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WEDNESDAY MazcH 3, 1043

' RISTS’ LIABILITY

wi pressure being put behind the Lending motorist ¥ liability bill in the legislature suggests a little more an just a burning desire to protect citizens who may be g victims of accidents. Could there, perhaps, be a chance r someone to make a profit from such a law? _ There could be, and there is. Enactment of this bill uld virtually require most motorists to buy liability in‘surance to cover any damage the operation of their car ght do to the pérson or the property of anyone else, and rance companies which handle automobile risks would hugely from this enormous increase in business. (There can be no objections to these companies making egitimate profit, and it is highly desirable that motorists insured, for their own financial protection as well as the ptection of others. But to compel motorists by-law, even ndirectly to buy this insurance from private companies, perating for private profit, is not different in principle ‘rom compelling them to buy.an extra overcoat—also a nice thing to have. If it is desirable to establish the financial responsibility of all motorists by law, a plan for a state controlled, cometely . non-profit liability insurance coverage couid be. worked out, no doubt, with the fees made a part of the auto license fee—but strangely enough there ‘seems to be no pressure -at all in favor of such a. system.

. Plans similar to that now being urged in the legis- 4

ature have been in operation in other states for some years, ind have not proved themselves an unqualified success. The slature ‘will do well to go slowly in considering this neasure—even: if their study of it means waiting until the text Session two years hence for its final decision.

YOU'VE A DATE WITH THE TAX MAN

TT" ways and means subcommittee has tentatively worked out a plan to start deducting your income tax from your wage envelope or your salary check, beginning uly 1—if congress passes the legislation by that time. But until July 1—or until whatever date is fixed to gtart pay-as-you-go income tax collections at the source—

i 75 cents & manth; 1

ond tne ois roan There is

ness lest bad: TE Shushing dhe Sitcle Busi things now they never can.

velt spoke of early discussions among the united na- | “tions. Undersecretary of State Welles soon afterward said that “unmitigated havoc” might result if an un-

announced that a beginning is about to be made.

Asking for Trouble? ia Ne FROM LONDON, however, came reports that nei-

become involved in the misunderstanding between Russia and Poland concerning Polish boundaries. This’ would seem to indicate that the coming conferences will take up only such problems as the allies are already in agreement upon. If so, the feeling in diplomatic circles here strongly is that the united nations will be asking for trouble —the very “unmitigated havoc” against which the un=dersecretary so bluntly warned. With him they agree that unless real solutions of vital problems are soon sought and reached, “divergent views and policies may become crystalized,” making a lasting peace impossible and a new war inevitable. Russia, however, may not be quite so intransigeant as she sounds. At least the Soviet embassy here put out a bulletin denying that Moscow has any bitions as some seem to think. Russia's said the bulletin, “is to liberate our our peoples f:

derstanding is too long delayed. Then he formally |

. ther -the United States nor Great Britain intended to 3

‘the German-Fascist yoke. We have |

contend that if the allies cannot get together on such = :

To this latter school ige'\ta diate departiioht ; got and, presumably, the president. Last week Mr. Roose- |

not and cannot. ‘have .any such war aim as that of |

imposing our: ‘other enslaved-nations of Europe.” 5 a

Stalin's Order of Day Confusing

THIS IS DIRECTLY in line with Premier Stalin's pronouncements last November. What Russia was fighting for, he said, was “equality of nations and integrity of their territories, liberation of enslaved nations and restoration of their Sovereign rights, the right of every nation to arrange its affairs as it wishes, destruction of the Hitlerite: regime, restoration of democratic liberties.” This would seem to dovetail exactly with the Ath lantic Charter as ‘it is usually interpreted. Unfor-

| tunately, however, Premier Stalin’s order of the day

to the Red army last week seemed to give a different | meaning. He spoke of territory. which up to September, 1939, %elonged to neighboring sovereign states, as integral parts of the Soviet empire—the three Baltic republics, for instance, and slices of Finland and Poland. Elsewhere, as in Jugoslavia, Moscow-supported factions are openly fighting the established regime—that is to say, the regimes that were universally recognized as legitimate at the time of the Nazi invasion.

you will have to continue paying your income tax as the t Early Decision Essential

resent law provides. Po This means that, on or before March 15, you must file with the collector of internal revenue, federal building, Indianapolis, a tax return on the income you received. in

942, if (a) you are married and that income amounted lo} :

1200 or more; (b) if you. are single and that co amounted to.$500 or more. : . Son It means that, on or before March 15, you must pay at least one-quarter of the 1942 income ‘tax due. By June 15, u must pay the second quarter of the tax due. : “If you don’t do this, as the law Teguives, you may wish had. = s a a “HIS year, estimates of the bor 0 Yedoral income taxpayers range from 27,000,000 to 40,000,000—many jimes more than ever paid federal income taxes in any preding year. * Yet: internal revenue collectors around the untry report that’ returns are coming in slower than er before. "This app tly is due to a public misunderding that congress; somehow, through consideration of -as-you-go legislation, would lift the obligation to pay es. Congress will do no such. thing. Nor. has any pay-as-you-go: plan submitted to congress n suggested: ‘an easement in the taxpaying schedule—not 7en the popular, Ruml plan, which would change the base this year'si income fax assessments from the 1942 to the 1943 income. ° > We Hope. you, the reader, are sot one of the laggards

ho have thus deceived themselves. We hope you are pre- |

red for the Ides of March. * For the federal income tax law has plenty of teeth. ®. 2 8. Git 2 = =» YOU are liablé to the tax and fail to file a return by March 15, the treasury has authority to assess you 5 sr cent of the: amount of the tax due for each 30 days of linquency. If you file a correct return but fail to meet an n iment on the day it is due, the treasury will charge ast onthe! ‘unpaid balance at the rate of 6 per cent If you file: an incorrect return, as a result of negligence disregard of: the treasury’s rules and regulations, the ty is & per cent of the amount of the tax. If you file intentionally. false or fradulent return, the treasury may ess you 50 per cent of the amount of the tax. In addition, the courts may inflict penalties, up to e and one to five years’ imprisonment for willful taxes, filing a false or fraudulent return, willful

: ed by. the: treasury in its administration of the law. _ In this life,” said eBeniamin Franklin, “nothing i is cer-

ros the years. Indeed, we have been : Yefg) degrading incidents because

UNITED NATIONS and other envoys here, especially those representing the smaller countries, are increasingly anxious. They cannot understand . why America, Britain and Russia are afraid to sit dov gether and’ talk: these things’ over. _They see. mi h 10

‘unnatural in Russia’ s

+ Hesire for post- war security but neither do they see

‘anything unnatural in'a similar desire on the part of her small neighbors. They are convinced that the de--‘feat of the axis, plus the widely promised post-war set-up, will.mean security for everybody-if the Atlantic Charter means what it says. If it doesn’t—if the world is to return to the old system of balances of power—the quicker we know if, they say, the better.for all concerned. 3

In Washington

By Peter Edson

WASHINGTON, March 3.— Take a good look at the Washington background of the trouble in the Seattle Boeing plant, because > things like this are apt to happen again, and it's very i to be confused. You have to go pack to the shipbuilding labor stabilization plan set up way yonder in the days ‘when Sidney Hillman was one of the co-chairmen of the old OPM. It stabilized wages and working, conditions and removed a lot of confusion and arguing that had been going on up to the time that labor, management and the government got together. It so happened, however, that wage provisions of the shipbuilders’ stabilization agreement gave higher pay rates than were prevalent in the west coast aircraft plants. Labor naturally tended to drift from aircraft factories to shipyards.

Everyone Willing, Nothing Done

BUT OUT of this situation there developed the Los Angeles aircraft industry-labor-government conference last June. All the west coast t companies were .represented, A. F. of L. a d C. I. O, were both there, so were some government men. A. F. of L. and C. I. O. were clamoring for a wage increase. naturally, Management was willing, in fact anxious to have enough of an increase to stabilize their employment conditions. WPB, charged with production, wanted it settled. But at. this stage of the game, in stepped OPA’s representatives with an ultimatum that the industry

| could go ahead and raise its pay rates if it wanted

to, but OPA would not approve any increase in the cost of the finished planes to the government. Management said that couldn’t be done. The con-

| ference broke up in a row. 3 .| Finally the case got to the war labor board, which || £3 | began consideration of the matter Jan. 8.

Twa Army E Awards

THE UNION demand for a 50 per cent increase in the starting rate, from 625 cents to 95 cents an hour, is not taken seriously. That's merely the old bargaining trick of asking for the moon and taking what you can get. ; . ‘These men aren't heels. Their average war bond purchases run 12 per cent of the payroll, and 94 per cent of the workers participated. The plant has been

expect him to love you for it.

over backward in trying to be fair. The board memwritten half a dozen

-and our regime upon the Slavic or

{tle 11-year-old white poodie.

given two army E awards for high production. But | you can't string anybody along for eight months and. 4

I waked sod a bee | : hind its docket. Its public members at least lean || §

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The Hoosier Forum I wholly disagree with what you scy, but will defend to the death your right to say it ~Voltaire.

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No sian, i wort

TO EQUAL A DOG” By Ms. Elsie M. BDavidavsi; 3623 E. Washingto st.

a finished reading the letter in

tonight's Times of Mrs. Frank B.|

Flanner over several times. It is ‘one of the most interesting things Ighave ever read. I just want to add a line or two — written by

Byron, the greatest descriptive poet |

of all ages, over the remains of a Newfoundland ‘dog born 1808, died 1808. “Beauty without vanity, strength without insolence; courage without ferocity and all the virtues of man without man’s vices.” To me, there is no animal:in all the world to equal a dog. Wish 1 t0- | had space to tell you about our lit< It would tear at your heart, the things she does and the love and affection she shows us. : 8 ” ” ‘PROTEST AGAINST RENT CONTROL” : By Maurice Weyer, 634 S. Robton “st. It is high time for owners of rental property to unite in protest: against rent control, which in: the guise of a war measure, now ‘seems

directed toward political ends; first, by taking a slap at landlords to make a cheap bid for acclaim , , . in an attempt to bolster New Deal popularity, and second, to ruin private rental business, thereby making way for more of their cherished housing plans. The few . . . who provided the excuse for rent control had already made their raises prior to the freezing date, while those of better intentions who delayed increases as long as possible are the ones who are penalized. Many of these are small owners, well up in years, whose sole income is rent from property. secured by a lifetime of thrift, that forgotten ‘word. Because control of profits, prices and wages has been a mere gesture and a farce, these owners have seen their incomes whittled down by repeated increases in property maintenance and rental service costs, while their own liv= ing costs have risen steadily for the same reason. . The wages of their tenants, however, have in many instances almost

(Times readers are invited to express their views in these columns, religious controversies excludec. Because of the volume received, letters must be limited fo 250 words. ~ Letters must be signed.) :

doubled. Therefore, moderate ‘blanket percentage increases in rents should be granted occasion ally as they have been for milk, coal, etc. But, no, it’s just too popular to soak the mean old landlord and they do everything possible to advertise how tough they are on him, - Nevertheless, to add insult to in-

jury, the owners are required, ard

in fact they are encouraged, to “petition” for “relief” so that their petitions, with all papers attached, can be returned fo the tenants marked ‘denied.” For relief is seldom granted, because unreasonable’ proof is required, and even when furnished, the petition is often turned down with some arbitrary excuse. For example, we are asked fo provide an affidavit from our teriant that the rent he was paying on the freezing date was too low! .TkLe tenant is honest, unbiased, and a competent judge of rent prices, of course, and the owner is not. J 8 ® ti “STOP THIS KIND OF LEGISLATION” By Earl G. Haupt, 2541 N. Delaware st. Copy of letter to Mayor Tyndall: Dear Mayor: , I am a citizen of Indianapolis and have been a Democrat but this last election thought we needed a change and was glad to see the seemingly good bunch of men who were put in office. But it seems a wrong one gets in once in a while, as per this item, “Licensing of Pool Printers,” taken from The Indianapolis Times, Feb. 24, 1943, page 7. Please do whai you can to keep such ordinances from being enacted in our fair city. Ask . . « W. B. Sullivan why he did not also present a bill to license drunken drivers or. burglars and

Side Glances—By Galbraith

bess assigned to She Bosing sate ave supposed pave | Ee

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make ‘some other unlawful things lawful. Right now with the time and

'mouiey being expended by our po-

lice force and prosecutor's force to rid Indianapolis and Marion county of pool tickets and gambling devices, I think it is a shame to have a man in our city council who would present such a bill... . . Hoping you will do what you can to stop this kind of- legislation, I am, as always, a loyal citizen, 8 2 “SUCH RADIO ADS MAKE ME TIRED” ‘By Lyle D. Bonney, 3615 Watson rd. ‘An advertisement heard over one of our local stations runs something

like this: “It is our patriotic duty| f

to save gas for Uncle Sam. This new gas saver adds many miles per gallon, ete.” This type of advertisement not only causes people to misinterpret various rationing steps, but causes many ‘to doubt the need for them at all. Most people know that gas rationing was taken as a means of saving rubber and has nothing to do with gasoline; yet plugs like this are typical. Advertisements that tell me I'm being patriotic if I buy their products make me tired. As far as buying goes I can see but one patriotic duty—the purchase of war bonds and stamps. | w x » » ~

“WHY NOT DRAFT MARRIED

{MEN FOR FARMS?” .|By Carl J. Andrews, 812 Prospect st.

I am a defense worker at General Motors at 1100 Henry st, I am writing: this letter in regard to the farm situation. : They say they are going to release all the farm men and helpers after they have had all the training a soldier requires, and then take all the married men with children. I

do not think this is right, because you have to train these new men, and look at the time the U. S. has wasted by then. They say you want them trained as fast as you : €

I would say why not draft all the married men in. the factories and put them on farms where there is not much training needed and then

put women in the factories in our

places.

Spring is practically here and|

now is the time to act. I'll bet there wouldn't be any shortage of farm crops this fall and the soldiers that have the training would be realy for the Germans next fall, if not_sooner, where if you took all

. | new ones they wouldn't be ready for

a year or so. I think every man we get over there who is well trained and knows how to fight, the sooner this war will be over, and I don't

want the American people to go}

hungry. I don’t think the men being released would even feel right coming out of the army after all the training they have had and yealdy to slap a sneaky Jap. 1 don’t think the married men

|would make such good fighters,

either, as the single men without children. ‘We would have too much

{on our mines worrying shout the

J from Chicago,” he writes,

challenge the success of it. % Always an independent #mong his ‘Yellow Mr. Morgan's letter indicates he, like nearly every connected with food production except possibly a government officials, is frankly worried over situation. "The letter 1s addressed ©» L. M. Vogler, chairman of the U. S. department of agriculture, war borg Indianapolis. ty

Prices Up, Growers Down IT READS:

We do not believe the drain for enlistment in armed services to be one-tenth the volume or th seriousness of the drain fcr government and ‘other greatly increased pay. ; “Spent the week-end in Evansville, where claim they had 25,000 increase in population ¢ the past 12 months. This probably is true in capital city, Indianapolis, and throughout other in the U. S. A. When we stop and think that this additional population which: the cities have to thé atmed forces must necessarily have come fi agriculture, the situation is becoming perate, “We are enclosing you statement showing our ici tracted acreage for the first 12 days year and year, from which you will notice a falling off of ne 50 per cent, although our price to growers has b increased 25 to 75 per cent. It is no longer. st of price to the growers, but a .positive/fact th labor is not there, and not only will the 33 per increased pack which the government -has re this year be impossible, but a 25 to 50 per cent duction in pack is actually before us. }

'How You Gonna Keep ‘Em?’ : TT

“WE HAVE no complaint, furtaer than we do feel that the government should have and wants the actual facts as we packers sce them today. You jay use this letter in any way you may think, will be helpful.” Also enclosed was a handbill from. the Morgan" Packing Co. setting out the new high prices offered” growers of sweet corn, string beans, tomatoes, peas” |

and cabbage. The heading on the handbill reads: * .

“Our 1943 contract prices for the first time, in our knowledge, are made high enough for the growers fo compete with the mills for labor.” All of which, the Songressmen point. the old song _of world war I—“ ’em Gown on the farm?”

Forging Future By David Dietz

CLEVILAND, March 3.jca’s war machine ‘will be “verted to a peace-time basis “amazing speed,” according tc Gustav Egloff, research director Wniversal Oil Products "Co. ~ cago, and president of the Al ican Institute of Chemists, © Dr. Egloff, writing in * and Engineering News,” revolutionary advances in. tran portation with automobiles givi 100,000 miles of “trouble-free service” and running on synthetic rubber tires that are better than natural ones. He looks also for “jitney planes” in the a Plastics, he believes, will revolutionize the buildin

“Airplanes hurtling through the air at over miles an hour, carrying 1000 or more passengers. make all parts of the world less than 24 hours “Luxurious as the mandie and the Queen Mary were for ocean ti airships yet to come will operate with asm and comfort unknown today.”

Germany Does Not Lead Now,

DR. £EGLOFF believes tha; the United States “ awakened to the miracle of scientific and techn development under our system of free enterprise “For years,” he writes, “we have been led to béli that world leadership in research and develop rested squarely on Germany and that the States was laggard. Even now statements are k made from time to time to the éffect that we behind Germany in rese¢arch, development and mercialization. ‘This is not so today. HE “There was ah element of truth in such a ment during world war I, when the United States short of many materials owing to its reliance on many for pharmaceuticals, dyes, fine chemicals, lenses, chemical glassware, instruments, ete. now completely independent of any country and other materials. i “Private initiative 1s responsible for ? world leadership in science and industry.”

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By Ruth Millet.

YOU WANT to do for the woraan whose h gene to war? Well, try up her ego. : The man who mide

are her opinion of struck a new low. Compliment, her on

If she invites you ove: for a meal, Tave food. When she whipped Mp one of her: her husband he used superlatives. *

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