if none other, for what the Red Cross did for me and 5000 other prisoners of war in Germany during world war No. I. . . All I can say is if you were in hospital or prison and needed aid, you got it just as soon as the Red Cross contacted you. Anyone who says otherwise, lies.

3 2 8 8 “WE'RE OLD ENOUGH TO FIGHT, BUT NOT TO VOTE” By Not Old Enough, Indianapolis.

Not old enough. That's what we hear. Not old enough to buy property. Not old enough to assume a responsible position. Not old enough to know what we are doing. Not old enough to have the right to vote in our own government. " But, just the right age to learn to slaughter and ‘maim our fellowmen, and be slaughtered ourselves. That is what our congress thinks when on the subject of drafting the 18 and 19 year old youth of America. Why shouldn’t we have equal rights if we must make equal sacrifice? We should have and could have if every youth would refuse

taken millions of unjust knocks with}. .

(Times readers are invited to express their views in these columns, religious controversies excluded. Make your letters short, so all can have a chance. Letters must be signed.)

to serve in the armed forces until he was given that right. ; If congress passes such’ legislation giving youth a voice in the government they are asked to die for, they would feel more like entering the armed forces. What about it, congressmen? ” ” ” “KICK UNION BOSSES OUT AND JOIN AMERICA” By H. H., Fairmount. : Answer to William Martin, local No. 1452, I. A. of M,, Indianapolis. I read Pegler's column of Aug. 20, too. : : I believe Pegler writes a little too deep for you to understand, Mr,

| Martin.

If Pegler didn’t want us to win this war, why should he put so much effort into keeping the crooks that are running your unions and their cohorts in Washington in line and up to a certain level of decency? Said level being : pretty low at this time but thanks to Pegler it isn’t lower. I have read his column for many, many moons and never to my knowledge has he written. against labor as a whole: : He is the greatest champion labor has in the fact that he bends every effort to keep a bunch of racketeers from making saps of us, but I see you joined anyway. If

Pegler's pen were stopped . this

|Side Glances=By Galbraith

U. 8S. A. would probably go the same route as France, over the falls, sold out by. the racketeers. Mr. Martin, when a person is old enough to go on a steady job for a livelihood with attached re-

. | sponsibilities, they cannot rightly

be classed -as-a d,- 80 let's ‘take

labor, of which. I am a member,|" ‘|back’ out of the same class as a

child and get to work like men and. work to beat h——, to beat Hitler and win this war, and let

the toughest job of all; let him fight the devils with his pen. Quote from Pegler: “Does anyone mean to suggest that labor is doing anyone a favor in producing what it takes to fight the people’s war?” : : : Quote from Mr. Martin: “To you, Mr. Pegler, and others like you, labor. would say ‘Yes'!” . My answer, Mr. Martin: I am as much a part of labor as you are and I certainly did not appoint you as my spokesman. o I think (notice I am not including you as you did me) that Pegler’s job is much bigger and more important than anything you or I could do to win this war. He's the boy that really rides the slackers, the big slackers that would sell their own and your birthright for a mess of porridge. You never hear of any slander suits against Pegler. Why? Stop and think and youll know why. It’s not slander, it’s gospel. If he couldn't back it up he wouldn't write it. Wake up, kick your union bosses; out and join America. :

8 2 # “TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IN THIS CITY TERRIBLE” By C.F. L., Ludianapolis. As you board a trolley there isa sign above the entrance which says: “This operator was selected because he is courteous, capable and efficient. He will be pleased to do anything he can to assist you.” On Friday afternoon of Aug. 28th

| at the corner of New York and Ala|bama sts. a cripple rang the buzzer to be let off the car. The operator| ° stopped the car, but before the crip-|

pled man could tight his way through the crowded car to the dvor the operator moved on, not paying any attention to the passenger who

1 [raised nis voice tor the car to re:

ing $1250 on up to $800 for all single people m

Pegler alone on his job which is)

Jack Canuck, of course, dived into

two years before Uncle Sam stuck in his

gave the Dominion previous knowledge water was like, and how the bottom.

on credit. buying and a lot of things like before the United States did.’ : = ~~ ‘Take taxation. Canada has a wige tax that at 7 per cent of wages for single people making a year or $1200 for married people with depend: This wage tax is levied on the whole :incot not just on excess over the minimums. . .

When the Fun Really Begins

THERE ARE IN ADDITION, minimum requirements, running from $20 for single making $700 a year and $25 for married people I

$10,000 or more a year. ; :

These two taxes are in the nature of credits ag income taxes, and here the fun really begins Canada has in effect put a confiscatory tax on income over $27,000 a year for single people, $38,000 for married people with dependents. making $2000 a year pay $600 income taxes if sin $215 if married and having two children. All taxes are deducted from income, right at the sc each pay day. As if that werent enough, there is an 8 per ¢ manufacturer’s tax and a 25 per cent tax on top that for luxuries such as furs and jewelry. = So heavy are these levies: that in January, 1943

the Dominion had to suspend the collection of income

| taxes by the provinces and municipalities.

How the System Works :

TAKE PRICE CONTROL. : There are far fewep Canadian exemptions to price legislation than im America. But there is a provision by which wage earners are paid a bonus if the cost of living above a certain fixed base. It is paid as a percent of $25 weekly, which was set up as a minimum fam budget base. : TY hm If the cost of living goes up 10 per cent, all we get $2.60 a week increase, regardless of what. salaries may be. so CR So effective has the Canadian price control k that cost of living has advanced only 2.5 per cent si the bonus law went into effect last October. Take manpower. . Canada now has gone be the equivalent of full employment. Its 30,000 ployed are all definitely determined unemplo; Five million of its population of 11,000,000. por are employed. Three of those five million are the war effort or essential industries. From now on the problem is to get more of the two million 6 from the non-essential industries. hes a To that end, unless the government gives approval, no one can be fired, no one can quit his job, no one can change his job, no one can job in a non-essential industry. And no one get or give an increase in‘wages..: ‘ii ii «fad

newspaper are their own. They are not

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A Woman's Viewpoit

DR. MINNIE L. MAFP president of the National ness and Professional ¥ ‘clubs, issued a notable sta from Denver, where the d of the organization met. : She urged upon her cc “men the need for women in kh

time conditions at home. jn ' * Dr. Maffatt, a successful physician of Dallas, h points out that none of the large labor groups ir country have women serving in their inner Even the International Ladies Garment . Union, so powerful in New. York, has o woman on its executive board, although 85 per of its members are women. . . an

Just Look at This

Maffatt: ; Te War Production Board—Among 146 listed not ‘one woman, : of Price A ob09' omelal

woman. : Office of Civilian Defense—20 top ranking no woman. Office of Lease-Lend—1I3 officials, National War Labor Board—45 mn

Office of Defense, Health and -Welfare—8