I talk I W A N T * !» 0»4 Hwl*t k «a * M tk/ #•• K«1| i H««ba II llk| III (K m * Nf w M tifi urer • Mirri. a id o g fl, * « 1 ' ' I H I M ! tt«i r u » Jt Ma BY DEWEY nwn or woman »anting srarvely *n«u|h t<> k w p soul ami tmdjr to gether bring required to pay in- ronw tax in sr»ter to lu it u n tb* mountainous N f * l>eal bureau* fa ey will br wiped out with the slsc- ticn of lio rtn u ir Thomas K. l>ew- ey as President of the United States. The Republican Presidential nom­ inee last Tuesday, in a radio ad­ dress heard from Coast to Coast over the Mutual network, in an­ nouncing the tax policy the new admmistration will adopt, bitterly assailed taxes “which eat into the income of those who are already below a decent American standard of living.” The Governor proposes the esta­ blishment of a consistent national tax policy, directed toward achiev­ ing full employment and a rising national income which will assure our solvency and ultimate reduction of the national debt. O f tremendous interest to the little w age earner is Governor Dew ey’s promises to revise perso­ nal exemptions so that a person earning as little as $11 a week whll not have any income tax taken from his pay envelope The discussion o f taxes is a dull subject, but when it is considered that the power to tax is the power to destroy, it is readily understood how important the subject is. A pc .-son may earn a fairly dec- wage, but taxes, some hidden • n il y •n * f n m jt i t O © •H bO £ <*-i £> O i—1 •* î»r - l • U © -tí CO ¡25 -P O © r-t •H W I—I *H • xs« ft— *—t 05 •• lO • ti Ö 01 >> -p © -13 Ö 4J r-t -H © -P O O O < 00 *»*a *t t 1 h» rai amt *• ** * V »,'Vrf aa mfjrrr •»-» f* , MC fu n wstof -h'tat* k i M d f is aawk ■nr strenuously ta imp mix [HtM that Ti 1 TV» D r v M r t t Fair Leapt«? • f u r t i* * laß wül NOT kr Sotid-BeMtJk ha ta a mar lionao I haraaaa Ik* w a t h rr r 5ama- i 11*mor rat That South. a a rn t b» tor» rih a r. A s*r»r an*s atop rw » again, is .• fo r» and going today for Truman In a bfg “X That if \egrvea sat d o s t to way. eat a counter ta a downtown drug store ta Irwiependerxcs, M o , 'they Truman tn a rtatemant her* de­ clared that “the Solid South cwiH would be booted out* because the not go for a fellow h t* Dewey.“ management o f these place* hgve A daily preux correspondent add» the nght to refuse to serve anyone that Truman found himself “in they please. “ 3. In equality of opportunity, agreement with three Southern but not social »quality. . . There Senators: John H. Overton of Loui­ siana, Theodore Bilbo of Misaisaip- never will be social »quality Some pi and John McClellan of A rk an ­ (N e g ro e s ) are going too far in St. sas." His statement, the reporter Louis. There Negroes have started continues, ‘‘was echoed" by these a ‘push «lay’ once a week, when they shove white people out of the Senators bars. Why. St. Louis is sitting on Truman, himself, has left no one . a keg of dynamite. in doubt at any time concerning ” 4 They’ve even got a ‘push day’ his strong race-bias convictions. in Washington . . . ‘I won’t let my Sen. Bankhead and Gov. Sparks of daughter go downtown on the Alabam a, stated in the Birm ing­ street cars on Thursdays any more. ham News of July 23, that the Tru- It’s not safe. They push people off man victory over vice-president anne Private hirst Class the street cars.’ ” Jeff Smith. 29. of 160K Loy­ Wallace was ar ‘‘ real” victory for President Roosevelt, as a matter ola Avenue, New Orleans. La., is one of the first N egro Leathernecks the South. They assured Dixie that of policy, has let the Solid South to receive the Purple Heart. Smith, who was wounded at Saipan on he was "safe on state’s rights and D-Dav, is receiving his decoration somewhere in the Pacific from the rights of the states to control have its way in disfranchisement, jim crowism and patronage. Marine Lieutenant Colonel E. T. Peters, of Danville, Calif., which he qualifications of its electors.” reviewed with his commanding officer. Senator Truman, if elected, and OFFICIAL. V. S MARINK CORPS PHOTO “ In the matter of race relations,” Somewhere in the Pacific il! __________ . should he succeed to the Presidency registered voter complete the set- Gov Sparks continued,- fScnator* umjf j. Mny eventuality. Would let up. Mrs. Robinson and Mr.Cole plan Truman told he is the son of an the Solid South have its way, net to tour the state anti lend their unreconstructed rebel mother.” oniy as a matter of policy, but as personal supervision to each of the Truman is a rabid race reactiona- well as a matter of his bom and key branch offices ry, according to Morris Milgram in bred convictions. | Cat. V oters’ League i U S C a m p a ig n U. L. Representative NAACP Guest Speaker © Ï4 tama» N « g » r .m irr *jm 4M» Sum , M.oaenrt“ — »■ I .Hauti» r H arri S a tih rn i. I M n r * - pava Other proposals o f Gov. Dewey of Men’s Activities. include: Executive headquarters of the or­ ganization are located at 1063 East Reduction of personal income 55th St., Telephone Adams 4302, tax rates. Alteration and reduction of the Los Angeles. B. B. Bratton is cam­ income tax on incorporated busi­ paign manager. Working in close coordination, ness and termination, with the end Braton and his two assistants have of the war, of the special wartime mapped out a streamlined cam­ taxes which now rise as high as 95 paign, calculated to reach every per cent. possible voter through the state; Elimination, as soon as possible, Door to door precinct workers are of all excise taxes, except those on being immediately placed in the alcoholic beverages, tobacco and field; follow up telephone calls will gasoline. be made and Dersonal letters ac­ Negroes, who make up a fa ir per­ companied by literature to each centage of small business men, will be elated to hear of the tax revi­ sion, because the New Deal tax policy has just about driven little business to the wall. (Cont. page 4) P —1 d 'r a mere pittance. Taxes are la rg ely ■ * r responsible for the financial corv- LOS ANG ELES— A state - wide dition in which a person finds him­ corps of precinct workers and dis­ self when he says, ‘‘What on earth trict managers, acting under the did I do with that money I had.” guidance of the California Negro What he doesn’t realize is that Voters’ League For Dewey and taxes got a great part of it, and Bricker this week, embarked on an therefore, he has nothing to show intensive voters, t.ampaign in be. for his expenditures. A t present a half of the Republican standard great part goes to run the war, bearers election on November 7. but before the war, and in many Mrs Echo stanton Robinson instances now, a large part of our hea(ls the Women’s Division of the money was used to sustain the New league with Louis V. Cole, County- Deal in power. 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