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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
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Established 1873
ROSE BURG, OREGON THURSDAY, FEB.. 16, 1950
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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.
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