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CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher
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Community Property Bill I
' When various .taxing proposals are under
" consideration in the legislature , the effect oa
the taxpayers' federal income tax, is reviewed.
V Thus when a cut in the corporation i excise
: tax is proposed the fact is advanced that what
; ever saving the corporation may make on its
state excise tax will be largely lost through
the higher federal taxes. Again, the community
option & recommended, and has passed one
, house, the chief argument in its behalf being
that it will enable Oregon married men to save
money on their federal tax by dividing their
Incomes with their wives and thus avoiding
the graduated rates.
J These are not very worthy ideas. , We are
' citizens both of the state and the United States,
i We profess to recognize as paramount the na
j tion's war effort which accounts for the heavy
Increase in federal ? taxes. Even these taxes
fwill not provide enough money.- 'Instead of
Ucheming as to how' we may deprive the fed-
eral, government of needed revenues we should
; aee how, our 'revenue system can .fit "into the
j federal pattern. The great argument for re
, duced state taxes is that our taxpayers may thus
j$ better able to bear the federal rates. I
f i There Is one just argument for the community
property, law as far as taxation is concerned,
and that is .to put Oregon citizens on an even
- footing with the residents of Washington and
California, i They' have enjoyed ' the tax ad
vantage of community property for 'many years,
to bur advantage. -Since there are only a few
community property states the wise thing to do
to establish equality would be for the congress
to put all states on a level , by requiring that
incomes of husband and wife be joined and
taxed as one. This has been recommended many
times but congress has refused to go along.
If many states follow the Oklahoma scheme and
provide the community property option con
gress might be spurred to take this action, j
t There Is an additional reason for a community
! property law, and that is the protection of the
-f wife as member f the partnership. The family
! Is the social . and the economic unit. The ac
j cumulation is -generally the result of the joint
effort and enterprise of the man and the woman,
j But due to archaic laws dating from the time
j when the husband was 'lord and master" of
j the household the wife has had. an inferior
Status in property -matters. Under community
property laws the wife has an equal share in
property accumulated during marriage, and if
She survives her husband that half is hers with
out probate, v Management of community prop
erty is in the hands of the husband. The bill
being considered in Oregon gives the husband
and wife the- option of coming under its pro
Visions. Space does not permit detailing the
provisions of the bill. The law will complicate
property rights in Oregon: and married couples
would need to have legal counsel in switching
'to community property status.
Primarily because we believe the community
property law is more just to wives, and second
arily because it will put Oregon residents on an
equality with those of Washington and Cali
fornia in paying income taxes The Statesman
is ready to endorse the principle of the Nis-kanen-Wallace
bill.
Deport the Japs?
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Oregon's state senate passed a memorial the
Other day urging that congress deport all Jap
anese residents .back to Japan when the war
ends. Walter Pierce, just retired from congress,
had a piece in the Oregon Democrat some weeks
ago saying the same thing. The argument is
that you can't trust a Jap." That may be the
argument, but color prejudice is the more
probable reason.
It is untrue to brand all Japanese as un
trustworthy. The writer had contact with a
number of Japanese-Americans whom he? re
gards as wholly loyal to this country. They
feel no affiliation with Japan and want to be
real Americans. Loading all the Japs in ships
and sending them back to Japan may offer a
local solution, but implies punishment without
discrimination between innocent and guilty
Which is not at all creditable to American
Standards. : -
j What to do with the Japs when the war is
ever, or what to let the Japs do with them
, selves is a hard problem. Those areas ' like
Hood River county where the Jap, infiltration
was heavy definitely do not want them back.
It is the concentration of the Japs with their
Own standards of living and their exclusive
ness (which is in part forced on them by the
Americans) j that is objectionable. ; We have
such a small number of Japanese' in this country
that it ought to. be possible to scatter them
through the country .thinly enough that no
serious local fricion will be engendered. jThis
is being attempted from the relocation centers
now, and should be 'speeded up.
. !And we have a few cargoes of bombs to de
liver to Tokyo before we can ship back any
transplanted Nipponese. I
j , Credit for reversing American fortunes In'
. ; Tunisia evidently belongs to the airmen.4 Re
ports indicate that it was planes coming up In
force' and bombing and strafing Rommel's army
' and machines that turned the tide and then
made the retreat - costly. Flying Fortresses
; helped in punishing the audacious hazl army.
Npw if we hare -strength to pursue the ad
vantage and if Montgomery's men can turn the
t flank of the Mare th" line Rommel may have to
i do some more first-grade running. But his
lunge, falling short; by only three miles of
, reaching the important point of Thala and by a
lender distance the vital point of Tebessai was
too close for comfort.
Restaurant meals are going
Crzzzts tldmpier and higher.
Favor Sways Vs; No Fear Shall
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Patton On the Job I
Too bad that President James Patton of the
national Farmers' Union was unable to attend
the state convention of the organization at its
meeting in Dallas. Patton is the youngest of
the heads of large farmer organizations. Of all
of them he has been most cooperative with the
national administration in trying to meet the
problems of agriculture with relation to the
war. He gave his influence against some of the
proposals of the farm bloc which would have
wrecked price controls and hastened inflation
I with its promise of ultimate disaster to farm
ers themselves. Patton also is one farm leader
who sees the importance of the pending strug-
. gle against fascism, and so encourages the full
est measure of cooperation with the govern
ment in increasing food production.
While it was a local disappointment not to
have Pres. Patton come to Oregon again this
year, he is probably doing more important work
for farmers and for the country by staying
in Washington and representing real dirt farm
ers there.
News Behind
The News
By PAUL MALLON . . .
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 The fourth term move
ment ii being developed here only slightly dif
ferent from the third.
It was almost exactly four years ago that Con
gressman Sabatn, of the Keuy
Nash front in Chicago, emerged
from the White House and
spoke the first official word
for a third term, by publicly
demanding it almost in Mr.
Roosevelt's presence.
His announcement then was
along the same lines as his
statement after, a White House
call last Monday namely, that
the president's opponents might
construe a fourth term . as a
dictatorship, but that no one
else could do the job.
Mr. Sabath's original n recla
mation was preceded, four years ago, by a heavy
publicity clamor, led by Mr.' Ickes and new deal
publicists, to break down the popular acceptance
of the anti-third term tradition.
This time, the ground was prepared for Mr.
Sabath only faintly by the publicists. One columnist
wrote sympathetically of the fourth term idea a
month ago, and some others followed the notion,
indicating new deal subalterns were preparing
for it
The convention is still 18 months away, and
intervening developments of war and peace may
have more to do with the choice of a leader than
anything that anyone can say now.
Promotion of the Idea at this time is no doubt
designed to impress southern congressmen: the
farm bloc and other revolting elements with the In
evitability of another five years of Roosevelt. It
Is supposed to take the starch out of the revolt.
Whether It will succeed in this purpose is doubt
ful. The psychological apolitical revolution in the
south has continued to expand since notice was
first pointed seriously to it in this column six weeks
ago.
Eight Louisiana congressmen issued a public de
fiance to the president in connection with a judge
ship matter only a few days ago. They did not rush
oui napnazardiy on a limb without some careful
assurances before they leaped, and the judgeship
matter only furnished a relatively minor vehicle
for expression of their general purposes.
The itinerary of the recent return of Jim Farley
from Mexico was followed more closely In Wash
ington than elsewhere. Either in his wake, or
shortly- before he arrived, there arose in T.riiigtannr
Texas, Mississippi, Georgia and elsewhere a quiet
movement for independent democratic action
possibly even a southern democratic party standing
separately, on its own feet
One notion of southern men interested In this
movement Is that the southern democrats might
well wait until both Republican and Democratic
conventions have made presiden il nominations
next year, and then hold their own convention to
decide whether it will support either or nominate
a man. of its own like Senator Byrd, of Virginia.
The whole political focus of the southern revolt,
apparently Is centered on preventing again what
happened to the southern democrats at the Kelly-Nash-Hopkins-Ickea
convention In Chicago - last
time.' Many southern delegates to that convention ,
(and Mr. Farley, as well) had the idea they were
sucked in or smothered over anj required to fol
low a course repugnant to them.
Whether Mr. Roosevelt, by promoting the fourth
term idea, and later harvesting the cotton crop
In the south with the army, as in Arizona, etc can
overcome this situation remains to be seen. It la.
of course, possible that he win, but his problem
on the fourth term Is much different than the
third term In this respect If the election were to
day, he would not succeed.
- On the republican side. Mr. WOlkie Is -running
for 1944 even faster than the administration. He
seems to have deduced that a primary cause of
his failure last time was lack of support from the
New York radicals. He has filled that gap markedly
In the past two years at the expense of other
support..: :V
Another defect has been the strong political
opposition of all the republican leaders In his
home state. They left him when he went to the '
Roosevelt foreign policy, and have called him a
Roosevelt leader, but last week he made an Indiana
speech which the New York Times reports won
back some republican supportthough Indiana
political authorities here doubt i
. Willkie's systematic campaigning for the job with
all the skill of a New York lawyer has set republic-
an leaders In congress here to talking about Dewey.
Tfcey could get around Dewey's renunciation by.
drafting him. This, they expect would take no
more effort than the new deal drafting of Mr.
Roosevelt Certainly work has started 'already
SL Dewey barrier against the nomination
of wiUkie . r '
But In the background, behind these two, Ohio's
Governor Bricker is unquestionably the current
choice of the party leaders. The country does not -taow
him, but he Is getting out making speeches
and getting to know more people. ' r
When they say politics Is "out" for the duration
apparently everyone means out it front of many
other consideration. ,
Bear larket'
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Readers' . ,
AGAINST JUDGES' PENSIONS
To the Editor:
I notice in the February 24
Statesman in your discussion of
the bill to pension judges, you
state that Representative Carl
H. Francis was the only attor
ney member of the house to vote
Trocflay
agamsi mis DilLr ' .
: This is not the case, as I also
voted against the bill and In ad
vance I filed with the chief clerk
a written explanation of my vote
which is as -follows:
Explanation at vote (No) on
house bill No. 268.
"As a matter of . prfncle, I
cannot support any ; legislation
for pensions or retirement pay
for any one special group or class
of citizens, where such legisla
tion requires the contribution of
any sum at all from public funds.
I am for old-age pensions, pub
licly supported, for all clflzens of
retirement age alike, or for hone.
I vote No." --r . c :-
The statement in your paper
places me in a bad light with
many old-age pension groups
who are unalterably opposed to
this bm. Will you please make
the necessary correction or pub
lish this letter.
, jpsomjL HABVET
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Chapter 22 continued " "
"Oh, oh; not so good!" I wor-
. ried. . , v 'v-'- r;-
How d'you know? she chal
lenged. "Perhaps one of them did
do. it, Perhaps oh. what's the
use! Tn not going to tell you
all the fool things .that have
occurred to me. Anyway, the In
spector has found out something
or found something I don't
know, which of the two. Because
Just as he was launching into a
speech about the library and
the safe in it, up pops a police
man in front of me .and wants
to know what am. I doing there?"
"What did you tell him?" .
"That I'd come to see Inspector
Pettengill, naturally" "she said,
pleased as Punch. "So het did
what Td been playing for. Took
me Inside." . -
"And how did the Inspector
act?", --v: ;
"Delighted. Twinkled and smil
ed and paid me compliments, the
hypocrite!" Aunt Millie reported
with another sniff. "Also, he In
quired after your whereabouts,.
;and seemed happy for - your er
love's young dream.-And then
he mentioned that romance must
be In the air. Mr. Forres tall
'had just informed him of his
daughter Amy's engagement to
this Jordan fellow. And I said
how wonderful and wasn't It
sudden and wouldn't they like
to come' over and; drink a toast
to the young couple.-But alas,
they . would - not. The Inspector
had to. go home, and Conley
Forrestall had to go home too.
Theat's when he told me, his
wife was planning to present
the new addition to the family
tomorrow afternoon. And so ends
my story. Except er your
father and. Gala weren't playing
chess when I came in. They were
on the terrace, imbibing moon
light She with a coat of his
around her shoulders, ; against
the night chilL I may be wrong
darling, , but ifs beginning to
look like the real thing to me."
. "It's looked that way to me
from the start," I told her. "And
do I hope, I hope, I hope, I'm
right!" .
. "Smart girl! Nothing like get
ting your father properly settled
before going off on your own,"
Aunt Millie approved. And after
a pause she added: "It must be
.serious, Tm sure Phil knows
about Gala's leg. And it doesn't
seem to make any difference."
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-; The following day Sunday
the whole household slept late
and only . assembled downstairs
for brunch. Allan included, of
course. ' .
- The weather was making up
for lost time in a splurge of
sunshine and heat, tempered by
a soft ocean breeze, and so the
meal was served on the terrace,
V and we all ' repaired Into the
, garden after it to loll under the
trees,' in the comfortably cush
ioned Adirondack chairs that had
appeared miraculously, placed In
'Just the right spots, enjoying the
. sudden prodigality of blossoms
. and scent, and scattering Sun
day papers over the lawn.
. It was very peaceful and hom
eyexactly what a summer Sun
day should be and far, far re
moved from: murder.
Aunt Millie ' remarked once
that thank heaven, only7 the
local sheets mentioned the mur
dec next door, and I stated, with
great contentment, that Inspector
Pettengill showed a proper re
spect for the Sabbath by staying
home. And that was all that was
said on the subject r 1 : ;
Only when I heard a distant
dock strike four did the events
of the last two days come back
to me. and with them the threat
ened Forrestall Invasion... I got
up reluctantly to go into the
house and discuss the problem
of refreshments with Nettie and
Mae.'
, The errand didn't take long,
and proved superfluous besides.
Preparations for an al fresco tea '
were In full swing when I en
tered the kitchen but even so,
the picture had altered when I
went out again.
An unexpected visitor had ar
rived: Curtis Avery, Stella's
pretty boy husband, resplendent
in the latest of country club togs,
but red-faced and tongue-tied
with embarrassment.
. . Apparently his call was meant
for Aunt Millie and me, and his
awkward allusions to his wife's
visit the afternoon before seemed
to Jbeg for a. private talk. But
Aunt Millie was too lazy to get
. up. She only looked amused and
just a trifle spiteful. And In the
end I had to take-pity on him
by suggesting a stroll through
the grounds, under pretext of
wanting to find out the local
name of some flowers I espe
cially admired.
. (To be continued)
, to the "Collector of Internal
Revenue" at the correct address i
In the district where the tax
payer's legal residence or princi
pal place of business Is located.
(If he has neither, the return
should be mailed to the collector
of internal revenue at Baltimore,
Md.
Persons In the military and
naval service outside the United
States, or on sea duty, and per
sons in , enemy-occupied or be
sieged territory are granted an
extension tofile, without penalty
up to the 15th day of the third
month from the close of the war
or their return to the United
States. Also, persons who during
any period of time after Decem
ber 6, 1941, have been contin
uously outside the Americas for
more than 90 days are allowed
an extension of time, In which
, to file returns, and make pay
ment of tax, amounting to the
period of such absence plus 90
days.
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