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cinity: Partly cloudy tonight and
Thursday; warmer Thursday.
Highest temp, for any Oct. 96
Lowest temp, for any Oct 22
Highest temp, yesterday 61
Lowest temp, last night 45
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Precipitation from Oct. 1 1.44
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In the Day's News
t Continued Horn page I)
will WIN. All we don't know Is
WHEN. . . :
NO loss of life can be light to
those who suffer it, but in
the broad picture, balancing our
losses against the Japs losses,
they were amazingly small
leaving us free to go after the
Jap for the kill. ,' .
The Jap navy was at least half
destroyed in the Philippines bat
tle and ours was larger to be
gin with. Jn addition, the British
announced some time ago that
Ihey were sending to the Pacific
a fleet capable in ilself of faking
on the WHOLE JAP KLEET.
That will mean inevitably that
In Ihn nnf ton distant future the
Japs are going to lose their
WHOLE ISLAND EMPIRE, with
its priceless (to them) stoics of
war-vital materials, and be driven
back to the Asiatic mainland
in time to their own poverty
stricken mainland.
Your map, If you will study It,
will tell you the story.
WHAT everybody wants to
know, of course, is WHEN
we will win. The reason Hint
question can't be answered lies
largely In the JAP MIND which
is peculiar and according to mod
ern standards not entirely human.
As a part of the Navy day ob
servances, one of our lop officers
In our supply service in the Pa
cific told of his personal observa
tions in the course of a recent
tour of the Jap war areas. He
said that many, possibly even
MOST, of the captured Jap pri
vate soldiers believed al the lime
of their capture (some of them
can't bo convinced to ttie con
trary, .he added) that they are
fighting on UNITED STATES
SOIL.
Most of these deluded little
yellow men, he said, thought
they were fighting in TEXAS.
Others were certain they were in
California!
When wo remember that we
are dealing with minds capable
of such complete indoctrination
as that, it becomes evident that
we can't answer definitely ,1 lie
question as to when the Pacific
war will end.
TO some extenl, we face thi
same problem of indoetrina
tion In EuroH'. Most reports I
agree that the OI.DEIt Germans,
are convinced lliat they have lost
the war and would like to quit j
mid get out SOMEWAY. But the
fanatical Hitler youth seems still
leady to fighl to the death.
Indoctrination is a dangerous
weapon In t In- hands of men such
as Hillcr and the militarists who
rule Japan.
JECAI.L of General Stilwell
from the V. S command In
China is puzzling. We outsiders
don't know enough about China
to reach intelligent conclusions.
We'll Just have to wail and see.
, It is quite evident, however,
that all Isn't sweetness and light
in China. There are troubles
there. And FACTIONS. There
are the communists of northern
China. There are still war lord
mopiM
THE TOWNSEND MEASURE
By Charles
THE most controversial and in our opinion, most dangerous
measure appearing upon the Nov. 7th election ballot is
the so-called "Little Townsend" amendment. Under the
title "Constitutional Amendment Providing- Monthly An
nuities From a Gross Income Tax," this measure would im
pose a tax ranging from 3 to 5 per cent on all forms of income
to raise funds to pay ?(i0 per month to every person GO years
of age or older who ceased profitable labor, regardless of
whether the annuitant needed financial assistance.
'The measure is controversial only in the fact that a
great number of deserving, elderly people are seeking by
this means to provide old-age security and are fervently
working for its passage. Few of these people are econom
ists. They fail to realize the disastrous effects upon our
tax system and state economy which a gross income tax of
the type proposed would produce.
We could fill several entire editions of a newspaper with
arguments for and against this measure, but we believe a
brief discussion of the gross income tax feature should be
sufficient to expose the peril inherent in the proposed
amendment.
Remember that this is a tax on GROSS, not NET, incomes.
It is important that this fact be thoroughly understood.
Furthermore this GROSS income tax would be IN ADDI
TION to all other taxes. In other words, if you are a wage
earner you would pay from $30 to $50 annually on each
$1,000 of your income, in ADDITION to all other taxes.
You would be permitted no deductions. PAYMENTS
WOULD BE REQUIRED MONTHLY.
Townsendites point out that 3 to 5 per cent is not a great!
deal to pay for old-age security. That would be true if thej
tax did not exceed such amount. But let's consider a fewl
samples of how this gross income tax would operate.
Take the case of a Douglas county sheep grower who sells
his wool to a buyer. The grower pays 3 per cent on the total
amount he receives from sale of his wool no deductions.
The buyer sell to a carder and
carder sells to the textile mill more tax. The textile mill
sells to a tailor who makes a suit of clothes 3 per cent.
The tailor sells to a wholesaler 3 per cent. The wholesaler
sells to a retailer 3 per cent. The retailer sells the suit
and pays another tax. The suit of clothes is bought by a
consumer who already has had 3 per cent deducted from
his wages. Eight transactions are involved, each carrying a
tax of 3 per cent. The accumulated taxes would be added to
the cost of the garment and would be paid by the consumer.
What chance would our farmers have in competition
against growers in Idaho, for instance, where no such tax!
would be applied? A suit manufactured in Idaho could be!
shipped into Oregon and sold without tax additions. What!
would that do to our wool and textile industry?
Let's take, as another example, the case of a grocery store, j
'This store, Mve will assume, does a gross business of
$50,000. The grocers "mark-up" the difference between'
what he pays for the merchandise and the price for which I
he sells it we will assume to be 15 per cent. Out of this!
15 per cent at least 5 per cent will be for overhead, the cost
of operating his business. Ten per cent is NET profit. But1
the grocer docs not pay on NET profit. He must pay his'
o per cent, or $l,u00, on his GROSS income of $50,000.
Therefore he is paying a lax, not of 3 per cent but of 30 per
cent. This cost would be passed cm to the consumers, wlio
already would have paid a 3 per cent tax on their income's.
The gross income feature of this proposal would also be
most unfair in the case of a "one-crop" farmer.
Consider, as an example, the case of a grow er who pro
duces nothing but turkeys, lie works all year, buying feed,
meeting the uornuil running expenses of his farm; every-1
thing going out, nothing coming in. Then, at Christmas!
time, he yells his turkeys. His tax would be three per cent I
of his GltOSS sale. There would be no credit for his ex-1
penses, operating costs, etc.. It is entirely possible, if tur-i
key prices were low, that he would have receipts of barely!
more than his costs, lie might even show a loss, as turkey i
farmers well know happens occasionall v. But he'
would still be subject to a tax
amount of his sale.
This is a "tax of three per
come ol EVERY PERSON. FIRM, ASSOCIATION, CO-i
PARTNERSHIP, OR CORPORATION' (the capitals are our!
own) residing or doing business in Oregon." Fraternal,!
religious and charitable institutions are exeinnt '
The "Little Townsend" measure provides more than sim
ply a GROSS income tax. It is a PYRAMIDING tax.
Townsendites are failing to realize that "all is not gold
that glitters." The $(i0 monthly Ihey would receive would
do them little more good than the meager old age benefits
now I'ninislioil. when tbev li.ul I.. nn- Hi.. ;,,n..i...i i ..r
" ... ' -..v.
men n.tuuise wiucn passage ol
Oregon is preparing to make strong efforts to secure
industrial expansion in the
lowusond" measure would nut
dustry, but would chase out of
operating.
This assertion, of course, is
the measure, who claim tl
must be spent within thi
spent within the month in which it is received
w Otllll
timulate industry. Hut
l)V
money. During periods
death while loaded down with
I he "Little lownsend measure should
phalic "NO!"
problem-, Chin,! ISN'T a democ
racy, as we understand the term
She mi) Im- someday, but not
yet.
It seems lauly clear that Slit
well's recall is nol a personal de
motion for him. We'll probably
give him another and BIGER
job. Apparently, he just reached
the end of his logic in China.
IN Kurope. at the moment, we're
I wnouy engaged in mopping tipujun nt seem lo oe malting prog
V. Stanton
pays another 3 per cent. The
of three per cent on Hie total
centum of all of the gross in
... ...... '
this measure would produce.!
postwar period. The "Lilt!
.10
only scare off
any new in-
the state the
denied by Hi
iudustries now
is denial by t ho proponents of
provision thai the $00 annuity
wealth cannot be iiii:kiii-,iI
of inflation neoule st.-n-ve t,,
worthless money.
receive an em-1
! and getting ready lor somclhing
! bigger. This yoes for us and the
! British, in the west, and for the
i Russians in the easl. i
j Wo and the British are clean-j
log the Hermans out of south- j
I west Holland, clearing the way!
lo undisputed possession ami use
by us of the great iort of Ant-;
wcrp and other important Dutch ,
pons, perhaps clear up to Rotter-1
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; slow ly across Hungary. Kar up in
I the Arctic, they are cleaning up
Noi w ay.
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State Pre Comment
First in Philippines
(Salem Statesman!
The old Oregon Second infan
try was first ashore in the con
quest of the Philippines in 1S98.
So it is quite fiting that the 96th
division, activated and trained at
Camp Adair, Ore., should be first
to leap from the landing barges
In the reconquest of the islands.
The division is commanded by
Maj. Hen. James L. Bradley,
whose cordiality made him a
great favorite during the time the
division was here for training.
After tile-central Oregon maneu
vers in 1943, it was stationed for
a time at Camp White to round
out its training. The division was
composed chiefly of men from the
east and south who complained
a good deal about the wet winter
of 1942-43. They are doing the
job they were organized for, and
without doubt will do a thorough
job.
Evidently the 41st division, the
northwest's own outfit, which
spearheaded many an attack for
MacArthur from New Guinea to
Biak, was not in this first strike
at the Philippines. Its men are
seasoned Jap fighters now, so the
Japs refer to them as the 41st
division "butchers." They will
come in slugging when they arc
needed and may be in reserve for
later operations on Luzon and
Mindanao.
Not only because of its position
on the Pacific is Oregon interest
ed in this invasion of the Philip
pines. Tbe state's interest is en
hanced because of the part its
regiment played in the capture of
Muni la and the suppressing of the
Philippine insurrection. And It is
quickened now by the news that
the 9b"th 's taking part in the
landings on Loyte island.
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LETTERS
to the Editor
"OUGHT YEAR CITED IN
DEMISE OF PRESIDENTS
News-Review:
So many people seem to have
the fear that if President Roose
velt is re-elected he will not live
through the term. And I have
been wondering if that fear com
es from the condition of his
health, or . from the old rumor
that a president elected in the
"aught" year never lived his term
out.
William H. Harrison was elect
ed president in 1840, and died on
Apr. 4, 1840, just one month after
he was inaugurated.
Our next president to be elect
ed in the aught year was our dear
Lincoln. He was elected in I860.
And served four years and re
elected in 1864. He was shot and
killed on Apr. 14, 1865, so he was
our only president to live his
term out. after being elected in
the aught year. Others .were not
so fortunate.
James A. Garfield was elected
president in 1880. and on July 2,
1881. he was fatally shot.
William McKinley was re-elected
in 1900, was shot Sept. 6, 1901,
and died Sept. 14, 1901.
Warren G. Harding was elect
ed president in 1920 and died Aug.
2. 1923 at San Francisco, Calif.
So. cheer up. you democrats;
maybe Roosevelt will be lucky.
He "himself" shortened his term
by having inauguration on Jan.
20. but it is my opinion he did
that because inauguration day.
Mar. 4, fell on Sunday, and he did
not want to be out of the presi
dent's chair until Mar. 5.
Frankly, I hope Dewey beats
him.
Sincerely,
MRS. JOHN HULSEBUS
Melrose St. Roseburg.
Choice of 2 Roads Open
To Vpters, Snell Says
PORTLAND. Nov. 1 (API
Hov. Snell claimed last night that
voters lace "a choice between ex
panded economy, prosperity and
jobs, as represented by'tho repub
licans and regimentation, li-nf-raking
and WPA, as offered in
the democratic program."
Hov. Snell. addressing a slate
wide radio audience on behalf of
the republican ticket, asserted a
G. O. P. victory would assure "full
employment tinder a competitive
free enterprise system."
"The election" of Governors
Dewey and Bricker will be an in
spiration to all phases of the war
effort," he declared.
Native of Douglas County
Passes Away at Ashland
ASHLAXD, Nov. 1 George W.
Jones, 82, retired rancher and res
ilient of Ashland for almost 50
years, died Monday.
He w as born in' Oakland, Ore.
He is survived by two daugh
ters, one granddaughter and a
great-grandson. His wife died in
1!M9. Also surviving are four
hrothers and five sisters. He was
a member of the Baptist church.
Butler was made bv some trib
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wilh milk, tying it to a saddle and
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by way of churning.
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By SUSAN'
Governor Dewey speaks tonight
at 6:30, and there will be several
other speeches tomorrow; but, as
we said some time ago, we'll call
vour attention to the speeches
only when it's one or the other
of the presidential candidates. If
we didn t draw me line some
place, we'd hove nothing else to
tell you. Main Line will be on to
night at 8 and Bulldog Drum
mond at 8:30 and you won't want
to miss either one of them, we
know, especially since a stam
pede of wild horses, an airplane
and an accurate weather forecast
are the three clues which enable
Drummond to prevent nefarious
sabotage in the story of "Terror
on Wings". That's enough to take
your mind off politics for a while,
isn t it r
Thursday morning has some
good listening spots. We are
much interested to know whether
or not you enjoy "American
Woman's Jury". We haven't been
able to carry it on Tuesday morn
ings because of a political broad
cast on part of the net and to
date we haven't had a murmur
of protest so do you like it or
would you just as soon not hear
it? Drop us a card, will you? One
other note for Thursday this
time a repeat please, will you
get your letters and messages lor
Return Address, APO, In to us as
soon as possible? Or shall we
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Moet of the political conventions
in our town are held around
the crack er-barrel-in Sam Aber
nethy's store.
We were settling how the
country should be ran (he other
night when Homer Watson
starts to pnt in a word.
"Wait a minute, Homer," Sam
said sharply, "did you vote in
the last election?"
"Well," Homer fumbled, "I
was awful busy just at the time."
"That don't matter," Bam in
' sists. "Free speech around this
drop that program, top? It's up
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Cracker-barrel
versus Dog House
cracker-barrel is for them who
help protect it and all the other
freedoms in America br ot
ing. Folks that lost talk freedom
don't const here.'
From where I sit, it doesn't
make any difference how you
votc-the important thing is that
you Do vote. Call it a sacred
right if you want to, but to me, it
is the bedrock of the whole klea
of democracy.
Gryriff&A 1944, Brtin iaduttry foundation