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Y Egypt Shifting Of More Of Tax Load From Low-Income Group To Wealthy Class Asked By CIO Br FRANCIS M. U HAY WASHINGTON (.IV-The CIO declares President Truman's Uz pro gram doe not fo far enough. It haa proposed a plan for wide excite alashes and ahifting of "present tax burdens from low-income indi vidual! to the wealthy and to high-profit corporations." While agreeing with large parts of the president's program, the labor organization recommended to Congress that it also consider in the new tax bill: Individuals Steps now to raise the personal individual income tax exemptiona that would reduce the taxes of low income familiea. The idea is to look forward "to the establishment of levela of exemp tion which permit the maintenance of a minimum atandard of living for a family of four." Mr. Tru man recommended no change in individual income taxea. Excess Profits Reenactment of. the excesa profits tax on corpora tions, ''in order to equalize the burden and the incidence of our present tax structure." Such a tax was levied in wartime but was re pealed shortly after. The president did not propose such a tax. Undistributed Profits A new levy on the undistributed profits of corporations, instead of an in crease from 38 percent to 42 per cent in the corporation income tax rate as Mr. Truman proposed. The CIO suggested a top corpora tion tax of 55 percent. hich would be graduated downward in reverse proportion to the percentage of its earnings a corporation pays out in dividends. This in effect would tax the undistributed profits. Stanley Ruttenberg, CIO director of research and education, pre sented the statement to the House Ways and Means committee. "Of course," he said in the pre pared statement, "we would like to see this committee and the Con gress go much further than the proposals and the suggestions con tained in the president's tax mes sage." He said the CIO program envis ages a total net gain in revenue "but shifts the incidence of taxa tion from those least able to pay to those most able to pay." Separate Returns Rapped The CIO made no estimate of what is program would yield in additional revenue. It voices hope Mr. Truman will veto any bill that doea not produce a net gain in revenue. The CIO argued that in periods of full employment and production federal revenue should be suffi ciently high to balance the budget and retire part of the debt, "with out jeopardizing needed welfare ex penditures tor housing, education, social security, etc." At another point, it said the "in famous regressive provision con tained in the revenue act of 1948 permitting the filing of separate individual income tax returns by married couples snould be re pealed. On repealing of excise taxes, the CIO asked preferred treatment for the "little man," saying: "For example, taxea upon a lu cent movie should be completely eliminated before any considera tion is given to removing the tax at night clubs. The tax on a $5 lady's handbag should be reduced prior to the reduction upon a $100 luxury suitcase. Is Main Target Of Drug Smuggling Rings By EDWARD POLLAK CAIRO, Feb. 16. UP) Egypt is the main target of middle east drug amugglera. The Egyptian Narcotics bureau, waging total war against drug smuggling, reported that in 194 it had aeized 2 million pounds Egyp tian $5,660,000 U. S.) worth of narcotica being smuggled into the Nile kingdom. Most of these drugs, hashish, opium and heroin, were produced in neighboring countries. But, the narcotics bureau admit ted, during the same period astute amugglera managed to aneak past coast guard posts and camel pa trols narcotica valued at more than I million pounds Eyyptian ($22,540,000 U. S.) Drug smuggling hai plagued Egypt from the times of the Aba bian nights. After World War I it grew to auch proportions that au thorities decided to launch an all out effort to crush it A narcotics bureau was created, working in close touch with the league of nations and later the United Nations. The Egyptian law was stiffened to provide for long prison terms both amugglera and addicts. A strict watch on Egypt's borders waa enforced. These measures did not deter amugglera allured by profits rang ing from 500 to 1,000 percent. Their efforts to outsmart the authorities led to many ingenious tricks. Smuggled In Tubes Bedouins smuggled dope over the border in metal tubes which their camels swallowed. Once the fron tier inspection was passed they slaughtered the animals. Inspection by X-ray machines finally put a atop to this practice. Other tricks, too, eventually were foiled by the authorities, but givernment statislica still are hit ting the jackpot in many instances. The main offender among drugs slipped past Egyptian frontiers is hashish, which is very much like Marijuana. Hashish can be either smoked or eaten and is said to create a aense of rapture and ela tion and to bring about wonderful dreams. At the same time, some doctors say, it ruins health and in the long run maked a wreck out of a man. So hashish remains high on the list of this country's p u p 1 i c enemies. Washington Soldttr Ont Of Tornado Fatalities SEATTLE. Feb. K.-4P)A 19-year-old soldier from Carnation, Wash., was listed today as among those killed in tornadoes which awept southeastern atatea over the weekend. His body will be sent to funeral parlors at Monroe, Snohomish county, the family was notified. The victim was Pfc. William J. Dalton, son of Mrs. J. W. Walker and Donald Dalton, of Carnation. Friends of his parents said no fur ther details of his death had been received. He had been stationed at the Slack air force base near Shreve port. La., and had been in the ser vice nearly two years. 75 Families Isolated ABERDEEN, Feb. 1S.-V-The 100-foot steel Vesta bridge across the North river, 16 miles southeast of Aberdeen dropped 20 feet into the water Sunday afternoon, virtu ally isolating 75 families in the community of North River. One end of the structure fell in to 20 feet of water, twisting steel girders when rotted pilings of the structure gave way. The residents of the tiny farming and logging community must now drive an ad ditional 60 miles round trip to reach the outside world. SECTION TWO Established 1873 ROSE BURG, OREGON THURSDAY, FEB.. 16, 1950 39-SO 4 J RECEIVE GAVELS Elmo Angeli, Lakeview, on right, Stat Elks president, is shown receiving from Fuller Johnson, State Elks Veterans service commission chairman, on left, and Walter Ul rich, Roseburg Elks veterans chairman, gavels for each of the 28 Ellcs lodges of Oregon. The gavels, gifts of the Roseburg Veterans hospital patients, wore a surprise presentation at the state Elks association mid-winter conference at Ashland last Saturday night. An additional gavel went to Angeli and to Crand Exalted ruler Emmett Anderson, (Picture by Memory Lane studio, Ashland I Slide Hits Snowplow, Driver Is Drowned VANCOUVER, B. C, Feb. 15. (P The foreman of a track clear ing crew was swept into the Fraser river when a rain-loosened ava lanche roared off a mountainside and across railroad tracks in Fraser canyon Monday. Victim of the hurlting mass of snow and rock was John Torjik of Kam loops, B. C. He was alone on a 100-ton snowplow when it was hit by the slide. His body waa tossed into the river and disappeared un der the ice pack. The slide blocked both Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Railway lines. The C. P. R. an nounced it would fly stranded pas sengers from K am loops to the coast and the C. N. R. said it might fol low suit Don't "Bootleg" Religion, Church Leader Advises COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 1S.-(JPI "Weekday (religious education) workers must not 'bootleg' relig ion into the public schools," their leader admonished them here. The admonition came from Dr. Erwin L. Shaver of Chicago, di rector of weekdy religious educa tion for the International Council of Religious Education, it was de livered before the annual meeting of the ICRE which opened here with about 2,000 delegates in at tendance. Dr. Shaver's reference was to a United States supreme court de cision prohiibting the use of pub lic schools for the teaching of sec tarian religion. He observed that "school and therefore governmental sponsor ship of a humanistic and non theistic spiritual values program commits our public schools Mo teaching children that they can lift themselves by their own boot straps." But, he added, "weekday relig ious education workers will an swer the challenge ... of express ing the best in their religion by neither' 'bootlegging' religion into the public schools nor supporting a 'boot-strap' religion in those schools." Weekday religious education, since the high court decision, is conducted off school premises, in some cases during released time from normal school hours. . Harold E. Stassen, president of the University of Pennsylvania heads the council. The council represents 400 Pro testant denominations and numer ous church and religious education councils. Natives. Police Battle In Riot In Johannesburg JOHANNESBURG. South Africa Feb. 16 IIP) Tho second race riot in two days flared in Johannes burg s native quarter iuesdiy Five atorea were aet afire, auto- mobilea were atoned and aeveral persons were wounded aa natives and oolico fired on each other. With black-white antagonism ris ing, citizena of the city felt they were aitting on powder keg which authoritiea aaid threatened to ex plode into an ugly racial war. Na tive spokesmen said the unrest was due to the government's segrega tion policies. The outbreak at New Clare town ship apparently waa a reaction to the arrest earleir yesterday of 250 natives at the scene of bloody riot ing (he night before in which five natives and an Indian woman were wounded. Police had opened fire Monday night on a aurly mob which tried to block their arrest of a native who was said to be without the re quired identification papera. Scorea of European whites from neighbor ing auburba armed themselves and voluntarily joined the fight to drive the natives back. In last night'a violence rioters attempted to prevent firemen from fighting the fires in five stores that were set burning. Police fired submachine guns, revolvers and rifles to protect the firemen. BANDIT HALF-HUMAN SPOKANE, Feb. It-iPu-A ban dit with a heart held up an 18-year-old boy Monday night. Alfred Frothinger told police he was walking through a dark rail road overpass when a gunman jumped out and barked, "Let s have it all." Frothinger handed over his pock el book and told the robber at the same time he had a mother to support. The bandit took $1.50 and left Frothinger $1.25. Publisher Rapped For Secrecy MIAMI, Fla., lpu-Reubin Clein, a weekly publisher, waa or dered to jail for SO days for re fusing to tell tho Dade county grand jury his source of informa tion for an article that appeared in his publication. Circuit Judge Charles E. Carroll found Clein to be In contempt of court. He said Clein's refusal to tell the "whole troth" tended o obstruct the grand jury in its in vestigation of gambling. The contempt eharge grew out of publication by Clein of testi mony allegedly given by two olh- era before the grand jury, Clein a publication is the weekly "Miami Life." The article quoted Melvln Rich ard, Miami Beach city councilman who haa claimed he waa offered a $200,000 bribe to support -gam bling, and a radio commentator, Barry Gray. Judge Carroll said Clein'a refus al to answer question! waa "a wil ful obstruction of justice" because it might have Indicated whether a grand juryman divulged secret In formation. Clein entered a plea of freedom of the press. Judge Carroll declar ed that refusal to divulge a source of information to a grand jury, "is not a privilege under the law although it may be a frequent practice and custom." Economy, Not Bombs, Best U.S. Defense Morse PENDLETON, Feb. 16. -IIP) "Our strongest defense weapon against Russia la not the atom or hydrogen bombs but economy," aaid Sen. Wayne Morse at a Pen dleton town meeting. Sen. Morse spoke with Dr. Ed ward Robbina, University of Ore gon economics professor in support of the Hoover commission report. The town meeting waa set up by the local Jayceea to back the na tional's aponsorhsip of the Hoover report. "This is the number one domes tic issue facing America. We must start thinking economic trends and do something about this deficit spending," said Morse. "It is generally agreed among experts that the Hoover report is the best report ever submitted to Congress and the people; there fore the report ahould be favored in any discussion." Both men said that the Hoover report would save three billion dol lars if adopted. Morse aaid that a billion would come from cutting federal personnel one in every four without any loss in operation. Robbina indicated that the report could only be adopted through a aeriea of bills. It would be hopelesa to get the bulky recommendations through otherwise, he said. By be ing specific, stalemates are avoid ed. The real aaving will come from more efficient operation of present federal programa decided on, or through elimination of some of them, said Prof. Robbina. "We must strengthen the presi dency to get savings," he said. To put the Hoover report into ef fect, Morse said that there must be some definite line of authority from the president on down in or der to know whom to hold respon sible. The problem is how much authority to give the president and remain democratic, aaid the sena tor. Lilienthal Ends Job With AEC WASHINGTON. Feb. 16. UP) The new hydrogen bomb project and a stepped up atomic bomb program switched from one boss to another Wednesday. David E. Lilienthal enda hia serv ice aa chairman of the Atomic En ergy commission, at midnight, and Sumner T. Pike takes over on a temporary basis. Whether Pike might shift front acting to permanent chairman a bit later will be up to President Truman and the Senate to decide. There are factors weighing for and against it. Lilienthal ia turning over to Pike the reins of a program that has cost billions, produced the most terrific forces ever manufactured by man, and now ia aiming at copying in the hydrogen bomb the energy-releasing processes of tho sun Itself. - The AEC also is bending efforts in the direction of harnessing atomic energy for peaceful pur poses, in auch fields aa power pro duction and medicine. Pike is a Maine Republican, a former businesa and utility execu tive, and a former .member of tho Securtiiea and Exchange commission. Treasury Plans Refunding Of 4 Security Issues WASHINGTON. Feb. 15 UP) The Treasury haa announced plans for refunding $9,442,765,300 in four maturing aecurity issues into two new issues to mature in 1951 and 1955, respectively. Secretary Snyder outlined this plan: 1. To offer 1H percent notes maturing July 1, 1951, in exchange for (A) $2,921,536,000 in one-year. H4 percent certificatea due March 1 and $962,544,000 in one-year, 1V certificates due April 1. 2. To offer notes maturing March 15, 1955. bearing 1V4 per cent interest for $1,962,688,300 in eight-year, 2 percent bonds called for March 15 and $3,595,977,000 in 18'4 month, 1H percent notes. Holders of outstanding certificat ea due March 1 will get 1M per cent interest on 16-month notes. Holders of the April 1 certificate maturities also will get l'-4 interest, but for 15-month notes. SAVE... SAVE Have Your Animal Custom Slaughtered and Cured We cut nd wrap each piece) for your lockee Pork Slaughtered Tuesday Beef and Vaal Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Limit ed to these days in accordance to tho Brand Inspection laws. , Beef, veal and pork for your locker at wholesale prices. All Locker Customer! Requested to Bring Their Own Key! ROSEBURG MEAT CO. FROZEN FOOD LOCKERS 624 Winchester Phono 280 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Give Your -Meals "Something Extra" With 1107 O art II A Any meal males a bigger hit with your family if you include PATTERSON'S tasty "Brown 'n Serve" hot rolls. 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