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that make phonograph records.

If the companies raised wages by’ this amount, the government would get part of it through taxes on the

employees’ incomes.

If the companies had $4,000,000 in increased profits,

the government would get much more of it.

‘porate income taxes at wartime rates would take as much Then, when the balance was distributed in dividends, the stockholders would have to pay individual income taxes on what they received. But the money will be paid, instead, into the union's treasury. And congress has exempted labor organizations from income taxes. However, the experts suggest, it might be established that the Petrillo union has gone into business for profit, and that congress didn’t intend income from such profit-making activity by unions to be tax free. Now that Mr. Petrillo has shown the way—now that he has defied the “war labor board and the President of the United States, and proved that he can compel recording companies to pay fees to his union or be put out of business—other And, if the proceeds of this form of extortion can’t be taxed, the govern.

as 851% per cent in many cases.

Well, it would be an interesting case.

unions are likely to follow the example.

ment may lose a lot of badly neded revenue.

But past events have made us pretty doubtful whether the government is big enough to win any contest with

Mr. Petrillo,

UNFAIR TO POLITICIANS

THE U. 8. supreme court in recent years has so conducted itself as to antagonize large segments of the legal profession and the business community, and now it has invited attack from that vocal, influential and increasingly numerous portion of the population which pursues

politics as a vocation.

By a 5-4 decision this week—remember the muchderided 5-4 divisions of the “Nine Old Men” ?—the high tribunal ruled that a common pleas judge in Pennsylvania could not deduct campaign expenses from his salary in computing his income tax. The decision must have been based on law; it surely couldn't have been based on sense. A salesman can deduct travel and entertainment expenses from income derived in selling his wares. A farm: _ er can deduct the cost of fertilizer in growing crops. Why can’t a politician deduct the cost of running for office? Because, says the high court majority, it was money the man spent not in being a judge but in trying to be a judge. ® » 0» « BUT HOW CAN a man become a judge without getting elected? And how can he get elected without campaigning? And how can he campaign without spending some money? Apparently those are questions which, though quite clear and unanswerable to's lowly common pleas judge who has to get his mandate from the poeple, are beneath the notice of lofty justices of the supreme court who get their jobs by presidential appointment. : It is an interesting coincidence that the majority decislon was written by Mr. Justice Felix Frankfurter, who was a college professor before being elevated to his present position, while the dissenting opinion was written by Mr, Justice Hugo Black, who ran for many lesser offices before the President fixed him up for life. At least Mr.

Justice Black was ne traitor to his class.

CONTRIBUTIONS FOR HEALTH

WARTIME America has been lucky in the matter of health, but its good luck is no accident. Health auMany physicians normal work of two or three men, Government food and price comtrol, however much criticized, has kept within reach of all a food supply normal in quantity and nutrient value, and only slightly curtailed in variety

thorities have been vigilant and active. have done the

and quality,

But our health authorities must continue to be v t and industrious, and the country must eontinue to give tham its support wherever possible, One opportunity for such support is found in the 28th annual Christmas Seal Sale of

the National Tuberculosis association.

The association may take a share of credit for the fact that our tuberculosis death rate declined slightly in the last year. But other, less encouraging figures reveal that - “the death rate rose in 21 industrial states. This rise is due to such factors as crowded or poor housing, long hours of

hard work, and insufficient rest.

TO COMBAT the rise, the association co-operates with public and private health agencies, maintains clinies and public health nursing and consulting services, and carries on rehabilitation work and mass industrial X-raying.. This last activity is doing much to discover unsuspected tuber-

culosis in the early, readily curable stage,

The National Tuberculosis association is financed solely by its sale of Christmas Seals. And the war should not make

lives since Pearl Harbor than

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WWELL, damn seems to pass. 0: K. with the Glendale | preachers who ruled out as blasphemous the fre. quently employed running mate. Roosevelt's assurance that he invoked only damn and left Diety, the ministers apologize, the incident appar-

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experts have suggested a test case to (etermine whether J. C. (for Caesar) Petrillo’s musicians’ union

can be required to pay federal income taxes on the $4,000, 000 or more a year in fees it will collect from tompanies

us forget that our modest contributions are still needed in . the conquest of a disease that has taken more American

have been lost in battle.

Anyway, on President

First, cor-

REFLECTIONS — 2

The Magic By James Thrasher °

IN ONE of her recent columns, Mrs. Roosevelt called attention to the fact that “so many people mistakenly believe that living here (in the White House) makes it 5 . possible for you: to further any project in which they happen to be intéfested.” «The first lady confessed that she would like to be able to wave a magic wand and change governs ment rules and regulations to make everything right, But, she complained, when people learn that she has no such power, “they then put their whole trust in my putting the matter before the President, who, they believe, certainly can wave a magic ‘wand.” We sympathize with Mrs, Roosevelt, who is not to blame for the fact that her own activities have probably brought on some of her present tribulations. No President's wife has ever interested herself so actively or so long in the lives, problems and troubles of her fellow citizens, And because of this a lot of those citizens have willfully or stupidly misunderstood her acute socipl consciousness, and have cast Mrs. Roosevelt in a fairy godmother role,

Also an Element of Danger

BECAUSE of his force of personality, and the character and length of his administration, Mr. Roosevelt overshadows the office which he holds in the eyes of many, both here and in other lands. This is a tribute to his character and ability. But there is also an element of danger for the President and for ‘the country in such a conception. Even as a great war against totalitarianism rages throughout the world, the world-wide tendency of the past quarter century toward government which relies upon one man is growing rather than diminishing. Here in this country all classes—business as well as labor, local as well as state government—have tended to look to Washington in hope or resignation, and to wait upon Washington for the first move toward decisions and solutions, How much Washington is responsible for the wand-waving philosophy is a sort of chicken-or-egg question. And the answer is less important than the fact that reliance in wand-waving exists, and that it 1s a contradiction of the American tradition of government and national] character, Some people may laugh at such quaint old antiques as individuality, initiative and self-reliance, but thé present world offers evidence of the peril awaiting the nation that loses them. ‘ So it is well for Mrs. Roosevelt to bring up the subject of wand-waving. The President's job is too big, taxing and important to leave him time to be the Great White Father, everybody's personal intercessor and Mr, Pixit—especially while the magic wand is still in the hands.of 130-odd million Amer loans,

WORLD AFFAIRS—

Key to China

By William Philip Simms

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I wholly disagree with what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it.—Voltaire.

“WHY NOT FORGET POST-WAR BUSINESS? By A. B., Indianapolis

I wonder what kind of logie motivates the many advertisers of

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ean our mutual objectives be accomplished in a practical manner. We must deal fairly, and we must insist upon fair dealing. Russia solves her own internal problems, $0 must we. Political groups are internal problems, ; On the other hand, Russia should be assured that any criticism we make of her form of government applies only to its advocates inf this country and that such criticism is not made because of any fancied wrong in such a system but because it is contrary to our way of life, Only upon such a foundation can secure friendship and peace be based.

China's position is increasingly grave. "The Tokyo radio announced this week that Ching at last had been cut in two. Jap the north met Jap forces from the south,

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By Thomas L. Stokes

WASHINGTON, Nov, 24.~Here is a final installment, for the pres. i ent, of the University of Texas case which has begun to attract national attention and’ is something that should concern everybody interested in academie and politica} freedom, Inquiry into its history shows that Dr, Homer P, Rainey, deposed president of the University of 4 Texas, endured an ordeal of frus- . tration and repression from some members of the board of regents before the final blow-up when he was dismissed, three weeks ago. Limitations and attempted limitations upon Dr. Rainey’s own, freedom of action as president, upon the freedom of teachers, upon research and even upon what the student should read are sprinkled through the record which Dr. Rainey courageously laid before the faculty, Oct. 12. His dismissal followed three weeks later,

Entrenched Interests in Background

IT IS CLEAR that Dr, Rainey was fighting, in the background, entrenched interests which did not want too free discussion of the rights of labor and of protective legislation for labor, of municipal ownership of public utilities, or to permit comprehensive research into the social sciences or contemporary writing and thinking. These interests are powerful enemies and Dr, Rainey’s fight has national implications. A previous article discussed the firing of three economics professors by the board of regents for a statement to the newspapers criticizing a mass meeting in Dallas, called to discuss wartime strikes and the 40-hour week. The professors said the meeting did not represent all viewpoints and was biased against labor. Their major crime seems to have been that they were “discourteous and disrespectful,” according to a Sholemwent Wy ons wieinber of the beaid, Orville Bul. “In this course the board did not restrain economic freedom,” Mr. Bullington said. “The discourteous and disrespectful conduct of these instructors, in my judgment, went far beyond the bounds of propriety, as

..| well as academic freedom.”

All they did was issue the statement and refuse to apologize for it when asked to do so.’ They were not even permitted to talk at the meeting,

Experiences Have a Familiar Ring THE EXPERIENCES of Dr. Rainey have a famillar ring: A change in the rule of tenure of professors which he held may make it difficult to recruit able men for the faculty; an attempt to require every member of the faculty to sign an elaborate questionnaire, which failed; the attempt, which also failed, to fire another member of the faculty because of: views he had expressed; denial of a number of research projects, including one for a study of the effects of the Sacco-Vanzetti case on American liters-

plementary sophomore English reading course: John Dos Passos’ “U. 8, A” When some regents and others objected to this novel, a study of the post world war I period, the university agrged to drop it. ; ut the board insisted on to find oud which professor was on yu nd aa Yuk

action. The board then dropped the book. Dr. Rainey concluded his report on ter with: = “It 1s worthy of note that this same been selected within recent weeks as one of great literary productions of this generation American literature” .

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