Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 March 1943 — Page 1
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VOLUME 54—NUMBER 1
Hi Saat Seconid:Cliss Matter a Postotie, 2 Sdianapalis, Ind. Isiued 4 datly except Surdey.
So When Pensions Reach Posh It will balbly Mean More Taxes: “Covetous Eye on State Reserves.
Federal Board Has
By NORMAN E. ISAACS
IF YOU WORK for wages you probably have a Staall part of your earnings deducted from your check each week
for “social security.”
You probably have the idea that when’ you reach the age of 65 you will have a pension waiting for you.
Don’t.be too sure!
In the first plage you are going to have to prove you quality under
a series of highly complex regulations.
And, second, if you have the
idea that all the money you have
paid in as social security taxes—plus the amount your employer has
_paid—is being held in trust for To, forget it. That money - has all been’ spent ois being spent as it is received. What the government has done is to put its I. 0. U’s in the till. On June 30, 1942, the federal government listéd a balance of $3,227, 193,000—a bookkeeping balance of three and a quarter billion dollars. - How, then, will you get “your honey?
Editor’s Note: One of the great post-war issues will be social ‘seHere, in the second of a
product of . long vestigation,
.on the other, tor coitiol ‘of we 10
wast program.
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£dd stiomal taxation, - probably. The truth is that the entire social = security program — badly needed as! it is—is endangered by the ‘curious financing systems | “mised by the current Tederal a0 ministration. : . “Although many more than 4. 000,000 individuals have money to their credit in the old age insurance accounts, the public affairs , committee—a “highly liberal or_ganization—estimates that about 10, 000,000 younger workers cannot | hualify for ‘pensions under the ‘acts’ restrictions. : This is the program under the social security board, ‘which President Roosevelt now proposes to broaden into the biggest social venture in all history—America’s so-called “blueprint for the future”—but, for which no funds have been saved. Let us simplify the situation’ on
* a straight Indiana basis.
During the 1941-42 period, the tal tax collection via social se-
: eurity deductions in this state was’
$18,001,760. | Benefit payments totaling $3,120,000 were paid to In- ~ diana residents in that period.
& That, roughly, ‘would leave a
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. FDR 'TO SEE KENNEY = . WASHINGTON, March 12 (U. P).
# President Roosevelt told his press
‘conference today he plans to confer
4B the next two or three days with
ut. Gen. George. C.: Kenney, lied air commander in he South-
mi Pacific.
OFFER DISCOUNT FOR DOUBLE. TAX
Committee Suogesls 3 Pet.; “FDR ‘Says Rumi’ Plan Would Cut Receipts.
WASHINGTON, March 12 (U. P) ~The house ways. and means {committee today approved a discount plan for rewarding: income
{taxpayers who pub themselves on, a
)ay~as-you-go basis
by * paying i1tble taxes this year. 5
1 It would ‘give a 3 per cont dis] count to:
Who pay .thelr| on ai estimated
Lo, hua
1943 zee
loft nis ‘1042 faoame oe. seuiity
during the present vear. |. The 20 per cent "withholding tax approved by the committee earlier this week would ‘start July 1 even if the taxpayer chose to pay up his estimated .1942 and 1943 liabilities in full. The withholding tax would be credited against 1044 taxes. Thus,
{in order to earn the 3 per cent dis-
count on 1943 axes, a taxpayer ‘would be compelled to pay about 21; years’ taxes in one year. Observers doubied many people would do this.
© Roosevelt Criticizes Ruinl Plan
The committee acted only an hour after President Roosevelt said that adoption of the Ruml pay-as-you-go tax plan would mean that the government would collect less revenue this year than it did last year. ‘The house committee has rejected that plan but Republicans have decided to make a floor fight for it. Prefacing' his remarks with a statement that the decision on ‘changes in the tax structure was purely a congressional function, Mr. Roosevelt Said he thought it wise to point: out that individual taxpayers, particularly those in the ‘higher brackets, would save a great deal of ‘money under the Ruml
: plan.
The president told his press conference he had treasury figures to prove that if the Ruml plan were adopted, the next tax revenue of the government would be lower this year thin it was last year. He said he saw no reason why the treasury should not publish the figures on
which he based ‘his statement.
2 Je of 25 rx Drawn for Selection of New Grand Jury
A panel of 25 names fom’ which % new ‘grand jury will be selected i reinvestigate county contracts was ~ drawn today by jury commissioners. ; The new Jury will replace the one
discharged last week by Judge W.
'D. Bain of criminal oust dliowing
disclosure that the grand jury fore
Those drawn on the panel of which six will be selected for: the service were: Arthur H. . Quesisser, Delaware st.
5502 N. “Mts. Marvin Curley, 3921 N. New Jersey st.. Henry Blume, 3418 Brookside Pkwy. Frank ore Jolin, 5675: Carrollton ave.;
|| ARE NAMED IN “RUMP SESSION
Miller Heads ‘Harmony’ ~ Committee to Fight Ostrom. Forces.
By NOBLE REED A sweeping political maneuver was engineered: at city hall today to take control
P. machine. The coup appeared to be almost 100 per cent, all the way down to a complete new set of ward and precinct “managers,” designed to strip
chairman, of all leadership. The maneuver, organized secretly for many weeks under the noses of the regular party bosses, was completed ‘at a closed-door conference Wednesday afternoon at the office of Mayor Robert H. Tyndall.
Move In Boldly At that “rump” session, Sidney
the ace string-puller of city hall Republicans, was elected. chairman of a “new and revitalized” G. O. P. committee “to unify and harmonize | all factions of the party.” The ‘group moved in boldly to
house Républicans as possible and |
i city halt spokesman who
Republicans ex0ept those associated ‘with Jim ‘Bradford (ex-G. 0. P.
chairman) ‘and those associated with | slot machines.” ‘Neither Chairman Ostrom. who |
last June in a compromise mave, nor
inherited from the ford forces, were invited or consulted about the
mony.” Also;ignored were all city councilmen except one (a Tyndall supporter) who attended the conference as a ‘representative of the city council,” a city hall spokesman said.
“Petty Politics” —Ostrom’
conference and subsequent election of a “rump” chairman, Mr. Ostfom said: “That’s news. to ‘me—T haven't heard ‘a thing about’ it. I ‘wasn’ invited to any : party conference and didn’t know there was one." “All I've got to say is that they had better stop playing petty politics and do something about trying to win the war.” ie Attending the “harmony” convention - were all city hall department heads, key leaders in the original Tyndall-for-mayer ' organization and William Bosson, president | of the county commissioners; Sherif Otto Petit, County Recorder (Continued on Page Six)
AMERICAN BOMBERS BLAST. KISkA TWICE!
Shatter Building in Aleu-
‘tins: Base. WASHINGTON, March 12 (U- BP).
~American airmen in.two withering
attacks on Kiska, Japanese base in
inthe - ‘camp area, the navy, announced today.
bombs were used and fighters strafed
| the area from low level. Anti-aircraft] jd k batteries also were. bombed from: a Loe gy |low altitude. Aa ra Meanwhile, heaty bombers. car 3
+ Solomons. ‘Results’ were pL gerves ut ‘al of hr Wass 2p
of the Republican; party away from the regular G. O.}i
Henry E Ostrom, duly elected party |
Miller, city corporation counsel and]
gather under its fold as many court |.
took over Mr. Bradford’s machine} any of his regular ward chairmen |
new committee for “unity. and har< :
When asked about the harmony | ¢
the Aleutians, blasted: anti-aircraft : .|installations and damaged buildings.|
The attacks occurred on Wednes- : ‘day. ‘In the second attack, heavy gl
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There's Glamour ‘in Serving,
Lieut. Rich Tells Women
The WAVES ‘need more WAVES. ‘Within the last six. months, 6000 of them have ‘gone’ tite. ation”
to ‘release navy, men for sea duty. this year.
elected Frank P. Huse, county treas-{. ooo oo urer-elect, as its secretary and treas- | JR !
i EER he didn’t want his. ame used an-| a ot ii aT thee ] :
Nazis io Sra London ny “Daylight. .
re © BULLETIN ; : “LONDON, ‘March 12 (U. P)— American eas, Dosbors atinoked the “rallway ‘yards at Rouen, France, by: daylight today. = = ; The Rouen raid was the second by American bombers in a “week on the German-held railroad center east of Le Havre.. It was. bombed Monday, along with Rennes. Toh oe : (War. ‘Moves Today, Page Five) - wna x
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LONDON, Mars 13: . py—alf powerful force ‘of “four-engined | British “bombers, loosed ‘hundreds ‘of tons of ‘blotk<busters and: fire bombs on: the southwestern «Germany. industrial: center! of ‘ Stuktgart last night and Nazi planes struck back today with a sharp daylight attack on- the London area. Rome - announced that - allied planes. raided Palermo, in Sicily; during the night, killing three. a injuring 10. ; The raid on" Stuttgart, which} turns ont engines for Germany’s Uboats ‘and ‘planes and other precision ‘equipment, cost the British 11 planes—an ‘indication: that the}
|raiding force numbered at least 220.
The Germans sent two ‘waves of 12. planes each against London during the morning rsh hour and lost|. five ‘to British fighters and . anti-|. aircraft. fire. Twelve’ people were |, killed in the greater London area. * An hour-long procession of Brit: | | ain’s big: Halifax, Stirling and Lan={
across occupied: Furope to blast (Continued- on Page Six) -
- LOCAL TEMPERATURES
caster bombers slashed 500 miles}
Waves of WAVES Needed
VITAL VYAZMA,
Berlin Reports Battles in Streets of Donets Metropolis.
By UNITED PRESS The fighting in Russia moved to-
ward a spring climax today,
Two great hattles raged on the
eastern front---one on the central
sector, where the Nazis admitted losing Vyazmsa, key hedgehog posi-
| |tion which they had held for ex-
“Our job,” said Lieut. Frances Rich to Lieut. Somer Weber of the navy recruiting station here, as she gestured toward a WAVES recruiting poster.. The navy recruiting office here is taking over the Job of accepting WAVES applications as well as its other duties. ]
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But 35,000 must be recruited yet
Young ass are joining up daily ‘ut the fact: remains’ that In some “places young women. are not answering the. enlistment plza as
they should. 6 “Lieut, Fratices Rich, U: 8X 5 {of Washington, doesn like to agate}
* She ‘came to YAaianapols™ his {morning and will’ ‘spend two - days: | putting across. toe story. of. the
| WAVES.
“She’s the daughter of radio and
" |screen actress Irene’ Rich. As such; {she was “billed” in yesterday’s paper.
‘| What few. realize is that she is a
she, $00, played in. movies and ‘on ‘| Broadway, that /it -was she. “who created the bas relief on the Union building at Purdue university and did the army and navy nurse statue at Arlington cemetery, Washington. She had studied art abroad. and was pretty busy professionally in her studio at Santa Barbara, Cal., when the war came along. She went to
‘ | work as a draftsman in an airplane
factory: on the west coast. :The nearest she had’ ever come to a uniform was that of an army nurse 8.” Blut the story ‘of. “What ‘she’s ‘done sir.ce the
story for those: who think there isn’t “Elamour” in serving in the service.
z There's: Plenty of Glamour Lieut. Rich doesn’t believe “glamour” needs 'to be injected to get recruits. But it’s there in lots of the jobs WAVES are doing. -
work with the WAVES is in charge of the V<mail for.naval postal communications. She calls herself a “Wandering WAVE.” At the mo-
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fie. Secret War.
"Against. America-— i
7 he axis. is waging" ir The - book * Sabotage exposes
E: Eas pel HE r= and as important as
personality -in her own right; ‘that
war began. stands. as an’ ‘exemplary : {RUSSIA—Germans. - lose Vyazma,
* Take her: own for: instance. Her |
" actly 17 months; the other in the | { south, where the German high com-
mand reported heavy fighting in the streets. . Show Importance of City The fall\of V'yazma underlined the ‘lcontinuing strength of the Russian offensive on the central front. ‘The Red army Ww expected to pound its way the remaining 92 miles to
Smolensk soon unless it is forced
to-divert strength to the south. ‘The already 40 villages northwest of Vyazma had been captured. “German reports said Vyazma was blown up before it was evacusnted. An unusually detailed account by the official DNB news agency listed the amounts of supplies and .equipment destroyed before the aban fonment of the fortress. «Phe list ‘clearly revealed. the importance ‘of \lyazma for Supplying
| Nazi operatiois: ‘on the central f font. |
Fer] to Khiarkov- Grows Lio The capture of
mans cose city—and some observers here, conceded that was probable—they would be in a good position to launch a new spring offensive to the southeast similar to that last year which carried all th¢ way to Stalingrad. “The German: high command said ‘the ‘Reichswehr had - penet: ated Kharkov. from several directions. . seepted ‘likely at best that. the —
utmost to retain the great Ukrainian industrial and communications center captured 24 days ago. . Russian dispatches reported that the Germans were flinging the full weight of upwards of 25 divisions— 375,000 men---against a widening arc west and south of Kharkov regard-
{less of losses,
On the War Fronts
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key hedgehog base on central front, - bul increase menace to Kharkov.
AIR WAR-- Royal ar force makes heavy raid on Stuttgart, center “of Nazi war industries and rail‘ways.. Italian report Palermo ‘blasted. :
TUNISIA—Hritish repulse Gurhas - thrusts in Sed Jenane sector; American bonibers blast axis motor barge convoy. oh
PACIFIC — . Americans ‘maka. two
shedvy: attacks: on Kiska. Allied - fighters kocked out: 14 Japanese .. planes. from a fleet of 40. Tang “Oro bay, tlew Guinea. 15 ak
| CHINA—Cliinese gain on va anpen “front but Japs push’ farther "BOTOsS Yengtze. ;
=: SUBS CALLED i |
‘AGE IN THE "HOLE’,
Other. Naval Buding,
PERL KHARKOV
Russian communique. reported thatj:
hs roit- ’
army. would be strained to ‘the
{Knox Says Hitler Has Halted Be
Maybe Stalin | Hid Under Table
+ WASHINGTON, March 12 (U.P)—If Soviet Premier Josef ‘Stalin attended the RooseveltChurchill Casablanca conference he must have been under the table, President Roosevelt said today. Because, he added, neither he nor the British prime ‘minister saw him. ‘That was the president’s answer to ‘a press conference questioner who sald Erika | Mann, daughter of lecturers educator Thomas Mann, had said in recent lectures that Stalin actually was present at Casablanca with the president ‘and Churchill and. that the American press would be “pret-. ty sore” when this fact was brought to light.
POST-WAR PLAN UP TO CONGRESS
Projects Listed by NRPB, Says FDR, but Money : Must Be Voted.
WASHINGTON, March12 (U.P. — President Roosevelt said today the question of planning now for
jobs as a cushion against unemployment is squarely up to congress. Discussing .at a press conference vecent. recommendation of the national’ resources ‘planning board for a vast pool of public works to take uP ine. Slack; afer the war, Mr.
post-war ‘public works to provide
| played fourth. term: question. - , The fourth term was noi mentioned in his press conference ‘as such, but a newspaperman asked for comment on two recent conferences with Democratic ‘party leaders at which the fourth ferm was mentioned. i Let's get ahead with the war,
the president Taptied,
Roosevelt said it is plainly up to congress whether the country will be prepared for this let-down or whether it will not be ready to take up the slack. He said he agreed with members of the: planning beard on the neces-
ning, but that the responsibility for the method and the continuance of the program rested entirely with congress. Mr. Roosevelt pointed out that {he planning board has listed, if congress wants to consider the problem, about $7,000,000,000 worth of public works projects which could be uridertaken as a guard against a serious unemployment problem after the war. It is necessary, he said, to plan such projects far in advance if construction is to be started any time soon after the authorizing legisla-~ tion is adopted.
posed post-war public works proj-
ects have been engineered and their pt
‘specifications completed, the president said. The president did not discuss other
multifarious Tecommendations,
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of foods that will and will not
Sal program: 3 o : Rationed
lamb, and’ pork; all products
eo on the
sity “of continuing post-war plan-}
sO About $1,000,000,000 of the pro-
aspects of the : planning board’s |;
AiContro Of G.O. GERMANS LOSE:
PER CUSTOM
Estimates Butter Allotmer ‘at 41 Ounces; New Order Includes: Cheese.
WASHINGTON, March 12 (U. P.) —Rationing of mea canned meat; canned fish, bu ter, cheese, edible fats and. will begin at midnight, 28, on a basis that will g Americans nearly twice much meat and fats but ¢ half as much cheese as th British are getting. Price Administrator Prentiss M Brown announced the new rationin program today after Secretary Agriculture Claude R. Wickatd authorized it. Sixteen points per consumer week will be allowed for all of the new rationed foods and the cons sumer can decide upon which of the rationed items he prefers to sp most of his points. Point values be announced during the week March 22. 7
Wickard Gives Estimates
‘It is not possible to say ex how much of each of the foods 4 consumer: will get each week, bi Wickard said that these av r weekly rations will be appro during the next few months
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Britishers get the following proximate weekly rations items: Meat, 1% 1bs.; butter, ) margarine, 4 0z.; lard, 2 0z.; che 4 oz, and no shortening, = Coincident with = the announ:
.| ment, OPA slashed the point
of dried and dehydrated p
| raisins from: 20 to 12 poin
pound, cut the value of dried:k peas and lentils (all meat 8 tutes) from eight to four points pound, and exempted tried d and figs from rationing altoge The changes, effective Sat are the first to be made in first point value table.
Few Items Unrationed
‘The new meat-fats-cheese ration ing program’ will leave only a. items of food unrationed—such fresh and* frozen fish, poultry game, breads, cereals and 1 fresh fruits and fresh vegetables. As directed by Mr. Wickar: new program—which will use red stamps in the new ration —yill include: All fresh, frozen, cured, and canned meats and meat’ ucts derived from beef, veal, mutton and pork, as’ well as: riety meats,” sausages, hot fogs,
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be rationed under the new meats- | chee
1 Esra all fresh, | trosen. smoked, and. cured pean! aby mea i
P).—Following 1s the official list | a
containing 30 per cent by weight of rationed