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, -They are whispering so loudly
In Washington and London that
out here we can almost see the
lips move. By press wire and
radio wireless rumors circulate of
the pendency of great events. It
is -true, literally and figuratively,
that the "air is electric."
Where there is so much smoke
there must be fire. Responsible
news services do not go "all-out"
on mere suspicion. Enough has
clearly been let fall by persons
who' do know to build up expec
tations of early and important pro
nouncements.
The rumors center on a prob
able meeting of Churchill, Roose
velt and Stalin. This has been
forecast by the principals them
selves, ahd their lack of recent
appearance in their capitals gives
base for the surmise, which is
perhaps not even surmise to ob
servers in Washington and Lon
don. The place probably is Cairo
as reported.
The meeting of these heads of
state would be an event of major
significance in itself; but so defi
jiite has been the report that pro
nouncements of world-shaking im
portance are imminent, it must be
that a tip-off of what is coming
has been given out We had that
after the Casablanca conference;
but the subsequent statements
hardly lived up to the advance
notices. Some important statement
would have to flow from a meeting
of the "big three," and it would
have to take some advanced posi
tion with reference to the war
or the peace. The Hull-Eden-Molo-toff
conference in Moscow suc
cessfully disposed of current prob
lems. Unless subjects of vaster
moment were up for consideration
there would be no need for a
meeting of these heads of state so
coon following the other meeting.
The speculation which seems
nearest the truth is that the Unit
ed Nations will be more detailed
in their terms of "unconditional
surrender," assuring the peoples
of the axis and satellite states that
they will not Je obliterated if they
throw Hitler out and sue for peace.
This was the proceeding with
Italy prior to Mussolini's . down
fall. But Hitler and Himmler still
hold their, grip - in Germany, and
there is no one else known at
present who can speak for ' the
German nation. It is doubtful if
any great ultimatum will meet
with an early and favorable re
sponse from Germany. '
My own surmise , is that 4 this ,
build-up is part ofa waV of nerves
against Germany. These rumors
reach inside Germany, and dan
gle the possibility of peace be
fore the eyes of the dzed and
distraught people of bombed cit
ies, and the hungry and sorrow
ing relatives! of men lost in the
bitter defeats in Russia. With this
generous advance publicity the
ultimatum when it comes will
certainly attract attention within
Germany, and may be the leaven
that will produce upheavals later
on.
Of course the mountain "of pro
phecy may turn out to be a mole
hill of fact. But if it is, many
faces will be red.
G. M. Sennatt
Nazi Prisoner
Lt George M. Sennatt, formerly
reported missing in action, is now
reported to be held a prisoner of
the German government, accord
ing to a notification sent through
the International Red Cross to his
wife,' Aithea R. Sennatt She- is
living with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Everett Hane, at 864 Mill
Street.
Sennatt was a bombardier on a
flying Fortress and was in a raid
over Europe when taken prisoner.
Word of his capture came to the
family; Saturday.
Heavy Fall Wind
Does Small Damage
Heaviest wind of the " fall to
date carried gusts of rain, snapped
branches from trees and rocked
Salem telephone and electric
wires Monday night but did small
damage, power company employ
es declared early this morning. -
Dallas, Willamina
Men Killed in Action
8gt Harry E. Sever of Dal
las and Srt Marcos A. Sim
mons ef rente 1, Willamina, are
Included In a list ef mea killed
' la action In the Mediterranean
area, Sgt. Sever's wife, Mrs.
Lydia IL. Sever, lives North
vens street in Dallas. Sft.
Simmons mother Is Mrs. Sosle
M. Simmons. l-'-,'.'b
SHOPPING
DAYS LEFT-
TO GETIUdCT
Buy CiristnssSeas
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Oregon -v
To Buy, -Distillery
State Takes
Final Steps
For Purchase
. PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 29(P)
Oregon and Washington took
final steps today to acquire
1,000,000 cases of Kentucky
bourbon whiskey in the first
purchase of distilleries ever
made by liquor monopoly states.
George P. Lilley, chairman of
the Oregon liquor control com
mission, delegated Commissioner
Hugh Kirkpatrick to leave for
Louisville, Ky., Wednesday to join
Ray Conway, Oregon liquor ad
ministrator, in a check of stocks
of the Waterfill & Frazier and
Shawhan distilleries.
Commissioner Paul L. Crooks
was appointed to leave for Kansas
City offices of the distilleries next
Tuesday with a check for Ore
gon's share of the $6,850,000 pur
chase price. Lilley said that Evro
Beckett, chairman of the "Wash
ington state liquor board, informed
him by telephone today that Wash
ington would send a representa
tive east with Crooks.
The purchase plan calls for re
sale of the distilleries after the
stocks are divided by the two
states.
Lilley said the office of price
administration (OPA) had tele
graphed approval after the dis
tilleries agreed to reduce the pur
chase price $1,105,000 to meet ceil
ing regulations.
Forest Grover
Wins Medal
In Pacific
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AL
LIED HEADQUARTERS, Nov. 30
(Tuesday )JP) A crew of a heavy
bomber, which raided nine instal
lations and shipping near Kolaka
in Celebes last Aug. 21 and then
fought off 12 Zeros to return safe
ly to its base, have been awarded
the silver star for "gallantry in
action."
The airmen included Capt. C.
A. Cunningham, Indiana; Sft
Gerald R. Cate, Forest Grove,
Ore., sad Staff Sgt Conrad K.
Bowman, Port Orford, Ore.
The plane dropped eight 500
pounders on a Pomelaa nickel
mine, then released a ninth from
low altitude on a freighter trans
port in the harbor and finished
off with strafing runs against oth
er shipping and military barracks.
The citation said, "On the re
turn flight Capt. Cunningham's
bomber was attacked by 12 enemy
Zeros .which made over 30 passes.
During a MS minute aerial combat
four enemy planes definitely were
destroyed and were observed by
the crew to be crashing arid ex
ploding in the water. One other
aircraft probably was destroyed,
two were damaged and were
forced to withdarw from the
fight"
The plane returned to its base
with many bullet holes but with
no severe damage and no casualties.
Spotlight on Boiler Union Dispute
Shifts to Supreme Court in Salem
Spotlight of the boilermakers
union dispute involving Tom Ray,
deposed ! business agent of the
Portland local, and other local
and international officers, shifted
temporarily to Salem on Monday
when , the state supreme court
heard , arguments in a mandamus
proceeding brought to prevent
Judge E. M. Page of Salem from
proceeding with a hearing in
Multnomah county circuit court in
an injunction case.
; Plaintiffs in the. mandamus pro
ceeding and defendants in the in
junction case are M. K. Forte and
other members of the governing
board of the subordinate union.
The supreme court deferred deci
sion in f the mandamus case. A
written opinion probably will be
released later in the week. : :
The case on which the manda
mus proceeding was based was
filed by O. , W. Mursener, acting
in behalf ; of the f international
brotherhood, to restrain Forte and
his group from acting as mem
bers of the governing board. Mur
sener also requested an account
ing of the brotherhood's finances
Air Medal
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Lt John H. Farrar, son of Dee
Farrar of Salem and a student
at Capital Business college here
several years ago, - has been
awarded the air medal, accord
ing to word received here. The
citation mentions that he had
participated In more than 25
missions in the South Pacific
He Is a nephew of former Post
master John II. Farrar of Salem.
Aussies Move
On Vital Jap
Jungle Position
By ROBERT EUNSON
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AL
LIED HEADQUARTERS. Tues
day, Nov. 30-(;P)-Supported by
waves of B-25's and their own
tanks, Australian infantrymen are
closing in on the Bonga, a stubbornly-defended
Japanese jungle
position northeast of Sattelberg,
New Guinea.
Sattelberg, five miles northwest
of Finschhafen airfield, was cap
tured by the allies Nov. 26.
A spokesman for General
Douglas MacArthnr, explaining
the strategic value of Bonga,
said that although Pino hill has
been taken a bulge still remain
ed in allied lines along the
coastal trait The assault on
Bonga is Intended to take: oat
this bulge.
Pino hill, a large irregular
height, dominated the northeast
ern half of the main jungle trail
along Huon peninsula.
The attack on Bonga was
launched last Saturday.
Mitchell medium bombers, fly
ing at tree-top level, roared ahead
of the Australians, strafing ene
my lines as the attack began. The
next day they blasted the Japan
ese again and by Sunday after
noon the Aussies had advanced
to within a mile of Bonga.
Meanwhile, Mosigetta, Maraw
aka, and Mutipina airdromes, all
on the southeast coast of Empress
Augusta bay on Bougainville isl
and, were attacked heavily by
Dauntless and Avenger bombers
escorted by P-39 fighters. Six
large buildings were destroyed
and 24 smaller structures were
demolished by the 68 tons of
bombs released by the warplanes.
Ten to 15 fires were started and
six barges were sunk.
Some 50 Liberators attacked
Wewak, the Japanese stronghold
on the northeast coast of New
Guinea. Escorted by Airacobras,
the allied heavy bombers put 94
tons of bombs on the target. Ob
servers reported a large fire along
the coast at nearby Boram and
two small fires at Wewak.
Night reconnaissance units raid
ed shipping north of Rabaul, at
tacking two destroyers and a
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and the return of $10,000 allegedly
given to Tom Ray, deposed busi
ness agent, as a gratuity.
Judge Page granted the tem
porary injunction order.
Principal argument oL attorneys
in the mandamus proceeding cen
tered on whether an affidavit of
prejudice filed by Forte and other
members of the governing board
against Judge Page was timely.
Attorney K. C Tanner, repre
senting Forte and other plaintiffs,
contended that the affidavit was
filed : as soon as the governing
board members were advised that
the injunction proceeding I had
been assigned to Judge Page.
Attorneys for both the govern
ing board and Judge Page admit
ted that assignment of the case
was made in the courthouse cor
ridor and not in the courtroom or
in the chambers of ; Presiding
Judge Alfred P. Dobson. -.
Attorney Wilber Henderson, ap
pearing for Judge Page, contended
that he had made oral application
for a temporary injunction before
Fort's attorney filed his affidavit
of prejudice and that the pro
Russians
Close on
Zhlobin
Reds 12 Miles
From Rail Hub
Of Gomel Escape;
By JAMES M. LONG .
LONDON, Tuesday, Nov. 30
(P)-Russian troops lunging in.
a pincers upon Zhlobin rail
hub and fortress guarding the
nazis Gomel escape gap
speared to within 12 miles of
the city from the south Mon--day
and, seized 40 villages iri
a battering offensive frorr the
west, the Soviets announced ear
ly today.
One spearhead of Gen. Cons tan
tine Rokossovsky's formations
plunged within 23 miles of Bo-J
bruisk, northwest of Zhlobin and
on the , same Gomel-Minsk rail
road, Moscow declared.
The Soviet smashes thus stabbed
closer to the supply system
of the whole southern white Rus
sia line, pushing the retreating
Germans nearer to the old Polish
frontier and new disaster.
Eight hundred nazis were killed
yesterday in fierce fighting in this
area, said the Moscow communi
que recorded by the Soviet radio
monitor from a broadcast.
Exploding a renewed charge
into the Dnieper bend, some
220 miles to the south, other red
armies wiped out 1500 Germans
and plunged eight miles west of
Cherksasy, on the west bank of
the Dnieper between Kiev and
Kremenchuk, the war bulletin
declared.
In the Kiev salient, 900 Ger
mans were reported killed and 56
tanks " wrecked as Soviet forces
threw back heavy new nazi as
saults north and east of Zhitomir
in the Chernyakhov and Brusilov
areas, and red army planes struck
heavily at German armored con-r
centratlonsL.-f'f'?
(A London broadcast quoted the
Soviet radio as saying tonight that
"eight German armored divisions
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Thief Takes
Jewels, Cash
Woi-th $100
Police today seek clues leading
to apprehension of a person who
Monday obtained approximately
$100 worth of jewelry and coins in
a daylight robbery in Salem.
Entrance to the Albert Smith
residence, 1578 South Commercial
street, was apparently gained
through a dining room door, from
which a small glass panel was
broken. Once in the house, the
wary visitor . unhooked a screen
over a bedroom window so that
exit might be rapid in case of ne
cessity. A necklace-with a pendant con
taining a diamond, the whole val
ued at $50, a small gold cross
type necklace on which no value
was stated, a small yellow gold
wristwatch, valued at $27, and $20
in old coins were taken. Only one
dresser drawer had apparently
been ransacked and in it had been
left some valuable merchandise.
Mrs. Smith told police she had
left the house at 8:30 a. m. Mon
day and that her husband, first to
return, arrived home at 520 p.
m. to discover the thefts.
ceeding was before the court at
that time. Under the Oregon sta
tutes, Henderson said, an affi
davit cannot be filed after a trial
or proceeding is under way.
Henderson further declared that
if Tanner's petition for a man
damus writ were allowed, it would
compel Judge Page to undo some
thing he already had done. Such
a remedy, Henderson said, is not
in the scope of a mandamus pro
ceeding. He suggested that in case
Fore and his group desire to haveH
the injunction order vacated they
should apply to Presiding Judge
Dobson.
Tanner, in his rebuttal argu
ment, stressed that Judge Page
granted the temporary injunction
without regard for the affidavit
of prejudice and probably would
continue in the case unless pre
vented by a supreme court deci
sion. .
A statement by Judge Dobson,
included in the record, indicating
that he had told Henderson to go
before Judge Jage with his motion
for a temporary injunction was
presented to the supreme court
US : . Fortgj :iAgam
British.
Adriatic
Offensive
Mounts
Eastern End
Of Nazi Defense
Endangered
By GAYLE TALBOT '
Associated Press War Editor
The famous Eighth army,
nemesis of the nazis, is smash
ing headlong into the enemy's
"winter lin$" at two points
across the Sangro river and is
engaged in bitter fighting that
may tear the Adriatic end of
the enemy's defenses out by the
roots.
General Montgomery's British,
New Zealand and Indian troops
attacked in darkness Sunday
morning both from their original
bridgehead near the mouth of the
Sangro and opposite Archi, 13
miles inland, after a terrific ar
tillery barrage had pulverized
the Germans' hill positions, and
the allied command reported
"good progress" despite repeated
nazi counter-attacks.
' This likely was the start of
an allied push along the length
of the Italian front, with Gen
eral Clark's American and Brit
ish Fifth army due to Join
shortly in the delayed task of
driving the enemy back on
Rome. , The worst of the rainy
season which has mired the al
lies for weeks appeared to have
passed.1, r. .
TbeT German t air ' force? making
its ' first appearance in strength
over the battle lines in recent
weeks, sent three formations of
fighter-bombers against the ad
vancing British troops, but each
group was intercepted by Spit
fires, which destroyed two Mes-serschmitt-109s
and one Focke-Wulf-190
and damaged others.
Helping to cut the enemy line
of supplies from northern Italy,
two British destroyers bombarded
the Adriatic port of Civitanova, 85
miles up the coast from the San
gro, while American A-36 dive
bombers created what was offi
cially reported as "widespread
confusion and havoc" among en
emy troop concentrations, bar
racks and road traffic in the Rome
area.
The American planes destroyed
at least 10 trucks, damaged many
railway cars and tank transporters
and attacked railway stations,
power plants and radio stations.
American Spitfires strafed troops
and vehicles near Gioia and Avez
zano, east of Rome, and P-40 War
hawks hammered gun positions
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Alumina Plant
Appropriation
Clears Path
Last technicality involving fed
eral approval of the alumina-from-clay
plant to be erected in
the Salem vicinity was cleared
Monday when the Defense Plant
corporation of which: Jesse Jones
is executive head appropriated
$4,000,000 for construction.
Telegrams containing this In
formation were received by the
Salem chamber of commerce and
Gov. Earl Snell from -Congress
man Homer Angell, of the north
west's congressional alumina com
mittee, from Sen. Charles L Mc
Narys office and from Sen. Rufus
Holman. Congressman AngeU's
wire said the project was "pro
ceeding regularly toward the con
tract staged:
A resolution of appreciation?
authorized by the Salem chamber
of commerce, addressed to the
chambers of commerce and other
agencies and individuals in cities
throughout the northwest, was
read at the Salem chamber's Mon
day luncheon. It mentions the co
operation which averted loss of
the alumina ; plant : to some area
outside the Pacific northwest and
the action of, other Oregon appli
cants in withdrawing in favor of
Salem prior to final selection.
- The resolution was drafted by
Ralph Campbell of the chamber's
legislative department. President
Carl Hogg gave principal credit
for : Salem's success in acquiring
the plant to Clay Cochran, busi
neu extension manager of the
chamber.-. -'. -
Smash Nazi' WiBter! : Liinie
Momentous
ByFDR,Churchill,Stalin
Expected in
I By RICHARD
LONDON, Nov. 29-(JP)-A declaration of epochal importance in
volving a possible demand for Germany's surrender and signed
by President Roosevelt, Prime
Stalin in the first meeting of the "big three" is expected; on the
basis' of foreign reports to be announced perhaps within a- few
(ays.
It is speculated from reports from abroad that such a document,
in terms more precise than the Atlantic charter, certainly would
state the peace principles for
satellites.
Although there is no confirmation, reports from abroad have
persisted that Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek has joined in the
greatest conference yet on the
United Nations, but it is believed that if he did so he probably
paricipated mainly in talks apart from those attended by the
Russians, who are not fighting
There were reports, too, that
Czechoslovak government-in-exile
ence. . -
German propagandists anticipated an announcement-of such m
conference with an effort to minimize its importance.
"Since efforts to bring about
for the last two years, it would
should at last take place," said
surprising, however, that the meeting should take place so soon
after the Moscow conference of foreign ministers" of Britain,
Russia and t the United States..
"Since the Moscow conference,
ryot changed. Stalin, ChurchilL and Roosevelt therefore can hard
ly discuss Anything that Molotov, Eden, and Hull did not dis
cuss. ,
"If a meeting nevertheless has convened, it may be concluded
thalt the Moscow conference brought no agreement, and the Mos-
cov commuioueu (brought) nothing but an attempt to give the
Elusion or agreement.-' -
. Contrary to this German view," the affirmation of solidarity
among the three leaders of the United Nations- is expected alone
to constitute one of the greatest accomplishments of any, con
sultation.
ii is taken for granted in London that they would join in re
affirming the unconditional surrender; policy, and elaborate it
with a statement to the German people of the treatment they
might expect if they aid in shortening the war by throwing out
the nazis.
Although the allied powers apparently have agreed on a stra
tegy of an all-out assault on Germany in the spring, military as
well as diplomatic consultations are believed involved in the
conference.
Citx Water
MuddleSuitLoomsAgain
Notification of impending suit
to restrain Marion - county: court
from waiving the $17,000 accrued
and! delinquent interest on Salem
cityj water system back taxes went
to the" court Monday over the sig
nature of Herman E. Lafky, Sa
lem' attorney. ;
"Representing certain rural tax
payers, he declared he would file
suit "if you persist in the indicated
deal." That suit would be accom
panied, he added, by a petition
for "a mandamus order, requiring
youi with or without your per
mission, to foreclose the tax lien
on the power company owned pro
perty at Trade and Liberty
streets. "
There is no necessity for waiv
ing! taxes, Lafky maintains, inas
much as some of the old water
company properties (those at
Trade and Liberty) have already
been sold to the Portland General
Electric company. Now, that they
once again are out of the public
ownership classification, they are
subject to the "same tax foreclo
sure that takes any home or farm,
tpon which the taxes are not
paid he declares. ' -,
The properties in question were
sold to the power company for
$12,000, according to Lafky, who
writes in part:
X considerable number of tax
Ileal foreclosure lists have been
published since the City of Salem
sold that property to the Port
land General Electric, .but to date
no effort has been made to collect
thai lien. Now "the public and
taxpayers of Marion county are
being told that they are to make
up that $17,000 of tax interest you
propose to waive, because it is
impossible to ' enforce your ; tax
claim against publicly owned prop
erty. We submit that ryou have
no moral right to do this, and
there is a serious doubt that you
have any legal right, under the
state of the record. Why this pow
er company property . has ; been
i overlooked, wt suggett you ex
Blast
Declaration
Few D a ys
G. MASSOCK
Minister Churchill and Premier
! :.'
application to Germany and her
war and peace strategy of the
Japan. -
President Eduard Behes of the
was attending this confer
" ."
this conference have been made
not be surprising if a conference
DNB in a Berlin broadcast. "It is
the situation on the .whole has
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System
plain to the satisfaction of the
taxpayers of all of Marion county,
whom you wili one day soon be
asking ; to authorize the building
of a badly needed new courthouse,
with taxpayers' money."
Long in litigation, the case con
cerning the water system tax came
out of the state supreme court
earlier this year. It concerned the
taxes levied against the property
while . still privately owned but
not due nor billed until after the
purchase by the city.
The supreme court declared the
takes due and owing, pointed out
that the county had no way to
enforce collection since publicly
owned property Is neither taxable
nor subject to foreclosure i liens
for taxes. placed thereon prior to
purchase. However, it indicated
that the tax debt would continue
to be a lien against the property,
collectible when the . properties
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Salem Man v
Helps Blast
Jap Pillboxes
Sgt. :Fv P. "Fram Morgan of
Salem was in the thick of things
in the Tarawa invasion, a delayed
Associated -Press dispatch report
ed Monday- He was one of a pla
toon of marines which knocked
out six Jap pillboxes and killed
about 20 of the enemy. . .
Lt William D. ' Hawkins of El
Paso,. platoon leader, wounded in
the shoulder, returned to the at
tack after a surgeon' explained he
couldn't . remove the slug as he
didn't have the proper instruments
handy, the dispatch said. Lt. A. G.
Leslie of Milwaukie, Orev also
participated in this attack.
. ' Sgt. Morgan's brother, Glenn E.
Morgan, is employed at the Cherry
City bakery her. -
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Mzlforit
Mit! ; Twice
iniiilDivs
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Daylight
MighW
Raid Continues
Allied lAir
Blitz
By W. W.H HERCHER
LONDON,
srNov.
29 -JPh
65-below-;
Streaking j through
zero weather, US Flying Fort
resses with powerful fighter es-
cort continued the michtv new
I , s j. i ij . : i j
aerial offensive against Hitler's
Europe today by heaping more
destruction on
of 1 Bremen in
the German port
Bremen inline secona sucn
daylight assault in four days, j
1 In: the! . second attack on j
which suffered: a terrific pound-;
Ing Friday byla record number
of US big- planes, j and other :
European j targets during the i
day, 13 American heavy bomb- '
era and 18 flgjhter planes li :
of the latter American were :
reported missing, while 35r na
si aircraft were! shot down. . j ,:
An indication: that the RAF was
permitting j no Jjslack jin the new;
aerial drive came; tonight when,
the nazi-dominated radio stations
at i Bremen, Frteslandi HilversumJ
Calais and Luxembourg faded
from -the alrJ Si) ii' I - i : '
Deutschlandsenderj the . tig i
nasi station fcthe Berlin area,
also went silent. Indicating that j
the SAF again might be blast-;
lag smoking i Berlin, which was;
aDoui ; one-mira aemotisnea i in
last week's night RAF attacks. : .
Under "clouds of Thunderbolt -
and Lightnings the Flying Fort- 't
esses made tne soof mile round :
trip to Bremen in temperature A
dipping as I lowji as 65 1 degrees be i
low zero the jroldestj weather" in. 1
which American ii hteh altitude 1 $
bombers ever nave operated front
Britain.;!.! ill 1 i . ".
. ( Bremen, f ity jof 340,000;
normal popalation and a port!
second . In Importance only j to '
Hamburg;! has been attacked six
times by the Elfhth air force!
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au
Rene vk Drive
For fal Bill
I By HOWARD FLIEGER
WASHINGTON. Nov.
The - administration renewed
ita
for
to-
almost i nopeieps campaign
SIQ.500.000,000 in new taxes
day, but fought jof f suggestions ol
a federal sales itautj - ; ; -. ,
Secretary Morgenthau told
the
senate finance -committee the ha
tiojh's , skyrocketed ar income
could well, bear that amount, of
additional taxe44-an argument rej
ected by the house when if voted
a tax bill cut j to $2,140,000,000.
Morgenthau; j and his aides
spurned arguments that less gov
ernment : spending ! would lighten
the tax need aiid said a sales tax
would be entirely unfair to low-
would be
mare trouble than it Is worth; H
The administration I of f I c i a 1 s
opened t h e i if renewed plea for
heavier taxes; knowing that the
odds were .-heavily against their
getting 110.500,600,000 from this
congress. The j house , voted, cou
pled with the remark bf Chairman
George : (D-Ga j i of the senate fi
nance committee that j it would be
impossible to go far afield of i the
house bill, lefti little hope for the
treasury j proposaL 'ii . -v ..1 i'j
f An essential; 'part of fighting a
war is paying jior it jn the right
way at the right : time,! Morgen
thau declared, fit is p great fal
lacy to suppose that we can fight
history's 1 greatest; i war to save
what t we hold !nost dear without
financial sacrifice. - !
Taxation now, during the war.
Is the easiest Nay to make that
sacrifice.- ; -i ll I - . ; j "
Both Morgenthau and; Randolph
'aful, treasury tax expert, stressed
the - mounting national Income in
their demands tor more taxes, but
Chairman Geojrge observed: ( !
fMuch of that; is temporary,; arr
tificial -income I'm afraid we're,
not going Id decrease (tax) rates
fast enough to lake care of declin
ing income when. I the war ends.
With the bcplne artificial,. as it
must be in vsis ; time, you have
to give ' factor
Moraciitli
very great ?
weight"
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