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A PROTECTIVE TARIFF?
> OOKING around for new sources of revenue which L the Repub-
‘ Indiana is going to need rather urgently, committée has approved two new taxes.
lican on ci th s pilots believe would yield $9,000,000 on cigarets, e party’ Pilot Wold gu ) Indiana but sold here, they estimate would bring dn |
a year, And the other, caret tax way to raise $9,000,
—it probably can be objection, The “use” gether. Actually way different
this idea and come up with their fingers burned.
Aside from its very doubtful legality,
a lot of goods is shipped into mail-order houses located in other states. entirely outside the there is no way to make them pay,
U. S. mail for any such purpose.
A bigger item of Indiana imports, of course, comes highway truck. We might get at that houses at our state borders, although we doubt if we could do it for the $2,000,000 the proposed nothing of the wrath of the had to file a declaration and
pay duty on that trinket he bought for the little woman
think of off hand is to make the retailer and the wholesaler pay the tax on’ everything from such foreign fields as Kentucky or would get part of it—the part that is reaches Indiana. Thus the tax price, which already includes the state's gross income tax, and the federal income tax
in by railroad and by setting up customs
tax might produce. To say Hoosier homeward bound who
in Chicago. ° The only other way we can
they “imported” Michigan. That offered for resale after would be added to the
and the county real estate tax.
In any event, glamorous as the idea of taxing these foreign manufacturers of New York and Kansas and elsewhere might appear, the tax would be paid by Indiana people, and nobody else. Just as a federal import duty is paid by the people of this nation and not by the people
who made the goods and sold them to us.
There must, we believe, be easier and more practical
methods of raising $2,000,000. THE PRICE OF STEEL
HERE are some thoughts we hope are in the minds of officials of the United States Steel Corp. and the C. IL 0. United Steel Workers as they conduct negotiations today
in Pittsburgh. :
About the finest thing that could happen in this country just now would be a reduction of the price of steel. Steel is the bellwether. Its price profoundly affects the costs and prices of countless manufactured goods. A volun- . tary cut in steel would set a powerful good example. It an could turn the tide against “recession.” Nothing else could so help and encourage other industries to bring their prices down by an orderly, safe process instead of risking a col-
lapse, loss of jobs and loss of profits. U. S. Stee!
sure, is not free of uncertainty about portal-to-portal lia- | bility, about wages and other costs, about the possibility ‘of more strikes this year. But to the public, we think, it
seems clear that “Big Steel”
of raising wages, lowering prices, or doing some of each.
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appears to be an emintntly practical san Mth or en es tastically taxed—about 9 cents on t Saasticaly readily collected with relatively little
tax, though, is a different proposition altothis is a state tariff, in mo essential from any federal tariff on imports from abroad. Several states already have éxperimented with
the practical difficulties of collecting such a tax are formidable. Quite Indiana parcel post from Since they are jurisdiction of Indiana's government so we might as well start with the agsumption that they won't pay. We don’t know just how you'd go about getting the individuals who receive this merchandise to pay a tax on it, or even report that they'd received it, but it seems more than likely that the postoffice would frown on any state tampering with the
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: By D. E. K, Indianapolis I know I will be condemned for the course I have taken but to which I was driven to protect myself. Now what would you do under like circumstances, ‘honestly, Charity
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Whereas the apartments had one to three children, today I have adults, an apartment. Alto13 adults in the ts. Yes, self-preserva-
Cut out the bureaucrats. Let the FI a
cially for the last strike-free six months. Its future, to be BEGIN AT Any uouLD
The union, on the other hand, has encouraged its |an's Home.
members to expect wage increases and other concessions | so large that they might preclude any possibility of a price reduction, But the union and the corporation have just hearts of the people of Indianapolis agreed on a major reclassification of jobs and equalization of wage rates. This means about $47 million in back pay and wage increases for union Members, benefiting espe- |French town to the tune of $85,000.
It would appear | Wouidn's it seem to the rest of you
cially those whose pay has been lowest.
that the union can afford to. moderate its further demands. |begins at home?
»” » OTH union and corporation have shown a commendable They have extended their present contract through April, removing immediate dan- ! Apparently they share a genuine desire
spirit in the last few weeks.
ger of a strike, to reach agreement by collective bargaining.
They can make a great hit with the public, and do a great service to the country, if they now will agree that a reductiongsin the price of steel is more essential than a
large wage increase at this time.
A large pay rise, even if it could be won without a strike, would bepefit only a few hundred thousand steel workers, And its reward even to them might be brief, if it | But | a cut in the price of steel would aid everybody in the United | States. And its influence for industrial peace, for sound | prosperity, for continued high employment would be lasting.
resulted in another general round of price increases.
COMPARISON
ANY authorities believe that the post-world war 11 Ty cost of living has- passed its peak, and will decline from now on.
It they're right—and we hope they are—maybe a com-
is in order.
per cent.
the rise, in the slightly more than seven. war 11 began in 1989, was about 50 per |.
dd. But, by contrast with the previous’ y wasn't as bad as it might Kave been.
By Peggy Swing, 3800 Ruckle st. Several weeks ago a member of
your newspaper staff, Mr. Ed Heinke,
can afford to take the chance | ¥™! What I considered a very excellent article on the conditions pre-
{valent at the Indianapolis Guardi-
In my opinion this article was so well expressed that it should have laroused an immediate desire in the
to try and remedy this situation.
Now in the paper.I find that Indiana isto ‘adopt’ a bombed-out
fellow Hoosiers that charity truly
t ifwo-room apartments.
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beginning at home, self-preserva-tary.
: ss = =» “WONDERS ABOUT FILM STARS AND PARALYSIS DRIVE CASH" By Iu entr-Five- Your Subscriber, Morgan-
The Times being the only paper we have taken we are writing this to you in the hope of seeing it in print. We ‘live on a farm near Morgantown and Franklin and it is a treat when we go to see a movie. We made a special trip to Indian+ apolis last week to see Bette Davis (she being our favorite actress) and -1all we could hear each time a door was opened or ‘closed on the screen was “Open the Door, Richard.” And anyone knows you can't enjoy a movie with someone talking in your ear. Then when Greer Garson ap-
fantile Paralysis fund the same young man said, “Wonder how much
crippled children were shown on the screen and he continued, “They don't get any of that jmoney I'll bet."
On top of spoiling a show he makes us wonder if part of the .i funds that are given so freely go to pay movie stars who appear in .| behalf of the drive. We hope not.
“WE SHOULD HEED ATTACK WARNINGS" By Jeannette Booker, Indianapolis Senator McMahon (D. Conn)
warns the U. 8. of attacks and I think his warnings should be heeded to the best of our abilities We
{were warned of the Pearl Harbor attack sand not until the sneak attack was upon us did we think such a thing was really in the making or that we could be ate tacked. Not only - Senator McMahon's warning but through the columns. of the papers a bold assertion was made, namely—"“Not only has Russia the raw material to make an atomic bomb, but it has the brains also.” What more could be said in the way of a warning? Teddy' Rofsevelt’s motto was “Carry a big stick." For the bear that has been hibernating may be just in hiding and\ leap upon us without warning.
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cost of living, as measured by government statis- ' § j / its peak after world war I in June, 1920. ‘in the six years since the war began in 1914,
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1947 BY NEA SERVICE, JNC.T. M. REG aN 1 "Good night! All this holler ‘about us going out in the cloakroom and building a little fire!" a
ick Turner
“SOMETIME INDIANA
are ganging up to re-enact
/ |tato surplus. Why not give each
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law, invalidated by a decision of our supreme court five years ago. And you ladies acting in unison in opposition to old age assistance, please when you make your next visit to a grocery store for a daily supply of two to five dollars or more, think of that old lady close to you counting out her pennies for one or two loavess:of bread. Yes, bread has advanced in price and contracted in weight, resulting in a 60% price increase an ounce. No,
have to destroy or otherwise
of several million bushels of a po-
pean countries {. o, b. our ports? Indiana is lagging, and not because the $0 per cent (by the Gallup pol) of the citizens want it to remain this way. The welfare organization is boasting of the great saving of appropriation in 1946. That's an easy matter—cut off 50 cents of enough oldsters’ allotments, throw overboard a few each month for minor reasons. Colorado does it in reverse. They lhad a surplus last year, and according to a release Jan. 9, 1947,
Earl M. Kouns, welfaré director, gave each of its 43, pensioners an equal share, amounting to|
$320.80, Also the regular allowance of $45. "Do 1 hear a slight rumble from the state house? “Why, why, we cannot waste the taxpayers’ money, etc, ete, adinfinitum.” How are you fellows going to get back to
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! 8 & » “SMALL TOWN [CROOKS SCARED” By H, A. M., Terre Haute I see your paper has done a very |good job on exposing the crooked | people in your eity. Why don't you mention some of Indiana's smaller towns such as Terre Haute and Vigo . county, If 'you come here you can see slot | machines just on the outside of [the city and the large games such 'craps and wheels in places they call ‘clubs out in.the county. Evidently jour law enforcement officers, such {as the sheriff and prosecutor, must sanction this setup. Since your paper has brought it to life’ in Indianapolis they are getting’ scared here. B8o why\ not give a little publicity here and you can help keep these gamblers and racketeers from living off someone else's weakness. Seems as though these office holders think they ean {get thousands of dollars besides their pay from the taxpayers, Don't use name unless you have to,
DAILY THOUGHT Trust ‘not in’ oppression, and become not vain in. robbery: if riches - increase, set not your heart upon -them,~—Psalms 64:10, Un 8 8
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Appreciation of Citizenship
THERE IS A VAST UNTAPPED reservoir of ideals | ism and unselfish public service in the millions of | men and women who wore the uniform in war . .
and once they get readjusted to civilian life, I be | a sterner note will enter into the American |
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IN WASHINGTON . . . By Marquis Childs
Contrast in Red
polite notes have been ignored. It is one of the, curious phases of a strange relationship that exists in a shadowy region between friendship and enmity. You can't negotiate with a man cr a nation when the man or the nation simply
pays no attention to the communications you send.
Ships Offer Basis of Comparison
SAGA OF INDIANA . .. By Wiliam A. Marlow ~~ _ Whigs Began Fadeout in 1849 Election
WHEN LOUIS XIV, King of France, died in 1715, his bodyguard dramatically announced his death to a street crowd in Paris (in French): “The King is dead; long live the King.”
When the Whig party in Indiana died after the election of 1852, the Whigs of Indiana announced, moaned, or softly crooned: “The Whig party is dead in Indiana, long live the new party.”
Candidate Made 100 Speeches
THIS NEW PARTY was a political potpourri of Free Soilers, liberal Whigs, disaffected Democrats, and that always-present American John Q Citizen, who is willing to try anything once. Even so, as a dynamical political organization, this new party rated a sad sack. “or : The fadeout of the Whig party in Indiana began at the state election of 1849. For this election, the Democrats nominated Joseph A. Wright of Parke county for governor. The Whigs persuaded John H. Watson of Brookville to oppose him, after Judge Elisha Embree of Princeton, who had defeated Robert Dale Owen for congress in the first district, coyly declined to run. 3 The Free Soilers nominated James H. Cravens of Ripley county to lead their ticket. They decided to play fast and loose with both Democrats and Whigs all over the state during the campaign. Their special triumph on the hunch was to send George W. Julian, their Pree Soil candidate, to congress from the fourth district. In this instancé, they dealt with the Demo-
The Democratic race for governor in this campaign by Mr. Wright was an outstanding performance even in Hoosier politics. This is the record: Mr. Wright made over 100 speeches during the cam-
WORLD AFFAIRS ... . By William Philip Simms Marshall to Direct Policy From U.S.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.—~While American foreign policy will remain essentially unaltered, the manner of its execution is now in for some radical changes. For one thing the practice of settling vital world problems at some sudden meeting of the Big Three is finished. President Truman is opposed to the idea and practically everybody agrees with him.
Back Truman's Stand FOR ANOTHER, Secretary of State George Marshall is expected to remain only a short time in Moscow—long enough to meet everybody and survey the diplomatic battleground. Then he'll return and direct things from Washington. Small and middle-sized nations are overwhelmingly behind President Truman's stand against any more Tehrans, Yaltas and Potsdams. There was some ex-
as long as they were confined to military co-operation. There was everything against them, however, when the Big Three. took it upon themselves to redraw the maps of Europe and Asia and use the little countries - as pawns in their game of power politics. ; That sort of thing, it is remarked; went out of
the Kaiser, the British crown and the French presiup in war, World war II—insofar at least as the 14 to introduce democracy in international affairs,
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fashion with world war I. That is the way the cuar, dent tried to run the affairs of Europe, only to wind million American service people were concerned-was They fought for the principles of the Atlantic
charter and against the strong disposing of the rights of the weak. Apparently President Truman believes
‘and’ British Method]
Frankness Would Help
THE IMPORTANT POINT is that this was done | on the basis of frank snd open negotiations, Such | negotiations tend to lay the foundation for lasting friendship. : :
paign. He covered 81 counties, even out in the brush. Each speech averaged over two hours : Translated into plain talk, this means: he talked a total of 200 hours, 12,000 minutes, 1,542,960 words, Well, as a result of this Joseph A. Wright was governor years, 1 month and 7 days, ending Jan. 10, 1857. No other man in thé 130 years that Indiana has been & state down to 1947 has been of Indiana that long. Even in Indiana politics,”that’s a home run with the score tied and the ball e in the last half of the th inning. : : During the sevem years that Joseph A. Wright was governor of Indians, the politics of the state, follow. ing the pattern of the nation, began a profound change. Expediency and power began a shift to principle. What was shrewd and political began to bow to what was fundamental and right, Slavery was the keynote of this change. For the fizst time in the history of the world, a great nation was to sit in judgment and slug it out in a bloody fight as to whether a man or a state should enslave another man or another race.
Fragments Form New Party
THE FIRST WHIFF of this came in America in the campaign of 1852 Its first casualty was the Whig party. It died. Its broken fragments; slivers from the Democratic party; .coalescing forces drawn from the consciences of men were loosely joined into a new party. It had several names with various shades of meaning. Free Sollers was the most common. For every thoughtful American, and for every loyal Hoosier, al] this marks the campaign of 1852 as a landmark in the political life of America.
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in the same principles. He holds that while man kind is crying aloud for world peace and order, it is not up ta the Big Three, the Big Four or the Big Five alone to seek to impose it. As for Secretary Marshall, like all professional soldiers he understands the importance of organization. He knows that s general can make no worse mistake than spending all his time in a front-line trench. From there he can see only a tiny part of the battlefield which may stretch for hundreds, or cevén thousands, of miles in both directions, There he is out of touch with his headquarters, with his carefully selected staft and with his charts and maps. He is removed from his center of communications and while the battle directly under his gaze may be going well, it may be gaing against him in some other sector.
3 Crucial Sectors - AS SECRETARY OF STATE, Gen. Marshall's battlelines extend around the .globe. There are at least three crucial sectors at this particular moment: The European, the Far Eastern and the Latin-Amer-ican, If he concentrates too much on any one of these, he may lose his struggle for peace in either of the others. a2 Thus while Secretary Marshall will go to Moscow with a large and well-chosen staff, it would be surprising if be personally remained there longer than necessary to get the “feel” of the conference and its problems. Then he is expected to come back to headquarters and direct things from here—like a good general directs a battle—while keeping an eye on the world as a whole. : :
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