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i Free Enterprise j
1 Wasco county composes a port district, Port
, ot the Dalles; which has jbuilt a large dock
i with warehouses, now leased to the navy, and
t a grain elevator leased toj a grain company.
Tuesday its voters will decide whether to au
thorize another $150,000 in bonds for construc
tion of an annex to the : grain elevator. The
Chronicle of The Dalles, In, an editorial favor
ing the issue, explains the deal thus:
i ' "The grain elevator annex, if approved, will
be constructed exactly on the same basis as
was followed when the present elevator was
i built. That is, the port district will build the
i elevator, then lease it to the Continental Grain
i company for operation. The rentals will be at
a rate sufficient to retire j the bonds, pay all
operating costs and depreciation. The cost to
i Jhe taxpayers will be absolutely nothing!
As explained when the original elevator was
yjjuilt, such an arrangement is made possible by
the fact that the port district retains title to
the property. That means the lessee has no
taxes to pay.f
The item which commands attention is the
tax shelter i provided the private company,
which is lessee of the elevator. Rather than
buy or lease ground, erect an elevator and then
operate it without rentals! but with taxes, the
company prefers to be a tenant and pay rentals
sufficiently high to amortize the cost of the
building in 17 years. ,
It is obvious that the more property is tax
exempt the j higher .taxes are on remaining
. property. The growing demands of government
for revenues means property on taxrolls should
increase. Theoretically this new facility at The
Dalles will be tax-free. Actually the share it
would have borne will have to be carried by
other property. We know this is standard prac
tice, chamber-of-commerce approved, inspired
by corarnunity ambitions. I Portland has exten
sive public docks. Vancouver has attracted nu
merous industries on port-owned, tax-free
lands. But such development adds to tax dis
tortions. It Is forcing basing of taxes on in
comes and turnover rather than property.
Another item worthy of comment is the will
ingness of the private company to participate
in a "socialistic" enterprise when it serves its
interest to do so. Here one obvious advantage
to the lessee company is to have the financing
don at th e -ex tremely low rates of municipal
bonds (in their turn tax-exempt). The saving
is a very substantial subsidy to the private com
pany. Thus! we get socialism (public owner
ship) in moderate doses. Private business re
sists as socialism the invasion of government
in the fields. of business; but it is forever en
couraging government subsidies, grants, tax
CXeniDtioziSj controls. illVMrfnunt nrhsra tt
flow of benefits is to private business. With all
its loud talk about free enterprise, private busi
ness progressively commits suicide, as in this
Instance where it prefers to become a tenant of
ft municipal corporation rather than a propri
etor in what would appear to be a sound pri
vate investment.
There is Dne more comment, and that is the
preference of investment capital itself to low
yield, tax exempt securities to the old-style in
vestment in lands, mortgages, corporate bonds
or stocks, j Investors, too many of them, are
living in the cyclone cellars of the 1930s. De
' spite the starvation diet ! of triple A securities
they refuse to send out-a-pigeon to see if the
torm has passed. Banks will load up with low
rate governments, but still are skittish on direct
loans to farmers and business men. That's an
other reason why government is going more
and more into business the refusal of investors
to back their faith in free enterprise with their
money.
(See how long a Sunday sermon on economics
We have drawn from this proposed bond issue
at The Dalles).
Post-War Cooperation
v A rather . termperate resolution, signed by
four senators, two democrats and two republi
cans, expressing a purpose on the part of the
United States to cooperate in preserving peace,
once it is restored, through some form of inter
national policing has drawn support and oppo
sition. Roane Wiring," national commander of
the American legion, is quoted as saying that
a world police to enforce the peace would be
"crazy'. Senator Smith of South Carolina "Cot
ton Ed" Smith, who voted to confirm the Wil
son treaty in 1919, says of this proposal: Tm
not in favor of it al all. 1 think we should attend
to our own business, take care of America,
first." -
It is timely that the subject of America's
place in the world is discussed frankly, and,
though this Is less probable, intelligently. The
war will end. There will be some sort of peace.
The "United States will not be able to secede
from the globe. In some way or other this coun
try will have to participate with other coun
tries. Russia, long the Ishmael among the na
tions, did have at least a minimum of Inter
course with others, j . i
Whatever peace that is set up will not be
automatic, Qermany may be whipped, but; the
Prussian instinct for military power win sur
vive, Japan may have her cities blasted, her '
emperor dethroned, her war lords incarcerated.
But the ambition for domination will again fire
Japanese leaders. There wiU need to be con
tinuing control, to repress the gangster powers.
Does the United States want to undertake fcf
Jone? : Secretary Knox!, it is recalled, said soon
We would have a five-ocean navy, p We sup
ported too niardly a one-ocean navy before;
how ready will we be! to bear the continuous
cost of a five-ocean naw 7 The other nosmhilifv
is joining with others of the United Nations-to
do the job.. -
V7e are not so mudi concerned about the exact
izxt of resolutions and charters that may be
proposed. .They must; be couched In general
t-rins or controversy is immediately provoked.
?rt:r.t that this country
"No Tavor Sways Um; No Fear Shall Avot
: From First Statesman, March 28 1851
izations divide
required to win
Civilian Defense, 1943
West coast
whipping up interest in local defense
ed warnings of
"Real income of farmers increased 77 per
cent between 1830 and 1942, whereas city folk's
real ,irmew rose only 32 per cent. Another
of our 'suspicions confirmed. '!',
Alarm clocks are goinj back In production.
They; will do more good for production than the
ifaajyalMA'America!,, O'l-nV-hik
hoars pf prodaction lost by attending the in
numerable conferences called- to expedite the
indicate an at - war eifortt
titude of cooperation with others of the United
Nations fori meeting and tackling the problems
of post-wsuj adjustment. We believe the people,
if not the politicians, favor this. The March
number of .the Woman's Home Companion re
ports its! own poll of the attitude of women
showed 92 per cent favoring a permanent world
congress and 95 per cent giving this congress
power to; enforce its decisions.
Our own view is that this cooperation of the
nations will grow through practice, that there
be no baste to write formulas and frame char
ters and covenants. Experience has proved
them too fragile. Eventually there will need
to be some constitution serving as a binder for
the powers, just as our own constitution was
written five years after the close of the Rev
olutionary! war. The essential is the spirit of
cooperation with the purpose of promoting good
international relations, preventing the seeds of
war from sprouting, building a structure of
peace which will endure because it is securely
constructed.
It is all right now to be studying the problem
of America's part, jn the post-war world; but
the immediate task is to win the war, and we
must not let antagonisms over post-war organ
the present consuming effort
the war.
civilian defense authorities
Dribes are
the threat of bombings.
very important to maintain the civilian defense
organization In major and minor target areas,
against the possibility of such enemy action.
But the probability faded with the Japanese
defeat at Midway. True, there may be sporadic
bombings, j like the ones in Curry county last
fall. But the prospect of large-scale bombings
which could come only from aircraft carriers in
a strongj task force is very slim. Since Midway
and other battles Japan cannot spare the naval
force, especially carriers, which would be re
quired for! such an adventure. It would be vir
tually a suicidal one-way venture, and the Japs
are neither that reckless nor that extravagant.
It is a just criticism of civilian defense that
it has aped Great Britain too closely, and that
it has not; weighed accurately the risks of va
rious types of communities. The problems of
Great Britain, with densely populated cities,
with towns close together and all exposed to
short range bombing from continental bases
are vastly different from our own. With only a
few cities of size on this coast, vwvinUtes
rather widely separated, and comparatively few
major target areas. Yet we have had the intri
.cate paraphernalia of bomb defense, decontanw
ination,! evacution, medical care set up even in
the villages far removed from the coast, whose
risk is negligible. It has been expensive in cost
and more expensive in time of civilians that
might better now be devoted to more essential
duties.
There are some very necessary things for this
summer, j First is to maintain the aircraft warn
ing service, which is the very heart of the whole
defense system, both ' military and civilian.
Second,1 to renew the effort for forest protection
under the banner of "Keep Oregon Green."
Third, keep the civilian defense well organized
and vigilant in the major and minor target
areas. That would mean the coastal and Colum
bia river towns, the centers of war industry,
Salem as the state capHol, areas around mili
tary camps. The rest of the state could be given
the instruction "at ease" until there is a def
inite and adverse change in the naval situation
in the pacific, which is wholly improbable. ;
If the Japs come on big-scale bombing raids
they will strike where they can cripple our war
production. Prime targets would be first, Puget
Sound,! with the naval base at Bremerton and
the aircraft factories and shipyards there; sec
ond, California at San Francisco and at Los
Angeles-San Diego; third, the Columbia river
area, aluminum plants, Bonneville dam, ship
yards. I They certainly would'nt waste high ex
plosives on berry fields and hopyards and resi
dence sections of villages.
The : big job of civilian defense this year is
to deal with domestic problems: rationing, food
production labor supply, salvage collection.
Whenl the war is over the post-war audit will
probably show that the national office of civil
ian defense has been the biggest flop of aU. It
has overrated its importance from the begin
ning. It has been costly, often impractical and
conflicting. One of the hard tasks the states
have bid has been to throttle down the fool
ideasi from national or regional 1 offices which
were both silly and costly. j
It Is ilways weH to be prepared; but it isn't
necessary to wear I woolen underwear in sum
mer because it will be cold next winter.
I : !
Russian pilot have brought ramming to a fine
art. When they are going to ram an aircraft, first
they Shoot the tan (gunner. Then they close in.
They 'cut off the tail of the enemy aircraft with '
their own propeller, This might appear to be a
form of suicide, but losses are reported small, and
pilots j have been known to do it twice in one air
battle! with the same plane. British Information
Services press note dated March 18.
Yes, jLusya, current feminine interest in our
new jScorchy Smith comic , strip, pulled that
trick on a nazi plane 'way back in January
the 19th, to be specific.
He May Not Be a Crazy
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130 Garden Talks.
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6 :45 Popular Music
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T :05 Music
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830 Treasury Star Parade,
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30 Buyer's Parade.
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110 Cedrie Foster.
11 US Bill Hay Reads the Bible.
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' 328 HeUe Again.
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30 Breakfast at Sardl'a.
109-Banktaaee Talking.
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110 Little Jack Little.
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110 Songs by Morton Downey.
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1230 Cote' Case Club.
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By ANNE ROWE!
Chapter SI (contlnaed)
-: She turned around to the open
safe in answer to my gesture to-j
ward it and said: fOhl! and
- Thank you," as 'she pulled tha
poor, futile letter from its hiding
place. 'And'; then: she
"Shall I close fthesafe?"
It was such a ridiculous
to say, under the 'circumstances!
I-couIdnt help1 smiling, i
"If It makes you feel better,"
told her. "Only, if your tune is
so ' short: dont you think yod
ought to use It jCor reading the
letter, so that you know what's
in it?" ; I 5 I
I don't care whaVs in iV All
I want is, to get! rid of it-be
free live," she burst out pasi-
slonately. "And,! thanks again.
didnt believe yoii'd be so nic
about It, so "j .:f
She broke ! off and
against the wall, listening.
I listened too. : someone wi
coming up the stairs. I couldn't .
hear the footsteps On the' thick '
carpet, but -j someone was
breathing, loudly.
sresenuy a jqeep voice ooomj
, ed: "Kay? Kay Burton? Are yoa
there? Are you safe" adding
only . a shade! less sonorously!:
"Brace yourself, Stella! j; W.
You're' too heavy to drag all th
way up!" And i the i next
Mrs. Libby appeared In .thi
door, firmly holding on to Stel
la Avery j livid dishevel'
wmmpering, ana? puuing tin
verse like an obsteperous childl
For a long moment the pi
held. The four of his remained
motionless: ! Mrs.! tibbyf small,
aristocratic and determined;
Stella on the Verge, of hysterics
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Br GLENN BAB1
WldS World War Analyst for Thd
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The-last week of winter has
seen allied fortunes definiteir
improved ett one .front certainly
no worse on others. It-has been
a week of rising tension, jf
tightening wortdwide expectan
cy of great events about to coma.
Although in this slobal srar
the seasons have meant less than
in any war of, the-past humanity'
naturally looks to Spring to bring
a new turn of its affairs; hopeful
or terrible. This year it probably
wul be both.! At any rata it jia
the first spring of World wir
two which has found the United
Nations holding the overall inl
tiauvcv ctUMsfeg the main battle
fields instead of awaiting with
dread the enemy's next! blow.
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It was just a Ouarter! centur
ago Sunday- xnornlng that Von
Hindenburg launched the first
of the great, offensives in the
west that represented Germany's
last effort to win that war. Even
with the end! only eight months
away Germany still was able to
deliver attacks that kept the
allied lands in; black anxiety for
four months more. Hitler's Ger
many stfll has the resources f or
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; Amy trying to shrink into the
wall with fear, and I turned to
stone behind the desk, staring at
the other three. Very stupidly,
. no doubt.- -
Then Stella saw Amy, and the
' next moment all was turmoil and
: violence J..;J' - :v : :
Her whimperings- rose to one
of her i famous shrieks. ! She
jerked tree of Mrs. Libby and in
the same furious motion flung
herself across the intervening
space, straight at Amy. Her
hands lashed out,' fingers curv
ed like talons, and grasped the
unfortunate girl's throat Shak
ing her,! trying to strangle her.
A torrent of abuse unrepeat
able invectives and curses -
rained on Amy, who was defend
ing herself with al lher strength
against the lethal j; attack. Half
Incoherent gibberish interspers
ed with "IH kill you for it. 111
kin you." : ;
Mrs. Libby had plunged after
Stella, was" pulling at her raving
niece with - all her puny might,
roaring at the same time: "Stop
it! Stop It, I say! I . won't have
any more murders!" -
The din was ear-splitting. X
kept thinking: "If must go and .
help Mrs. Libby.' Stella is killing
Amy, and couldn't get up, seem-
' ed glued to my chair.
Then, miraculously, Roberts
was in the room. His gloved
hands tore ' the struggling arid
squirming Stella away from her
victim, Ihloding her without no
ticeable effort
(To be continued)
SUtesman
some terrible blows; Russia may
be facing another summer ' of
peril, but the over -aU picture
is one which justifies confidence.
The most decided improvement
of the United Nations position
during the week was achieved
, in Tunisia. There also were noted
the most convincing signs of big
events impending. ,
- American forces, their losses
of last month replaced, burning
with the offensive spirit and a .
desire; for revenge, struck back
against Marshal Rommel's flank.
They had a new commander, Lt
Gen. George S. Pattonjr, famed
believer In - the j gospel of the ,
attack. - J
. Th e Americans recaptured
, Gafsa and continued eastward on
at least two of
lng toward the
bottleneck along
the roads lead-
enemy's Gabes
the coast only
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aoouc; iv mues away. ,
Gen. Henri Uonore' Giraud,
the French leader in north Africa
was present at j the seizure of
Gafsa and declared that it
"Marks the beginning of an of
: fensive which wul go as far as
Berlin." .. j . ' i .
There was a revival of activity
In the north) Pacific, where
United States air forces blasted
again at Japan's base on Kiska
in the Aleutians, perhaps herald
ing something still more sub
stantial in the way of action to
clear this segment of American
territory of the enemy. Tha
Japanese are looking with grow
ing anxiety ; toward the north
east apparently believing that
America's first blow against their
homeland may come from that .'
direction.' . '
Another flareup came ln Burma,-
where the Japanese con
tinued pressure which compelled
two withdrawals5 by British for
ces above Akyab, in the north
west but ' at the weekend tha
British were advancing again
above Donbaik and holding firm
elsewhere. . -...
The China war continued to!
seesaw indecisively along the
middle Yangtze.! If Japan Is pre
paring a major offensive In
China or anywhere, else in the
Pacific theatre It is still under
wraps. ! .
The Ycih cl Our
Ilaiion Demand
Gccd Vision
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We have always prided our
selves on . giving i our chil
dren the best of eveirything,
and yet we often neglect an
important check-up of their
eyesight j
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