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13i OZEGOXI STATESMAN. Bdtau Ortgoiu Fxldoy Morning, June & 1842
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"No Favor Sways Us; No Fear Shall Awt
From First Statesman, March 28, 1831
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THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO.
CHARLES A. S PRAGUE, President
Member of The Associated Press
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dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited In this newspaper.
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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
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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!
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By LHJLIE L. MADSEN
A. M. M. asks for the correct
name for the Texas lily. 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
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new growth.
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or gopher is working beneath
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when the damp weather has
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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
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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
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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)