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| Truman Sek To os 10 Million Taxpayers, |

Raise Business Levies

(Continued From Page One) ~ many millions. The 10 mil-| lion individuals who would be relieved of taxes altogether,

represent about one-fifth of il Sects their armaments. Yet! all persons who annually have

been making returns under,

“ the high-cost of living.

He proposed tax rate adjustments “so that those least able to pay will have their burden lessened by the transfer of a portion of it w those best able to pay.

Proposes Minimum: Wage of $30 a Week

Mr. Truman's proposed hike in

)avolded usé of the politically ex- | plosive word “military” in in making this request.

,/Ing confidence in its ultimave

“We look forward,” Mr, Truman |eaplained. “to the day when nations

long -as there remains serious

{opposition to the ideals of a peace- |

ful warid, we must main tain, strong “There are many elements in a. balanced national pA all inter-related and universal training should be ho foundation for them all. .A favorable decision by Congress at an early date! is of world importance. I am’ convinced that such action

tion and to the maintenance of its leadership.” :

Pledges Full Support UN, Relief Abroad

foreign policy,

g full s rt to the United Nat wk

and ‘express-

success.

Congress a special program. f .re-. lief and reconstruction aid for]

China. Calling again for ‘legisiation fo admit European displaced . perSons to United States shelter zrd |citizenship, Mr. Truman said they would add strength and energy to ithe nation.

He pleaded for extension of the in, Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act!

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minimum wages would be ine, under which this country recently!

equivalent of a boost from $16 to » minimum of $30 per 40-hour week. He asked more funds for anti-trust

tion to -protect competition against Which seeks world-wide agreement! monopoly.

to invest $50. billion in the next

took thie initiative to obtain world wide tariff reductions, :

He asked continued support for| the international trade organization

on fair international trade practices.

Urging prompt congressional action on his request for $6,800,000,000 to finance the first 15 months of | the Marshall Plan, Mr. Truman as-| |serted that this. nation’s policy of helping distressed democracies ——————

for unemployment compensa. tion, old age benefits and survivors’| HeAry A. Wallace and Soviet

foreign policy, the President as-| serted, is “a peaceful and prosper- |

based on insurance principles ard 1d.” , ous world.

“Our ultimate aim” he said, “must be a comprehensive insurance. ching, and-said-the United Statse

system to protect all our people would continue “full Tt to equally against insecurity and ill-|ynited Nations™ pp Ye!

health.”

Wants Rent Controls Stronger and Longer

He ‘asked ‘Congress to create a tlements, thus far blocked, by Rus-|

|

Department of - Welfare to admin-|

assistance to My “Truman pledged U. 8. eco-|

| nomic co-operation with the rest of this hemisphere, promised Congress an early program of aid for

He asserted .that the “Truman Doctrine” had preserved Greek and: Turkish integrity and promised to keep on trying to reach peace set-

| sia, for Germany,” Austria, Japan,

ister the expanded .health; educa 20d Korea. .

tion and security programs. Mr. Truman said every family should be decent home within the years. .

Mean i and strengthening of rent

vhs an immediate step,” he said, e

H

{Security of Human

provided with 2 Rights High on List next

0 “We are following a sound, con{structive and . practical course in

is vital to the security of this na-|

‘The President reviewed his: .

He promised to submit later to!

| Faces Trial

d Feb. 160n Si Counts

60 Years Maximum Penalty If Guilty

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 re]

Maj. Gen. Bennett E Meyers, re-

tired Air Force procurement officer

{today pleaded innocent to govern{ment charges of perjury in connection with ‘Senate testimony on {war contracts

Meyers also pleaded innocent to

charges that he induced Bleriot H

|LaMarre to prejure himself nefore|

| {Senate investigators. -LaMarre al-|

{ready has pleaded Fullty to perjury

charges

Federal Judge David A. Pirie wi] Feb. 16 for the start of Meyers'| trial on. a six-count indictment charging . perjury and subornation of perjury. If convicted on all counts, the | dapper, balding 52-year-old general {would be liable ‘to a maximum (penalty of 60 years in prison. LaMarre is the youthful forme:

| president of the Aviation Electric {Corp., who testified that Meyers {reaped most-of the wartime profits : |of the company LaMarre said Meyers set up the company, and in his capacity as a] | procurement officer for the . Air |Forces, threw contracts to it.

He sald Meyers induced him to

{lie to Senate investigators about, ‘his part in the deal.

Fugitive Slaying

RG Suspect Still Free

Hospital, was still at large today

k been sounded for Coleman, termed that greater

“criminally insane” who once confessed the murder of nurse Alberta

Green. His “confession” was dis-’

i eneesnt, Here's How You Figure

tse} 1D¢ rates would be the same and another $40 for each dependent. A man with a wife and two children would subtract $160 from his| — — (tax bill, for example. The credit would not take a bite at present-—substracts $500 for himto| Out of taxes on 1947 income--the self and each dependent before he |taxes on which final settlement. is computes his tax, ‘The credit would The Truman credit would come pr to income received after Jan. Out at the “top,” after the”tax 1s

{due March 15.

2 PRESIDENT TRU MAN explain _ in detail how the Blan; [dictions from the bottoni His bill

approve the President's plan,

| premen uai ne wmnnnin Proposed Income Tax Cut Man With Wife, Two Children Would Subtract $160 From Bill Owed U. S.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (UP)—Here's how you would figure your income tax bill under President Truman's “cost-of-living tax credit”: You'd compute your 1948 taxes exactly as you did for last year But then you'd knockoff $40 for yourself

figured out.

{counted by detectives, who said

they believed it was a ruse to escape

i confinement.

Meanwhile, - Dr. Max A Bahr,’ superintendent, said he was going to. ask permilsion to send Cole-

man to Michigan City whenever he year for the creation of was captured, Central has no pro- education and security; vision for prison discipline or. -

handling the criminally insane -he sald. The slender six-foot tall youth walked «a mu

| Monday night

STRAUSS SAYS:

» MR. KNUTSON goes after tax re- .

Hirst would raise individual exemp-

But Treasury Department tax ex- [tions from $500 to $600. This would |perts said that if Congress should free some 6,000,000 persons from fedthe eral taxes, saving them about $2

carrying out our determination 10|withholding tax would be adjusted billion,

achieve peace,” Mr. Truman said.

on. many occasions. This should{toward a world where all nations include financial aids designed to large and ‘small alik¢, may live tree| BUT BP who are not under | |of about $200 million,

yield more housing at lower. prices.

from fear and aggression. -Above|the Withholding system and Who)

immediately to take into account| the long-range housing| “we are fighting poverty, hunger the Tetetion proposed by Mr. Tru-| | exemptions for elderly persons. | program which I have recommended and suffering. We are building man.

In agldition, he proposes special

These - would free another 1,400,000 | from taxes, at a cost to the Treasury |

Mr. Knutson's' bill goes further.

It should provide public housing|all else, we are striving to achieve file quarterly installment returns, All told it would cut taxes by a .otal for low-income families and vigor-|a concord among the people nf the Would presumably be able to take lof $5,600,000,000, compared to Mr. ous development of new techniques world based upon dignity of - rhe'their credits along with their first. Truman's $3.200,000,000. cut, Other. 'individual and the brotherhood of installment on 1948 income," which major provisions of the Knutson bill

to lower the cost of building.”

The message keynotes were peace man. and prosperity. But Mr. Truman “This” Mr. Truman said again warned that inflation was dangef- and again leads to peace-—not war’

«<hecked-to-prevent depression:

include cuts in rates of up to 30 per

‘the ‘President's cent, and a section permitting proposal is similar to the tax reously out of hand und must be High on his list of recommenda- duction-bitr-introduced by Chairman -

couples to split their taxes This-latter-would-in-efleect- axterd

tions Mr:-Truman--put-security- for Harold Knutson .(R..Minn.)..of the the lower tax benefits enjoyed by To that end he asked again forthe essential human. rights of; House Ways and Means Committee, Couples in the 12 community,

. the cost-of-living controls which|American citizens. the ‘November-December emergency| “Whether discrimination ‘yg. based received after Jan

which also applies only to income Property states to all statés. TreasTreasury, WY officials, who are not adverse |

session of Congress considered and |on race,” he said, “or creed, or color, [figures show that individuals paid » tax splitting, have estimated that |

largely rejected. These included |or-Jand of origin, it is utterly con- $18: billion in ns last year, authority for limited fationing of|trary to = American ideals of

scarce commodities and for wage-|democracy.

price cetlings.

Says Inflation Holds Threat of Depression “High prices

nieans of rationing,” the President | told Congress. “We must deal ef-|

fectively and at once with the Cost of living,

“Already inflation in this country IS undermining the living standards of millions of families. Food costs

00 much. Housing has reached fantastic - price levels. Inflation EVENTS TODAY

threatens to bring disagreement and Indianapolis Bar - Association — Dinner, a Sesh

LaRue's Restaurant

strife between labor and MAanage- | indiana District Kiwanis International!

ment.

Registration—9:30 a. m. Indiana Medi-

“Worst of all, inflation holds the; Kiwanis Chub—Hote! Antlers,

threat of another depression.”

lL ions Club—Claypool Hotel

| Indianapolis Open Forim--Robert Nathan a

He mid the price spiral was con-! address, 8:15 p. m., clubhouse.

Unuing its upward zoom and that

since October wholesale prices had EVENTS TOMORROW Intreased at an annual rate of 18 Careline Scott Harrison Chapter, DAR Per cent and. retail prices at an an-| Anon chapler house.

nual rate of 10 per cent.

On the brighter side, Mr. Truman John W- Har

MARRIAGE LICENSES rrell, 609 N Beville’ Audrey

reported 14 million more Americans ~ L Muters augh, 547 N. Tempie

John. have jobs: today than in 1938 and “Tula Sink a oe Cary, q our yearly output of goods and serv- 14s O Miller, } R

Ices up two-thirds.

rrimore, 1960 Ho obert Edward Gavin, 2038"; N. Pénnsylvapia: Rose Marie Ohleyer, 5871 Win-

Those 10 years roughly cover the throp. period of World War II. - But he BO MD cha het Myrtle LiNancy Grant Hall, 4. at’ General. portal 1948 budget. In the same category

said we could increase our’ annual iia Alkern, 215 6. Noble: Cecelia Alkern, acorie. 1 ne AIetma thePut by at least onesthird above| p, v ho present level and nearly ‘double; , He E Riel, Danvil) 8. Cunningham, Stout Field; Moll our standard of lving compared, Marie an OW Field; Mollie: Luis M - John Bummers, 830 te Rotor: Willlam Garver. 1, at IU. Medical,

LJ | Harold Charles Defenderfer, 820 N. La-, genie’ My 1 ocard ie

with 10-years-pgo.-Says Farm Families lag Behind Ci ity Folk

As of now the President reported | Webb, 1337 E.

2 EB: Michi

tin, ng N. New Jersey, Myr-|

. Salle: Catherine” Elizabeth Murph, 820 N. LaSalle. : Charlie Barrett 32'7 N.. Senate; Juanita

2 na ki Si EB» 21st; Dorothy

Market. that the average income of the Mighard L. Groninger, As N. Highland

Hattie D. Rexroal, 1154

People measured .in purchasing Harold JaPorge. | S02 N Delaware; Mary

living standards of city folk.

He estimated average farm in- Dajoine C. | Sones Hotel Purgason

mon n, 622 N. New Jersey: Eliza- Riise, Pliegenschmidt

Come at $779 compared with $1228 3 beth lester, I: N._ New Jersey

1 oy 126 8. lilinois: Jeanof non farm. people. Mr. ‘Truman stte tie “Marie G Garret 128 8 Tiinols sg Akl

Said we could “go far: toward Chifies F_ Ca Jr. 3000 N. LaSalle

Namping out poverty in our gen- Harry H on, 3% me. 2424 Northwestern. Reba mia : a by increasing our annua

“He or Ovlgrems. again for en-, Boys actment. of universal (military) Ab Herman, Preiyn Savage | Bmma Roberts 83 at uiing. ‘me mam 2 Sli RE mi

message

Nadone Pdythe aE iow a2 Broadway 424 Northwestern

BIRTHS

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THE Truman credit “The recent report ‘of the Presi- would. free some 10. million of the! dent’s Committee on Civil Rights/nation’s 50 million taxpayers from, points the way to corrective action federal income tax. {by the Federal government and by|the same general effect’ as though |stete and local governments. B2-|present $500 individual exemptions must not be oot {cause of the - need for effective were raised to _a little more than {federal action, I shall send a special $700. message to the Congress on this im-| high portant subject.”

IN INDIANAPOLIS _

Exemptions come out at the “bottom,” which means the’ taxpayer—

Bertha Van Der Haar;

Le Schmid, Donald Sn Standley Le Tapacoty were Elmer White, David Clark,

721 Dotan. Grace Thomas al Home—Ch

Delaware, cerebral Jemorrhage Herbert C. Robbins, 70, at

Mollie Grace | Eckert, 39, Mey ol vel hemorthage Power had increased about 50 per | Geen en Eugene MA er, a City, Pla! hemorr 0, a cent since 1938. But he said farm Reba treinia Heitzman. 1023 KN. Ala: Leuretta C. "Morgan. 73, families were lagging behind the | Clifton Devine, Hammond; Doretha Mays, | {Charles Mugg. 45. at

m Pat Niel DelrAnnon Jr, Kansas City; TL Cortese, in

noma. ' . Hugo Jogte 53, at St

would cost the Treasury from! ow million to $900 million yearly. | . §F | THE Truman plan would give the| 'best break to large families, which! would stand to gain more than they would under the Knutson plan even with cuts in the tax rate.

City to Weed Out — Rules on Traffic

(Continued From Page One)

= be left between the downtown area

and the streetcar barns for the few

er, remaining streetcars which use that David. route.

The board also was to consider

Bet'y today a number of promotions in 408 N the police department recommend-

ed by Polite Chief Edward D: Rouls. Up for promotion from investigators to acting detective sergeants

Joseph Hunt and Francis Crail, Car Sale Approved The chief also recommended the promotion * of Sgt. Dean Schwartz

2606 to. motorcycle sergeant, a promo-

tion which allows him an additional $10 per month salary under the

at 1427 N: the chief recommended the promo- ° y, Hon of Acting Sgts. Marion Oster2454 Ralston, Yer and William Cole, to the grade

of acting motorcycle sergeants, “Twenty=riine other police oMcers

at 1731 N Capitol were recommended for motorcycle ke srterio- officers that they might get the | william £ Darnaby. 61 at!4421 EB wasn. additional monthly pay.

Plans for the. sale of the cityowned Mayor's car, a 1947 sevenpassenger sedan, were advanced by

cerebral (he board. The board also received at General, carci-' ihe recommendation from Mayor . Feeney and -D. G. Watkins, mu-

“ nicipal - garage superintendent, to sell’ three more cars which have " been assigned to the Police De-

ob “partment. The Mayor said the cars Nettie Mas Lotz, #6, at 418 E Michigan, are no longer needéd, — *Nexler, 78, at Methodist

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FIRST AMERICAN PRESS

The first American newspaper was the Boston News:Letter, estab-| . ws ~ Sterns lished by John Gommphel in wo Cohen, ‘ months, ot Rijey, 1704.

ads Innocent To Senate Perjury

Table Shows Comparison Board Votes 8%

Of Old Tax With Proposals

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (UP)=The following table shows a com= parison of taxes under present law, the new Truman plan and the / Republican Knutson bill that is pending in the House; -s : ~ no dependents Income. after

deductions, before exemptions $ 600 800 1,200 1.800 3,000 5.000 7.000 10.000 20,000 30,000 © 50,000 +- 100,000 300.000 “500,000 1 000.000;

2.400 3,000 5.000 7.000 10.000 20,000 30,000 50,000 100,000 300,000 500,000 1,000,000

What President Proposed In Message to Congress—

(Continued from Page One) protected.” The Predident also asked for an increase in Ahe rate of

these benefits. ~

AUTH: He reiterated the program for a national health proon which was ignored in the last session of Congress, calling for . William Coleman, 22- year-old | retical care Yaa ul a federal Insurance plan: 7 NO. | GLAMOUR DEB Tho season's number one glamour escapee from Central State Mental debutante, Virginia (Ginny) Leigh; is shown during a luncheon-: interview during which she told UP Staff Writer Leo Turner she wants to be a politician. Now society’ columnist of the New Yor Sun, she's planning to follow journalism as a career for nine years, then enter politics. cs. (Story, tory, Page 14).

” "EDUCATION: He A city and county-wide alert has{shortage of educational facilities throughout the country, “equality of opportunity”

‘all citizens. ~

_ Single person

Present =

law $ 19 57 133 247 485 £22 1.435 2.347 6,645 12,265

25,131

63.541

234,997.

407.897 840.147

Married. person (All income earned by one spouse)

6 190 580 1.045 1.862 5.890 11,381 24,111 62.301 “233.700 406,600 838,850

»

Knutson bill

10,905 22482 57,032

211,330 -

366,949 755.974

0 80 386 708 1.210 3.656 6.977 15,986 “424 186.226 343.940 732.966

2 children

Truman

plan 0

17 93 207 4“

pn 1.305

2,307 6.605 12.22% 25,007 63.501 234,957 407 857 840.107

0 30 L429 885 1,702 . 3.730

1221"

23961 62.141 233.540 406,440 838.690

ial aid. t t.a critica advocated federat finanéial aid. to- mee erition wing of the school and temporarily

fof an education be provided halted a basketball game last night,

POWER AND FORESTRY: ne ‘advocated continued construcs tion of muitiple-purpose dams to prevent floods and to provide electric power, He said the lesson of the Tennessee Valley Authority should | lead to the development of this nation’s . other great river basins.

Again, this was a much repeated theme by the President.

Hike in Rents

Recommendation Goes

To Washington

“A rebt increase of 25 per cent

“+ ishould be granted: Indianapolis

landlords, according to a vote of the city's Rent Advisory Board. A board met to form its recom

‘mendation which will be sent Sature

day to the Office of the Housing | Expeditor in Washington. K. V. -Ammerman, committee hairman, said this morning he was inot ready to announce the official recommendation of the committee, | He called the report of the “2§ per ‘cent increase vote” a “leak” and said the entire committee had been pledged to keep its action a secret. Unofficially the nine member group voted 7 to 2 for the increase in ceilings. Mr. Ammerman ahd Charles B. Forrest will write & re port on the board's majority “stand and James A. Robb, another meme ber, will write a minority report. One provision of the board's recommendation is” that rents raised 15 per cenf- already under the landlord-tensnt lease provision would not be affected. The. 25 pér cent increase was proposed by tlic Indianapolis Real Estate Board and the American Home Owners’ Union. Otler board members are Mra, F. B. Ransom} Henry O. Goett, 8. P, Meadows, ~ William _ P. _Snethen, A Berkley W. Duck Jr. and Herman C. Wolff.

$90,000 Fire Hits Evansville School

EVANSVILLE, Jan, 7 (UP)—More than 1600 Central High School stus . ‘dents enjoyed an unscheduled Holle day today after fire destroyed one

School officials estimated loss from [the blaze at between $50,000 and 1$100,000. | Two classrooms were burned out land two others damaged by the smoke and flames. ii Shortly after the fire started an lexplosion in the building blew ous

NEW CABINET POST: He repeated his recommendation of last, windows in the southwest corner of

" ®/» NATURAL RESOURCES: urrent reclamation plans

Ptieuiesty in the West.

A NAN NEED NOT BE INFORMED OF THE TRUTH HE NEEDS BUT 0 BE RENINDED,

In general terms. a a to pai school was stopped ‘to bring millions of acres of arid land Into was roduction and to improve water supplies for ‘additional millions of acres.’ He said this would give veterans and others hew opportunities,

an executive départment in charge of health, fine school,

.