Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 January 1949 — Page 18

i ‘WALTER LECKRONE HENRY W. MANZ

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NY sales tax always has this bad feature: o #® It puts an unfair share of the tax load on the people : who are least able to pay. | : A sales tax to raise the needs to pay a bonus to war veterans would simply mean _ that the man who has the least would pay the highest rate of tax, the man who has the most would pay the lowest ©. There are other good reasons why we feel that a sales “tax should be rejected, but this one alone should be reason

$150 millions Indiana now

Schricker to double gross income tax payments for a limited period, of perhaps three years, for this special rd SE ill ll Qn FOR THE family that has an income of $2000 a year and spends it #11 on its living—as a family with that income almost certainly does these days—a three per cent retail sales tax would cost $60 a year. : ... That same family, under present gross income tax rates, pays the state $10 a year—and under the Schricker proposal would pay $20 a year. ; 2 Larger incomes would pay at the same rate, but of course would return larger sums of money. Thus a family

a total state tax of $60-—or with an income of $10,000 a year would pay $180. Ten No tax is either pleasant or welcome, but this one, at least, is fair. Those who clamor for a sales tax—whether

income tax, or dodge their just share of it. Some people the same people. - time the extra tax could 30 get id of this que, be to get rid of tax—maybe easier. And there is the added adnot require the creation of a “whole jon of a single new employe to the state Mr. soundest plan that has a better believe it ought to be

In fact, the idea is thorit is essential, if Congress properly is of controlling and guarding the

: : . "8 simply, that the money-raising and the money-spending committees of Congress get together, early each year, in . an-effort to relate outgo to income. "These committees are to estimate, as nearly as possible, what the government's total revenues will be. - Then they are supposed to try diligently to hold total appropriations within the amount of estimated: revenues. If that proves impossible—if Congress votes to spend more than the government's income—one more step is specified. The members of Congress must, by record vote, say whether they favor balancing the legislative budget by raising taxes or whether they favor borrowing money and increasing the public debt. ' - fw 88." / WE submié that such a system is not meaningless or’ unworkable. No private business could operate successfully without some such method of keeping its financial affairs in order. The spending functions and the taxing functions of Congress must be co-ordinated. The bad habit of voting

The government of the United States, biggest business in the world, is getting bigger and being urged to assume many new responsibilities. Order in its financial affairs is more than ever necessary. . én It is up to Mr. Cannon and his colleagues to give the legislative budget genuine meaning.

Artificial Distinction FROM President Truman's State of the Union message: “We believe that no unfair prejudice or artificial dis- . a job that he

tinction should bar any American from . . is capable of performing.” Mr. Truman was thinking of racial and religious dis: _ crimination; But there is, also, the closed shop. It is an artificial distinction. It does deny equality of opportunity by barring workers from jobs they are capable of performing. For, where the closed shop exists, workers must be union members before they can be employed, and unions ~ pan~—as many do-restrict their membership.

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enough. A far better proposal is the one made by Henry |

with an income of $4000 a year would pay, under this plan, |

‘appropriations without regard to income must be broken.

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"Barton Rees Pogue . A'HAPPY HOME

Homes do not happen by miracle; people have to work for them, sacrifice for them, take time to beautify them. ; People have to put themselves, their hearts,. their souls into them. - : .

who have them,

added to life which can be found nowhere elise. A real home finds each member contributing

A home ought to show that the family members are putting their substance into it. ~~ . A peace and harmony are cultivated, makes spirits to expand in love and and happin RL

ess. It is also a part of Christian duty to main-

tain a home, and make its influence for good felt in the: community. ~PEARL OW AARON, New Castle.

? ® ¢ ¢ ; "LITTLE LIGHT AND LAUGHTER’ Your quick, sunny smile, Your soft, baby curls, Dark eyes that beguile; .How we adore you, * Little Light and Laughter!

Days are made brighter By your tiny presence, Sad hearts are lighter y All because of you.

Radiant and pure, We grow reverent ’ At your secret lure And innocent ways,

Days are not the same,

We're thankful for you, 3 Little Light and Laughter!

weVIVIAN W. PIERSON, Greenfield. 9 »

SPORTSMAN?

Wanta catch a mess of fish, where fishes never quibble? Scion Wanta go where you will get more than just a : nibble? Pap'll take ya! Wanta go to run the dog, huntin’>season’s here? Wanta .find a likely spot, mebbe see a deer? Pap'll take ya! Fishin’, huntin’—that's my man—seen him come

BO; Fishin’ jackie; guns ang shells—always in the (Calendar’s all marked up, with circles big and

Huntin' season’s now--fishin’s comin’ back— Reckon 1 will have to git a pole and can of bait, Unless I wanta stay at home, an’ wait, an’ wait, an’ wait! up rabbits, flush a few ol’ quail, on top a fence rail First thing you know I'll be that good,

MOM'LL TAKE YA! ~LORA LANTZ, Indianapolis. “¢ o> ¢

FOR THE NEW YEAR

* The things I'd like to cultivate - Are the inner graces; a I'd like the smiles to be sincere We show upon our faces,

‘Courage is most admirable, : For security I pine; o Serenity I hope to show, And really make it mine.

Kindness I appreciate, ; In either thought or deed; . But I'd like to be the one That helped some heart in need.

«-MARY A. ARBUCKLE, Elizabethtown. * * o

MORNING ON THE DESERT

It 1s morning on the desert, Above the snow peaks far away; - Mountains tinged with gold and crimson, Lavender and orange. gay.

Purple shadows veil the desert, . Till revealed by sunshine bright, Are gray sagebrush and barrel cactus, Sahuara's flames and yucca white. ~MARTHA C. BISHOP, Indianapolis. " CP

We AGE THREE

An imp with a twinkle In his little brown eye, A gleam of mischief and fun; Pug-nosed, and a grin that Encircles his mouth— ' . <= A trace of some antic he's done.

A flicker of lashes To ‘denote a rare thought, And a glimpse of a trick on me; A licking of fur, Like a satisfied cat, Till I wonder what the joke will be,

Homes have to mean something to people | "The idealist feels that here something is |

~MARY E. AMICK, Columbus.

OUR TOWN . .. By Anton Scherrer |

How a Cane Cost Hoosier $1500

OF ALL the colorful councilmen to serve Indianapolis (including the present set-up), Cal Darnell certainly was the most picturesque of the lot. © : 4; For one thing. he was equipped with legs of different lengths, a curious combination which - enabled hifh to produce some mighty weird effects. He had a trick, for instance, of ordering a drink at a

finally, Indianapolis saloon owners had no alternative but to tend their own bars. Probably because his legs weren't of the same length, Mr. Darnell always went around with a cane. It was a twisted stick of hickory with a handle that looked like an elephant’s head. The cane cost him $1500, he said. It was the gospel truth, as I am prepared to prove toda,

y. ” Seems that back in 1572, Mr. Darnell

tory on the South Side and had a balance of $1500 coming to him. When he went to collect the amount, the factory people asked him to wait a ‘while which, at that time, was a practice as common as it is today.

Gift of 40 Acres :

ONE morning at the breakfast table while reading the paper, Cal's eyes suddenly popped when he came across a real-estate record of the conveyance by the factory people to one Calvin Darnell of 40 acres in Effingham County, Illinois. Upon investigation, he learned that the factory people were financially embarrassed. To protect Mr. Darnell they had given him the Illinois property. It was rich timber land, they That same evening, Mr. Darnell took the

Vandalia for.Effingham, arriving there at mid-

night. He couldn't sleep a wink thinking of the profits to be realized—first of the timber on the land, and then of the land itself. Immediately after breakfast, he hired a rig

and went in search of his newly acquired prop-

erty. By that time he had learned that he was the owner of what was colloquially known as the “Robert’s-land.” He rode through desolate country without the sign of a church or school. The few farm houses had their broken windows stuffed with pillows. Finally he asked a native the whereabout of the Robert's land. The native guessed he could find it for half a dollar. It's a deal, said Cal When they arrived at Robert's land, Mr. Darnéll discovered somewhat to his amazement, that the timber consisted mostly of -serubby jack oak, gnarled, knotty and absolutely fit for nothing. As for the land itself, it was a mucky marsh—as nice a place for snakes, lizards and croaking as could be found anywhere in the Middle West. .

Mr. Darnell was speechless. When ‘he recovered, he expressed a desire to return to his hotel. He was sick, he said. Just before leaving the property, however, he spied a little clump of . He dug up the longest one he could find and, by whittling, discoveréd that it could serve as a cane to get him back to his buggy. . Darnell returned to the hotel, he to the highest bidder. There

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Loud guffaws ‘He kept coming When he offered to sell y for $75, one old codger in the crowd couldn’t give it away as a gift.

Better Than Nothing MR. DARNELL took a walk to cool off. When he returned, the hotelkeeper told him old Silas Moon was waiting to see him. Silas offered to trade his team of mules for the 40. acres. A look at the mules revealed that they weren't any bigger than a pair of Newfoundland dogs. It was better than nothing, however,

mules which had to be satisfied before they could be moved. " Whereupon, Mr. Darnell tried to find old Silas Moon, but he wasn't anywhere around. Finally, Cal satisfied the mule mortgage ($65). By that time, however, the train was already on its way to Indianapolis. Which of course,

left nothing else to do but put the mules ina |

livery stable for the night. Next morning Mr. Darnell paid his livery stable bill ($1) and started with the mules for the depot. While in the act of loading, he was stopped again. This time it was old Silas Moon. He was hopping mad. “Lookee here,” he sputtered, “that land you traded me was sold for taxes last year and your title ain't worth a tinker’s dam. Either you make that title good or I'll have you arrested for swindling."

No Exaggeration . oo . TO MAKE the title good cost Mr. Darnell ‘$75. The transportation of the mules to Indianapolis set him back another $30. Thus far, he had Spent $171.50, not counting his. hotel bill and the railroad fare to and from Effingham. However, it wasn't all loss. When he got home, Mr. Darnell sold the mules to the streetcar company for $100. At that, it represented a deficit of a least $71.50, plus $1500, the balance of his factory contract. - I publish the figures today to show that Cal Darnell wasn’t exaggerating (as councilmen are apt to do) when he said that his hickory cane cost him $1500. Indeed, he underestimated the cost. I never did learn why a cane whittled from a. hickory grown in the swamps of Illinois should have a handle looking like an elephant’s head. :

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* + 0 ‘Ex-Seamen Forgotten’

By Don J. Verhug, 127 Mayfield Ave, N. Grand Rapids, Mich. During the war everyone heard about the Merchant Marine and the wonderful job it was - doing for the war effort. First, quite a bit was heard of practically unarmed ships being sunk with vital cargoes aboard. That ceased to b news, but men were still needed. som When the war was over they brought the boys home. Some of these ex-seamen had good enough jobs aboard ship i

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didn't get the bonus didn't say much just kept paying. . Today they have a new twist. It seems that the 80th Congress forgot them again when they passed the draft act. They didn’t say one thing about the heroic men who sailed the ships that brought the supplies. The Government worries about the Merchant fleet. What about men to sail them in the next war, or are they going to be robot-driven ships with men who can’t drown? : 40

What Others Say—

I WOULD certainly rate the question of a more stable dollar as a No. 1 agricultural problem (for the coming year). Nothing can prevent distress in agriculture if this inflation is followed by a deflation in the historic pattern,

—Allan B. Kline, president, American Farm Bureau Federatibn. Moparts : - * © 9 THE American Communist Party is a sinister apparatus controlled from abroad. It is mostly composed of misguided but intelligent and resourceful zealots who would break the dike of civilization and let barbarism flood the world.—Report of House Labor Subcommittee, released by Rep. Charles J. Kersten (R) of Wisconsin. . * & o

THERE isn’t any chance that thé Republican Party will win either two or four years -from now unless there is a complete reorganization of the national committee and the leadership in Congress.—Sen. Milton R. Young (R) of North Dakota. pe : ® ®

I WOULD not employ a known Communist’ in a responsible position. If that d me dogmatic, doctrinaire and absolutist, I plead guilty on all three counts.—Eriec Johnston, president, Motion Picture i of America.

THERE'S a feeling prevalent among the diplomats and other government officials (of South America) that the Good Neighbor Policy went into discard with the end of the war.— Hugh Baillie, yea ig United Press.

I DON'T think that father really died.—Mrs.

Katsuko Tojo, widow of executed Hideki Tojo, to their children. : .

MEDICAL BILL . . . By James Daniel

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which will handle the bill, believes it will pass,

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by employers and employees. No benefits would go out during the

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Health Plan Pushed

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7—The Truman administration intends ||. to make a fight in this session of Congress for its health insur- |

Sen. Elbert Thomas (D. Utah), chairman of the committee

The opposition will be led by the American Medical Associa- | tion, which is attempting to assess its 140,000 members $25 |

In general, the same people who are covered by the present Social Security plan would be covered by the health insurance program. It would be financed by payroll deductions. Federal Security Administrator Oscar Ewing, who would a payroll deduction beginning at one-half of one per cent on the first $4800 of annual income ‘and rising eventually to three per cent. It would be paid equally

first three years of taxation. Meanwhile out of general revenues Co te $2 billion a year to expand hospitals, laboratories,

AT THE end of this time, workers would get identity cards

as . Ewing advocates paying out of U, 8. tax funds or by levying another one-half

No detalled working plans for national health insurance have been published by Mr, Ewing's agency. Its spokesmen hy changes would be made in the cus

a patient would find out which doctors, hospi to in the system, at fixed fees system or. :

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NORWEGIAN LABOR . . . By Fred W. Perkins

Part of Cold War

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7<“We,” says Haakon Lie, chairman of a Norwegian labor delegation. now getting a close-up of this

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Norwegian organizations, are guests here of the Economic Co-dperation Administration. ‘There are two purposes: First, to show them something of American industry which they can take back to

methods; second, to let them contrast

production American living conditions with those of Russia, which is spread-

in Norway.

propaganda ‘ i “If you have any doubts that Norway is a vital spot in the cold war,” says Mr. Lie, “look at the map.

States, its democratic institutions and its labor movement.™

Same Old Story

. propaganda | workers, he sald, was the “same old story told everywhere about American imperialism, Wall Street and the markets, and that we are going to be the victims. Some believe it, some don't.” 7 : A similar’ Norwegian delegation recently visited Russia; as

line used on Norway's industrial trying to conquer the world

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