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_ TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1943

IMPOSSIBLE AND UNIMPORTANT? WE hope the naval skirmishes and air raids in the Western ‘Aleutian area indicate that Washington is at last concerned by the enemy standing in our backdoor and is ready to drive him out. Ever since the Japs seized those strategic 26lais last June, certain naval officials have tried to laugh it off. That smug attitude was in line with the years of Washington indifference, which left Alaska and the Aleutians unfortified—over the protest of civilians. So when the Japs took ska, Agattu and Attu islands, that was dismissed as unimportant.” The fact that this was the only short route for entry Jdnvasion of America, or for a direct attack on us by Japan, : did not seem to register. Nor the fact that Japan had gained Kiska submarine bases dominating. that route and the North Pacific. ‘Nor the fact that Japan, by taking our [Attu station, had the best weather information—which determines all sea, land and air action in that area. . = = ea #8 = 8 OREOVER, according to Washington, those bases were a useless trap to the enemy because he could not bring jn supplies and could not construct an air field. But the ‘Japs have done the “impossible.” They have supplied and “Yeinforced their bases for nearly 10 months, and have com‘pleted or nearly completed an air field—which may be another expensive Guadalcanal or worse, unless we take it seriously. : Some time ago, however, the army and navy commanders on that front began to get better support from : Washington, Our advance Andreanof base was established : and built up in preparation for better operating weather. ~~ From there the army has made 29 bombing raids on - Kiska this month, compared with nine in February. And now a light U. S. naval surface fleet has intercepted a Jap force of four cruisers, four destroyers and two cargo ships west of Attu and headed in our direction. The Jap force ‘was turned back but may try to come through again. 4 Our fighting men on that most uncomfortable front in ithe world will drive out the invaders if given half a chance »—of that we may be sure. :

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TOWARD PAY-AS-YOU-GO THE longer the debate continues on pay-as-you-go taxa“tion, the more sentiment rolls up for something like the Ruml plan, They are compromising from both ends of this controversy—which is quite natural. The Ruml plan proponents have but one real objective—which is to get the taxpayers out of hock to their government and into a cash- | ‘and-carry relationship with the tax collector. And the Ruml plan opponents have but one real obJective—which is to prevent any taxpayer from getting a “windfall” in the course of a necessary transition from a system of paying last year’s taxes out of this year’s income fo a system of paying this year’s taxes out of this year’s

So we see the Ruml plan advocates tightening up their

Re Carlson, bill—to make sure that no get-rich-quick war contractors pay any less money to the revenue E collector than they would be required to pay under present Taw. And we see the opponents of the Ruml plan making concessions ‘to the reality that taxpayers cannot be expected to pay two years’ taxes in one year. ie ® = = EARLY a year ago, when Mr. Ruml first suggested pay- = ¥ as-you-go taxation of ineomes, it seemed to us that his plan, in the larger sense, was something the country would Jdnevitably have to accept. ‘Theretofore, the income tax had Deen more or less a device to exact revenue from a few millions of citizens whose comes were beyond that enjoyed by rank-and-file Amercans, They were people who saved money to meet tax

But last year, to obtain the larger sums required to yage war, congress found it necessary to reduce exemptions .and apply the income tax to an estimated 44,000,000 citizens. at meant that methods of collecting taxes had to be de“vised to accommodate the convenience and accord with the <habits of the larger number of taxpayers. "The pay-as-you-go idea, like most ideas, was born of | ity. Congressmen, and the tax experts of the treasury, have had a hard time getting out of the old groove of thought. But they are coming around, because pay-as-you-go is the only way to get the revenue before the incomes

WHAT JEFFERSON BELIEVED. IL I connection with the forthcoming bicentennial celebration of Thomas Jefferson’s birth, April 13, we find it interesting to recall some of the principles which that great nerican preached and practiced.

_ Herewith a few Jeffersonian Qiokee on the subject of |

cor omy :. 3 s . -2 8 8 8 “To reform the prodigalities of our predecessors is +. peculiarly our duty, and to bring the government to a and economical course.” —Letter- to James Monroe. ..w ® 8 8 8

e.are endeavoring to reduce the government to the

of a rigorous: economy, to avoid ‘burthening the |

and arming the magistrate with a patronage of ) might be used to corrupt. and undermine the

es| Aid ‘to 44,000,00

By Walker Stone : WASHINGTOR, More man-hours of ' have been wasted in. congress in ‘the last few days than the people should be asked to tolerate—especially in an off-year. :

In an election year, .the people - have come to. expect politicians

flag, proclaim themselves faithful But in an off-year, ‘with no election in sight, the people expect their The debate In the house is over the Ruml plan to put income taxation on a pay-as-you-go basis.

Would Collect More This Year

ON THIS QUESTION there are only two bona-|

fide considerations. One is the welfare of the government, as represented in revenue for the treasury. The other is the welfare, of the 44,000,000 incame: taxs. payers.

as embodied in the Carlson bill, were adpoted, the treasury would collect $3,000,000,000 more revenue this year than under the present law—and would continue to get more revenue in the years ahead by collecting ‘taxes at the source of income before the taxpayer has a chance to spend it. .So much “or the government's end of it.

ers, the evidence is ‘equally ‘clear that they would gain a great advantage by adoption of the Carlson bill. It would rid taxpayers of overhanging income .tax debt and enable them to pay their taxes as they earn, while they are able to pay.

Everybody Put on Pay-as-You-Go

THE BREAST-BEATERS have tried to brand the Ruml-Carlson measure as a “rich man’s tax bill.” That demagogic lie is fooling nobody. The truth is that no rich man would pay less under the Rumil-Carlson proposal than under the present

' law—and many rich men would pay a whole lot more.

The crux of this plan is to shift the basis of tax assessment from 1942 to 1943 incomes, and put everybody on a pay-as-you-go basis. All whose incomes are above $20,000 would pay a tax on whichever year's income is the higher. In addition, in this group, special super-taxes are levied against so-called “windfall incomes,” such as big incomes that may be derived from war contracts. Taxpayers whose incomes are below $20,000 would pay a higher tax if 1043 incotfies were larger than 1942, and a lower tax if 1843 incomes were lower than 1942 incomes, For instance, a taxpayer who earned three or four or five thousand dollars in 1942, and Joined. the army at $50 a month in 1943, would pay a smaller tax. And that is only right and fair,

44,000,000 Taxpayers Involved

- IN CONSIDERING the Ruml-Carlson measure, the future is even more important than the present. Forty-four million taxpayers are involved. Most of them never paid income taxes before. Most of them never earned as much money as they are earning in these war-boom years. : Most of them will earn a lot less in the year or two following the end of the war. Millions will be unemployed. They will face the greatest economic crisis of their lives, unless meanwhile a pay-as-you-go reckoning on taxation is adopted. These millions of rank-and-file taxpayers are quite

to their ability to pay, while they are able to pay. But “they won't want to be burdened with income tax debts on incomes already earned and spent, Ang there are A 90.000 000 others to consider—those o be’ in the armed forces. Some of them will not or back, and it is not just nor fair that their widows be compelled to pay their income tax debts. That's why the Ruml-Carlson plan proponents: believe the bill should be passed. . # Er Westbrook Pegler is on vacation.

In Washington

By Peter Edson

WASHINGTON, March 30.— The studied attempt of the administration to treat John L, Lewis no different from any other labor petitioner is taking somewhat of a beating and it begins to look as though the United Mine Workers had .a good chance to get some, if not all, of their requested $2 a day increase in their basic wage rate for the next two years. The attempt to make Lewis accept for miners a new wage agreement within the little steel formula now has a good chance of defeat. Lewis won't have to strike his miners to win his demands, either, For wily old John L. Lewis has added up the tricks in his hand and made his bid so carefully that today he seems to hold the advantage. He has forced the president to ask him to continue negotiations with mine operatdrs beyond the April 1 deadline. The administration has thus played its best card this early in the game, and Lewis’ hand is thereby materially strengthened. Two recent coal industry developments over which Lewis had no control helped considerably in laying

First, on the insistence of Solid Fuels Co-ordinator for War Harold L. Ickes, the industry went from & five day to a six-day week. Naturally, ‘minérs were to get time and a half for that sixth day’s operation.

Play Into Lewis' Hand

Mine operators put forth the claim that if the price of their labor was to be greater, they would have to receive a higher price for coal. The office of price administration granted the op-

not for just the coal mined on overtime, but for all coal mined, whether on straight time or time and a half. Lewis could stand off and let these things happen ‘without more than a token protest, for the reason that if mine operators were getting more money for coal, Lewis could get some for his miners.

to take political license with the | facts, beat their breasts, wave the |

\ friends of the poor and undying | foes of the “blood millionaire.” ;

elected representatives to hew ‘thore’ closely to truth | and issues.

The evidence clearly shows that if the Rumi plan,

“As for the welfare of the 44,000,000 income taxpay-=|

willing to pay taxes to their, government, according |

the foundation for his demands for wege increases. |; ..

erators’ demands, to the extent of 22 cents a ton—

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3 : : : ° a : % . The Hoosier Forum - I wholly disagree with what you say, but will : defend to the death your right to say it.—Voltdire.

“PROGRAM FOR FATHERS OF SONS IN SERVICE”

By Tom Berling, 1st V. P., Fathers 5 Sons in Service, Inc., 2823 N.

To fathers of sons in ries: : Regardless of our position and place in life we have a common and sympathetic bond. As fathers, we have in the past had many responsibilities in the care, supervision and raising of our sons. Now that they are in the service of our country we have accepted and will attempt to carry out a program designed to help them in every way possible. We believe that we have the best government, the best country and the best people in the world. With simple faith in the goodness’ of God we believe that our fight will be won and that we will also win the peace. “We have four principal objectives. 1, Speed up war production es 2. Aid civilian ‘defense . . . 3. Check all legislation affecting the welfare of men in service -of armed forces . . . 4. Post-war conditions . .,.: 2 = = : “FOR BENEFIT OF ALL,

PRIVATE PROFIT FOR NONE”

By Jasper Douglas, 127 E. New York st. In The Times of March 20, under

.| title “Way-of-Life Threat Seen,”

was an article commenting on an article by Dr. E. Burdette Backus, which. had appeared in a church bulletin. Dr. Backus states that communism will compete with democracy in the post-war world. He says “he does not believe that Russia is so much concerned with winning all peoples to communism as to showing. how well communism can be made to work in Russia and in developing Russia’s untouched resources. The leaders of Russia have long insisted that they expect the triumph of communism by virtue of its raising the standard of living higher than any ¥ival system can meet. “There is but. one answer to this challenge, namely to accept the gauge and seek to outstrip’ them in|can the race. If our system is really fear to, theirs, we need have no ear.” - It is certain that Russia has acquitted herself well in the way she waged war. Notwithstanding

(Times reader® are invited to express their ‘views in these columns, religious controversies excluded. Because of the volume received, letters must be limited to 250 words. Letters must be signed.) ;

that, she has made wonderful strides in developing her resources, education of the people and improving the living conditions, she has taken time out to provide for defense in a way that Hitler did not think possible; and while her system is not ours, she has made victory for the allied nations possible by the aid she has| given in beating down the powers of the axis. But let me add a word ‘to Dr. ‘Backus’ two-line paragraph, “If our system is really superior to theirs we need have no fear” On the other hand, if their system proves superior to ours, we still need have no fear, but simply. discard our old system of capital owning everything and holding the masses down to a poverty level that they may revel in fabulous wealth and adopt the system that is proven superior. Communism would never meet the approval of the American people, for they: believe in fair play and would ‘not countenance confiscation without remuneration but while that plan was possibly the. only way it could be done in Russia, we:-are not Russians and

| with our: far. advance in scientific

development we could adopt’ the plan: of socialism by which induastries would be bought from present owners and operated democratically for benefit of albe and private profs for none. ® ” » : “A CHANCE TO SEE THE DOCTOR IN 1944” By L. 8. Benson, Beech Grove Hats off to Mr. Lincoln. Quoting from Abraham Lincoln, who once said: “You ‘can fool part of the people part of the time, but you sant fool all the people all the e.” I think the New Deal is beginning to find this out. I think it is every

patriotic American's duty to ex-

terminate this evil that has worked

so cunningly under cover, whose sole

Side Glances—By Galbraith _

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purpose is. to perpetuate itself in power. and destroy freedom from the cradle to the grave. _It is like poison ivy—we have all, more or less, had it rubbed on us. Multitudes have been scratching, more multitudes are beginning to scratch and more multitudes will scratch later. So we all are bound to suffer till we get a chance to see

‘the doctor in 1944.

8 » «WAR PICTURES ARE GOOD TO WAKE US UP” By Mrs. E. E. H., Indianapolis I think the Indiana theater did a wonderful thing by having the 1 o'clock show Wednesday night, I

hope it is done more often. It gives |

the “swing shift” workers a chance to see a movie at a time when wives and husbands ‘can go together. Those who haven't seen the picture “Air Force” really should. "It makes you go home and wonder if you are really doing all you can’ to

I understand the picture was based on actual facts. I'm sure our boys on the front go through just that much to save their ships. Ernie Pyle wrote once about a bomber crew sticking with their crippled ship and bringing it in safely. ‘ All the planes that had to leave it thought it was impossible. They waited anxiously at the fleld. | After hopes were gone this one} ship came in. They held their breath as it barely made the field. Some people say they don’t like war pictures—there is too much

tertainment. : In my opinion, war pletures are good things to wake us up. Send us home with more determination to buy bonds, quit our griping and pay our taxes. Then we wonder what our taxes are used for—to buy more B-17s like the “Mary Ann” or buy the Spyertios a new mansion. time that would be grand, oy right now let's see that our fighting boys come first in all 2 wu 8 “DON'T CHANGE A SINGLE

WORD OR NOTE”

Fir I have noted frequent

Star Spangled Banner.” 1 myself find some difficulty In reaching the high notes? reverthe-

tess, T would mot subscribe to @

war talk now. When they go to a| movie, it is for Yelawation and en-

Borex A. Beerklewies, Member, Indians |} Board 3

discussion of the difficulty in sing-| w ing our national anthem, “The

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By Ned Brooks

iar an invisible ring “around - the United States which authofie ties say is successfully resisting penetration bY shies aid. ; oer Sey Regveey

departure of those who might have information value to the enemy. ‘ Tho screen for training the allen Tow 14 the uct of the state department, in : war and navy departments, the federal An Yestigation and the and A ce. :}

System Nearly Foolproof

BASIC REGULATIONS promulgated by Secretary of State Hull give enforcement authorities roan dise cretion in refusing alien admissions en departures, They are authorized to deny the necessary papers if they have “any reason to believe that the entry (or departure) will be prejudicial to the Interests of the United States.” While the system is as near foolproof against enemy. agents as possible, authorities say it still per= mits. foreigners on legitimate errands to come and go with a minimum of inconveniences. Some attorneys have criticized the system because of the state department’s practice of barring them from hearings before interdepartmental visa review committees when their clients are undergoing quese tioning, . Applicants for visas may be represented by Bttore neys, but the latter usually are required to make their x.

not permitted to remain,

Hearings Are Informal

HOWARD K. TRAVERS, chief of the visa division, explains that this practice is followed because “it has been found that the essential facts can best be ascertained if each witness can be interviewed separatly at: an informal hearing, and can speak frankly without feeling that the presence of an attorney is necessary to furnish advice regarding the statemnts to be made.” “The proceeding is not a judicial one and a witness does not occupy the position of a defendant in a cours action,” he added. “On the contrary, the witness appears voluntarily for the purpose of furnishing ine formation which will be helpful to the committee in considering the case.” Representatives of the five agencies comprise pris mary committees which review visa applications of persons other than those specifically exempted, such as Canadians, British subjects and native-born citiZens of western hemisphere countries.

Hull is Final Authority

EACH AGENCY makes its investigatiori independs enly, drawing on its own sources of information as to the. applicant's record. Applications disapproved by the primary committees and those submitted by aliens of enemy countries -are referred to the review come mittees. : The latter conduct hearings. Cases decided ade versely, and those involving enemy aliens, are ree ferred to a third unit, the board of appeals on .visa cases. The highest tribunal, which reviews only the records and conducts no hearings, is composed of former Senator Robert J, Bulkley (D, O.), Frederick P. Keppel and Frederick D. C. Ribble. Final determination Josis with the. secretary of - state. Aliens specifically ineligible to enter the country or depart include those with secret information on the nation’s: defenses, those carrying secret and unaue thorized messages to foreign governments, and those

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We the Women

By Ruth Millett Lo

SHE IS A sweet-faced grande mother who is perfectly conten$ to be her age, yet she fits into a "crowd of young people so easily that she puts none of them on

takes one—never more, but always

one. She is perfectly at home wi her married children’s friends, She has her say in any conversa tion, but she doesn’t demand the center of the stage or. act as. though, betalije she 1s older, her opinion is law. : = It is no accident that she is that mother. She had to make herself

drinking and frank talk of young people. J She had to learn not to say “No thank y offered a drink herself.

Each Age to Its Rules

It is a pity that more parents don't effort, instead of shutting themselves off from 3 Chien singing 1 thle od aloned 1s 80g trying to force them on their own children. fe

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