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The OZIXrOtf ST ATIT2.IAII. Cclm Oreejon. Tuesday Morning. DecamBa 2!.' ISXif FAGS FOCZX r 1 t I i it I: ; t t 5 1. t ! - A Ik T i mm ".No fapor Sways Us; No Fear Shall Aim" From First Statesman, March 28, 18S1 : THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING C03IPANY CHARLES A, SPRAGfUZ, Editor and Publisher Member of the Associated Press - The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news dispatches credited to it or' not otherwise credited in this newspaper. Our Balkan Peninsula 5 ! ? j .The revolutionxin Bolivia which has; result ed in the overthrow of the prof-allied gov-, eminent is an event of UJ omen. Bolivia Is. the chief and almost the sole source of tin for tha United States, now that Malayan, tin is con egariled by the Japs. The curtailment j of the Bolivian tin supply if long continued; would have damaging effect on the war and on civil ian economy both in this country and Great Britain. While we have been trying to build up stockpiles of tin, it has been' hard to make headway in view of the urgent 5 jdemand of munitions plants and the canning 1 industry. The margin of allied favor in, South Ameri ca has always, been narrow. It took a coup in Uruguay to oust the nazi element. Iii Argentina the nominally neutral - but actually promazl regime was replaced by a junta of colonels mora strongly fascist in sympathy. Brazil, while ruled by a president-dictator, has been most inclined to favor the allies, but even in Brazil there is a very large segment of the population of Ger man origin and sympathies. i.j f All through South America the German in fluence in business and culture has penetrated. German airlines 'linked the capitals and prin cipal cities of the continent; German traders were active in business; German j consulates were ganglia of the nau propaganda system. It has taken strong pressures to offset these in fluences, and probably considerable American spending money. The coups in Argentina and Bolivia show that our position in the southern continent is not too"secure. " I! ; j It is doubtful if the Bolivian revolution will affect the flow of commodities to the United States and Great Britain. Without these na tions for a market the 'national income would, collapse and the ensuing economic distress . would soon ' prompt a 1 counter-revolution. j If necessary the allies could "take- steps", but military action would be the last move because of the resulting disturbance all through -the continent. Certainly we would not want one war within a war. Even a pro-nazi I government is hardly likely to defy - Great Britain and the United States to the injury of its own people. The Washington comment on the Bolivian . development is reserved, as properly it should . be. Until the situation clears: and "lines of force" are defined, public pronouncement by men in official status will be -withheld. We may be sure that our very considerable representa tion in Bolivia and through South America will watch; the matter! intently, 'and observe the reaction in other South American coun tries, especially those more closely aligned to the cause of the United Nations! There is no cause for serious alarm; but we might remem ber that South America is a sort, of "Balkan Peninsula" for North. America. , - - eral treasury are far more necessitous than those - of Detroit. It is not very patriotic for a subor ; dinate branch of "government to connive, to de- ' prive the treasury of revenues it needs and has sought by ' law , to, 'collect. If Detroit's example is generally followed the federal government will lose substantial sums, which it will be " forced to make up in some other way, and thus the public may be doubly mulcted. Detroit's city government evidently ; thinks,", however, that it has hit upon a heat trick, which : this : one is if it works. - J , ... . It was a Texas outfit that secured the beach head on New Britain. And they carried :, tha flag of the Lone Star state along With the stars and stripes. Over in Italy . a captured . German said the officers predicted dire punishment if they were caught by Americans because they were fighting Texans. The men f rom Texas not only have a reputation as f ighters--they live up to it too. And they still think of their state as an independent principality. - Newspaper headline: PRESIDENT IN DC WILL TALK At least that is better than WILL SING f ' The Pendleton East-Oregon ian thinks we should do house-heating by electricity. That would be all right if we could just charge it. Tha 1943 crop of dry edible beans is said to be the largest on record. Good news for army cooks. ! News Behind The News By PAUL MALLON 4 AM J2 -?&- f t ... . . ... . 1 -.-....... . DnSGrprofilCuS; YCio lnJau NetV! By KIRKS L. SIMPSON Copynaht IMS by the Aasociated Press :)' j There Is a Santa Claia Today's lacflio JlPirogirainnis -;-.-.v. 4 m Five-Cent Cigars There was once a vice president who gained immortality of a sort not because of his politi cal achievements but because of his quip: "What the country needs is a good five-cent cigar." That was Vice President Marshall, and he made the remark . when the last war had boosted the price of; good cigars to ten or fif teen cents apiece. 'After a length of time cigar-makers saw their market melting away from them las cigarettes grew in popularity. Then one of the big tobacco companies brought out a five-Cent cigar, publicizing it in a fa mous "anti-spit" advertising campaign. Be fore the present war there were several nickel brands on the market, but still the sales were only about two-thirds of those of 20 years pre vious, while the sale of cigarettes had zoomed from fewer than, fifty billion a year to 189 billion. That presented a problem for the cigar makers to worry over. We let the Portland Jour nal of Commerce take over: In those happy carefree days , of the late depression long before the war certain ci gar manufacturers announced their intentions of "stabilizing", the quality if there is such a thing as quality involved,1 of 5-cent cigars. You may recall their first publicity blasts re garding pending stabilization plans. The torches were to dovetail more closely with the desires of fairly easily satisfied consumers.- General Improvement was admittedly in order. Insofar as we kntow from personal experience, how ever, less, than nothing has resulted, unless wrapping the fuses in cellophane and raising the price a penny counts. But when the war is over and happy days are here again a definite minimum standard must be fixed for such in flammable and damnable 'commodities which should only be set fire .to;,' outdoors and pre ferrably in a high wind.' Further there should be effective restrictions imposed to prevent the burning of these smudge-producers in all I places of public assembly and. We hope, in news offices not equipped with the most pow erful pressure ventilating systems.. Neat Trick-If It Works . Detroit is planning a beat trick. Its council has adopted an -ordinance to levy additional taxes on utilities operating within the city with the frank admission that it is seeking to capture excess profits that otherwise will go to the federal government! The Detroit! Edison company, which serves the city with electricity, and the Michigan Consolidated Gas company, gas supplier, say that the new tax is confisca tory and that they, will be forced to ask a substantial rate increase. They .probably will resist the tax in court. - ' ' , . ' The question arises as to why there should not be m rate reduction if the profits of the companies, exceed a fair return. While? for the country as a whole regulatory commissions have not moved, to reduce rates, this non-action has been due to the fact that utility profits have shown little or no increase after federal taxes. In Oregon the public utility commissioner has ordered a rate cut for Portland .General Elec-. trie, but this, is the culmination of an ; effort begun over a year ago and a consequence of the company's own previous assurances of low- , er rates. ' It would appear that .tha needs of the fed- WASHINGTON, December 20 Congressional taxmakers entered an apparent gentleman's agree- ment earlier in the year that they would soak the individual income taxpayer no more until he had a chance to straighten. himself out on the so-called "pay-as-you-go," the device by which they half -covertly hiked his war taxes at least 25 per cent, under the benevolent guise of letting him pay currently after 1945. Members of the house com mittee, and also senate finance, agreed the individual Just could not stand more during this transition Deriod of double taxation. Nothing was -written down, but public statements were issued by many" members to this effect Now, after nine months of searching fo"r new methods of taxation and failing to consider ser iously a single new method, not even voting on a sales tax or a spending tax, or trying to reach the special restricted class of inflated war incomes senate finance has submitted a bill: To hitthe same old individual income taxpayer and no one else, again by stealthy method of al lowing rates to remain the same while removing two important exemptions. Elimination of the 10 per cent earned income credit will hike the individual's tax costs about $540,000,000 next year; disallowance of deductions for excise taxes will cost $150,000,000 more. In all, this bill raises income taxes again by probably $700,000,000. How did they dare do it? Chiefly because a thoughtlessly false, if not intentionally deceptive propaganda has been built up before the public. Taxmakers in their giddiness or frustration have come to believe their own words "the country can stand more taxes", "people have money to burn," "danger of inflation." The truth is certain war working people hava greatly increased incomes, but most people have much less after taxes and high prices. No one advertises the truth that this government increased its toll on income taxpayers 152 per cent the first five months of this fiscal government year (July to December) over last year. Little do you hear of taxation rising 700 per cent in three major bills since Pearl Harbor, the brunt falling on old taxpayers, not the inconsiderable new war workers (9,060,000 new victory" taxpayers pay on ly $162,000,000). A struggling married wage earner getting $5000 today must pay 20 per cent or $1000 to his feder al government, in addition to state and county taxes and other federal levies on cigarettes, liquor, etc. All you hear are expert arguments about in flation with generalized overall national figures about swollen incomes, nothing about this $5000 man trying to buy bonds, pay withholding, ter rific prices and raise a family on about half or less of what he earns. ' I No one, absolutely no one, takes the part of the individual taxpayer. The way the propaganda has been set up, it Is considered unpopular, even re motely unpatriotic to do so. But generalized average taxation already is $357 per person here compared with $291 in. Britain, $261 in Canada, and our. people already pay eight tim more than in world war I. ; -.:- This government without this bill, will collect possibly $45,000,000,000 this; year, pay at least 47 per cent of the war cost, and its expenditures wilt run below expectations while j its revenues will be higher than budgeted, making any tax increase less necessary. Yet the treasury ardently offsets such j figures and denies this established trend of re- duced deficits in its warm,! excessive taxation, zeal. I And this finance committee spent ! most of its time moderating renegotiation of contracts on business. Perhaps- some such steps were necessary to prevent injustices and leave business something for. after-the-war conversion, but it lost sight of consideration for the: individual taxpayer." . No fairmlnded authority will deny that both the -house and senate tax bills are basically awkward, 'i unimaginative, , non-partisanly inefficient upward readjustments of already1 overburdened tax sources, that no one concerned, including the treasury, has shown the slightest political courage toward devel oping new tax source or searching out the war- , inflation money In the' pockets where it resides. - v- owwnow, politicians nave the notion taxpayers never rise up at elections. It was the new deal which first fully discovered that tremendous tax-: ation does not hurt bolitically, but excessive ex penditures to special groups does help politically. As long as. this belief prevslls, the income taxpayer way conunue so d Be constantly fleeced goat ef imnnmsH, K.SLM TUESDAY tm K. . T OO Nws. 7:05 Marion Farm Jc Horn. TS Rise n Shin.. TJS Nw 7:44 Morn ins Moods. S:0 Cherry City News. S:10 Music. 8:38 Tango Time 9 :30 Music. . 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Salmon runs in them had been depleted because of diversion of waters for irrigation. It was hoped that salmon , runs into these streams' could be renewed in this manner. . This plan . has been' followed for four seasons, and in 1944 the salmon are ex pected to find these streams in accordance with their natural instinct of returning to the Wa ter of their birth or early life. .The fishways at Rock Island' will be. improved, for easy pass age, reports the Astorian-Budget which follows the salmon news closely, and trucks will be em ployed if the salmon fail to cross the dam lor their rendezvous on the gravel, bars above. Some may head upstream to the base of the Coulee dam, and then may drop down and spawn in the Columbia. Developments will be closely watched; but the fish au thorities are confident that their expectations will be met in the natural migration of the salmon to these streams. If it does then a most interesting interference with fish-life will have proved successful and a, great industry saved from serious loss. I relate this story , not only because of its general: import ance in the economic life of the state but because it shows : the worth of one of these ."boards and commissions' . which are often loosely," abused. ; It is easy to count Up the number of such governmental agencies and' pro- ' pose- that half of them be elimi nated But experience shows that most of them discharge im portant functions of government " that -cannot be abolished. Here we have' the Oregon fish com mission which has worked dili gently through the years, with- out making much noise, to pro tect the salmon industry against -destruction ; by great power dams. It deserves a - considerable share of credit for the success that is now being attained. KGW NBC TUESDAY SZS Ke 4 .-00 Dawn Pa trot. 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KOIM CBS-TVESDAT 979 K 6 AO North west Farm Reporter S.15 Breakfast Bulletin :. 6 JO Texas Rangers 6-45 KOIN fOock. . - - 7:15 Headline News. .. . 730 News. 7.-45 Nelson Pringle. News 9 AO Consumer News. 9:15 Valiant Lady. . 9 JO itonesAmenca Love. -. 8:45 Aunt Jttny 9 AO Kate Smith Speaks ' 9:15 Big Sister - 9 JO Romance of Helen Trent. . 9 5 Our Gal Sunday . 10 AO Life Can Be Beautiful ' .. 10 15 Ma Perkins 10 JO Bemadut Flyna, - ."t 10-45 The Goldbergs 11 AO Young Dr Malone. . , -11:15 Joyce Jordan. - 11 JO W Love and Leant -11745 News. - 12 AO Neighbors. ism goo. Today's Garden By LTLLTE L. MADSEN 1 ' Mrs. O. S.: Cannas are treated very much" like dahlias when it comes to storing them. When the tops have been : killed by frost lift and store them. Cut off the stalks before putting them away. Storage should be in a dry, frost proof place 'where the tempera ture ranges between 45 and 55 degrees. Many gardeners prefer to put the tubers in boxes or barrels and cover them, with peat moss or dry sand to prevent them from becoming too badly shriv - eled. 'V.y ' 't Xrty- ;xt Do not set them out in spring until all danger of frost is past. They are easy' of culture and grow in any fertile, . moist and deeply prepared soiL The "roots should be divided in the spring with a sharp knife, allowed a bud to each piece. Set them about 18 inches apart and plant them from S to S inches deep. The first jarring blows of the long expected Russian winter of ' fensive-north of the Dnieper line are being struck in i the Nevel-Polotsk-Vitebsk triangle. Expul sion of .the foe from all north western Russia is . the indicated red army; objective. ' :;-. Berlin admits that .the whole German left flank' to-the Baltic - Is ' being rocked 'by the impact, - butr cautious Moscow has only now confirmed the . new and . massive red army' attack in that sector, six days after, its onset . "Judging by., the ' pattern re vealed so far,? the Russian drive seems aimed immediately at iso lation of the Vitebsk bastion of the nazi line and possible en- ' trapment of its garrison. To that' end, red ; army forces estimated "at a quarter million have punch-' ed - south and southwestward from : Nevel to within striking distance; of the Vitebsk-Polotsk ' railway,: the main stem of nazi ' . .communications for the critical segment of tha - front north of . the upper bend of the Dnieper river. . ' ' . There were intimations . that the Russians already may have cut that line. If so, only one cape route remains open for the nazi Vitebsk garrison. That the Vitebsk-Orsha stretch of the Leningrad-Odessa railroad, end it too ia under close Russian pressure from the east, south of Vitebsk. .- . Collapse of .investment of the Vitebsk : anchor - must inevitably be followed by German evacu ation of Orsha, the crucial rail and road junction to the south on the upper bend of the Dnie per. It would' mean retreat by the Invaders . from their last Dnieper footholds north of Kiev and ultimate . expansion of the Kiev bulge all the way to the Polotsk region; virtually insight The Safety Valve A SERVICE MAM SPEAKS To the Editor: i v - I am doing what is an accepted American custom or let us say. Aft American privilege. For it is a privilege, the writing of let 1 ters to the editor, in which the , pulse and voice of the American " people vibrate and 'are recorded for all eyes to see. We who - are overseas take pride in the generally honest manner in which our country's newspapers have treated the war news. It is a striking contrast to the hypocrisy ? and idiocy t in which ; the- newspapers of the axis Bations have descended. And we lose patience with the cynic who tells us that the American public, after "viewing the newsreel war scenes and reeding the screaming newspaper headlines, goes on his own merry way unmindful that there IS a war. - 1- - ' ' .' In spite of cheap, sensational publicity the type conceived by those who use this war to limelight themselves, we have not lost faith. For-what the American war rior has done and is doing, the sympathetic 'are moved to tears; the haughty to humility; the stern to tenderness. The march to freedom is an eternal march. There can be no compromise, no hesitancy, no doubt Tomorrow's citizen will find that he has no longer a narrow groove m which to settle down to comfort and indifference. The world has grown small. Horizons, conceptions must grow large. It takes not! a great visionary to realize that world responsibility is the historic destiny of the United States of America. Very sincerely, Mr. Terry Denton, USNR. Acorn 7, Fleet PO. San Francisco, Calif. of the old Russian-Polish, fron . tier. -. . .. ' - t ''.:.. ; There can be little question that the present battle is a pre liminary - to- Russian offensive activity all the way northward to the Leningrad area. The weight of winter has! closed down fully on that part of . the . , line and with marshes, lakes and rivers frozen . hard, i fche j cold weather ' drive for which Mos cow has obviously been prepar ing for months seems to be at1 nd.; v:,- : .;.'1(:Vri I ' 4 It also Seems clear that in the interchange of Russian-a 1 1 led military information at Teheran . Russian plans for this winter of fensive were fully revealed. The strategic '- dovetailing . of allied . operations on other fronts to synchronize with what looks j' like the start of a climactic red army offensive may be in close prospect. Remember that Lon don reports massive troop move ments across the I Atlantic and : in Britain just now. " j ) - - - i ; - . i Wright Plane To Come to US WASHINGTON, ; Dec. 20-P- The airplane ,in whi c h Orville w right made hts first power-driven flight is coming back ' to the United States after long' years of exile in. England, thereby ending one of the great science quairels -of this country. ; j . j I President Roosevelt announced the plane will be returned to rest in the Smithsonian institution in a message to a testimonial - dinner tonight fori Wright 1 on the i 40th anniversary of the flight "The nation will welcome it back as the Outstanding I symbol ' of American genius," the presi- dent said. ' J! i .' i i : -i Wright and his brother. I Wil-1 bur, let the plane go to i England for exhibition at a time when the ! Smithsonsian refused to recognize ineir night at Kitty Hawk.f NC. as the first.. For many years it credited the first power fliehi to 1 Samuel' Langley, another aviation pioneer. Now the Smithsonian rec ognizes tne Wright flteht as th Vandegrift.ppciirited w AitilNGTON. I f Dec. 20WPV4 The s e n a t'e Satdrdiy confirmed V jl veni Alex- ander A. Vandegrift as jcomman- dant of the US marina corns to succeed - LL - Gen Thotmi MniJr - comb, recently -retired.; Under his' appointment bv President Roosevelt General Vandegrift . will serve four years as marine commandant, ; begin ning January 1. : f' M i ir ,' ' i:':; IS JS Noon Farm Hour. 1A0-Ridin' the Range. 1:15 Chronicle. 1:30 Music - .'f . SAO Whose World? SJO Memory Book of Must. SAO News. 2:15 Music of the Masters. 4 AO Southland Singing. 4:15 Voice ot the Army. 4 JO Novatlme. ! . 4 :45 Adventures in Research." SAO On the Upbeat. 5 JO Story Time. S:45 News.' I ' 4 AO Evening Farm Hour. -7 -JO Charlie Barnet. 7:45 Music. 8 JO Music That Endures. .9 JO News " 9:45 Evening Meditations. 19 AO Sign Off. I . Covcrfeg thaVcrfJfcr tha West ! ';vi j 'U . j TWJ3AS: Tonight , , end evtry nfit I Mcndsy thresh Frifsy TUNC IN 1 forted-KVJJ Sesn!-TceoRaKV M tel; CrcdU lis Uszol ALL JEWELRY WORK DONE ON TTX8 rSE&ZXSES Bring in that old-fashioned jewelry ; you hava discarded, we will make It : like new, for ay very reasonable cost. i i
