Syracuse-Wawasee Journal, Volume 44, Number 17, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 11 February 1949 — Page 6

REPIIBIJCAN GAME WARDENS ARE FIRED Indianapolis. Feb. 1. —"I* the third Astep in the Schricker conservation department plan the freezing of Democrat job holders into jobs vacated by Republicans’" This question was asked today by y. Clark Springer. Republican State Chairman. "Under the policy of "to the victor belongs the spoils”, wholesale evacuation of more than three seore of Republican game wardens has already been accomplished in the name of purported efficiency with loud disclaimers that politics has anything to do with It”. Springer said. "In the next stop, after these jobs are filled with Democrats, the setting up of a so-called merit system to freeze Democrats in these positions?” asked Springer. Already a bill of goods is in process of attempted selling, according to Springer. "Under the guise of a merit system which will be Instituted at some future time". Mr. Springer said, “the Democrat high command seeks to make things look better by retaining a handful of Republicans—a half dozen or so while searching for "deserving I'’ 1 '’ Democrats to fill the great bulk of vacancies resulting from the firing of Republicans, claiming all the while that efficiency and not politics is Involved. "That is the patronage system. That is politics And that is what the Democrat platform and Governor Schricker said they were against,” Springer concluded. z

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ON MAKING PROMISES To Indiana Democratic politicians it is a long, long time from June to January. Last June when the Democrats wrote their party platform they promised great economies in government and reduced taxes. They promised to repeal the cigarette tax. eliminate the 15-cent state property tax and reduce the number of bureaus and commission. They promised no new taxes. Now. in January, it is generally accepted that the regular budget will reach 1200.000,000, which is more than >28,000.000 higher than the 1947-48 budget In addition, special appropriations of 125,000,000 for cities, between >10.000.000 and >20.000,000 for teachers and >150.000.000 for veterans are expected. The cigarette tax not only will be kept, but probably broadened to Include other forms of tobacco. The property tax will stay. Economy has become a forgotten word. And the Governor has proposed that our gross income taxes be doubled. What price promises! The high cost of government was just as obvious to Democratic politicians when they wrote their platform as it was to anybody else who watched state finances. But they chose to ignore the truth and to make promises In June that they knew perfectly well could not be fulfilled tn January. . That platform was pure election bait. It has now gone into the discard. We believe that morality In politics is just as important as morality tn private life. A promise is a promise. Promises should not be made unless those who make them fully Intend to carry them out. We hope the people of Indiana will watch closely the progressive abandonment of the Democratic promises made last June. We hope that tn the future Hoosiers will demand that those they elect to public office will make every effort to redeem the pledges they make during election campaigns. Otherwise political platforms and campaign promises are worthless and the voters should disregard them completely. Lovely new high styled print Stork line dresses at >2.98. Mrs. Wm. G. Connolly. IT IN EVERYONE'S DEBT Members of the Indiana General Assembly are far from agreement on financing the veteran's bonus. Some legislators want cigarette smokers to pay the bill, some want cigar smokers, beer drinkers, tavern patrons and gamblers to reward the veteran tor his service to the state of Indiana. Most every special interest group wants somebody to pay the debt which the people of Indiana voted should be paid. Os course the Democratic legislators are in a bad spot. Their platform stated that they would follow the wishes of the people on the payment of a bonus. But it also said that Democrats would not pass a sales tax. The voters chose the sales tax method of payment so the Democrats have to break a platform promise whatever they do. A sales tax. however, still seems to be the logical and fair way of distributing the burden of the bonus payment. The people did vote for it. A sales tax gives everyone in the state an opportunity to pay his share of the debt approved by the voter*. No special group is favored or hit hard by a sales tax. particular? if food is exempted. The three big drains on the average worker’s income are Federal. state and local taxes, which take roughly 30 per cent of his income, food which takes about 25 per cent of his income, and rent which takes from 15 to 20 per cent. A sales tax which does not Include these item* is not likely to hit the. low-income worker any harder than anybody else. At least nobody yet ha* come up with any clear evidence that it will. A veteran'* bonus should be paid by every citlsen. Every one of us received benefit* from veterans’ service*. Everyone owe* a proportionate debt. The sales tax fulfill* these requirement* better than any other method that has ye been suggested. The voters seem to realise this fact. Why do not the legislators?—The Indianapolis Star.

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WAWA-KEECH NOTES ’ Mr. and Mrs. Max Becknell and others surprised Bill Hare on his 27th birthday and gave him a dandy party, at the Forest Galloways. Mrs. Becknell stayed past the week-end for a few days visit. Vivian (Mrs. William) Kern with little Sandra, and new baby Roger Allen, 3 weeks old. were recent guests of the Bill Hare family. Mock's Landing: Mrs. E. R. Ingalls is in Chicago, a few days visiting her daughter, Mrs. Frank Brown and family. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Tytler. of Cleveland, 0., spent the week-end with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Mock. Kale Island: Ricky King, the small son of Dick and Joan King, is just getting over a siege of chicken pox and bronchitis. G-us Panagos is home from a month’s vacation in Arizona. Pleasant Grove. Rainey’s Crt: Mrs. Sam Houser and Ruth Houser. went to South Bend, Saturday for a check-up of Ruth’s December tonsilectomy and a sinus infection. Reports at above part of Lake Wawasee are good fishing, especially large Perch. Johnson’s Bay: Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Pike were hosts recently to their son, Leonard and family and daughter, Beverly and family. A Cromwell fisherman, Braden Hadley, really caught a 14-lb.

Pike and a 16-lb. Pike in Johnson’s Bay this past week. A recent fishing party from Cedar Point, including Mr. Van Aman, of the “Guide Store” formerly Runges’ started out for more such pike. One of the party indicated he would go right down through the ice after it. if he thought he had snagged a big one. There is plenty of electric power and lights now in the community near Smitty’s Boat Place, but a few years ago Forest Smith supplied five families and their eight buildings with power and light by working his power generator from his garage. Now if that same community had telephones.

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