Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 November 1947 — Page 14

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‘The Power to Tax Is the Power to Destroy’

his recommendation against taxing any American's income more than 50 per cent in peacetime, Harold Stassen coupled a proposal to assess all fortunes, above an unnamed exemption, 114 per cent a year. Mr, Stassen is trying to get at those fortunes made up of tax-exempt bonds, bank deposits and ‘money in the mattress-—capital which takes little risk and pays little or no federal tax. Such so-called idle fortunes, he thinks, should be tapped to help pay the cost of government. an understandable objective, What Mr. Stassen is proposing, however, is a capital levy, which would require a constitutional amendment. Although 114 to approve the principle of giving Congress power to tdx what a citizen owns. They have a tos recent and painful memory of what happened after Congress was given power to tax what a citizen earns. When the income tax amendment was being debated, people thought of it in terms of a small levy. It was not

per cent seems mild, voters well might hesitate |

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even imagined that the time would come when the govern-

ment would take as much as 86 cents out of the dollar, as it does now-—and the top rate has been higher. If the people then had suspected that Congress some day would take nore than half a man's income, we think the amendment never would have been approved. - A capital levy might start at 115 per cent, but where would it stop? If it went

the way of the income tax, all private property soon would i

pass into government hands. oy = =» * A TAXPAYER can enjoy a little gentle nostalgia by reading the rates in the income tax law of Oct. 3, 1918, the first measure passed after the income tax amendment beume effective. : Exemptions then were $3000 for a single person, $4000 fo» a married couple. (Exemptions now are $500, and | $1000.) The regular rate on income above the exemption | was 1 per cent, (Bottom bracket rate is now 19 per cent.) For large incomes, there was an “additional tax,” what we | now call a surtax. And here were the rates: More than $20,000, not over $50,000—1 per cent. (Now it's 54 per cent to 68 per cent.) More than $50,000, not over $75,000—2 per cant. (Now, 72 per cent to 77 per cent.) More than $75,000, not over $100,000-<8 per cent. (Now, TT per cent to 83 per cent.) More than $100,000, not over $250,000—4 per cent. | (Now, 85 per cent to 86.45 per cent.) More than $250,000, not over $500,000—5 per cent. {Now 85.45 ‘per cent.) More than $500,000—6 per cent. (Now, 86.45 per cent.) A lot of water, blood, sweat and tears has flowed since those happy days before we got into World War I and the government ran on a budget of $1 billion a vear. !

Taxes have to be higher now, But, in view of what Congress has done with its power to tax what you earn, how | many of vou would be willing to give Congress also the |

power to tax what you own? Not many, we think.

Marshall Plan Stockpiles

"all the aspects of the Marshall Plan for European aid |

there.is probably none on which there is such general | American agreement as the need for partial European repayment inthe form of strategic materials, Everybody knows that the United States is short of | “many” minerals essential to military preparedness. han 47 of those key materials are valaible in the 16 Mar- |

No less-

shall Plan countries or their colonies. So an exchange should be relatively easy to work out. Curiously, however, it is on this point that the ad- | |

ministration in its voluminous presentation of Marshall |

Plan problems has been least efficient. Apparently just because it is in the taken-for-granted category, none of the numerous departments, agencies and special committees has gone all out on the subject.

"yi ith this lack of emphasis on what should be.a major | ier than minor part of the plan, Republicans in the currents congressional hearings quite properly. are prodding fficials, Qhough interested, neither the spokesman for the Krug committee nor for the State Department seemed adequately informed when cross-examined. Assurances of Chairman Vandenberg of the Senate For- | eign Relations Committee are most welcome. He promises it his committee will see that such partial-repayment provisions are in the treaties covering the Marshall Plan when 4 they reach the Senate. But of course the initiative should | come from the State Pepartment, which negotiates the treaties. Apart from the ohvious justice of a plan for the United

States to stockpile strategic reserves so depleted in this country during the war, there are other reasons why Wash_ington should negotiate with the 16 nations on this matter fully and promptly, It is the surest test of the good faith of each nation. It is the one of the few methods and certainly the easiest by which they can repay us in the part— and any one-sided relationship is always unhealthy, worse. even for the receiver than the donor. Because the United States inthe absence of an international military force is the world’s major security power, those nations should wish to supply us strategic materials even if they were not our debtors.

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FTER reading the news from Siam for a few days, we instituted a little research, of which we are happy to pass along. The name Songgram, which has figured so

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Donald D. ‘Hoover - |

"MRS. PEPPERNILLY'S PETS (ORSO IT GOES) =

i | { | Mrs. Peppernilly has a peacock and a parrot, | And a puppy dog .who prides himaelt on being | quite a pug. Bays the peacock to the parrot: “Do you see how he can bear it, To always be the owner of that pretercanine . mug?” Bays the. parrot to the puppy: “He is certainly most uppy— : Just see him spread his silly tail and strut across the ground.” Bays the puppy to the peacock: “It is seldom you hear ME knock; But his everlasting croaking is a most provoking

ome ~MYRA AHLER. > oo 'MAN OF GOD!

I claim to know a man Whom every one of you should meet; Who makes the world seem better Just to meet him on the street.

A man who has abundance Of good to give away, ‘Who's full of love and kindness And makes you proud to pray. _

A man who takes his burdens Along with yours and mine, And carries them so patiently Because he's good, and fine,

Yes, I claim to know a man Whom every one of you should meet; A man who lives and works with God, And preaches—down the street. -—ROBERT 0. REYNOLDS. ® % 9

With the present state of foreign affairs it behooves ull business and industries to keep their financial affairs in a state of solvency. As they will probably be viewed with suspicion by certain elements if thelr ledgers show “Red” ink -WALT CRESS. ~My

There was a young man from Calcutta, Who set his girl's heart in a fluttah, Bald he, “I'll thee wed And I'll furnish the bread If you'll promise to furnish the buttah. -~LILAH R. CAIN.

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PROBLEM CHILDREN

Juvenile delinquency is on the increase among the young folks of today. ; They are learning the hard way, that crime can never pay. The type of entertainment, most folks will agree

attained,

Indianapolis.

Mr. Shaw's

Is largely responsible for their wayward acts, we see, Comic books, the radio and picture shows are given over much

To programs of murder and destruction, thrilling A 'Aconicum.

banditry and such.

little toys, Depicting weapons of destruction, so don't blame the girls ‘and boys.

As the twig is bent, so grows the tree, As the child is taught, so is he inclined to be. If more consideration were shown, their «spirit's needs It would bring them much happiness and temper ! all their deeds. ; To all the young folks of everywhere, I will state

this fact, You can cause a life time of regret, by just one establishment the wayward act. Rooms.” -—=NONA J. MORFORD. ’ * & @ : SUBTERFUGE

If you haye an arduous task to perform, Don't think of a thousand excuses. Just take hold of the problem by storm And save time from such vast abuses. And after you've finished the work to be done You can sit back and enjoy the inspection And the victory over subterfuge you have won And ang yourself amused in the reflection.

MILDRED C. YOUNG. |

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Boom for Military President Is Natural After War

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17—A great deal of the talk about a

OUR TOWN .

First Turkish Bath Opened in 1881

AT A TIME LIKE THIS, when civilization has reached the heights (or depths) to which ours has it's comforting to know that exactly 66 years ago last Friday (on Nov. 14, 1881) Mr. E. C. Shaw of Louisville opened a “Turkish Bath” in It was the first institution of its kind around here—certainly, the first to get going with any degree of style.

had plenty of style not only be- | cause of the appointment of his | rooms, but also because of the | nomenclature he employed to designate those rooms. In support of which I cite the historical fact that his institution included a tepidarium, a caldarium- and a

I was always a mystery to me why Mr. Shaw had to resort to Roman jdeology to describe. something so Oriental as a Turkish Bath. As a matter of fact, | I haven't .solved the riddle. yet. The nearest I ever came to guessing what went on in Mr, Shaw's mind was a vague kind of hunch that, maybe, he wanted to impress us with his scholarly attainments. If that be the case, he was eminently successful. Indeed, it wouldn't surprise me to learn some day that it was Mr. Shaw—and not the physiclans—who taught us to handle Latin words and make them an integral part of ovr ‘colloqiial speech.

Grand Hotel Turkish Bath Rooms

STRANGELY ENOUGH, Mr.

a forthright but disgustingly simple way for a man of Mr. Shaw's scholarly attainments to designate the location of his business. The entrance, I remember, was on the Maryland St. side and gave | access to a sumptously furnished apartment, on one side of which were situated the dressing rooms for

Mr. ‘Shaw had several kinds of customers. ladies, for example, came on Tuesdays and Fridays. As for the men, they turned up on those days not appropriated by the ladies, provided, of course, that they could accomodate their visits within the time limits imposed by Mr. Shaw. The place kept open to 6 p. m.;

gerieral tor President -comes—from--those who feel that rothing less

than a military hero will do in the White House in these turbulent times This has come with the aftermath of every major war in which the nation has been invoived. After all, George Washington was the hero of the Revolutionary War. But he happened also to be a great statesman and a man of

such selffishness and devotion to the country that he could never | , to those who have struggled with the complexities of the German |

be accused of seeking office ‘for reasons of personal ambition. The feeling today seems to be that the available civillah candidates fail to measure up to the demands of the time. With this goes a general sense of insecurity and a rather pathetic belief that a man who has proved his prowess on the field of battle will somehow be able to resolve all our troubles. In other words, it is a confession of doubt in democracy itself. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, who is soon to retire as chief of staff and who was commander of all the allied armies in Europe in

World war II, 1s IL 1s not the only military man in mentioned for the presi-

Side Glances—By Galbraith

prominently in dispatches from Bangkok, is really that of

the leader of’ the successful coup’ d'etat. ~ do with those young men in this country who, for a consideration, will sing telegraphed birthday greetings over the iphious or ai the Trent duuretap.

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establishment (150 to 200 degrees F.).

their appearance around here.

nothing but steam vapor;

Shaw called his “Grand Hotel Turkish Bath medicated Turkish baths.”

didn't work, they fell back.” on

The whisky,

seemed to work just as well.

on 1. on Sundays. from 8 a. m. more,

It was back of the dressing rooms, however, that | Mr. Shaw did his real work. At any rate, that's where the Latin-labeled rooms were located. The tepidarium was kept at a temperature somewhere around 120 the caldarium fluctuated anywhere between 125 and 140 degrees. As for the laconit turned out to be nothing more than Mr. Shaw's fancy way of designating his sweat room

All of these rooms were heated with dry hot air furnished by large radiators from the hotel” furnace. Mr. Shaw was very particular—even to the point of fastidiousness—to let the world know, by way of newspaper ads and the like, that he used nothing but dry hot air in his business. It was his subtle way of cautioning Indianapolis to beware of Russian baths which, so far as I know, had not yet made Nonetheless, Mr. Shaw kept on advertising that Russian baths used with the result that the insidious Russian influence didn't worm its way into Indianapolis until after Mr. Shaw's death.

Favored by Carriage Trade

MR. SHAW ENJOYED a great carriage trade, 1 remember, Fact is, he got to be so busy that he had to employ two male and two female assistants on the inside of his business. On the outside, he had a uniformed footman to help the ladies tn and out of their equipages which, as a rule, were drawn :by two horses—just to give you some idea of his swell ! clientele. It was during this prosperous period that | Mr. Shaw expanded his business .to include “electro-

The electro-medicated baths, said Mr. Shaw, were good" for malarial troubles, colds, rheumatism and neuralgia. Sixty years ago when I was a kid, everybody around here had malaria—either ‘that, or the ague. Non-bathers always resorted to quinine. If that tansy soaked in a prophylactic favored by the pioneers: Sometimes the tansy was omitted altogether, and it

I have no way of knowing how much Mr. Shaw's Turkish baths contributed to our general well-being, but the fact remains that we haven't malaria any

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will defend to the death your right to sey it."

‘The Woman Pays’ i By M. K. R. Indianapolis Vix ~ It's the ‘woman who pays ‘and pays. "How many times lately the girls have had to pay for datés! Let's be honest about this thing. getting to be the payers? It seems so to me or have I been around with too many payless papas? I don't think that's it because I've seen so much folding money both adroitly and brazenly passed to so-called charming escorts—sald escort hardly flicking one of his beautiful eyelashes in gratitude. Much more subtle than this type is the “lend« me-the-dough Charlie.” rackets of the day. "A hairdresser who primps me up for the fray often confesses that, to date, she has lent her boy friend‘an outrageous sum. Another tells me that out of the kindness of her heart she lent staggering sums to two GI's whom she has known for years. Recently they have “held her up” so to speak. I too have lent these costly Casanovas at different times to help them, so I thought. Only one has had the decency to pay the debt while it was still fresh in my mind and not a pain in my meck. The gift racket is another phase of this trend. We gals go out to get a card for our Sweet Sammy. We clutch a dollar in our paws for a gift and a dime for a card, love in our hedrts. And what do we get? We see clips, studs, ties—all at a price range quite beyond us. And yet we know we have to produce something. Or else; the Lord have mercy on our souls, we lose our date to the

for his royal self.

and’ pays.

Ah, Men! By Josephine Buck, R. R. 1, Westfield

Men are such sweet creatures! They try to act bold and gallant; when in reality they long to be the pampered boy living within. Instead of sending flowers to what they think is a wrinkled old hag of a wife; mothered. Our generation is proving it more and more with our working wives. Dgesn't that added check help papa? Just get yourself a nice looking male, ladies and start yourself some lovemaking. Bring home the bacon; and hover tenderly over his highness while he contentedly devours it. Just watch the wriggle of delight as you strut your stuff as a busy worker and also homemaker. Reversing the emotions works duckily. If you don't try it, ladies, youre a goner. Being a fleeing sweet young female is out these days. He considers your ability to earn money a big asset; and why not earn an extra dollar or two. He ‘might like another bottle of whsky or two and never question if he is out all night. you realize he just must play poker a bit? | He likes to pretend you're a gentle weak little woman needing protection, but doesn’t try to pro- | tect you from himself. Running two jobs is easy | for you. .You know how! But, what a collapse | there'd be if he tried it. | { |

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‘Get to Work, Sheriff’ By Dr. John R. Brayton, 704 Underwriters Bldg. Along with another rape and murder, comes. a simultaneous announcement that the ever-faithful watch dog must be quarantined or else be subject to shooting. I would suggest the sheriff devote more time to catching the criminals and prosecuting them, and less time to building “rumpus houses” with prison labor and tend more to his duties. It might also be well for the city police to search out criminals, and less time parking on side streets with a stopwatéh catching.speeders. “ 9b

‘Don’t Bring Hero Dead Home’ By Arthur 8, Mellinger, R. R. 7, Indianapolis

Returning the bodies of soldiers who fell in battles all over the world is the most stupid, inhuman, uncivilized, barbarous thing this blundering generation has yet thought of. It is impossible to bring them all back—then why do we, who have lost our dear ones, have to be reminded of our grief. We want the.wound to heal and not. have the tender spot torn and bleeding ever so often. We can never forget. We want to be let alone... All the parades, all the speeches cart bring back a life. Thousaflds are crying for homes, why don’t we look after them? All the boys I talked to said their buddies wanted to remain where they fell— then why in Heaven's name can't we let the dead sleep in peace.

dency. the Pacific and hero of the Philippines, is also listed as a candidate.

MacArthur Did Well

GEN. MacARTHUR will be the last of the heroes to come home. He will undoubtedly get a triumphal reception as he moves across the country. Behind him will be not merely his impressive military record but his achievement as occupation chief in Japan. His admirers like to contrast the Japanese occupation with Germany. Naturally this reflects credit on their hero.

problem. It does not belittle Gen. MacArthur's remarkable achievement to point out that the. circumstances in Japan were entirely different.

Gen. Douglas MacArthur, commander of American forcés in | one.

By Marquis Childs

The two men are utterly dissimilar in temperament and outlook. ° ' 3 With the war the resentment grew. Gen. MacArthur felt that

"his command in the Pacific was being starved in order to build up

Gen. Eisenhower's invasion forces in Europe. In a striking way the hostility between America’s two top-ranking generals. symbolizes the rivalry between the two ‘areas of interest

| that claim America's attention.

But it is unfair |

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Unlike the situation in Germany, where authority is divided four !

ways, In Japan the sole authority has been’ Gen. MacArthur. Also, a Japanese government was in being at the time of the surrender. As occupation chief, Gén. MacArthur ean invoke the power of an emperor who in the recent past was considered by his subjects as the Son of Heaven. Gen. MacArthur and Gen. Eisenhower

a deep antipathy. For four years, Gen. Eisenhower served under Gen.

have for each other

MacArthur in the Philippines, and and the relationship was not- a a happy !

If it came to the necessity of choosing between generals, the public would in all probability prefer to see Gen. Eisenhower in the White House. Age alone would have not a little to do with this. Soon to be 68, Gen. MacArthur is four and a half years older than President Truman and 22 years older than Gov. Thomas E. Dewey. Gen. Eisenhower is 57.

McCormick Is Handicap

GEN. MacARTHUR has another handicap in his great admirer and champion, Col. Robert R. McCormick. I do not believe that this country has come to such a pass that we need a general to unify us. Able men are ¢. “ending for the presidency—men "with long experience in politics and public affairs. If we cannot furnish leadership for high’ office, our democracy will be at an end and it will not matter. very much Who gives the orders.

Can Dollars Win the War We Quit? sy E. 1. Leech

FOR THE SECOND TIME in 30 years America is learning that a war doesn't end until peace is concluded. We thought World War I was over, when the shooting stopped. So we grabbed our hats and hurried home while the show continued. We lost the peave and paved the way for World War IT. Yet after World War IT we made the same pell-mell dash for the exit. Now we'll be lucky if we can salvage enough of the peace to prevent World War III. The most hopeful sfgn is that this time we're discovering our error much faster than we did before. We have awakened to the shocking

discovery that, in everything except shooting, the war is still on. So

we are making desperate efforts to buy our way out of the trouble our haste provoked.

Whether dollars alone—even billions of them—can do the job re-

mains to be seen. The outlook isn't bright. The brutal fact is that you don't win a war until your have nailed down the thing for which yoti fought. And twice we have learned that

| supplies vital’ both to our peace and war economies.

you can’t nail them down by throwing away your guns and dashing |

home. Good intentions and a blind faith that everybody else shares them won't do the job.

Nor is it enough just to pay the bills. The fellow who only makes |

~a big cash contribution doesn't accomplish as much and isn't as popu-

lar as the one who stays to the finish and helps with the pitching.

U.S. Voice Not Strong Now

WHEN WE WERE AT THE PEAK of our power our words carried weight. with our Army, Navy and Air Force, if necessary. The mere existence of that ability would almost certainly have averted the necessity. Words backed chiefly by dollars—precious and desirable as dollars

| are~don't carry the same authority. At a result, we.can spend the

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dollars and still not get what we want from them. They can largely’ be wasted.

There's no telling what might have happened in the early days

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By so doing we also abandoned the victory. We dashed out with a cheery. “Good luck, look after the victory and send us the bill.” Russia, seeing us making the same old mistake in the same old way, had only to delay and obstruct, depending on our own actions and the disappointment of our friends to promote her ends.

The amazing part is that, after this display of trustfulness and idealism bordering on criminal carelessness, we should now be accused of "imperialism and war mongering. For everything we did was the exact opposite. .

Je abandoned with reckless haste or held with token forces strongholds we had won at a terrific price of treasure, suffering and death. Imperialism never did such a thing. We demobilized our Army, ‘Navy and Air Forces so fast that we often lacked manpower even to preserve and return materials and As our armed services shrank to a fraction of their former stature, we refused to establish any system of military training that could preserve the experience of our veterans or supply our defenses with new manpower. No nation or group of nations has ever before given to mankind even a fraction of the wealth we have poured out in the last few years. Yet even now America is starting a new spending program—not for itself, but for others. And daily our people are being reproached

others, Imperialist and war mongers never did any of these things. Another amazing thing: We constantly are being told that,

, unless we give more, the world will turn from us to'Russia—which can

after the shooting stopped had we stayed on the job and remained |

We might have nailed down the peace. Instead we were so eager to get the boys home that we literally threw down our arms and Standonsd our equipment ou the Battinfeids.

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offer it only slavery, chaos, poverty, hunger and tyranny.

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NO WONDER Americans get-confused. Today we probably have no choice other than to yond our lions trying to salvage the peace we might have saved only we stayed until the show was over. . At least, we should do so with the realization that they ay be Wasted Huw spesing Wares 8 your subsite for ti Wea

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