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rAGsrom 13i OZEGOXI STATESMAN. Bdtau Ortgoiu Fxldoy Morning, June & 1842 itatcsmau "No Favor Sways Us; No Fear Shall Awt From First Statesman, March 28, 1831 i THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. CHARLES A. S PRAGUE, President Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use to publication of all dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited In this newspaper. ' Pay- r-as-You-Go Taxes A great many more persons be initiated in 1943 into the federal income taxpayers' lodge. At the same time most if not all of the present 'members are going to pay even higher dues' than they did this year. Unless changes in the ritual now under contemplation are effected, all these joiners axe going to approach and decorate the altar on March 15. It will be an unprecedentedly painful performance. "Pay day" has come to mean more to more people in tne united states, in mis cen tury, than it ever meant to any people before. Prior to the industrial revolution when most producers were farmers or self-employed arti sans, few learned to base their personal eco nomics upon the certainty of "so much every Saturday" or once or twice a month. The aver age American breadwinner lives right up to his income or somewhat ahead of it, and "pay day" is a time for paying back debts. y For this reason income-taxpaying time next March is going to be a tough hurdle. Fur thermore it isn't going to be the deterrent to inflation that the tax-devisers would like to make it. For the average breadwinner will go right ahead spending his weekly or less fre quent pay and then borrow to pay his taxes. So the United States treasury department is seriously studying a pay-as-you-go income tax plan. The method would be "collection at the source' meaning through the employer. Employers will not cheer lustily another payroll-deduction bookkeeping chore. There- are other objections. At taxpaying time in 1943, the levy normally would be upon 1942 income. If taxes upon 1942 income were to be paid as earned, there would be periodical deductions this year on top of the payment t 1941 taxes last March; thus two years' taxes would be paid in one year. The treasury's 1 solution is to forget taxes on the 1942 incomes and collect in 1943 by payroll deduction, taxes on the same year's income. The apparent loss would be merely theoretical for the most part; in fact in 1943 there would be an actual gain in collections if, as may be anticipated, in comes are greater in the aggregate next year. For another thing, if taxes are paid in 1943 on 1943 incomes, obviously there will be miscalculations since total income and deduc tions cannot be known until the year ends. It is proposed that payments be made on the basis of 1942 income, followed by an adjust ment early in 1944. This would be awkward, troublesome and costly. It is our impression that it would be much simpler to continue collection of income taxes for the preceding year, merely grafting a de ferred payment plan onto the present arrange ment. Thus the employed worker would be paying portions of his tax frequently so that there would be, the desired steady deduction from his expendable income. If "collection at the source" is deemed necessary, well and good. It will be just one more of a great heap of new burdens upon business management. Der Henker "The flies have conquered the flypaper!" . So remarked an official of the invader-ruled village in John Steinbeck's war novel "The Moon Is Down." He said it with a grim smile of satisfaction, for all that he was just then being led forth to be shot. One needa to exercise vivid foresight to justify the observation that in the land of the Czechs, as in the nameless conquered area of Steinbeck's story, "the flies have conquered the flypaper." Yet we have no doubt that it is true. Reinhard Heidrich, first of all the inner circle of nazis to meet a fate somewhat suited to his crimes, is dead. His punishment might have been the more fitting had he lingered on, for the wounds inflicted by Czech patriots would have left him incurably crippled. But the vengeance of the captive peoples has so often been incomplete, it is grim comfort for once to seeit decisive. In Prague and throughout Bohemia and Moravia the invaders still rule. Carrying on the unequal exchange of reprisal for reprisal, they spread death which is a relief from the horror of life under their yoke. But every pitiful figure which crumples against the wall is a token of nazi defeat. Heidrick der Henker (the hangman) was thought to have gained a victory; "gleichgeschaltet" (compliance) with the New Order in the Czech territory. Hun dreds had been shot or hanged. The defiant intelligentzia had been liquidated; it was judged that the common Czechs could be made Ger- - man. The Czech language, all national higher education had been suppressed. Some 300,000 Czech workers had been moved into Germany, their places taken by Germans from the west and from the Italian Tyrol. His task finished, -Heidrich was to be transferred to Holland. Then came the blow. His task was not finished; someone must start it over again hopelessly. Men, common men with a heritage of freedom will not permanently be conquered. Brutality can never rule the world. Advising young men about careers is a matter that can wait. Our advice to such young women as are so inclined by natural talent and interest, is to take up bookkeeping. This is a profession with a future. Uncle Sam did a lot to make it so during the recent depression and he is continuing the process now. Business firms heretofore have had to file intricate and endless reports with the internal revenue de partment, the federal security agency, the se curities and exchange commission and other outfits depending upon the nature of the busi ness, The federal government received about 97 million reports from individuals and firms. War -regulations and controls have , added greatly to the paper work. Everyone who ope rates for business purposes a rubber-tired ve hicle except one self-propelled, : must file re ports; likewise some three million retail stores , -will have to tell Uncle Sam practically every- thing they are doing. Who read the reports? Don't ask us? Emelie Hendricks Disappointments, worries, difficult prob lems as well as a great many compensations normally are the lot of a newspaper pub lisher. The man who essays to conduct such an enterprise for the greater part of a lifetime is fortunate if he has a steadfast life partner to share them. It was said of Robert J. Hendricks at the recent testimonial dinner in his honor, that if he ever had any worries he did not admit it, nor literally share them with anyone. Yet their many friends know that Mrs. Hendricks was a true helpmeet in every sense, and that her own serenity of character was for him an additional source of strength. Indeed at that same dinner which so closely preceded the accident which seriously injured both and now has cost her life, a number of sincere com pliments were paid Mrs. Hendricks. All persons now connected with The Statesman, carrying on the task which Mr. Hendricks so ably directed for more than forty years, share in his sorrow and extend sympathy in this time of his bereavement. are going to News The News By PAUL MALLON Paul Malloa Most of the drawn from the Bay ef Bengal, whack that the threat e imaaam rf India is Behind (Distribution by King Features Syndicate. Inc. Repro duction in whole or in part strictly prohibited.) - - WASHINGTON, June 4 Do not overlook he import " of dispatches from General MacAr thur's front He has been bombing the advance Jap bases of Rabaul and Lae daily, while all that the Japs have been able to present in the war of retaliation are twice a week air thrusts at northern Austrailian points. Three times have the Japs struck out overland on the short journey to Moresby and Lae. (You will read this column bet ter with a map.) First they were halted in the jungle by floods; the next two times by Austral ians, and perhaps some Americans. They also tried to come around in great naval force to take it by sea. But they ran into MacArthur's bombers and a large American naval force and retired after the famous battle of the Coral sea. Lately they have been sending over planes in apparent preparation for a parachute attack next, but MacArthur is keeping plenty of inter ceptors around handy to receive them. While his bases are in Australia, he flies fighters or interceptors over to do their missions against Jap aircraft in New Guinea and then re fuels them before returning. Thus, without strong bases around Port Moresby, he nevertheless has been able to maintain supremacy in the air there. You can read the results of these tactics plainly in the public utterances of the Australian Prime Minister John Curtin. A month ago he was hollering his head off for help. Last Wednes day he dared the Japs to invade. The Japs probably never intended to invade Australia,' but they have had their eyes on cer tain strategic northern points, Broome, Port Dar win and Wyndham. All they have been able to do about these is to bomb them and make them somewhat hazardous points for MacArthur to base any large number of planes. He can use them but he cannot enlarge them much. We now have a considerable force in Aus tralia. The Aussies have a couple of divisions freshly back from Libya. (The Japs know all this.) About 250,000 more Australian troops are ready now, the group they started to train before Pearl Harbor. Many more are in reserve, not yet quite ready for action. While Australia is a very large place, and the Japs could no doubt land at many northern points if they could get sufficient force together, it appears MacArthur's tactics have definitely stopped their southward aggression. His way of Tin t aa ing up their "irresistible" sea-land-air bliti advances has been to keep them from getting started. Hut idea, is to hit them before they start, and bis daily bwnhmei of Lae and Rabaul have served thest puayume better than repelling them at Part Mereaby r in AnstrsE. Jap aawal faeces have tees sritu- growing more rstotc Americas V?fJytnf es? the Andaman islands caused the yellow fellows to move their seacraft back to safety. Also the rainy season has started cut there in sufficient force to discourage any attempt against India at this time. The Jap pincers drive into China, however, remains an indistinct but serious threat. More Jap troops are constantly being poured into central China. - So far they have not shown sufficient initiative to warrant the conclusion that they want to drive through into the heart of China, and annihilate the Chinese armies. They seem only to want to push deep enough to seize any airfields from which Japan might be bombed. Their accumulation of strength in China may likewise be designed for safety against a possible Russian attack, or for starting one. At any rate it is clear they are massing their major strength in the center of radius of their conquests, and near to home. The Chinese blew bridges on the Burma road, but the Japs came , up the Salween river from Burma and have now cut all the alternate land routes from India. r Those roads upon whkh 50,000 coolies were put to work, and the railroad lines that were being constructed: have been abandoned by the Chinese. The only ways still open are through the . skies and around by camel and elephant .pack through lofty Tibet A dispatch from China recently said we had ten transport planes running to Chungking, mak ing two trins a day, but these can do little more than carry parts and supplies for cur fighting P-40s in the Chinese air force! 'Don't Look Now, but I adlo (Programs KSLM FRIDAY 1390 Ke. 6 JO Rise 'N Shine. 7:00 News in Briet 7:05 Rise 'N' Shine. 7:30 News. 1: Your Gospel Program. 8:00 Shep Fields Orchestra. 8:30 News Brevities. 8:35 Lew White. 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Says she has made a number of In quiries but has been unable to find out what this plant really Is. Answer: I do not know and If any of the readers do know, X shall be glad to Include the In formation in my notes. I have never heard of any lily called that M. V. asks why her English laurel hedge is yellowing. Re ports that leaves turn yellow and fall off although shrubs make new growth. Answer: Are you sure no mole or gopher is working beneath the bush? Especially this spring when the damp weather has made our rodents very active? Your hedge might also need fer tilizer. Laurel hedges, wfcere the plants grow closely together, need fertilization each year. A leaf mold or peat mass srsulch is also beneficial said watering shar ing the dry season is helpful. . P. N. complain of exjsaeQung; "happening to. the hollyhockav . The foliage turns brown, sort af crumbles and falls fZT Answer: Eust wiH completely defoliage the hollyhock. Pick up and burn the fallen leaves. 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Vanderbat. heir to 120,000.000, enlisted In the Nary several weeks ago. 4hlS Y By KIRKE L. SIMPSON Wide World War Analyst . For The Statesman Japan's air raids on the Dutch Harbor naval base, Unalaska, can be written off as scouting forays on the basis of informa tion so far available from Wash ington. They had none af the earmarks of an operation , of greater scope than to find out what was going on at that po tential springboard for American attack on Japan. That appears to be the Washington conclusion. The fact that no bombs were drop ped during the second enemy , flight ever the base tends to confirm it The six-hour time lapse between the two daylight sweeps also strongly supports the navy conclusion that the planes Involved were launched from a small carrier. Only four bombers and a pro tective screen of 15 fighter, craft, a remarkable disproportion, were noted in the first flight The type of bomber had not been de scribed as this was written. The implication . is, however, that they were small ships, able to take off from a flight deck, and the whole group represents about the strength and "proportions of what a small merchant craft, converted for carrier use, could carry and let loose. The two daylight sweeps may have provided the raiders with notes on the scope and progress of the American base building operations. Dutch Harbor must be of spe cial interest to the Japanese. While there remains any doubt as to Russia's future role in the Pacific war theatre, it must be of keenest interest to Tokyo, for The Safety Valve Letters from Statesman Readers , AGAINST BEER To the Editor: I should like to reply to Joe Marsh's recent let ter published under the paid sponsorship of the Brewing In dustry Foundation. He asserts that the brewing industry pays over one million dollars a day in taxes, and that for this reason they should be hailed as public benefactors. For every dollar the liquor industry pays in taxes and revenue, they receive over six dollars from the pockets of the people. They keep five dollars and pass one on to the government. Such generosi ty! Most of this money comes from those who can least afford it New York figures showed that one fourth of the money spent in their state for liquor came from those on some form of relief. Many of us can think of fairer forms of taxation than this. Joe also plays up the brewers as benefactors to the farmers. It is strange that the National Grange has never so recognized them, but on the contrary has taken a firm stand against the liquor industry. At the time of the first World war the brewers stated that the amount of grain used in brewing represented less than one fourth of one per cent of all the grain in the US. It is still rated at less than one per cent. Milk consumption has de creased as beer consumption has increased. The US department of agriculture reports that the con sumption of milk in the United States has been from 100,000,000 to 200,000,000 gallons less an nually since repeal. Cows eat more grain than do the brewers. Then he mentions the aid the brewers have given to unem ployment Every dollar spent for liquor is taken from some other Industry. Where men were given work ia the brewing industry, they were laid off in more con structive industries. One million dollars spent In the liquor in dustry gives work to 81 per aons. In 20 other great industries that same amount will employ twice as many men, according to government figures. Of course Joe doesn't men tion the cost to the taxpayer for liquor-caused crimes, accidents, law enforcement, etc, but we can understand that omission. The Brewers Digest magazine in its May, 1941 issue said: "One of the finest things that could have happened1 to the brewing industry was the in sistence of high-ranking' army officers to make beer available at army camps Here is a - chance for brewers to cultivate a taste for beer in millions of young men, who will eventually constitute the largest beer con suming section of our popula tion ....- 7:. Many of us are also irked by the fact that brewers are on the preferred list for tires and su gar Somehow we -just aren't educated to the appreciation of these self'styled public benefac tors. . MRS. C. W. STAGEY. Alaska li an American bridge head? for contact with Russia fot Joint operations against Japan when the time for that comes. And that time might be far closer than surface tndlcatieaa ' tn Knrana vat rtlsplnsf Assam thai the nasi attack ia Russia baa bogged dewn, that tha axis attempt ta take the ini tiative against the British ta Libya ends tn disaster, and that British or British-American air forces keep up a sus tained battering at German targets from the west. Japanese-Russian p e a e e pacts would then be a feeble reed for Tokyo's war lards to lean upon. Out of the Dutch Harbor raids Tokyo might hope to learn the true degree of American readi ness to use that avenue of at tack either alone or in coopera tion with Russia at some future time. 'Crime at Castaway' By EDITH BRISTOL '""''aaaweaBa eesssBaaaaeBnaeaseaBBeasaBMeaseBBBasn Chapter 29 continued "That day I was furious. W had a dreadful row. He had been going over figures wif Craven before I got there and Craven had convinced him that I didn't know what I was talking about" I clutched Lance's sleeve. That was it, then. I had feared and worried and fretted about noth ing. I started to laugh but it al most turned into tears. "What's the matter? Whafs wrong?" "Nothing's wrong. Everything's right." T: I told - him. All about the ugly warning I had overheard "there'll be death if you don't." How It rankled in my memory. Lance looked grim. "So you thought that might be a warn ing, that I would commit mur der?" "That's what I couldn't let my self think!" I said. And that's about the time he kissed me. e Straight across the narrow valley, tall and forbidding, rose the towering wall of concrete that was Gallina dam. Behind the massive masonry ran the lake, miles and miles back into the hills, covering with water the area which, only two years ago, had been covered with ver dure, datted with oak trees. The hum of machinery mingled with the splash of falling water as we left our car and explored the structure. "The camp is empty now," Lance pointed to the collection of houses on the bank above the opposite side of the water. "We'll be taking the buUdings down right away. Everything except the watchmen's house, and a few operating buildings! But while they've been working here, all through the excavatirj and the pouring of concrete, this has been a miniafure-city." It was such a perfect day. The powerhouse men were glad to see Lance. The hours were gold en and the day too short. We drove home, down from the foot hills, along the hard ribbon of the highway, back to Castaway, and the beat of the ocean on its shores . . . and In my heart a new song. . "We must have company," Lance observed as we drove to the house. 1 don't recognize that car." Inside, Sheriff Allen stood waiting. Waiting with an expres sion like death on his face. Be side him stood a keen-looking young man I remembered see ing in the courtroom. "Hello, Nate. Hello, Stevens. Glad to see you. Your know Miss Lane?" "Lance," Allen spoke, and his voice was like the tolling of a bell. His face was gray and old and drawn. "Lance, my boy this is the worst thing I've, ever had to do. The grand Jury has brought in a true bill against you. Lance, for the murder of your uncle." All that had gone before was as nothing compared to this. Lance, stunned by the words of his friend, looked from Sheriff Allen to District Attorney Ste vens, back again to the peace officer who stood with stricken eyes and rigid Jaw. "You're both joking--" Lance said, at last, "but X don't like the Joke." "We're not Joking, Gregg," Stevens said. His voice was sharply edged as his eyes were keen. "I came out myself with Allen, here, because I knew that he was a life long friend of your family and this was going to be a hard Job for him to do. In fact, I offered to -have a cons table do it But Nate said if It had to be done. hM An it rutnt you, Nate?" Allen bowed. L a n c e wen white.-- -v-sV.-. : K (To be continued)