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- MARCH 15 used to be a day of anguish for alpay-

ers offederal i income taxes.. : %

elves withheld too oT it's a , day when thy can claiin refunds from the government. : That must seem like getting sometii for nothing? Actually, though, such taxpayers are only recovering

_partoof their own money. : © Costs of our federal, state and local governments now

total nearly one-fourth of the national income. So taxes take about one of every four dollars earned by the average

American.

HOWEVER, a huge share of our tax bills is hidden in

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“the prices we pay for homes, food, clothing, cars, furniture,

travel, amusements and practically ev erything else we buy.

The federal income tax, at least, used to be plainly visWhether we paid it in-full on Mar. 15, or in four in-

ing from our cash. a But no: longer. “Withholding” has made the income tax on wages and salaries indirect, invisible and comparatively painless. A man earning $75 a week, for example, never sees that part of his money which goes for federal income and Social Security taxes. If he stops to think that he's getting a good deal less than he earns, he's likely to blame his boss

instead of the government. : ” » s s . »

JAMES F. BYRNES, former Senator, Supreme Court Justice, Secretary of State and Roosevelt New Dealer, urges

—pepeal-of-employer—* “eeithholding:™ He betieves-all shoutd pay income taxes direet-to the government-again:- =

His idea is sound. It would make us all more tax-and-spend conscious—more keenly aware that government ex-

_travagance and waste take eash out of our personal pockets.

But the taxers and spenders have grown so power ful

“that they're not likely to give up their advantage derived “from compelling employers to be tax collectors.

» ” - » . ” NEXT best thing would be for all employers to do what some already a are doing—spell out the withholdings in clear Each week, for instance, tell that $75-a-week man (with wife and two children) :

$1.13 more for Social Security tax. The total taxes withheld from your pay in a year will be $227--§182 for income tax and $45 for Social Security.”

‘Divine Guidance’ Week

THE American Legion launched here yesterday a nation-

wide movement to observe during the week of Apr. 16 a revival of “Divine Guidance” for a spiritual awakening to meet the “perils of a superatomic age.’ The philosophy behind the advancement of harmony in all human relationships is rooted deeply in the inspirations

of spiritual well-being. It is the foundation on which civiliza-— “~~

tion must build resistance to intolerance, prejudice and the greed and selfishness that have caused much of the world’s troubles. today. ,

=. 2 . w » . NOT all the people agree on the methods and routes to achieve spiritual peace of mind for the brotherhood of man. But by whatever faith or by whatever creed, any resulting mass revival of spiritual values for a better understanding of mankind's conflicts is sorely needed in the world today. The American Legion's program to inspire Americans and the rest of the world to broader and more co-operative attitudes in solving human differences is a worthwhile movement. ;

Ie to Gas Men "PONENTS..of. proposed. amendments to-the- Federal-

Actions Pushed

«the legal

1. the P te Will Fina Thoh fie San : Wine Aoht and unis made to.

ie You earned $75. this week. You.get.only $70.37. That's beacause $3.50 has “been held out for federal incoine tax and _

_ Rulings Will Be. Sought;

New Legislation Proposed -

WASHINGTON, Mar. 9-Weeks will be re-

‘quired to replenish the nation’s coal supplies,

and more weéks will. be used in clearing away -underbrush--court actions and proposed legisiation—Ileft by the big coal strike. Government officials show a disposition fot

-to stir up more trouble with the United Mine “Workers, and possibly impede a return to full *

production, but it appears that efforts will be push at Jeast- two court procesdings to a conclusion, One is an appeal fron the decision of Fed-

" eral Judge Richmond B. Keech that the miners’

union did not commit contempt of court by

& the strike beyond Feb. 11; when he issued an anti-strike injunction | under the Tag:

By Act.

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43 Nes , burt ‘of Avera on his plea “that tHe unign hould have been held guilty of civil contemipt. He stated that there should be a cléar judgment on the question of whether or nof a labor union is responsible for the mass action of its members,

Unfair Practices ANOTHER action against the miners’ union

that government officials say will be. carried to a conclusion is the finding of Judge Keech

5 that certain demands pressed by John L. Lewis,

union president, probably were unfair labor practices. These included demands for a “union shop” without: complying with Taft-Hartley Act requirements, and for continuation of the “able and willing” clause, which was dropped from the new contract. Another item is the operation of the union’'swelfare and retirement fund. Some legal authorities contend that- the union-shop-and web — fare fund clauses. in .the new contract will con--flict ‘with the law, Judge Keech forbade the union to strike for enforcement of these demands, as result of an injunction action filed by Robert N. Denham, general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board. The next step is for Mr. Denham to carry the case trough the processes of this board. ia

Many Lawsuits

OTHER pending legal actions against the miners’ union include a large number filed by private individuals and concerns. One is a suit by George Livengood, a former miner of near Uniontown, Pa., demanding an accounting of expenditures under the welfare fund. In Ohio a dozen or more damage suits, askom Willli6h& oT dollars, are pending against the

miners’ union. They were-brought-by coal com=—

panies under the Valentine Act. known as the’ state anti-trust law, and allege that the three-

_day week constituted a conspiracy in restraint

of trade.

Signing of the new contract brought reports :

of an understanding that these sults would be - dropped, but nothing official is known here on that subject.

Legislation Proposed

IN Congress some legislative proposals connected with the strike will be tabled, but efforts

il be made to push others,

Chances seem good for Congress ‘to authorize an official study of all the major problems economic as well as labor—affecting the coal industry.

Chances seem, not $0. good for the proposal... “of “Ben, A. Willis Robertson (D. Va.) to make

big labor unions subject, like corporations, 3 the federal anti- trust laws,

MY ROOM

This is the room where I come to write, Often I'm ap in the middle of night, Alone with thoughts that come to me, Catching their trend before they flee,

This is the room where I come to pray, Mostly by night but often by day, Telling my Lord my sorrow and cheer, (Asking forgiveness sometimes here.

This is the room where I come alone, Here I am ruler of my throne, * And ever each night the walls have kept, Watch o'er my dreaming, as I slept. —Opal McGuire, 814 Broadway

BABY'S WORDS

Oh, baby lips and baby eyes That laugh and dance with glee, And -lisping sounds I do not know Say foreign words to me.

I'm sure you know the songs Jou sing Your eyes dance Lo their tune, And perhaps you think me .a dunce “To not join in the crooning.

When every night you tuck away Your baby doll to sleep, ‘I cannot sing: the songs buf still Their sweetness 1 will keep. —Opal McGuire, 814 Broadw ay

NAVAL MANEUVERS . . . By Jim G.

FOREIGN POLICY .

I wit L3vRTY

. By Peter Edson’

"New Peace Approach to Russia?

WASHINGTON, Mar. 9-—-Most of the people who are agitating the loudest for a new peace ~approach to thé Russians seem to be fresh-

starters on this most important problem of in— we

ternational control of atomic weapons. i They may not have reviewed the history of past negotiations. Or they may not have ¥At down and thought through what new plan they

might propose to the Russians, even if a conference could.be arranged.” Ry In other words, the present deriands. for a

new meeting between President Truman and Premier Stalin, or whoever might negotiate, are largely an emotional reaction. The President calls. them-high -drama--and showmanship: A more sincere appraisal might be that hy are prompted by fear and desperation. Anyone who starts to negotiate in such frames of mind is licked before he starts. j For the experience of every American diplomat, business or military man who has dealt with the Russians proves that the men from Moscow always know exactly what they want before they begin to bargain. And they never take anything else.

Not Realistic

SO until somebody comes up with a new plan for international control of atomic bombs better than the Lilienthal and Baruch plans now _ before the United Nations—there may be no use considering a new conference, Any idea that a couple of Americans and Russians—no matter how. well. intentioned—eould “work something out” with no other inspiration than a couple of good .U, 8, cigars; vodka and Volga branch water, is somewhat unrealistic. The background of international control of atomic energy has been reviewed many times since 1946. But it is necessary to go back over the ground again if there is to be proper understanding of what this talk of a new Russian conference is all about. In fact, it would do no harm State Dean Acheson to re-review what's involved, Any fnternational atomic control plan must

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start ‘with two basic. assumptions. One {s that

atomic energy will have great peacetime uses. The other is that there can be effective interna-

SIDE GLANCES

Lucas

Sea Defense Gains

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Mar. 9—It's been a

Uncle Sam's anti-submarine sailors have looked. as.good. as.they ... “have in the last few days of Operation Portrex here in the .

long time since -

for President Truman or Secretary of

tional inspection to prevent missuse of atomic | energy for military purposes. -On—the—first assumption, it" “must . Te. "membered that the United States is at least 100 years ahead of Russia on industrial developent. If Russia is to. jump immediately into the “atomic age, it ‘would mean skipping the waterpower, steam and electrical energy development through which the United States has passed. -

Red Policy

“ON the matter of inspection, the Russian . government would have to give up its fundamental policy of allowing no foreigners freedom of movement within its borders, if the inspec~ tion is to be made effective. It is becaiise of this... ““that the .Russian plan for control of atomic energy has been limited to perodic inspection, at designated places, of only the declarations of each country.

What this means is that only at specified

times—every three or six mronthssthere would be an international inspection of the production records of each country. Only the books would be subject to inspection—=not the plants. Russian ‘declarations of what they were doing would have to be accepted at face value. For these reasons, the United States gave up thé idea of an atomic energy inspection. The United States proposed instead an international authority .to control all atomic energy develop“Internationalization” would appeal Russians. But they turned it down, too.

Plan Rejected

THE advantages claimed for this international authority type of control are that it would permit the American members of the authority, for example, to detect when Russia or any other “country might be diverting its atomic energy . materials for military purpose. The same thing would be true for the Russians, with respect to -the U. 8. But the Russians have rejected even this ‘plan. Any compromise is of course out of thé question. It would merely mean that the [J. 8. would lay all its cards on the table, while the Russians showed nothihg. So where does this leave the advocates of a new approach?

to the

de mat aw with 4" word hat you si tt xvi defend to. the death your git’ Yo, uey [A

Yes, the coal miners of thisfoountry- always need a good contract. The writer, who worked - in the coal mines for more than 20 years until

_he was permanently disabled by a fall.of slate -

: ‘care “tions the miners work under, or how they. and

EP stat tl wake Teed. a contract with their employers—for their cwn protection as well as that of thelr families: The writer remembers the years he worked

__before the minerd were organized—<when he

@ ReoiT + > age

worked for 40 cents a day. I remember whén we on cornbread and water in pooriy vene tilated’ ‘mines, in powder and dynamite Smoke, and all forms of gases. One reason that some people lambast the

Another reason—they do

their families live. These are the ones that ery the most for coal, coal that has been drenthed with the bloodrand sweat of men—men who are now dead and thousands the same as I, who never ‘will be able to toil for thetr loved ones any more at a living wage. “These same miners were once slaves of the

‘operators, but, thanks to John L. Lewis and

Franklin D. Roosevelt, these same men never will work again without a contract. T have given you just a small portion of the miners’ side and it is not a hright one at all.

Opposes New Coin Bill By Sema Isbell, Greencastle, Ind.

The people of Oklahoma City were recently terrified by a vicious animal running wild. I am going to tell you about a mammal called the

“elephant” now on a rampage to step on the

poeketbooks of the public. “This “elephant” is a bill to get the govern ment to coin 7- and 7%-cent pieces which will eventually take the place of the 5-cent piece, It is supported by all profiteers who claim it will prevent price boosts from 5 to 10 cents which would be protested vigorously by the public. Are we gullible enough to let them get away with this?

It would affect all things dear to kids such

as popcorn, candy, lollipops and newspapers that are bought on the streets . Noi is the time to protest for there is never any retraction once established.

‘Not a Public Park’

By Clara Cheadle, 620 Division St. City

city. The first improvements there sang a “wel come” song to our visitors—the rustic foot - bridges. the stone seats, @he steps on the hill. side, the trout pool, and all the planning of the high ground. Now there is such an attitude of ~“hands off” that it is not a resort for plain people who like to-stroll-in the woods. The trout pool is a cesspool. One must not step beyond the confines of the gravel path or pick one of the million wild. flowers, For the sake of botanists, one trail could be marked and excluded for rare specimens, ‘Hut the entire 80 acres is too much space for such projects and requires too much physical exer

“tion for visitors who are interested in them.’

Si Sm me pe

on 1950 platform.

Summer is coming. Will we have a park of a classroom? .

*Winners-in- Coal- Strike’

By Jeanne Seymour

The editorial in The Times, “Who Won?" was interesting to read. It was a question and

1 would like to answer it by saying the ones

that agreed to the wage raise are the winners. True, they did not win in money, but they won

in the true spirit of brotherly love for others.

‘They won for the sake of those who could not help themselves. They won for the sake of

consumers, both industrial and home consump-

tion. They won for the sake of the future, the school children. They won to still hold forth the Constitution of our United States.

What Others Say .

THE President could stop the (potato sure

plus) situation by cutting off these Canadian imports, which he has the authority to do.— Sen. Owen Brewster (R. Me.).

THE Army is on the upswing and we must keep it at this level so that if we ever do have to fight again we will be ready.-—-Army Chief of Staff J. Lawton Collins.

BOB (Topping) and I have had our fill of night clubs. We enjoy staying at home. It

,Sounds dull, but it isn’t.—Actress Lana Turner,

WE can’t have enough stuff in every area fa defend that area.—Adm. Forrest Pp. Sherman, chief of naval operations. -

+ THERE is great hope for the , Republican Party. -- Sen. George W.

By Galbraith RED MENTALITY . . . By Bruce Biossat

Poisoned Minds

{ « .:» WASHINGTON, Mar. 9—We people of the democratic world... —pgy be Surprised to learn that, even though most of us any ..Commynists, we. afien. are. a quite-decent: BO A

Malone (R. Nev.)

Holiday Way 8 “wonderful “gitt to our falf |

Ins

lt ge sleep up yi and | on s¢ like cnflgo8

amendménts, we suggest the gas men are going at it the hard way. Let them study what the Agr iculture Depart‘mént is doing and get a law requiring the government to buy up their gas and store it somewhere. That will take it off the market much faster than any private enterprise shenanigans. And one nice thing about gas: Unlike eggs, butter and Potatoes, it doesn’t spoil and stink up the place. : But it will explode.” The government would have to be

: \ pretty careful about that. we'll } give you six _te five and

take your choice.

Why Miners Lote: Jobs i ADD to the mounting. pile of evidence that strikes can never solve- this country’s coal-problem, the following

United. ‘Press dispatch from Omaha, Neb.:

“The Union Pacific Railroad announces that it will continue to burn oil in locomotives converted during the recent coal strike. President A. E. d the road Bas converted about 50 coak burning losomotives to ll sites

before their underwater attackers could be located, Few

‘if any submarines were lost in

the process, 5 At the start, Operation Portrex seemed destined to be a dismal repetition of what had gone before. Convoys set out from the East Coast to launch an invasion of Vieques Island, supposedly held by an aggressor, six miles off the east coast of Puerto Rico. . - » > THE convoys were harried from the start. and rough -seas favored the aggressor's submarine fleets. The fast convoy ships which

"could “steam at -15 Knots or _better faréd fairly well. put the : slower LSTs and LClIs, those - ¢

essential supply ships without which no invasion. can be launched, were riddled. Every

night, saw the loss of five to ..

~ 10. additional ships. o : At the start we lost about three ships for ‘every sub EATING UL Wl Gf 66, Now

Bad weathér

The handling of Senor and other detection devices has im-

proved considefebly in the past :

range. bomber, the Lockheed

PSV Neptune, has proved un-

usually effective. In fairness to the submarines the experts concede that Operation Portrex is being fought out on a timetable which all but nullifies the advantage of the Snorkel.

The Snorkel is designed to

‘permit submarines to remain

. below the surface for days ata’

time and wait for their prey. Sl u NDERSEA warfare con inning -bdttle, a campaign

_ of wttrition to eat' away the : enemy's sea power. In Portrex. however, the war must end by

tomorrow. Thus submarines

‘mist ‘be constantly on the

_move In order to 4 heir

31 OPM. 4900 BY NEA SERVICE. SU. T. WL MID. 8. & PAT. OFF. _ may sound. like a silly question to ask a- father-in-law, but * how long did it take you to break your wife of hanging stockings all over the bathroom to dry?”

“It

hey've taken a number of unnecessary Chances, “gambles aged. Their equipment. and they wouldnt have made in ac- their mén_ have ‘hown up well, tual war. They've done it, they” It's been a lohg hard pull, but say. to give ‘they're convinced that Uncle

: submarine ‘men are Sheour=

: theis_srews- max. mum training Gnder simulated . Sam's anti-submarine defenses

stood them and their thinking.

And presumably all of them

were governed by a deep ate tachment to Russia, the Communist Fatherland. T ~ Gradually, however, Dr, Fuchs rose in prominence as a scientist. Soon he found him-

‘Despite the fact that he was now working for the government, Dr. Fuchs still felt a primary loyalty to the political creed he shared with his first British friends. And hence he

"to on to Russia,” * Red PFaiteriand, “the

convinced himself It was THIS bs a 3

propaga pa ‘the deceitful ideology of total be tarian communism;

BUT Dr. Fuchs said he did not understand the sources of that assurance and that drive, More amazing still; he didn’t think the Britishers at Harwell. knew the sources thems selves. : | + What a startling confession of the bankruptcy of the Communist imagination. Dr. Fuchs could hardly accept the fact that anyone not a Communist could be a decent individual, And his mind rejected entirely the idea that the motives could be understood sither fi him or them,

example of what-happens to a “mind thor- 2

It makes for a mental isola:

vatural G Gas Act of 1938 charge that the purpose | is to. Caribbean: ET em ATS 2 This comfort comes to us from Dr. Klaus Fuchs, British 3 Th natural gas “prices in some areas. No one is bold enough to claim that our anti-submarine scientist recently sentenced to 14 years’ Anprisument for: handing i 8. : Unless the natural gas folks are a cut or so above. the defenders. have. won .or. even..that. they've - come close; ~but- atomic secrets to the Russians. Don i fommon run, their or ities could he rig ht. or ey a tide Be the . box scores show we're AN Over the years much has They were. solid Britishers, i ur . ‘Fo e p Sar or (DURES FRI 3 : ) j John L. Lewis has been driving customers away from’ {vention of post-war Guppies ~~ Sinking’ one submarine . for a _been written about the strange more or less content with their. coal for years. Those who could get gas have been switch- » ‘and Snorkels, our anti-sub-. every surface vessel knocked LAN : “nature of the ‘Communist lot, earnestly doing their jobs, ) ing to it. . To, marine huntep-Killer groups oy e on iis what x WE mentality, particularly. as it They didn’t talk of overthrow : 4 APR QF ‘hat's _subste ¢ v . 3 . . are [fighting an ~ underseas the ey hii loxt in the . % TT) shows itself in the Soviet IN8 the government, LL A large incréase in gas price would, we suppose, chase ‘war’ on even terms. At least the German navy O% Wn G10 fz dine’ Hn - Tha b ome AS HiME WERE on DI. Fuchs —— SOme-Lenius need that's heen. the storv..of-the 8 . £4 ¢ a AL iat : these same customers. over.to-oil-until-s genius-figured maneuvers since Sunday morn- 11. The experts say it is an $ ¢ said matches Dr. Fuch’s formal grew 10. adidire these people, - ¢ day aly oo ) o. ) . e concluded, almost relucta way to triple oil prices. . ing. ynusuaily high rele of ath N spy ‘confession In providing antly and with evident astonWhich would leave the ultimate consumer with a choice = = . . oz the poles few rao could NX real insight into this mentality, = ishment, that they were decent ; among hay, sticks and the dining room furniture as fuel n A YEAR 3 it, wouldnt : Cs = I Jolk. He found TY Sd a ( ave en 831 . - 8 8 . m assuran ® for the furnaces. Pave taken a terrific toll in an THE secret of our anti-sub- DR. FUCHS said that when gome kind Ee a, . nw “a wow previous post-World War II frative Sicoiss Hemiains Jui he Jame to Britain from Gef- gpring that fed their Tiving i s tas + ers. Entire fleets hav at—a secre tit the experts many he fell in naturally with IF A HIGH price actually is the aim’ of the aforesaid . maneuvers. Entire fleets Wave grog ‘that some of it comes iti Bourd ly NIN: energies, : been theoretically: destroyed Fw from experience. were his friends; he under-